Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-03-20
MEMOIR.
icy. Joseph NIuburip.

This man, Of most precious memory.
way born near old St6Hepfim' Camp
grhund. Grteue' coeiifyg Eesf iFrnitcsscc,
January %, lSG0. Onthe TSthi ii. JAnahry.
1873, she was not, o brood took him."
lie was, therefore, aged nearly seventy
three years whesi lie'fcssGN 20. toll aud
entered into rest. IL Strtcnber, 1871.
he united In marriage With Miss Mary
Nifbufn, n tru and faithful companion;
stisl surviving. Nine children were the
fruits Of TN happy mlt9ns. SsSen 2fthcse
arc still living on esrtf,: 'the qtheIs IN
glory. All professed religion in early
life. The iIinc were faithful ; the living
ard true TO their profession. One of them
-Bey.J j. p. Milburn-isa beloved men,
Der of The Holston conference, and III
e~afncyt and successful minister of the
Lord Jesus Dllaa. =
Father Milburn protested conversion
ana Joined the Methodist Episcopal
Church In 1884,. lie Fist served. the
church as a licensed .exhorter, and then
as IA local preacher, ii,,both of which CO.
pacitics 1Hfe was ,..clnilshtly successful.
ON the 18Th SffOct6bef, 1918, he wa or
dahiedftU' dcadons' orders, and In 1858
ertered the travelling CONNECTION, In tho
uolstm conference, VI. L. Church South,
aud WAS appointed to the Greeneville
CIRCUIT ; thence to the Newport circuit +;
where he remained two years ; thence to
the MorristOwn circuit, remaining "
years ; thence to the R~utledgc circuit.
where he also spent two years. In 1886
he was ordained elder. IN 1892 he was
appointed TO tbs klligspprt, circuit, but
owing to TIE war ani,fkiss strong tHyoi,
sentiments he did not travel all the year.
These were glorious years in the minis
terial life OF Father Milburn. Hundreds
OF souls were converted INTO God. and
the great power Of Christ unto salvation
everywhere attended his labors. From
1868 forward, during the dark and dread
ful years of the Rebellion, he was conl-
parativeiy inactive-bclng watched,
threatened, aud virtually prescribed. No
man hailed the return OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church 10 East Tennessee
more joyfully than he.
at the organization Of the Holston con-
feiencc, at Athens. Team, .Janos 1868.
Though more than sixty years of age, he
prescptetthimself, ready tofakcrfny work
that right be assigned HIM. VIII true
herois devQtiot, he cvi'sc- rated the re-
maindcr OF life Il the great work of
preaching Chris Jesus. Ills !lrst work
under the new organization. WAS the kbea-
tOEn circuit, where he riavsled success.
frny .fortwo years, |fle was then'appointE
cd TO the GfeeneyiIl he circuit. where he
travelled one year. and wa reappuinted
for a second year, hut his health failed,
and he was compelled TO drSist for u time.
On the recovery of his health. le was APP
Iointed to the E~lizabethton circuit.
where he lapored with great efficiency
and acceptabifty q On this work he Vas
greatly, If NOT universally beloved. The
next year we Ind Rim again OH the
Grceucville circuit, rs ever, doing \ good
work Cor his great Master. The year col.
loving ibis lc Vas Sent 10 the Rheatown
circuit, as the co-laborer OF Rev. Moses
Scaion, Here his health utterly failed,
and he continued TO sink slowly but sprt.
~, until at last he faded in,o the 5csutJ'
of the tomb and his victory over death
was glorious, -, j.. .r
Father Milbori wSs fhc model Of atrue
gentleman-avd saaslv, courteous, and
always plessaN modest. quiet, unsssum-
mg, he seldom passed tor his real worth.
When you knew him as he really was,yoa
found the pure gold Ola noble manhood,
He was emrhatically a man Of principle
trie rs steel. firm rs a rock, He never
| NServed from his honest conviciioIs OF
| right and day. Brave, upright, and con-
Scientious. be went w~hereverGuty called.
lie feared the face Of no raan. In fact,
! the noble trait of fesrlseSsess Is eommon
10 thr whole Milburu relationship. Asa