The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-01-08
Memoir Of DR.. O. q. miller.
BY REV. ]. Il. ACTON.

Orlando Carpenter Miller was born at Rich
field, Summit county, Ohio, June %, 1922. In
1876 he graduated at the Cleveland Ohio Medi-
cal College, and at once began the active prac-
tice of medicine. In this calling for more than
aquarter of century he served this community
with eminent success, and It is just to say that
both as physician and surgeon he has, ever
stood in the front rank. His long experience
with disease in this locality, gave him some ad-
vantage over younger practitioners; but from
boyhood DIR. Miller showed superior mental
endowment, and in early youth gave great
promise of useful life. He graduated with the
highest hoDors of College, ana his first letter
written to his Parents after this event; shows
the ambition which prompted him, and under
which he won his laurels. 1t was headed,
Eureka! EurekaT ~ its first sentence was
"Dear Father:-I am now worthy to be called
your son.
So high was the esteem in which DR.. Miller
was held by the public he had SO faithfully
served, that when at last unable longer efor
effective service, n1afy felt that his place could
not be filled, and the general sentiment was
fifty expressed by one who said, "We can spare
any man in this community better than the
Doctor
In 1862 he entered the army as Surgeon of the
87th o. V. L, and was captured soon afterward
| at Harper's Ferry. Sometime in 1868 he was
placed on the Board of Enrolment for the 11th
Congressional District, as Examining Surgeon,
and it was about this time his health began to
decline. In 1868 he became confirmed invalid
| by partial paralysis; and in May last a second
stroke deprived him of the use of one side, and
in this helpless cohdltion he remained, gradu-
| ally wasting away till the last
| DR.. Miller was man of determined will, high
nervous temperament and great vitality. He
literally wore out under high pressure, an
| early sacrifice upon the altar of a professional
career which he rendered honorable alike in all
/ its details. AS inan of unfinching business
| integrity, he stood second to none; his word
was his best capital, and though most of his
life was spent out of the church, he ever re-
garded his honor at stake in all the routine of
duty, and in this particular it could be said of
him as of the Apostle, touching the law" he
was "blameless." His intimate friends who
knew most of his business obligations, use this
language: "His word was as good as his bond
any time, and, "He was the very soul of honor"
| He hated liltle meanness, and though he some
times steea alone in his opinions, he was ever
the same courteous gentleman alike to his
| friends and foes. His convictions were deep
and positive, and perhaps the greatest vasciIa-
ton of his life was shown in matters of relig-
| ion. Long after he freely confessed his belief
in the divinity of christianity and its claim
| upon the faith of the world, he still hesitated
| to act his part, waiting for a more convenient
| season. For more than ten years past he has
| been ready to converse on the subject with his
| friends, and always admitted that it was his
duty to be religious; and there were times
when it seemed he had reached the goal and
would yield at once; but it was not until the
hand of aff1iction was laid heavily upon him
that he finally consented. This procrastin alton
was source of deep regret during his days of
suffering. In June last he united with the NJ.
E. Church and made an open profession of faith
in Christ. Feeling that his work was done,
from that hour he calmly awaited the sum-
mons His patience was faultless, his faith
| simple and child-like, and his hope firm in the
promises of God. On all suitable occasions
every one who called was asked to read the
Scriptures land pray with him. During these
seasons he often wept and sometimes exulted
in joy. Christ's Sermon on the Mount was a
| particular favorite, and his faith ever hovered
amid its benedictions. His consciousness of
passing events remained to the last, and when
unable longer to speak he gave evidence in
| signs that he yet understood. few minutes
before death he talked to different members of
and requested that they weep not for him, for
! it was all well.
At midnight Thursday last it. became appa-
rent to all present that life was fast ebbing
out, and could last but few hours. From that
farther into the lone valley, and at twenty min
utes past ten, Friday morning, in the midst of
his family, and with the words "Jesus loves me
and love Jesus" still lingering his lips, the
shadow of the Valley of Death closed round
him, and shut him in forever And yet not
forever-forever from the sorrows of earth, but
not from the joys of Heaven,