Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-04-01
For the Y0rkville Enqui
JOHN s. CHAMBERS, ESQ.
DEATH OF 4 FORMER CITIZEN OF YORK
COUNTY.

JOHN s. CHAMBERS, ESQ.
DEATH OF 4 FORMER CITIZEN OF YORK
COUNTY.
Many friends in York and Chester will
mourn the death of this most worthy Chris
tian gentleman. Noble traits gemmed the
character of our lamented friend. Blending
harmoniously with the winning qualities
of "a sympathetic and generous heart, were
the sterling attributes of well-regulated
understanding, sound and discriminating
Judgment, firmness of principle and devo-
tion to duty. Nothing mean, or low, or
groveling, came near his head or heart. He
was one of the truest of friends, and one of
the noblest of men. A devoted husband, a
tender, watchful father, concerned not only
for the usefulness of his children in society,
but, above all, for their spiritual and eter-
nal well-being, anxiously desiring that they
should seek first the Kingdom of God, and
choose the better part that shall never be
taken from them, he was a comfort and
blessing to his pastor, whose "heart could
safely trust in him." AS Christian, he
was humble, distrustful of self, ever i'm
pressed with proud sense of his entire
dependence upon the sovereign grace of
God. He had clear perception of the gos-
pei system, and the precious doctrines of
grace, heartily embraced by him had mould
ed his Christian experience. AS a ruler in
the church he was just and impartial, max
ing no invidious distinctions. The solemn
responsibilities of his Office were felt by him.
The headship Of Christ over the church was
to him not sentiment, buta reality. He
looked upon himself as the representative Of
Christ, entrusted with His honor, and charg-
ed with executing the laws of His Kingdom,
and realized that only thus could he repre-
sent the true interests of the people. He
was their representative, not their deputy.
The integrity of his Christian character, the
blamelessness of his walk, and life abound
ing in good works, were standing testi-
mony to the power of the gospel before
which, blasphemy laid its hand upon its
mouth, and infdelity was dumb. He gave
his heart and his hands to every cause,
whose object was the expansion of his Sa-
viours Kingdom and the clarifying of his
Saviour's name.
In has last hours, no wave of apprehen-
sion rufHed his placid breast. His Saviour's
presence impaired peace-sweet peace, sa-
cred peace, victorious peace, that smiles at
death and the grave, and says: 0 Death,
where is thy sting? o Grave, where is thy
victory?
The silver cord was gently loosed, and the
emancipated spirit was borne by loving an
gels to the home of the Redeemer and the
redeemed, to the royal entertainment OF
the King of kings and to the marriage-sup-
per of the Lamb.
In society, his death has vacated sphere
of virtue, honor and usefulness, which
none but the pure, the upright and the
true hearted are qualified to occupy.
Upon his honored memory rests the love
of kindred and friends, the gratitude of
the poor, the benedictions of society, the
blessing of the Church, and the smile of
God. A. W.. NJ.
CHARLOTTE, n. G..
The following notice of the death of Mr..
Chambers is copied from the Ennis, Texas,
Saturday RerieU Of November 81, 1885:
AN OLD CITIZEN GONE.
On Sunday morning last, Mr.. John S.
Chambers, an aged and much respected cti-
zen of Ennis, breathed his last at his home
in this city, in the 74th year of his age.
He was a native of York District, S. c.,
where he was born in 1912, and lived there
and in Chester county, until 1856, when he
emigrated to Brady county, Ark, and from
thence in 1874 to Ellis county, Texas. In
1879 he became a resident of Ennis, improv-
ing home in our city and removing to it
from his farm, six miles west OF town,
where he lived until the day of his death,
sincerely respected by all who knew him.
He was a ruling Elder in the Presbyterian
church. Possessing a remarkably clear
Judgment, but of a quiet, unobstrusive ma
ture, he ever maintained the confidence and
esteem of his brethren. His respect and
veneration for the church and sanctuary
were characteristic, and such as is only in
spired by close communion with God. He
departed this life in the full triumphs of the
Christians faith. His funeral Monday was
one of the largest we have seen in Ennis.
A touching tribute to his memory was the
attendance of the children of the public
ScnOOl at Ills luueTdl SelFlCeo, a. Iie W
church, which, amid large concourse of
sorrowing friends, were conducted by his
pastor, Rev. II. w. Erwin, assisted by Rev.
Mr.. Joplin, Prof Taylor, at the organ, sing
ing "Safe on the Evergreen Shore" and
other appropriate solos, with feeling and ef-
feet. The remains were afterward tenderly
placed in Myrtle Cemetery. TO his family,
his friends and his church, John S. Cham
bers has left the inestimable treasure Of the
example of a consecrated and devoted life.