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  History 
  op 
  Durham. 
  

  

  lingered 
  in 
  his 
  presence 
  without 
  feeling 
  the 
  elevating 
  influ- 
  

   ence 
  of 
  that 
  divine 
  love 
  which 
  burned 
  ablaze 
  in 
  the 
  deepest 
  

   precincts 
  of 
  his 
  soul 
  and 
  shone 
  out 
  effulgeatly 
  in 
  all 
  his 
  

   words 
  and 
  deeds. 
  Ah 
  how 
  gloriously 
  such 
  a 
  character 
  shines 
  

   in 
  these 
  degenerate 
  days 
  of 
  simpering 
  cant 
  and 
  disgusting 
  

   hypocrisy 
  ! 
  He 
  left 
  beautiful, 
  imperishable 
  footprints 
  upon 
  

   the 
  shores 
  of 
  time. 
  He 
  left 
  not 
  only 
  a 
  noble, 
  lofty 
  character, 
  

   for 
  our 
  admiration 
  and 
  emulation, 
  but 
  living 
  evidences 
  and 
  

   monuments 
  of 
  his 
  great 
  life's 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  refined 
  characters 
  

   and 
  extensive 
  elevating 
  influence 
  of 
  his 
  bereaved 
  widow 
  and 
  

   children. 
  In 
  them 
  he 
  still 
  liveth. 
  In 
  them 
  all 
  the 
  noble 
  

   traits 
  of 
  his 
  truly 
  amiable 
  character 
  are 
  being 
  exemplified. 
  

   In 
  these 
  latter 
  times 
  of 
  skeptici3,m 
  and 
  infidelity, 
  how 
  such 
  

   living 
  epistles 
  lift 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  the 
  Blessed 
  Master 
  toweringly 
  

   above 
  the 
  insipid 
  vagaries 
  and 
  puny, 
  stultified 
  cant 
  of 
  such 
  

   self-deluded 
  sycophants 
  as 
  Darwin 
  and 
  Ingersoll. 
  How 
  

   such 
  lives 
  prove 
  that 
  religion 
  is 
  a 
  vital 
  principle 
  — 
  moral 
  

   elixir 
  — 
  in 
  the 
  world 
  to-day. 
  Lot 
  the 
  weak 
  and 
  wavering 
  

   consider 
  such 
  lives, 
  bless 
  God 
  and 
  take 
  courage. 
  

  

  In 
  conclusion 
  we 
  cannot 
  refrain 
  quoting 
  the 
  following 
  

   from 
  the 
  pen 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  most 
  gifted 
  divines, 
  the 
  present 
  

   pastor 
  of 
  Trinity 
  M. 
  E. 
  Church, 
  so 
  replete 
  and 
  euphonious 
  

   with 
  lofty 
  thought 
  and 
  diction. 
  Brother 
  Boone 
  says 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  God 
  gave 
  him 
  tiie 
  desire 
  of 
  his 
  heart 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  matter 
  

   of 
  his 
  death. 
  In 
  relating 
  his 
  experience 
  in 
  the 
  social 
  meet- 
  

   ings 
  of 
  the 
  church, 
  he 
  vvould 
  often 
  say 
  that 
  if 
  it 
  were 
  God's 
  

   will, 
  he 
  would 
  prefer 
  to 
  cease 
  to 
  live 
  when 
  he 
  ceased 
  to 
  

   work 
  — 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  so, 
  for 
  his 
  life 
  and 
  his 
  labors 
  ended 
  to- 
  

   gether. 
  Like 
  Moses, 
  whose 
  strength 
  was 
  not 
  abated, 
  and 
  

   whose 
  eye 
  was 
  not 
  dimmed, 
  when 
  he 
  ascended 
  Mount 
  Nebo's 
  

   summit 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  angelic 
  charioteers 
  and 
  ascend 
  with 
  

   them 
  to 
  the 
  mount 
  of 
  God 
  : 
  so 
  with 
  this 
  servant 
  of 
  God, 
  

   who 
  had 
  measured 
  more 
  than 
  three 
  score 
  years 
  and 
  ten 
  in 
  

   serving 
  his 
  generation 
  b}' 
  the 
  will 
  of 
  God. 
  He 
  sat 
  at 
  the 
  

   gate 
  to 
  administer 
  justice 
  and 
  give 
  counsel 
  until 
  the 
  setting 
  

  

  