The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-09-18

| worked hard, endeavOred to ''bear and
forbear with each other" but misun-
derstood each other, found fault with
one another, failed to pay for their do
main," and finally collapsed, and re-
turned to their original condition of
competition in the game of life.
In 1850 Mr.. Longley's second wife
died, and during a visit to his brother
John, in Lafayette, he was introduced
by this brother to ar amiable widow,
whom he thought would be a comfort
to him in his affiictiOn and a good
mother to his children. The result was
in due time he married Mrs. Amorette
Lawrence, of that city, and soon after
ward moved the younger portion of his
family back to Lebanon, where he con-
tinued to live and to preach as he had
call, and TO work at his trade, more or
less, until 1866, when he removed to
Paola, Kansas.
OF the children of Abner II. Long
ley, Of whom he had thirteen, seven
boys and six girls, something may be
said, as he was more successful with
them than was his brother John, though
there were fewer Of them. He lived to
see all Of them but three, who died in
childhood, grown to manhood and wo-
manhood, married, and respectfully sit
uated in society, and with fair educa-
tions, two or three of the sons receiv-
ing partial collegiate courses in "Old
Woodward College," Cincinnati. The
elder, Elias, was designed by his father
for minister; at least his education
was directed in that line, and while in
college his reading and literary eXer-
cises were all directed toward theolog-
ical topics and religious exercises. He
was a brave advocate and defender of
the faith of his father, in many dis
cussion with his schOolmates and in
the debates in the hall of the literary
society. And the good father was for
short time gratifed by the efforts of
his son in the same pulpits he himself
had been occupying. But Elias was
not himself satisfied with those three
or four attempts at preaching, and he
abandoned the idea of becoming min
lister. He was then engaged in print
ing the Star II, the Vest, Rev. John
A. Gurley's paper, and was then, and
continued to be, a frequent writer for
its columns. He was afterwards quite
prominently known as writer upon
and publisher of phonetic and phono-
graphic books, and from the breaking
out of the war in 1861, as shorthand
reporter and city editor upon the Gin
cinati daily papers.
The other sons, Servetus, Septimius,
Cyrenius, Alexander, Albert and Abner
all followed the footsteps Of their
elder brother, and became printers, and
two of the daughters, Salome and Mary
A., married printers and editors, and
furthermore most Of the children of all
of the family are now either printers,
publishers, or in some way engaged in
such pursuits. One of the sons, Albert,
is now a lawyer in Cincinnati, the
youngest son only, Abner, is dead.
Mr.. Longley always took a lively in
terest in politics, but was not regarded
as a politician; still, in 1886, perhaps it
was, he was elected to the Indiana Leg
islature by the Democrats of the coun-
ties of Boone and Hamilton. He was
also county surveyor for a time. In
1854 he abandoned the Democratic
party because of the position of that
party on the repeal of the missouri
Compromise"
The following, from Paola, Kan,
paper, will fittingly close the sketch of
this worthy brother:
IN the death of Rev. a. II. Longley,
whose life went out on the morning of
the 9th of May, 1879, the Reaper
cleaned one of the richest harvests
ever taken from our circles. He was
born in Kentucky, in December, 1896,
and lived to the ripe old age of eighty
two. His life was SO well preserved,
having been strongly temperate in all
things, that he had the appearance of
being not over siXty-five. lie was en-
doWed with remarkable mental powers,
a sensible thinker, and up to the time
of his death was greatly interested in
governmental matters. For number
of years he was a resident of Cincin-
natl, o., and from there moved to
Lebanon, Ind, where he built the first
house in that city, and continued to
reside there until he came to Paola,
twelve years ago.
In religious belief he was a Univer-
salist, and for more than fifty years
preached the gospel as he understood
it. \ man of strong convictions, con-
scientious to an eminent degree, he
was honored wherever he was known
for his many Christian virtues. There
never was a better husband, never a
better father, never a better man.
During his sickness, when cOnversing
about dying, he was asked, But you
are not afraid to die, are you, father p
His response was %, no, no, no
why should l be? Why should | be