St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-04
RECENT DEATHS.
Rev. c. L. Goode11, ID. ID.

OF st. Louis was stricken with apo
pIexy Sunday evening after having
delivered lecture on the Holy Lane
and that he remained in critica
state. This announcement was fol
lowed at Ii o'clock by telegram an.
nouncing his death which occurred al
8 o'clock Monday morning. From a
brief obituary in the Boston Journal
of Tuesday, presumably by Rev. DR..
Dexter, his lifelong friend, we copy
the following facts "COnstans l..
Goodell was born in Calais, VT, March
10, 1880, and consequently lacked but
"A days of having reached SO years.
He graduated at the University OF
Vermont inI855 and at AndOver the
illogical seminary in 1858, and was or
dained pastor of the South Congrega-
tioual church in New Britain, Conn.,,
Feb. 2, 1859, where he remained until
1872, when he accepted the call of the
Pilgrim church i'm st. Louis, which he
has since served with distinguished
ability. He went abroad three times,
months ago, he lay at the point of
death for several weeks in England
from disease contracted in the East.
Most of his energy was devoted to his
pastOrate, yet he found time to write a
good deal fer the press and lately de-
livered course of exceedingly inter
esting and valuable lectures oil" Church
Work at the West" before the students
at Andover. He published many SER
mons and addresses never we think
anything in volume form. In 1859 he
married Emily, daughter of Gov. Eras-
tus Fairbanks of st. Johnsbury, who,
with son and daughter survives him.
His loss will be grievOusly felt not
merely by the circle of Christians with
which were his especial affiliations,
but by all philanthrOpic workers in a
wherein he was never
wanting from any good work. DIR.
GoOdell was a man of very winning
personality, open and genial in all his
ways, and possessed of a vein of keen
humor. In the pulpit he was very
earnest and interesting preacher, and
held his congregation by "a certain
power, us we'll as by the vi
gor and versatility of his discourses.
His commanding position had caused
him to be greatly looked up to as a
counselor and friend among his minis
terial brethren and his fascinating per-
sonal traits endeared him to all who
knew him"
1t would be pleasure to dwell upon
the qualities of this man who stood
the7foremOst pastors of his de-
we will leave that
for other pens; and while Fastening to
the last sad service that can be done
this brother will tenderly and fearful
ly bear testimony to the rich qualities
of heart and mind which made him an
gift to every one brought
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the casual acquaintance a deep i'm
preston of his cheerful Christian life
and character, to those whose good
fortune it was to know DIR. GOOdell
and have him for days and
weeks under their roof, his presence
was n henediction and an ever after
stimulus to better life. AS some
count years his life was short. "That
life is long that answers life's great
end" In work done and results
achieved his life was long. He has
now entered in through the gate Beau
tiful and he now walks those golden
streets of which he loved so much to
talk while here upon earth and when
the roll is called of the "pure in heart"
and those "who turn many to right
eousness," we know his name will be
there. Hstt-.t
To the people of st. JOhnsbury,
where for % years DR.. GOOdell made
his summer home, this is sore be-
reavement - to- his family and his
church the blow is a crushing one. AS
an index of his thought and life, espe-
cially since God raised him from his
critical illness abroad and brought him
to his own home and people again, we
copy a sentence or two from letter to
the writer of these lines penned only a
few days before his death "The time
flies fast and the work presses hard.
My head is heavy and sore, but my
heart is light and glad and Christ is
so good and all toll for him is precious"
A special dispatch to the New York
Tribune says, in relation to the cause
of DR.. Goodell's death:
ellis death was the result of blow
received on the head five years ago
from pair of "foot-pads." The at
tack was bold and brutal. While re-
turning home one evening he was set
upon by two men on Tenth-st., one of
whom gave him fearful blow on the
head with slungshOt. DR.. GoOdell,
being powerful man, grappled with
his assailants and called loudly for
help. A workman going home heard
the cry and rushed across the street
and between the two the ruffians were
driven off. DR.. Goodell made his way
home without further assistance but at
once began to complain of pains in the
head, which continued to grow worse
until at last his church gave him a
years leave of absence, and kindly but
emphatically ordered him to take a
European trip"
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