The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-10
TO THE MEMORY
OF MY LATE ESTEEMED
BROTHER, NATHAN
NIXON.

1t now becomes my palliiui uu1y W
write a sketch of the life and death of
my late brother. The subject of this
notice was born June 10 A. D. 1S4S
being the eldest son of Zacheus and
Eliza beth Nixon. About Is years ago
he was made to feel himself sinner
in the sight of a just God. Not know
ing what was the trouble he came
down to the old homestead and would
say to father that he was going to die
and that his doom was sealed to ever
lasting punishment. And so went on
for months. Not knowing that it was
God working on him, just my dear
friends as all think natural. He thouht
that the Lords first work on man is
to make him happy, but not SO my
friends. Gods ways are not our ways
are not our ways. Nor his thoughts
our thoughts. No dear friends it is
Gods work, ,on every soul that cans
es him to feel his loss and ruined
condition, before the just God. Sonny
dear friends when you are made to
feel like Paul did when he said ooh
wretched man that / am who shall
deliver me from this body of sin and
DEATH" This my friends is in evidence,
that you are born again. Not if you
will do thus and so. for it is Gods
work that you believe on him. For
the spiritual birth is in one sense
Ike the patuMl birth,, for no child
ever cried until it was born naturally.
Neither does any child, "God be
merciful to me sinner" unless he
is born spiritually. So it was with
him, until it pleased God to send
Rev. w. H. Hickman to Orevill to
preach as he often has said to him.
He told the experience Of a child of
God which just suited his case, And
he was made to rejoice with JOY un-
speakable. Soon after that he was re-
ceived in the Scotch Creek church,
and babtized, and has since been a
member up to the time of his death.
H has been great sufferer, most
of his life. He would often say to me
if it was God s will l am willing to 90
and take my chances, that God is just
and that he knew he would get just
ice. He came to Logan some time in
1889, and in 1893 was elected street
commissioner, by large majority.
And in 1895 was reelected By sim
liar majority OF which he has often
expressed to me that he was thankful
to his many friends. On the 18th day
of Aug. 1896, he was taken sick, it
being of short duration, During bis
few days of suffering, be never ex-
pressed any desire to get well. As his
hope was centered on things above.
He would often say, I am willing to
go. While I was sitting by his bed
side, he began to smile, and put his
arms around me, and embraced me
with kiss saying. II wish you could
go with me where l am going" H 9
then said to all farewell, farewell !
farewell; Oh come on dear brother
and go with me. The doctors wrestled
with him, as best they knew, but
his disease being heart trouble for
which all medical skill failed. Until,
the Lord said, "Son thy time is no
longer. Come thou blessed of my
father, and inherit the kingdom pre-
pared for you from the foundation
of the World. And he breathed his
last Aug. 3lst, at IL o'clo ok a. m.
aged 4S years 2months and 81 days.
He is at rest, but we are deprived Of
his usefulness. His kindly loving
smile will greet us no more, except
in sweet. and tender memory. We
hear no more his gentle cheering
words of encouragement, and broth
erly love, which upon SO many occas-
ions strengthened us in our pilgrim
age when our feet became wearied
and our spirits dropped by the way.
He faltered not in all his duty toward
US. We loved him as a father, We
loved as brother, and a pleasant
He was firm and fearless !
in the whole truth of gospel of Christ I
IS it was given him. Jesus, whom he
owed and IN whom he put his trust,
las taken him to himself, and now
he veil of the flesh which clouded S
lis view of that inner spiritual life t
1as been rent in twain, and he sees
10 more through glass darkly, '
hings spiritual in his case has has been L
eparated from things material; the I
lope which was in this life an anchor t
o his soul, both sure and steadfast, Y
s now clearly and fully realized in e
glorious eternity. In our grief we v
would adopt the language of David, y
But now he is dead wherefore should u
fast" Can 1 bring him back again? a
shall go to him but he shall not re- C
urn to me. May it be the desire of
he brother and his sisters and friends
0 bow in humble submission to the o
7ill of him who gave our brother l