The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-21
Deash OF Rev. Isaac MINER.

Rev. Isaac Miner preached, at Mt
Olivet, on Bear Creek, last Sunday, anG
returned to his home on the Hampshire
Turnpike, several miles from Columbia
late in the evening. He was not In the
habit Of eating supper, and on this
occasion he sat in the sitting room to
| rest. While all the members of the
| family were out of the room, and with-
out any noise, and doubtless without a
struggle, he died. When discovered he
was lying on the floor, and physician
sent for. 1t as seon discovered, howev-
er, that Mr.. Miner had died instantly.
The funeral was postponed until We'd
nesday, in order to. give his beloved
sou, George, time to come from Tusca-
loosa, Ala, where he was going to
school. Mr.. Miner was native of
England, and came to this country
more than twenty years ago. For ma
ny years he was regular working min
lister of the Methodist Tennessee Con-
ference, and labored with great zeal
and power in the service of Christ; but
his health became very bad, and he was
afflicted in so many ways that he had to
put off the full armor, and content him.
self with occasional preaching. He
was often invited to preach, and his
burning eloquence and earnest piety
and hearty manners made him great
favorite with the different denomina-
tions. As preacher, his words were
not simply Goals: they were live Goals of
fire, and sent conviction home to the
heart of the listener His earnestne>s
and sincerity shone out resplendently
through his eloquent preaching and
jealous work and blameless walk His
charity, though transformations, twas
great, and nothing concerned him so
much as the prosperity ofchristianity
and christian churches. At the time of
his death he was planning whereby he
might be enabled to present the Meth,
odist Church in Columbia, Tennessee,
with handsome and comfortable par
sonage, which the chui ch is in need of.
Mr.. Miner had been afflicted for years
with dyspepsia and partial deafness,
but it is supposed that he died with
heart disease. He leaves a devoted and
estimaSle wife, and noble, promising
boy, to whom we tender our sympathy
and coincidence, in their deep bereave-
ment and irreparahle loss. The last
words which Mr.. Miner uttered were
spoken to his wife, and were, "Our boy
will be home in two weeks" George
arrived TUESDAY evening, and the fune-
raj was changed from the afternoon to
the forenoon of "wednesday. The walls,
pulpit and altar OF the church were
draped in deep mourning, and the table
upon which the coffin was to have
been placed, and around " hich the de-
ceased has often kneeled and partaken
of sacramental bread and wine, was
beautifully arrayed. The lower part
was covered with flowing black, the top
with pure white, and the corners and
edges were crowned with exquisite
white flowers. Eleven ministers were
present. Rev. s. Ct. Caruthers, Cum
berland Presbyterian pastor, read the
first lesson from one of the glowing
Psalms; Rev. J. NJ. p. Otis, Presbyte-
rian minister, read the second lesson |
from one of st. Paul's grand epistles;
Rev. VIM. Mack, ID. D., Presbyterian |
gaveout an appropriate by mn;
Rev. VIM. Doss, of the NJ. E. Church, |
offered up beautiful and touching
prayer; Rev. A. W. Smith, pastor of the |
Church at Columbia, preach |
ed an excellent and powerful sermon,
from Revelations; Rev. VIM. z. Burr, |
Presiding Elder OF the Franklin Dis |
trict, prayed fervent prayer; and DIR. |
Mack gave out another hymn. The |
church was nearly full of people. The |
MasoDs led the funeral procession to |
the grave. Although the sun was OPP
pressively hot, a great many people |
went to Rose Hill Cemetery. Hon.W. |
c. Whitthorne read the beautiful and |
impressive burial service of the Mason
lc fraternity, and the dead body of Rev. |
Isaac Miner was committed to the |
grave. 81 SID