The Van Buren press., 1859-08-24
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A Servans Of God Called Home.
On Tues the End of August, A. d.
1859, the n y. JoHN r. KING, a distin-
guished minitter of the Cumberland Pres.
byterian Church, after an illness of seven
or eight days, closed his labors under the
solemn summons of DEATH!
Our departed brother was born in Tenne =
see, in the year of our Lord, 1909, from
whence he emigrated to Arkansaa in 1884,
ne professed religion in 1927, and soon
commenced his labors in the ministry, as
one OF the early pioneers; in 1s34-5, he
aided in bearing the Ark of the Lord, side
by side with the memorable Andrew Buch-
anan. He traversed the mountains, hills
and valleys, proclaiming to the early set
tiers of North West Arkansas, the un-
searchablc riches Of Christ. Every church
house, every camp-ground, and almost eve
ry house within the bounds of his widely
extended labors, has been made to echo the
warning voice of John F. King The
Presbyteries, the Synods and general assem-
blies, where his voice has been heard for so
many years, bear testimony Of his arduous,
extensive and Jealous labors for thirty
years he consecrated himself to the work,
and patiently tr:versed the walls of Zion,
ever lifting his voice as watchman that
the world might be fully, freely and faith
fully warned.
AS Brother Mason also. he has borne
the square and compass before the craft,
and has with great zeal labored in the work
OF the Temple. with the sympathies of his
soul he has looked upon the ruins of an
cient edifces. and deeply bewailed the ca
lamity Of Gods people, who were led away
captives into Babylon. In the same spirit
OF heavenly fsxnnder. he has passed the
wells and entered the sanctum, sanctorum.
in the rapheus of exalted contemplation
gazed upon the emblematical beauties of it's
interior structure.
In accordance with the lot of his fellow
mortals however, he has been removed from
the field of his earthly labors to the more
exalted courts above. The gavcl of death
has sounded, and he has been called from
the lovers Of the earthly Templar to a more
exalted and more glorious refrcshment in the
Temple above.
| No more shall his warning voice be heard
as watchman on the walls of Zion-no
more his counsels admired in the Prcsby-
teries, the Synods, or the general assem-
blies-no more shall the sound of his gavel
call the craft from refreshment to labor
no more shall he delight us in lucid expo
sitions of the emblematical beauties of the
sanctum sanctorum. Having acted his part
in the great drama of life-having closed
this his labors as workman of the Temple
having served his hour as a watchman
upon the walls of Zion, he has been raised
from the labors Of the earthly Temple to a
more sublime and glorious Temple in the
New Jerusalem blessed abode, where sor-
row and sighihg shall fee away-where the
inhabitants have no need of emblematical
lights, to work the magnificent grandeur
and overwhelming splendor of the Lord
God Of hosts-for the Lord God and the
Lamb. shall be the light thereof in the
beaming efulgence all of majesty, he shall
shine in the overwhelming glories of bis own
august presence
i
Wherefore, be It Resolced, by ODEoS
LODGE, No. A, in solemn council convened
that whileiwe with true christianspirit sub.
mitst theldispensations of divine provi.
dence, we tan but lament the sad bereave.
ment of our brothers death.
i RESOLVED, That as masons, christians and
fcitizens. we sincerely appreciate the ardu.
GUS labors of his Ministry, and as he died
with the sound of glory ON his lips, we
confidently trust he shall with the ransom.
ed OF the Lord return to Zion, and by tht
true signet find admittance into the more
Igiorious Temple OF the New Jerusalem.
Resolved, That the members generally
wear the usual badges of the order for sc
days, and that tho hall and every mercantil.
house, occupied by the fraternity in thu
town Of Huntsville, be clad in the sable
emblems Of fraternAl mourning, that W.
may in some feeble sense bear testimony t.
the virtues Of our departed brother.
Resotued, That these proceedings be pub
Ilished in the Kass Bxren Press and Tru.
Dsmocrat, and that . copy thereof be fur.
nished his bereaved family.
D.L. SAUNDERS,
j. G. MCCONNELL,
JOHN MOSBY,
i j. NJ JOHNSON,
J. j. CHENOWTH, Com
JOHN w. GLExH, Secretary.
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