The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-04-30

DIED.--At his resi- de NOE miles Northeast o I
Ottumwa. Iowa, on the morl Of the gath OF April,
Elder AARON HARLAN, inne seth year Of his
age, after severe and pal illness OF twenty
days.
He died, as he had lived, evoted and faithful be
iiever ir the Redeeming Gtpf . crucifed Savior.
During his last illness II Wy lot 10 be much with
him, and personally witnesny evidences Of the
inexpressible felicity and7o triumphs that .
dying christian, though wrd with the severest ag-
ony, may enjoy through ! in the Lord Jesus
Christ. No doubts or shaf darkened the path
way to immortality and ett life but one contin
ual halo Of celestial bright radiated hi, mind
even In the midst Of the mlsrturing and excruci :
sting suffering.
At hia request, the follg brief biographical
sketch accompanies his oary notice. He was
born near Harrison. Hamicor mtg. Ohio, In 1905.
Was taken by his pareut What 10 now Union
county. Indiana, sixteen1 above Brooksville,
on the east side Of whiter, on the 18th Of
April, 1907. On March CT his father died, leav-
ing him On orphan but ppld. At that time the
land his father owned joiQne Indian boundary.
His hrst schooling was h IN he Was eight years
old-he could just spell. school house was .
Buckeye cabin, near Han creek. The teacher
vas short man, with hepyebrows, and looked
frightful, He had . CAD three feet long, with
which ne was constautlJ Ing the door, exc lain
ing, ''mind your books e st aT
The next teacher wsszpng South, Carroll MAN,
well educated and full o$eis. Never liked him,
norwas much learned q tm. Next was Edge hill
Burnside, Of South Cartgathsr 10 Gen. Burnside
Tho was one man an irst teacher really low
loved. He Was slwaye beloved, had good rules
and always possessed 4ve Of his pupils, who
earned rapidly, TIT teacher was Thomas
Burnside, brother ofpins, poor teacher who !
Afterwards became N, vent back to South
.Carolins and Was kilI3A duel. The next te ooh
or was Thomas Cason3as well liked tried to |
learn Of him, Lived1n Afterwards for twenty |
years, and never che an unkind feeling toward |
him. This ends thu oil days, no one teacher |
hvaing been sttend5f two months.
Ed. Harlan - ~ 8 ept Cd, 1924 TO Lucett
Conway. and COM Housekeeping on the 7th
Of the same month Ting been brought up q Bap-
list he never hear13ther preaching till he was
perhaps fifteen yeo The reason Of his scru.
Piles, vas In f,ilinGd any Baptist Church spoken
Of In the New Test. Consequently he argued
that there must bS9 Testament church, which
IL the Church ef0 Therefore he left the Rap
tist and united N then despised Christians.--t
In may 1889 he wnined and sent forth 70 preach
the gospel, whic9as done with considerable
saoc ess In Ohio, "a, and during the last twelveJ
years In Iowa. DO TO this State In The autumn
Of 1851. where hlgs have been alyays highly ap
rreciated BY th4,earnest and devoted class Of
christians. Nsst he shrunk nom any Of the du.
ties ofths minieeen health or op portunity per-
mitted. lie pszsone moment doubted that the
word of God IL eient rule Of church discipline
and governmeef- This conviction incrs ased with
his age. For 4eeven or 81 ght years his labors
have been greopdged on account Of severe
attack OF the votgans which ct times prevented
his speaking i1dible tone. This of course was
only partialese In his labors Of doing good
AZ times he woreach despite the physical suffer-
Ing II occasiot3i there IL but little doubt In the
minds Of his nNpds, that to some extent stleastt
ne has fallen ~ TO the cause be has always So
we'll loved. 4eatly missed by the large circle.
Of children, gy1ildren, neighbors and fellow cit
fxens. In the Dof true christianity let I'd hearti.
" condole wl1evidoved companion and mourn I
Ing sons apd 6ers who 30 deeply feel the be
pavement ofts 6ectfonate husband end bslov, d
ed father. Mnivs the life OF the right ous In, g
our last dsys IKE bib, d our sincere ana ear ,
nest prayss,A l ~ a. X. SMITH. II
!. a fanerst win be preached In the Chris
Tar chsI0ns Fa, ON the 9TH Losdsday. In n
q $3.50 y II 1s-a.aa1 s.s1S ~ 4