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afterooon, MSrch 30th, { 1863, afcf his residence Tiekr Teraperaneeville, Mr. ROBERT SNODGRASS, in the 68th year of his age.- - • •In the death; ,pf Snodgrass the church and► • * ' * the community have suffered a sore bareavement. Few men in their' sphere were better or more favorably known. ‘ As aimiiaA[k Christian, asc . ‘ W • . '■* '* . » r' * ' lt;:■ j‘ *' ;* te *an elder, his conversation was as becometh the Gospel of Christ. He was'always “ ready to every good work,” and as an officer m Christ’shouse, was greatly efficient for good. Elected a Ruling Elder in x the MJ, Fisgah church in 1831, he ever after served in that capacity, being at the time of his death am elder in the church of Temperanceville. He loved Zion and labored for her advancement. He. preferred i Jerusalem above his- chief joy.; Nothing pleased him more' than to. see sinners turning, to Christ, and his.dying desire wasj that all his dear friendsmight be saved through atoning blood As it was “ Christ ” , for ;him “ to: live^’i/so it was doubtless “gain” for him “to die’’—eternal gain. He has gone to his God, and^ his home on high. * ^Blessed - are the dead which die in the Lord.”' . J Y. Me. .
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Pittsburgh Presbyterian Banner
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, May 06, 1863
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