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his genial life. The old and decrepit could al- 

 ways hear from his lips a word of cheer; the 

 wayward and wandering, a word of admonition 

 and warning; the outcast and dejected, a word 

 of hope and encouragement. 



JSTot until the ''final consummation" shall bear 

 testimony, will it be known what this ''father 

 in Israel" was to humanity in general in its 

 uplift. Such men are not intended to carry 

 large bank accounts; such men make no great 

 material provision for his posterity, but his 

 greatness is demonstrated, his monument is 

 erected in the lives and characters of those who 

 are so fortunate to come in contact with him; 

 and his heritage consists of an untarnished 

 name, a life of noble sacrifices and deeds. He 

 did, however, leave his family a lovely home, 

 hallowed with his prayers and benedictions. He 

 saw his three oldest children comfortably situ- 

 ated in their own homes, and like Jacob of old, 

 one of the last pleasures of earth was to lay his 

 hand upon the heads of, not only his children 

 but his grandchildren, and pronounce the bene- 

 diction, ere he passed to join the ranks of those 

 who had gone before him. 



That we may illustrate the fruitfulness of 



