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any poor without covering ; if his loins have not 

 blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the 

 fleece of my sheep ; if I have lifted up my hand 

 against the fatherless, when I saw my help in 

 the gate ; then let mine arm fall from my shoul- 

 der blade and mine arm be broken from the 

 bone." He fully realized that "a prudent wife 

 is from the Lord/' and that "children are an 

 heritage from the Lord." Like unto few men, 

 he entered earnestly into the smallest details to 

 set them an example or to give them pleasure. 

 ISTo greater tribute was paid him than at the 

 obsequies held over his remains, by a distin- 

 guished churchman, fellow-citizen and neighbor, 

 who said, "He looked after the comfort of his 

 family, even to the detail of picking up chips 

 with which to kindle fires." And another said, 

 who was associated with him for forty years, 

 "The life of this man of God was so chaste, so 

 pious, so calm and considerate under the most 

 trying circumstances, that the very air through 

 which he passed seemed changed because of his 

 presence." Such a life not only contributed to 

 the benefits of his immediate family, but like 

 the gentle raindrops, or the glorious sunshine, 

 all about him realized the benign influence of 



