Excerpt from Biographical Sketch and Obituary of Rev. Sylvester Larned
In his fourteenth year, he became a member of Wil liams College, but his instability of character in so extreme youth, soon subjected him to the censure of the ruling authorities. He therefore left this Institu tion; but he afterwards attached himself to Middlebury College, (vt.) In the early part of his course here, also, he was wild and unsettled. The elements of his cha racter were, by nature, tempestuously strong. His early life was marked by a constant tendency to excess, and his great activity of mind made him impatient of con. Trol. It was not until he had reached his senior year, that the hand of God arrested him. Of the particulars of this most important event of his life, and of the steps by which he was led on to this result of mercy, we are almost wholly ignorant. This cannot be too much lamented. In a case so striking, every circumstance would, probably, be eminently interesting and instruo tive. It is said, however, that his convictions of sin were deep and awful; the work rapid, conclusive, and thorough; and the change truly transforming.
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