The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-02-20

He came directly forward to the church,
protested love for, and faith in Christ
was, with his brother, sister, and brother>
in law (making household) baptized
and united with The church in the month
cf May, 1880, (his wife was member
before Immediately he took hold of the
cause and never relaxed his exertions
for the welfare of the church until, as we
hope, he was called to join the Church
triumphant.
He was business, 60 head man
in his sphere, and whatever he UNDER
took he prosecuted with energy. He
delighted in seeing Improvements going
on, both in his individual affairs, and
that of church and society. Although
in his own worldly concerns, he met with
many serious reverses, such as once hav
ing fine set OF buildings, consisting of
house, woodhouse, wagonhouse, sheds,
Sc, with most of their contents consum-
ed by fire, in the depth of winter, in the
night, during severe storm ofsnow and
wind, by which eleven persons, consis
ting Of his wife, his wile's mother an old
lady, his wiies sister, sick woman,
himself and seven children, some oftheln
very small, most of them frozen more or
less, himself and some Of the children
frozen and badly burned; all turned out
to the nclemency ofthe storm. During
the scene himselfwas blown up by pow
der and rendered almost unconscious
and helpless for some time. He had 9th.
er reverses, by failures Of other men,to
the amount of large sums which render
ed his circumsian ces rather embarrass-
ing; vet he bore all with composure and
was never heard to complain. His treas
ure was above. Yet he had an anxious
desire for the wei! being of his family,
both for this life, and that which is TO
come. He look great pains for their in.
struction in literature and science, and
in things concerning their spiritual inter
est. And he had the consolation of see
ing five Of his oldest children walking in
the way Of the Lord, in protesting love
to the Savior, to his people, and follow
ing Him in His ordinances, and by
christian life. He was man of natur-
ally strong constitution and great for
titude, not often sick, but when any dis
order attacked him, it took hold with al
most death grasp, and three times in
his life, his father recollects that his life
was despaired Of for time. During the
sickness of his son, he attended him
night and day until the last. He never
looked we'll after that, but did not com
plain until Wednesday, The 10Th, when
he was taken violently with inflammation
on the lungs. The usual course Of
II eatment was followed, a stilIGul phys
clan was called but growing worse coun-
Gil Of Physicians convened But all to no
purpose. A strong constitution, the anx
iety Of friends, and the skill of Ply
sicians combined could not save him; his
time had come that he must die. He
was called for and he must go. During
the first ofhis sickness he had pleasant
dreams of being in the society Of his son,
and was loath to believe it was but
dream. He often said he was not afraid
to die, but yet thou hit he should gel
we'll, and still be comfort to his family;
this he hoped until a little before his de-
parture. And in the trying scene, he
met death with the greatest composure:
and without groan, the agitation of
muscle, or the moving ola limb, and
with his hands resting pIacidIy across
his breast, he breathed out his soul into
the hands OF Him who gave it.
His funeral was attended at the meet
ing house, on sabbath 26th, Gust one
month after that of his sony by very
large collection of weeping friends from
the town, and towns adjacent, where
they listened to an appropriate discourse,
delivered by the pastor, Elder S. Gustn,
from Job, tx l2, and to an interesting
and appropriate address, by Elder Bar
ma Allen, of Whiting. After which the
body was conveyed to, and inferred i'll
tho grave; there to remain until the