MEMOIR.

THE character of Mr. Greenwood was so rare in its happy combination of valuable endowments, that it will not soon pass from the memory of those who have known him, and ought not to be left without a record, for the gratification of affection, and the benefit of all who can be improved by his example. He was not formed by great and ́unusual events, nor did he show merely those qualities which can be of use in circumstances of rare occurrence only; but he has left to us the memory of virtues habitually practised at every period of life, and in many situations where it was not easy to possess them; he has shown how the faculties of the intellect and the soul may be cultivated and made productive, in opposition to all the blighting influences of protracted constitutional disease; he has exhibited, with singular power, the beautiful results which flow from patient constancy, unsullied purity, comprehensive benevolence, and well established faith.

The events of his life were few, and of little interest except for their influence in forming his