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last counsel to his family, as he had constantly 

 done in life. With his hand clasped in that of 

 his daughter, ''faith caught the sound/' love 

 heard the rustling of wings, angels coming from 

 above to bear his spirit to that blest spirit land. 

 The Heavenly Father, as if to give emphasis to 

 this beautiful life, called him just at sunset, on 

 the beautiful day of ITovember 19th. Silence 

 reigned everywhere, broken only by an occasion- 

 al sob ; his end was not the agony and groans of 

 the lost, or the radiance of the departing clothed 

 in poetry and song, but as the sun in his glory 

 at eventide of this day died in silence sublime, 

 so passed this ''father in Israel," not to return as 

 the king of day on the following morning, to 

 light up and beautify the earth ; but to reflect a 

 brightness with that of others in realms immor- 

 tal fair ; in realms where "the Lord giveth them 

 light: and where they shall reign forever and 

 ever." 



His spacious residence on Cozart Avenue was 

 not sufficient to meet the demands of the vast 

 crowds that gathered around, and his remains 

 were borne by gentle hands to the church edifice 

 in which he had served so faithfully up to the 

 closing days of his earthly career. The thou- 



