The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-12-21
WHOLE NO. 427.

I Of action, renovating the fountains Of the
soul. This is the birth from above which
ushers one upon a new life, with higher
and clearer plane Of spiritual vision, with
new ncart, and new life streaming from
its regenerate fountains. All this Christ
teaches US in the work Of the Spirit. 1t is
Gods part Of our preparation for death.
But the pertinent question with us is, what
have we to do that God may work this
preparation within us? Just two things,
as Christ teaches us just two things as the
Holy Apostles reiterate. !. Repent Of
our sins. 2. Believe in the Lord Jesus
Christ.
OF these we can sec the propriety. II is
from sin God proposes to save US. Sin Is
the only difficulty with our moral charact.
er, and its trains Of sorrow and suffering
make us all the evils Of life. To be saved
from sin and its eternal horrors is all that
our case demands
! If therefore God proposes to save US
from sin, then it follows, that as free
moral agents, with the power of sell deter.
mination and self action, we must acquiesce
IN the thing which God proposes to do
repent Of our sins and forsakc them. And
as it Is through Jesus Christ our Savior
that we are to be "born from above" and
saved from our sins, we must believe in
Him; we must take him as our personal
Savior, with all trust, and our souls upon
His bosom to be folded in the arms of his
redceming love, and saving power.
10 sum up that which makes US
ready for death and eternity, is repentance
| for sin, and trust in Christ upon our part;
and the new birth Of the Holy Spirits, upon
Gods part. This transforms our nature,
and puts US in harmony with God, and in
sympathy with all the redeemed, and fits
US for triumphant death, aud fer home
forever with God.
We believe that the deceased had this
readiness to meet the Son of man; and
| therefore there seems to be fitness in the
words Of our text, be ye also ready.
And now, as one Of those holding the
awful responsibility of spiritual instruction
and warning in this community, and as
one who must soon stand with you ut the
bar Of God where I must give account Of
my ministry, and where you must answer
for your use Of the warnings and counsels Of
Gods word; do this day, in the presence
Of the shrouded dead, acarn you IN tile
name Of Chriss-"de ys also ready"
Geo. W. Tenncy died at his residence in
this city, the 9th inst. in the slst year Of
his life.
| As the deceased had been, almost from
his boyhood, acting in public capacity. rs
one Of tbs agents in modifying, forming,
and controlling public opinion, his life has
become, in some sense public property.
1t seems befitting on this occasion that
| vuopficp cborld h, vucAn Of ho
prominent facts in his history.
He was fitted for College in the prepare.
tory department Of Belot. Though he
never entered College, the familiarity he
had with his Greek Testament, and the
facility with which he quoted from the
classic authors, showed that he had made
no small proficiency in classical s.udies.-
His friends saw such signs Of promise in
him, that they wished him to pursue the
collegiate course, but he seemed to have an
Unborn desire to be printer, so strong as
to overbear the wishes Of his friends. He
entered the Office Of the Beloit Journal,
where he served an apprenticeship of two
years. Thence he went to Mineral Point,
Wis, and spent year and bali in the
office Of the Mineral Point Tribune
Thence he removed to Monroe and took the
post Of foreman in the Sentinel office. After
six months he became one Of the editors
Of that paper, and before he was 81 years
Of age he became sole editor and proprietor
of the same. While holding this position
the was married to the wife who is now
stricken by his death.
From Monroe he removed 10 Milwaukee,
and Tor short time was one of the editors
Of the Free Democrat Thence he came to
this city as assistant editor and proprietor ol
the North Iowa Times. A little more than a
year ago he was transferred from the Office oil
the Times to that Of the Ne,e,, which he con.
tinued to edit until by his death sickness
he was obliged to relinquish tbs post Of
duty. ..
AS writer the deceased was better fitted
for literature than politics. His fine,
esthetic endowmcnts, his nice discrimi
mating taste, and chastc cloquence Of pen
which would have cxcelled in the manage
, ment of literary Journal, were not so well
at home in the ruder and coarser style
! which predominates in political journals
and it was not in his nature to indulge in
the slang which vitiated public tast.
, almost demands in the management of q
political paper. One popularity in bis
mental structure which was very strongly
marked, was strict adherence to the fun.
+ damental points of a subject, with large
liberalty in respect to the minor issues
In politics and in religion he held certain
fundamental truths firmly, and defended
, them bravely but in respect to non essen.
| tials he was liberal to the utmost. As q
public man do not know that he had any
enemies. know that he had, here, hosts
of friends, and am informed that such
was the case wherever he has lived. He
was characterized by tho absence OF malice,
, and by that uniform kindness of heart
which pever fails to win. Forgetful oi
self, he was devoted to his family and
friends, and ever watchful Of public
interests.
1t remains for me now to speak of his
the father of the deceased, that when quite
a child his religious nature was deeply
moved, when, from being rather an irritable
child, he suddenly became gentle and
! sweet and cheerful in all his department.
His friends arc accustomed to date the com.
mencement Of his religious life from that
time, though he did not make profession
Of religion till he was fifteen years OF age,
at which time he joined the Congregational
Church, in Beloit. During his residence
in Monroe, he was one Of II members who
formed Congregational Church in that
place Of which he was very active mem.
Der, leading the choir and teaching in the
Sunday School. We are informed that
when he left there the little church hardly
knew how to get along without him. Since
his residence here he has always taken an
active part in our public worship. and for
two years has led the singing in our Sun
day School, where he endeared himself to
great and small.