Connecticut western news., 1895-11-28

N. l., Lee. 10, 1000 hnu uieu Ut IdWI- ing, N. r., Nov. 20, 1895. The limited circumstances of his parents caused him early to become pupil in the school of honorable toll. By working on the farm, and securing such other employment as he was able to find, he earned enough money to pay his tuition at Wyoming Seminary. On leaving this institution he taught school for awhile, and then commenced the study of law. About this time, more by accident than design as he expressed it, he was led to attend Methodist camp meeting, where he was converted to God. From that moment the plans of his life began to undergo change. Feeling called to the Christian ministry he laid aside his legal studies and enter ed the New York Conference In 1857.
 His appointments were: 1857, Bloom ingburg; '5S. Eqqinux; '59, ,-'6O, Graham vile; '61. .-'62. Sandburg; '63, -'64. Phil. hpsport; '65,- -'67, Falls Village and Lime Rock; '6S, TO, Millerton; 71,-'73, Sharon and Amenia Union; "A, West Taghkanic and Glencoe Mills; '75,-T7, North Canaan and Ashley Falls; '7S,-T9, Sheffield; 'sO.-'82, Pawling and Key noldsville; '83, ,-'s4, Fishkill-on-the-H -Hud. son; 'S5. .-'s7, Lee; 's8, ,-'s9. Pawling; go, 92, Pawling and Reynoldsville; '93, Sharon; '94, -'95, Superannuated (Pawl- ing, N. Y.)
 During the last year of his ministry in Pawling Q892) he experienced sev. eral preliminary thrills of the dread di. sease, paralysis. but after each attack his splendid constitution triumphed over the malady, and he resumed his labors with all his old time vigor While stationed at Sharon in 1893 the shock occurred which caused him tc lie for weeks in the dim border-land be. tween this and the better life. Recoy. ing somewhat, in the spring of 1894 he was removed to Pawling on his couch l After time he recovered sufficiently to appear on the street, and on Sunday mornings, accompanied by his wife, he would attend divine service in the same church from the pulpit of which fol years he had delivered the gospel mes sage. On Tuesday morning. the 12th inst, came the beginning of the end. Another paralytic shock completely de prived him of the use of his left side, and rendered his speech thick and diff. culty of utterance. His last hour drew near and found him awaiting it's crisis with the courage of christian hero On the morning of the 20th inst calm ly trusting in his Saviour, he passed where-"Beyond these voices there is peace
 Rev Robert Hunt married Eunice Babcock of Bridgewater, Susquhanns Co.,, Penn. Of the five children born to them, three reside in Pawling, NY, one in Minneola, Fla, and one, the lovely daughter Emma, s'is not, fo, l God hath taken her.
 In the pulpit Mir Hunt was man o peculiar power. Always interesting and thorough in his work, at times he rose to heights of marvellous power and inspiration. He was always particular to have fresh arrangement of materia for every service, and "Dever carried al old scrap into the pulpit" He pro claimed full and free salvation. Bigo try, and intolerance of the views ant opinions of others knew no place in hi theology. He preached gospel full 0 universal human brotherhood, ant fraught with the richest consolation afforded by consciousness of the Di vine Fatherhood. To him all men wer brothers, because all were children o the same heavenly Father. Hence hi thoughts ran along no narrow guage His ministry was very full of comfort Mir Hunt was essentially peacemaker He deprecated, above all things, feuds divisions and strife in the church. Hi work was always labor of love, an, in the spirit of love did he pursue it Whenever church needed healing an, consolation, he was the man of all other best qualified to be pastor in that place People of all social classes and condi tions knew and loved ':Dominie Hunt. Reviyals occurred in almost eyer, charge he served, and scores would ex perience change of heart. He ha reaped large harvest of souls for tn Master. His decease is an irreparabl loss, not only to his family but to tn church and to the community wh ere h dwelt. He will be mourned by all wh, knew him. Mir Hunts example is al undying inspiration. and the fragranc of his life will never cease. His chil j. dren have the priceless heritage of
 good name.
 Ar Hunt was we'll known and highl, esteemed among the Masonic fraternity and he occasionally delivered publi lectures on Masonry. He was mem Der of Webotuck Lodge, at Millerton N. Y. While stationed at Canaan h was Chaplain of Housatonic Lodge. Mir Hunt and his wife were in tn railway disaster at Tarifville on tn night of Jan. 15, 1878. They were re turning from the Moody and Sanke, meetings at Hartford when the hridg over the Pennington river collapse, and four cars of the train wer preeipitated into the river. Tn car in which MT Hunt and his wife wer riding was badly shattered and nearl submerged but MT Hunt broke hol