Capt. Benjamin Stevens. He was a Representative to General Court for this town in 1843 and 1844.

Dr. Nathan C. Tebbetts, son of Bradbury and grand-son of Henry Tibbetts, was born in Northfield, Jan. 28th, 1802, pursued his preparatory studies at Gilmanton Academy, studied medicine with Dr. William Prescott in 1821--23, with Dr. Mussy at Hanover in 1824, took the degree of M. D. at Dartmouth College in 1825, and immediately commenced practice in Gilmanton. He was married to Hannah, daughter of Major Rufus Parish, Feb. 28th, 1826. They have three children, two sons and one daughter. He was in trade a few years, and was a Representative of the town in 1841 and 1842.

Dr. John Cummings Page was born at Sandwich, May 4th, 1804, and is the son of Capt. Moses Page, who was married to a daughter of Dr. Caleb Morse of Moultonborough, and who was, too, one of the Life Guard of Gen. Washington in the time of the Revolution. Dr. Page commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Enos Hoyt of Northfield, in 1823, and finished his course with Dr. Asa Crosby of Gilmanton, in 1826. Having attended medical Lectures at Dartmouth College, he took the degree of M. D., and commenced practice in Gilford Village, but soon removed to Northwood, where he remained until December, 1827, when he established himself at Centre Harbor. June 26th, 1828, he was married to Mary Ann, daughter of Major Ebenezer Eastman, and moved to Gilmanton, (Academy Village,) February, 1832, where he continued to practice until 1836, when he entered upon a course of theological study at the Seminary, graduated in 1839, and was ordained in Raymond, Oct. 6th, 1841, where he now resides.

Dr. Nahum Wight was born in Gilead, Me., Nov. 20th, 1807, studied medicine with Dr. John Grover, Bethel, Me., attended his first course of Lectures at Bowdoin Medical School in 1830, his second course at Dartmouth Medical School in 1831, and another course at Bowdoin in 1832, at which time he graduated as a Doctor of medicine. In November of the same year, he commenced the practice of his profession in Gilmanton, (Centre Village,) where he has had a very extensive business. In 1837, Dr. Wight commenced collecting anatomical materials, and has now in his possession many valuable preparations in both healthy and morbid anatomy. He has given instruction in medical

studies to twenty different individuals, and he was in 1844 appointed a Lecturer on Anatomy, Physiology, and Health in the Theological Seminary in this place. He is a member of the N. H. Medical Society, and has been a Representative of the town in General Court for three years. He was married to Mary Ann Straw, daughter of Gideon Straw of Newfield, Me., Sept. 3rd, 1833.

Dr. Joseph Gould, son of Benjamin Gould, grand-son of Dea. Benjamin Gould, and great-grand-son of Adam Gould, one of the first settlers in Plymouth, was born in that town Sept. 29th, 1807. He pursued his preparatory studies at Holmes Plymouth Academy, and studied medicine with Dr. Jonathan Robins of Plymouth and Dr. Job Wilson of Franklin. Having attended the medical Lectures at Dartmouth College, he received the degree of M. D. in 1830, and commenced practice in Danbury, but soon removed to Gilmanton, (Factory Village,) where he still remains. He was married to Sally Evans, daughter of Capt. Josiah Evans of Franklin, May 21st, 1831.

Dr. Edward Gilman Morrill, son of Benjamin, and grandson of Isaac Morrill, was born in Gilmanton, July 11th, 1809, studied medicine with Dr. Dixi Crosby, attended the Lectures at Dartmouth Medical School, and received the degree of M. D. in 1834, was in Lowell, Ms., as a physician and apothecary, subsequently at Gilmanton for a time, afterwards at Cahawba, Dallas County, Ala., where he died July 3rd, 1844, aged 35 years.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF PHYSICIANS IN MOULTONBORO’. [For the principal facts, contained in the following sketches, we are indebted to the kindness of Dr. Shannon.]

Dr. Caleb Morse was born at Chester in 1760, received his preparatory education at Dummer Academy, Newbury, Ms., read medicine with Dr. Fox of Henniker, was the first Physician in Moultonborough, where he practised about sixty years, and died in 1843, aged 83 years. He was elected a member of the State Medical Society in 1814, and was a very respectable practitioner. His influence in respect to education, morals and religion was most happy.

Dr. Asa Crosby was, for a short time, a Physician in this place. See Gilmanton, page 67.

Dr. Ichabod Shaw was the son of the Rev. Jeremiah Shaw, and was born in Moultonborough in 1781, prepared for College at Phillips Academy at Exeter, entered Dartmouth College two years in advance, but, in consequence of ill health, did not complete his collegiate course. He studied medicine with Dr. Caleb Morse, commenced practice in the year 1807, became a member of the State Medical Society in 1824, and died 1834 aged 53.

Dr. Thomas Shannon was born in Moultonborough, Dec. 25th, 1783, received his preparatory education at Phillips Academy at Exeter, studied medicine with Richard Cutts Shannon of Saco, Me., practised at Pittsfield 19 years, removed to Moultonborough in 1827, and still continues to practise in the place. He was elected a member of the N. H. Medical Society in 1816, and is a highly respectable Physician, and has an extensive business in his profession.

Dr. William H. H. Mason was born at Gilford, pursued his studies at Wolf borough Academy, read medicine with Dr. Andrew McFarland of Sandwich, received his degree of M. D. at Dartmouth College in 1843, and commenced the practice of medicine in Moultonborough.

Dr. Simeon D. Buzzell was born at Alton, in 1805, studied medicine with Dr. William Graves of Deerfield, has practised in Alton and the State of New York, and commenced business in this town in 1845.

THE CLAIMS OF THE GOSPEL UPON YOUNG MEN.

By the Rev. Cyrus Mann.

Every season of life has its duties and responsibilities; but there are some periods in which are concentrated the influences, which each individual is to exert on the human character and condition. As the little ripple, put in motion by the falling of a pebble, expands itself to the whole compass of the pool; so there is a central point in our being, which stirs a ripple, spreading wider its undulations, and moving onward over the whole ocean of our existence. Those in the prime and vigor of their days,

are standing in the centre of this circle, and have responsibilities resting upon them of incalculable amount. The aged have passed this point, their characters are formed, and the account of their stewardship is about to be sealed up to the judgment. The child has not reached this period. He is amused with the novelties, flitting continually before him, and has scarcely begun to touch those chords of influence, which are to vibrate far down through coming ages.

The Apostle well understood the important part young men were to act in this world's affairs, when he penned the passage, "I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you." They were strong in the Lord, and had overcome the temptations and allurements, with which they were surrounded. Instead of being carried away on the current of earthly pleasures and pursuits, they had learned to stem the tide, and resist effectually the influences, which were bearing them away from all good. God intended to employ their agency in accomplishing the great work of converting the world, and establishing his kingdom on earth. It was an honor to them to be strong in this high and noble enterprise.

But are there not those at the present day, who view this subject in a very different light? Are there not those, who look upon religion as a thing, with which they have no concern; who regard the spirit of the Gospel as abject and degrading, and its instructions as beneath their notice? Are there not those, who scorn the messages of mercy, and secretly, if not openly, despise all true, vital piety? Is it not true, that we have those in New England, this highly favored portion of the globe, who affect to consider the power of godliness, the work of grace in the soul, as neither more nor less, than weak superstition, or blind bigotry and fanaticism? Whence have arisen such corrupt views in this home of the Pilgrims, in this land more than any other, hallowed by the prayers and tears of a pious ancestry? Surely an enemy hath done this. An enemy to our temporal and spiritual welfare, to our institutions of freedom and science as well as religion, has been sowing tares, and they are springing up to yield a harvest of ruin and misery.

Assuredly the Gospel is true, whether believed and obeyed, or not; and it will be found true by the joyful, or melancholy experience of every individual. It has in by-gone ages, stood the assaults of a world, hostile to its Maker. It stands yet like a rock in the ocean, or an ensign on the mountains, and it will stand while time endures. Its truths, eternal, immutable in their nature, will survive the "wreck of worlds," and shine out with fresh lustre in the blaze of eternal day.

It is the design of this Essay to present the Claims of the Gospel upon

Young Men, by showing that it is worthy of their reception. It demands their immediate and earnest attention, and cannot be neglected without putting to hazard their dearest interests.

1. That the religion of the Gospel is worthy of their reception, is manifest from the wants of human nature. Young men in the hurry of business, eager in the pleasures and pride of life, and in planning for the future, easily forget the wants of their moral and spiritual nature. They readily lose sight of God, of his government, and of their own accountability. That they are weak, dependant creatures, that there is a power above them, which can frustrate all their plans, and which will appoint their measure of success or defeat in whatever course they pursue, are considerations with which they are little affected. But these are truths which must sooner or later be felt and realized. An almighty hand is pressing with mountain weight upon the destinies of every individual, and he cannot shake off his responsibility, nor the claims of God upon him. He will find a void in the human soul, which the world can never fill; cravings which wealth, honor, popular favor can never satisfy. The most gifted in talent, the most successful in enterprise have been compelled to feel, that there was something to be attained beyond the things of time, and without which they must be miserable.

There is a consciousness in men, that they need the favor of God, and that without it they can enjoy no permanent happiness. The unbeliever may deny this, but, in doing it, he wrongs his own soul. He is often made to contradict himself, and show the weakness of his confidence in rejecting the Gospel. An unbeliever in Philadelphia was heard to deny in the boldest terms the existence of a God, and to declare he had no fear of such a being. In the afternoon of the same day, he received a fatal wound, and was heard to exclaim, "O God, have mercy on my soul." Thousands who have boasted, that they were above the weak superstition of the pious believer, as they were pleased to call his religion, have realized their spiritual necessities, when danger and death were near. Why is it, that all nations must have a religion? Why is it, that the heathen are drawn together in mighty masses of hundreds of thousands to worship their idol gods? Why is there often so strange a union and contrast between the grandeur of their architecture as displayed in their temples, and the base and utterly disgusting degradation of their worship? The reason is, they are conscious of dependance on a superior power, and of guilt in their lives, and yet have no true light respecting the proper object of religious homage and veneration.

You can no more divest yourself of your moral nature, than of your existence. It is a part of yourself, and has cravings after a knowledge