Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-09-12

DIED-In Bradley county, Arkansas, August
9th, 1872, LYDIA JANE McCLAIN, consort OF
Robert McClain, formerly of York county, S. c.,
aged about "a years.
Rev. JOHN G. KENDRICK departed this life
at his residence in Union county, on the 6th DAY
of June last after an illness of three days.
He preached at Duck Pond church on Sabbath,
the second day ofJune, and returning homeward,
spent the night with friend. His last publlc
prayer offered up that night around the family
altar was unusually solemn and impressive. On
leaving the breakfast table next morning, he stag,
gered and would have fallen, but friends caught
him. clay me down and let me die" were the
only words the good man uttered.
He was removed to his home soon after stricken
down, and there, surrounded by his sorrowlng
family and friends, his spirit quietly returned to
the bosom of its God.
The deceased was born on the 4th day of Decem-
ber 1904. At an early age he embraced religion,
and, for some years, was an exemplary member
of the independent Presbyterian church. His
mind, however, undergoing change in regard to
the mode of baptism, he united with the Baptist
Church at Pacolet in about 1888, and was Immersed
by Rev. Dabner Duncan. Soon after his INNER
sion, he was licensed to preach, and in 1S4O, was
ordained and set apart to the Christian Ministry.
Upon his ordination he became the pastor OF Pac-
olet church. and that relation was only severed by
his removal to the church above
er. His early educational advantages were limit
ed but yet his close observation i'll reading, his
ear for correct language, and his good judgment
gave him a command of language and enabled
was the Bible-he read but few other BOOKS. Ihe
Bible however, he carefully and prayerfully read.
1t was his guide. Whatever he conceived the
Bible to teach that he faithfully contended for re-
gardless Of others opinions He was not time
server, and gloried in nothing save in thecross OF
Christ. He was peculiarly gifted in prayer and
exhortation, and especially during seasons OF re-
vival. On such occasions his appeals were pow
erful in awakening the callous and unconcerned.
Mr.. Hendricks preaching was not confined to
the sanctuary alone; beyond its sacred preclncts,
perhaps was his most etfectual preachlng-he
practiced what he preached, in his daily inter
course with his fellow men. And how much
gard to the ordinances Of his church, none ever
doubted the sincerity of his piety or the honesty
of his professions. Mr. Kendrick was truly an
humble, devout Christian-he cared not for posi-
tons of honor. His brethren often desired to
make him Moderator Of the Association, but he
position. He seldom participated in the debates
of the Associations, but when he did, he spoke To
the point and with effect His chief desire was to
win souls for Christ; his heart and mind and body
were enlisted in his Masters work, and to it 81
years of his life was devoted. This beloved Chris
tan hero literally fell upon the field OF battle, not
vanuuished, but glorious cOnqueror. When the
mortal arrow pierced his body, he fell but felt no
fear-''lay me down and let me die" was his calm
dying request.
"Tranquil amid Alarms
It found him on the field,
A veteran slumbering on his arms,
Beneath his red-cross shield
The pains of death are past;
Labor and sorrow cease;
And, life's long warfare closed at last,
His soul is found in peace" M.