The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-10-28

He ever spoke in the strongest terms of,
affectionate regard for that people of his
first love, and stated that the happiest
part of his ministerial life was spent
among them.
After spending two years at Holly
Springs, has conscience directed him to
active life in the gospel ministry as his
duty. The dictates of conscience were
by him always obeyed. In casting
around for field of labor his mind was
directed to Texas. He moved to this
State in 1859, and settled in Gonzales,
fourishing town in Western Texas, sit
uated on the Guadalupe river. Here he
remained until his death. He addressed
himself with pious assiduity and zeal to
the work of building up the kingdom of
of Christ. God, time and again, gave
evidence of His presence and favor to-
wards him, and souls were given him for
his hire-he had the pleasure of seeing
Gods cause advanced through his instu
mentality. Hismesk andgeatle manners,
and his simple, child-like piety, COM
mended him to the confidence and affec-
tion of the people generally, and espe-
cially to Christians, so that he was ia
vorite among all the churches. At the
meeting of Synod, at Galveston, little
over a year ago, in view of the extended
fields in Texas, and the inadequate sup
ply of ministerial labor, it was deter
mined. to appoint Evangelists for the diff
ferent Presbyteries.
Brother Chevalier was designated for
the Presbytery of Western Texas. This
harmonized fully with the bent of his
mind and the inclination of his feelings.
To preach the Gospel was his delight,
and to see the cause of Zion flourish his
chief pleasure. With much zeal and in
dustry did he enter upon his labors, and
his whole soul became deeply involved in
them. Not only did he visit the vacant
churches, but the scattering members,
who were as sheep without shepherd.
He was successful in organizing the chill
dren into Bible and Catechetical classes,
and infusing into parents sense of the
duty they owe to their children in train
ing them under pious instruction in the
nurture and admonition of the Lord
He was an efficient agent for our reli-
gious journals and the books of our
Board of Publication; a large number
of which he put in circulation. His re-
ports to Presbytery of his evangelical
operations were deeply interesting.
In the midst of these labors of useful
mess and love, he fell victim to the de-
| stroyer death. lie had returned but
short time from an extended tour of visi-
tation through our bounds, to enjoy
brief interval of rest and relaxation in
the society of his family, and to bring
up his large correspondence, when he
was seized with his final sickness At
first, there was no alarming symptom,
and the medicine given by his physician
seemed to give him relief. On Friday
evening before his death, which occurred
on Sabbath morning about daylight, one
of the elders of the church called to see
him, and found him in dangerous con-
dition. So stealthily had the disease
advanced, that neither he nor his family
were aware of his danger. His physi-
clans were Immediately called in; but in
spite of all their skill and efforts, he ex-
pired about dawn of the Sabbath, Sep
tember 9th, and thus entered upon the
rest prepared for the people of God, of
which the earthly Sabbath is a type
He lived in habitual preparation for
death, and always spoke of it to his fam
lily and intimate friends with composure
and assurance of blessedness. During
his final sickness, owing to disease and
the effects of the remedies used, he was
rather in stupor and talked but little;
but what he did say, showed that death
to him was powerless to terrify, and that
he was enabled to triumph over him.
To one of the deacons, a gentleman en-
gagged in the legal profession, he said
with much earnestness: "Oh! it Is a
blessed thing to die' Those engaged in
the whirl and turmoil of business can
hardly realize it; but 1t IS a blessed thing
to die" "And | heard voice from
heaven, saying unto me, write, Blessed
are the dead which die in the Lord from
henceforth; Yea, saith the Spirit, that
they may rest from their labors; and
their works do follow them"
In all the relations of life, our brother
was most lovely-as husbund and pa
rent he was very affectionate and indul-
gent. As a companion and friend, ge-
NAL and aimable. As presbyter, his
feelings and demeanor towards his breth-
rem were always gentle and fraternal.-
His loss to his family, to society at
large, and to the church, is great. May
the bereaved widow and the fatherless