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UIV;',j OKI II % III,m,«nil IUMP8T!: \n-At M u MIm .M .rdi... :{ l^‘s. it M I'. .1111, KM II *nv EiUvur-l I’ Il«-fii|'-t-4i1. born III ( Ulllir, N C,ill Novrittbrr 1*1 I Agi:il »*l y-.it*, II in*nine ^ mill -* «h,Y4.I low few the word*, how short the linos, y*-t how gr«*ir. the MguifU* mce! Thin iuuUigeno**, though startling in i s 0, ch iructrr, f«ils to c mvcy tbnt impure I .»f regret which in like tnstan *o* is so •jfftn »x^oricuiced; fur wlt;t know that he ,uj is not d«t I but sleep- th. Grief in as ed Huagvd bv ibis knowledge.»u. Tho dee*a ed hits boon nt interra1* jrr during n psrlod of tweufj-tWe vlt; ura u » v resident of thecojst. Forty yearn ago ttl Ut* Ik i-icif ii nu mber of the Biptiat church, ml five year* thereafter was IP* | ordained a miuijter of the gwpol, since C which time his life baa been devoted to 0. the K rviceof and laboring in his M*h-*!•» Ur’s vineyard.The scenes of bis more root*ut labors ft* | us a missionary have been in the Yazoo district, fr«*ai whence he return*d « few “ months since. He resided at the reai-rnjdenee of his daughter, Mr*. F. Bluke, calmly, slowly aud with Christian resignation passing away until death relieved him of temporal soff- ring.To tbiwo who have been in direct personal contact it is needless to extoll his many virtu**, to stronger* it is only necessary to say that his was u life fall of Christian hope and promise. Iu addition to hi.-* ennobling qualities and p„ unostentatious piety, he poesesned that unassuming disposition which elevated him above ordinary sordid, worldly am* 1lt;r bition.He leaves live children (four of whom reside iu this p'nee) and many other re-la* ivos—all have the united sympathy of n boat of sorrowing friends.May oar lives be aa free from guile as was his, may we all live so os to merit at m last an entrance into that Kingdom to not made with bauds,*’ to there bo united with loved ones who have gone before, and to freely partake of the water of life, is the sincere prayer of one who on earth enjoyed the distinctionin.ededar1)6 tm i ill i urruof10U,p-r •J-DtiadP- of being to our departed brother.tl-iiaA Fwexd.Handohoro, Mias., March 5th, 1878.
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Pascagoula Star of Pascagoula
Pascagoula, Mississippi, US
Fri, Mar 08, 1878
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