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more you were brought to love and admire him. He 

 was emphatically a man of God. His piety was deep, 

 his fervent zeal was governed by knowledge, and his 

 walk was in accordance with the Bible. His preach- 

 ing talents were not the most brilliant, but his ser- 

 mons were orthodox, scriptural, practical, and experi- 

 mental; and on the prophecies of Daniel he was pro- 

 found." (Travis.) In his local sphere of action he 

 was still the same untiring and persevering servant of 

 God. Just before his death a preacher present asked 

 him, "Brother Jackson, do you know me? " The re- 

 ply was, "No." Sister Jackson being present, the 

 brother asked him if he knew his wife. The answer 

 was, "No." " Do you know Jesus? " again asked the 

 preacher. "Jesus! " says he; "yes, I have known my 

 Jesus for better than forty years." "Blessed are the 

 dead which die in the Lord." (Revelation xiv. 13.) 



