The weekly clarion., 1876-09-27
OBITUARY

Departed this life, September Sd, 1876, at
his residence, in Sherman, Texas, Rev,
HEBER o. CRANE, aged q years.
He was born in Clarksville, Tennessee,
When four years ofage he came, with Rev.
w. &. Crane, his father, to Mississippi.
That part of his youth, devoted by most
men to acquiring knowledge, was spent by
him, in the midst of the confusion and dis
sipatidu OF a great war. But notwithstand-
ing this Vntoward circumstance, he became
prohelentuS writer and q speaker: and
afterwards, when he was q minister, his
serino2 IS astohi>hed many, who had sup
posed he was wasting his time. Though
9lten engaging il the designations OF the
Rlid tines, in which bis youth was spent
tes admoniti0ns OF his Reverend father and
g,eas mother were not lost, and after years.
| . lnSseeas Of truth psanfsd ~ them Asnza4
Soon afSer Inc u'Ir, Ne svsas eome time
| Dry Grove, MissisdpPi, in The family Of
6ll. Da5ney-a family noted tor their ex-
dnplary ptety. Surrounded BY the good
| Influences OF these excellent people, his
Thoughts turned to nObler things. He took
more elevated view or life. Here he was
ordained Deacon in the ministry OF the
Protestant Episcopal Church, and preached
his first sermon. From that time, his chief
characteristic, was devotion to the great
cause in which he had enlisted. He spent
some time at the Training School at \ ash
otate, preparing for the life TO which he
had been called, and then he was ordained
priest, at jackson, Mississippi, by the
\ Right Rev. Bishop Green. From this time
his life was singularly eventful. He
! preached to the rough miners, in the noun
| taihs of New York. where they would in
| terrtlpt his discourse, and dispute the doc
/ trines which he announced. He went as q
missionary into the murky swamps OF
Florida. and on the great plains of Texas
IN. nd lrah for Ia rN
Christ.
He was never robust. Labor and expo
lsure had undermined his health. But with
falling sight, and a frame which had be-
leolne mere shell, constantly threatened
with death from disease of the heart, he
(; still labored on, with that devotion to tn,
cause of his Creator, which had become
/; characteristic of the man.
Il In February, 1876, he married Miss Bette
+. Wharton, daug hter of the late Dr. Whar
on of Terry, Mississippi, lady of grea
lmiability of character, and zeal equal t
lis own. They, at once, went to Sherman
iexas, where, having been called, he tool
barge of st. Stephens Church. But II
iealth and failing sight still pursued hin
D hid on 2lst of last August, lie was com
lelled by these causes, to give up his paste
l. kte In Sherman, as elsewhere, his untir
ig zeal in his work, had made him muc
D. hloved. Publishing the correspondent,
d which The wardens and vestry of th
durch express their great reluctance {
D hsc him, the city paper states, "He hs
ben pastor of the church in this city onl
FIR a lew months, but during that time b
hs established most excellent reputatio
n, 4 a laboriOus and pious worker in tf
e Christian cause, and a minister of CROWN
F. unrit."
j. His cessation of labor was none too 500
aid his hopes OF being able to resume b
work were vain. Within two weeks aft
bis rtsi gnation, his worn frame gave wa
hrlIa accumulated bodily sufferings.
He has gone 70 give an account of b
4ztessar tzslfls "a the Mastcr0 of tie vinegar
tAwi3ow, father, brother and sisters, al
Z ailezl of friends mourn his loss. But the
o8w hehas has only been called to hig
= Gland happier life. by the Master, who
-ilkxerTe while here.
&C. A FRIEND