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West, and near the wondrous central city of commerce, lies another equally growing city, into which the slow procession often moves with measured tread and solemn mien. Here, the pomp, and noise, and rivalry of commercial life are not known. It is Rose Hill Cemetery. Let us enter its Gates of Peace. We pass along its silent avenues, musing on dread partings and buried hopes, till, turning from where wealth seeks, by costly monuments, to give utterance to the hearts affection and disguise the terrors of the tomb, we seek a less frequented, but not less beautiful spot. Here let us pause. Filial affection has prepared the place, sweet flowers shed their incense here, and angel watchers guard the sacred dust. Here, too, conjugal love in sorrow renews a union which death can not sever. Before us is a simple, well-adjusted mound of earth, with its plain slab of gray syenite, brought from old Scotia shills of rich minerals, as the last offering of filial reverence, bearing the inscription, Leonidas L. Hamline. The inscription is as the sleeper, whose house it marks, willed it. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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Leonidas Hamline was born on May 10, 1797, in Burlington, Connecticut, United States. He was of old New England stock, the son of Mark and Roxanna (Moses) Hamlin and a descendant of James Hamlin, born in England, who came to Barnstable, Massachusetts, about 1639. His father was a farmer and schoolmaster of limited means.
A stanch Congregationalist, Leonidas' father hoped to see his son a minister of that persuasion, and so far as possible shaped his education to that end.
Before Leonidas Hamline was eighteen Leonidas was teaching school winters and studying summers, and had become noted for his mental precocity, his speaking ability, and his religious activities. About 1815, because of a nervous breakdown, he went to South Carolina. After his return he became convinced that he had no religious fitness for the ministry, and turned to the law. The course of his career now becomes obscure for a time. He migrated to Ohio, and is quoted as stating that he was admitted to the bar in Lancaster in 1827. The records of Muskingum County, however, indicate that he was a member of the bar in Zanesville in 1825.
While on a sojourn in New York State in 1828. Hamline came under Methodist influences, and after a long and painful struggle was converted. Returning to Ohio, he continued to practise law, but began to take an active part in camp-meetings and other religious assemblies. Soon the conviction that he must devote himself to proclaiming the gospel took possession of him, and in November 1829 he was licensed to preach, but with no expectation on his part, apparently, of entering the regular ministry. After traveling under the direction of presiding elders for several years, however, he was persuaded in 1832 to join the Ohio Conference on probation. He was ordained deacon in 1834, and elder in 1836.
The first years of his service had been spent on long circuits in rough country, where he had gained the reputation of being a brainy and persuasive preacher. From 1834 to 1836 he was stationed as junior pastor at Wesley Chapel, Cincinnati, and in the summer of the latter year was sent to Columbus. In 1836 he was appointed assistant editor of the Western Christian Advocate, Cincinnati. He gave powerful support to the establishment of Der christliche Apologete, and to the extension of German missionary work in Cincinnati.
Hamlin was a delegate to the General Conference of 1840 and 1844. He was warned by three medical advisers that, owing to a heart affection, attendance either as a debater or silent member “might increase the affection beyond the control of remedies. ” Indifferent through religious enthusiasm as to whether he lived or died, he was present at the Conference and took a leading part in the famous debate which resulted in the passing of a resolution advising Bishop James O. Andrew to desist from performing the offices of bishop, because of his connection with slaveholding. Hamline’s speech on the constitutional authority of the General Conference remains one of the memorable addresses in the ecclesiastical history of his church.
The Conference elected Hamline bishop, and despite his precarious health, he managed to perform the arduous duties of that office for eight years, being forced to relinquish active service in 1852. His resignation raised the question whether a Methodist bishop is an ecclesiastical officer, or a representative of a distinct priestly order - once a bishop, always a bishop. Its acceptance, after long discussion, committed the denomination to the former view.
The last period of his life was spent in steadily declining health at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, his last days being marked with great suffering and lofty endurance.
Leonidas Hamline was best remembered as a chairman of the Committee on the Memorial to Establish a Periodical for Females, which was created during the General Conference. The General Conference authorized the publication of such a periodical under Hamline's supervision, and the Ladies’ Repository was established, of which he was the able and popular editor.
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Having inherited some wealth from his first wife, before his death Hamline gave $25, 000 to help establish what is now Hamline University, St Paul, Minnesota, and $25, 000 to Mount Vernon Institute, Iowa, besides smaller sums to various societies.
Hamline was impressive in appearance and an easy, graceful speaker with a melodious, bass voice, and good command of language. For reasons unknown he added an e to the family name.
Hamlin was married, March 6, 1824, to Eliza Price, daughter of a wealthy Irish business man. His first wife died March 27, 1835, and in 1836 he married Mrs. Melinda Truesdell.
