Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-20

Tue particulars of the death of Rev. ].
d. Thomas, In Huntingdon county, are
given by the Huntingdon Semi Weekly Ners
Of the 9TH inst, thus:
A correspondent sends us the following
particulars of the death of Rev. J. d.
Thomas, which occurred on Monday last:
Rev. J. D. Thomas was found dead on the
road side with no marks or any other cir
cumstances 10 indicate that he had died by
any other than a natural death.
The particulars of the aforementioned
sad death as CLEANED by US at present writ
ing are as follows: On Monday, Nov. 4th,
during the afternoon, Mr.. Thomas took his
mill situated about two miles distant from
his home, and in which he owned an inter-
est, to transact some business, at which
place he arrived and after completing his
business he remarked to some of the hands
that he had pain in, his breast, and that it
was moving towards his heart, and he must
tO bNhf hpt teiAihS hCuiU II sup
per-time, his wife, thinking that he would
be late getting TO church. as he was holding
a Irotracted meeting at the Stone Creek
Baptist Church, dispatched Messrs. Thomas
Milliken and Doc Henderson TO ascertain
the cause of his delay. This was about 6
O'Clock in the evening. They proceeded in
Oh h.. ot.I
10 come, and discovered him lying on the
side Of the road dead. His gun was found
in pile of brush some eight or ten feet
away. When found his body was cold and
stiff, and when the time OF his finding was
compared with the time that he had LETT the
saw mill, it is supposed he had lain there
about one hour and ha.C. Me..rs. Milli-
ken and Henderson then went tn the church
where Mr.. Thomas was expected to preach,
and announced TO the assembled congrega-
ton the facts already narrated, which had
the effect of spreading CONSERVATION through
the whole audience. But while this scene
was being enacted at the church, one of q
tar sadder type was II ianspiring al the place
where Mr.. Thomas corpse lay; for when
Mrs. Thomas messengers did not return in
the expected time, she became alarmed,
and, in company with another lady, started
out to investigate the cause of this con-
tinucd delay, apprehending that something
serious had happened her husband. They
proceeded on the road leading to the saw
mill until they, too, discovered Mr.. Thomas
remains.
His death is Supposed to have been caused
by apoplexy or heart disease. The deceased
was in the 4Sd year of his age, and leaves
wife and six children, the Oldest being only
l2 years of age, the youngest an infant.
His remains were buried yesterday in the
cemetery adjoining the Stone Creek Bap-
list Church at O'Clock p. NJ. A large con-
course of friends and neighbors followed
the bier to the tomb. and then amid a vast
multitude of sorrowful countenances the
last sad rites which the living owe to the
dead were performed.
The wife has lost kind and loving hus-
band the children good father; the
church an active and efficient worker in
Christ's cause The congregation a devoted
pastor; the neighbOrhood a good citizen,
and we have lost mrch esteemed and warm
personal friend and when, on last Sunday
evenirg, We listened to his eloquent and
logical sermon from this text: "And the
angel said unto them, Fear not, for behold,
bring you good tidings of great joy;
which shall be TO all people. Luke 2: 10,
little did we imagine that ere twenty-four
hours had passed by the lips which gave
utterance to those words would have deaths
seal set upon them, and that aphorism,
q. Man proposes and God disposes," has
been fitting through our mind ever since.
The wife and family have our sincere
sympathy, and the hand that tempers the
wind to the shOrn lamb, will also take care
of them; and il IS our ardent desire that
we all may be as well prepared to answer
Christ's summons as was Mr.. Thomas, when
He says, Come!