Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-10-01

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amiable qualities deserving Of praise,
and worthy to DO followed as an example.
He acted in an official capacity tho great
or part of bis life, well worthy the conf
dence and support Of those who sustained
lin, ever discharging his duty, both
public and private, with ability, prompt.
ness and efficiency. He was a kind and
obliging neighbor, ever ready to promote
the happiness of others; an afrectiouate
husband a loving and indulgent father,
always guarding with tsre the interests Of
his own household benevolent in his
very nature, at all times needing the
voice of charity /; not easily provoked or
excited, but quiet in disposition affable I;
courteous to all with whom he mingled
aud associated a true friend to the
Religion of Jesus Christ, not combining
his acts of benevolence to his own Church,
but with o generous heart and helping
hand contributed to the calls of other
Christian organizations.
His residence served as an ''Oasis in
life's desert where the way>worn minis.
tiers of the Gospel found q welcome home
a kind reception.
He was, and bad been for a number of
years, a member Of the M. E. Church;
professed faith in Christ on the l4tb, of
July last enjoyed the pleasures of that
"Love which is sweeter than life and
stronger than DEATH" which comforted
and sustained him amid deaths gathering
gloom, enabling him to come off victorious,
conqucring Death, He'll and the Grave.
For several days before his death he was
deprived of the power of speech, though
his communications ceased not, for he
made known his thoughts by writing, as
far as his strength would admit. He
wrote much ; giving directions III the
making of his own coffin, &C., said if he
could talk he could tell much in reference
to his bright prospects for Heaven solici.
ting his family, relatives and friends, to
meet him "Where the wicked cease from
troubling ..and the weary are at rest"
frequently requesting the song to be
sung:
"When shall we all meet again, &c."
On the night of the 18th, previous to
his death, aft sr surviving the paroxysms
of death, he called around him his weep.
ing family and wrote that he had seeu
his sister in the Glory Land who had long
since crossed the chilly waters of death =
thus he was permitted before he took his
hnal departure to stand as it were on
Pisgah's Top and view the Promised
Land. His last moments were moments
Of glorious assurance I; Of Heavenly and
Divine enjoyment. He entered fearless.
ly the dark valley of the shadow of
death.
HE died 10 the triumphs of liyin g
faith"
HE died the death of the righteous
and in his de ath Sullivan ha. lost one of
her best citiz ems !; the district in which he
lived one of its most faithful officers the
vicinity one of its most valued n~eighbors,
and the Church weeps the fall of one of
Der strongest pillars. His Children--ten
in number-with ~sorrowfull c~ountenances.
and beart>s wellings of grief, mourn the
loss of a beloved parent.
The wife Of his youth, his manhood,
his age, with a heart bleeding with an
guish, laments the loss ola dear husband
her comforter and supporter in her de-
cliniug years, Weep not, dear bereaved
family, ''As those who havo no hope"
Remember, hat God hath promised to
be a "Father to the fatherless, and q
Husband to the widow"
Remember too, that his affections
which were patiently endured, have, by
the grace Of God, Wrought out for
him a far more Exceeding and eternal
weight of glory that your loss, and all
loss sustained, Is his everlasting again.
G. X. BELL.
Kin bricks Creek, Tenn.
Bristol Caorier please copy.
pW q. MATHESS