The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-02-13
DIED,

4 DIED,
In this city. on the 10Th instant of Brain Fever.
JANIS q. owss. aged ~ years. months and
6days.
Blessed are the dead which die In the
Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the
spirit, that they may rest from their Ia.
bors; aud their works do follow them
James &. Owen was born July lth, 1885,
upon the Atlantic Ocean, on shipboard,
during the passage from Scotland 20
America, aud parents. brothers, sisters
and passengers, all OF one accord, named
him after their good ship, james Con-
gress." His parents, bound for Toronto,
Car ada, were, rs he believes providentiai.
~ turned aside al the port ofOswegc. aud
with their eight children took up their
residence I'm Jefferson county, N. Y.
James commenced very early to support
himself. While still la his teens, he
worked at the shoemaker's bench, and
clerked In store and post Office. Some
| twenty years ago he took % clerkship on
one of the Lake propell.rs Of the North
ern Transportation Company. Faithful
service won for him through successive
steps, very respons BILE position In the
/ management OF that important line OF
steamers. To him, la reat measure, the
IN. Z. Company owed Its great success
IN Its palmy days.
Failing In health from too close appli.
| cation TO business, he left ogd, nsbuIg In
he spring Of 1872, and came TO Manka,o;
md not long sfter built his pleasant resi-.
ienc- on Clarke street. He did not en-
gage In business until the fall and winter
81 1874. At that time the Lord Jesus p-
cared to him In the great reviva OF that
'ear, aud babe him Follow me-" Feed
ny Sheep" Feed INV lambs f" Then d.
vent about his Fathers business. How
faithful he has been In that servie ali
we are Witnesses" Many time has b,
aid 10 me. 1T pays; don't want any
Ither business"
In March, 1878, he was ordained u
'uling Elder IN the Presbyterian church
4 this city. tie has needed well I'eter's
'xhortation 70 the Elders la the nth
;uapIeG OF h . LIST epistle. still his laboi
we're not confined TO his church. lie wa,
'oru upon the worlds highway, aud he
loved all the world As he quietly sought
Dut, coinfcrted, and ministered TO the sick
ana the sorrowiuE, the poor, the friend
.rss, the widow aud the iatherlcss, hi, i
Ie.rt said "beho q my mother aud ny
brethren" All these will mourn Tor hiu
~ for n fath,r; and with them all who |
Knew him. No mans death has ever be-. |
core brought to the people OF Msnkaio |
urh profound aud universal regret anu |
sorrow.
elf, but for Christ aud his fellow. nrn.
dow he yearne over those who wor no, |
he ea>y yoke Of his loving Mastrri "hoid- |
.ng foTtG the word OF life" TO them, even 1
.ast week In spite OF sickness, because |
the king's business required ba>te." n,
more than Lazarus can he return TO testi.
iy TO them. But will not lis Last words
- some Of them, spoken at the peril OF
us life, ring forever In their hearts as tn,
voice Of Gud, warning and entreating,-I
" Turn! turn!" Hear ana your FOUL
,halI livey'
To his family, TO the church, to the poor
and afflicted, u seems ~ IL he could not
Ue spared. Yet his work was finished,
and he was prepared to 40. He prayed
that he might live 10 see his
children all converted, and 10 see anoth-
r great revival Of religion In Mankaio.
The irst prayer has been fully answered;
the last Ia some measure. A. bis wife
said when he was dy Ing, ''he could not be-
letter prepared to 20 IL he should live n
hundred years" six years ago he was
brought down 10 the graves brink, aud
looked into its depths with unspeakablr
terror. But He who .'is long - Offering to
4 ward, not willing that any should Der.
81" spared his life. lie Needed the warn.
ny, aud now he welcomed death as the
who should bid him center In |
through the gates into the city" TO be-
forever "before the throne OF
rod, and serve him day and night in his
emple."
During his great suflerings from pain In
lis ear, he marked In his bible the 18th
md 18th verses Of the sth chapter OF Rom
Ins. He has already entered into the
glory. Let this be comfort
q the mourning ones. IL we feel like his
little Nellie" How can live without
our faith be like hers: "yet d