The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-08-07
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w. ar- row To Iook 10 heaven for
dear Jai--- We have come back. and
/ am again asking the Lord 10 direct
nlE pen Z" enable HE TO say what l ana
10 SAY. / tell Hin 10 bind up the
wound. according 10 His promise. 10 put
His strength III YOU. 10 enable YOU 10
SLY: Thy will be dOne-cOme. o Lord.
and Till the void" Soon. very soon We
will understand why He took James.
and know that He did it in mercy. not
in anger.
Pastor CUenOd read Isaiah NJ. from
s 70 IL. and from 81 to the end: and
Psalms CNlI. from / TO .. He spoke
of our assurance that dear James had
heard the call of his Savior, had ans
wered il. and was now with Him. happy.
80 happy. Though 50 young, he had
known what il was TO be heavy laden,
To labor and feel tired; and now he is
at rest. If we We're to see him. he
would lust say: ''DOnO more weep for
me- But we wept for you, dear par
entS. asking the Lord to prepare, to
soothe. TO make you look at Him, to see
His sorrowful face. so full of love; to
hear Him tell you: Il did provide for
dear James. was there. too loved him
so much that | gave for him my life. He
i not dead-he lives. Do believe and
trust i'll me.
We put over the place the white lilies.
tue wrratlIs of evergreen. bOX-tree.
laurel. with the white roses and the
blossoms of orange trees my wife and
daughters had prepared. Good Madame
PiIlOud was there, too, with her two
girls.
What Gear boy ne was. so inte!li-
gent Yet so modest, 30 independent, yet
80 courteous. 1 never had met with an
American so studious, so gifted; he was
interested in everything. The Lord
took your treasure to keep it from
the contamination, the sad cares, the
painful disappointment OF this world /;
purer and far brighter will you get it
| back forever. ''Only believe" says the
/ Lord. ''he is not dead. he lives" he
/ went before. lie was spared all he was
| afraid of, to be too long quite depend
| ent, to die of an hemOrrhage, to have
/ his skin rubbed off as he was so thin.
/ He had no oppression to speak of; he
| asked several times if his feet were
I swollen. but they were not. 1t was on
studied so many such cases; the doctor
was of the same mind. His sober ways.
his good constitution alone had kept
him so long. When he was feverish, he
felt refreshed when l passed over his
whole body soft linen dipped in wa
ter and vinegar, according to what the
doctors told me; the weather was so
hot. Twice heard him say: Il work
ed very hard in my life, but did not
work too hard, no father, | did not. "
The night before the last he was for a
moment painfully excited; somebody,
l did not hear the name, wanted TO
make him drink and 90 with him; he
said he had never been there. l was
obliged to say he was not to go; / took
both his hands, he smiled and was again
/ so quiet and peaceful.
| Time and heart failed me as yet, to
| look over and pack numerous envelopes,
/ each one endorsed according to its con
| tents: most valuable articles ON useful
| things, science, men, and events worth
! remembering. As a bee he gathered
| everywhere. There is quite a sheaf
head, hand and foot were intent ON thi;
purpose. He paid all due attention tC
the voice of the Lord, to the supreme
| consolation of relatives and friends
when summoned was found ready. Al
a traveller sends his luggage, his nam,
had gone before. Yours in Christ,
J. BILLION.
JUiy, Wednesday, Stb, 1874.