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beateth the air, — wherein he struggled with all the 

 energies of mind, and body, and spirit, to rend 

 away every weight, to overthrow every obstacle, 

 that could hinder him in pressing on towards the 

 mark, the prize of his high calling in Christ 

 Jesus. 



Many will recognize, even in such brief sketch 

 as I can give, the friend who lived in their hearts' 

 deepest recesses. It was his to be understood and 

 appreciated, in an extraordinary degree, by all who 

 surrounded him ; and though his death drew tears 

 of poignant grief from every one who had known 

 him, yet such had been his life, that we felt it 

 almost criminal to mourn his entrance into immor- 

 tality. 



" To him that overcometh," the promises are 

 given, and what is it that man chiefly has to over- 

 come ? Self, unquestionably. The world, the 

 flesh, and the devil, are powerful enemies, but only 

 through the medium of self can they assail us. 



D knew this, and his whole conduct was one 



beautiful, consistent evidence of a successful con- 

 test with the selfish principle, so that, in all pertain- 

 ing to outward things, he lived for others, but al- 

 ways to the glory of God. Engaged in profession- 

 al occupation, which only gave him the early 

 morning, an hour at mid-day, and the evening, for 

 his own disposal, he invariably devoted the lat- 

 ter to the service of others, yet found no lack of 



