The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-12-01
To the Memory
OF MY Late Esteemed Brother, Nathan
Nixon.

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subject of this notice was borr
June the 10 A. ID. 1913 being the
eldest son of Zachenus and Eliza
beth Nixon. About 10 years ago ht
was made to feel himself "A sinner
In the sight of just God. Not
knowing 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 AL think natural. lie
thought that the Lords first work
on man is TO make him happy, but
not so my friends. Gods ways are
not our ways. Nor his thoughts
our thoughts. No dear friends it
is Gods work, on every soul thai
causes him to feel his lost and ruin
ed condition, before the just God.
So my dear friends when you are
made to feel like Paul did when he
said ooh! wrctched man that | am
who shall deliver me from this
body of sin AMI DEATH" This my
friends is an evidence, that you are
born again. Not ifyou will do thus
and so, for it is Gods work that you
believe on him. For the spiritual
birth is in one sense like the natural
birth, for no child ever cried until
it was born naturally. Neither
does any child say, "God be merci-
full to me sinner" unless he is
born spiritually. SO it was with
him, until it pleased God to send
Rev. w. III. hickman to Oreville to
preach as he often has said to him.
lie told the experience of a child
of God which just suited his case.
And he was made to rejoice with
JOY unspeakable. Soon after that
he was received in the Scotch
Creek church, and babtized, and
has since been member up to the
time of his death. He has. been o
great sufferer, most IF his life. He
would often say to me if it was
Gods will 1 am willing to go and
take my chan ces, that God is just,
and that he knew he would get
justice. He came to Logan some
timein 1889, and in 1893 was elect
ed street commissioner, by large
majority. And in 1895 was re-elect-
ed by a similar majority, of which
he has often expressed to me that
he was very thankful to his many
friends. On the 10th day of Aug.
1896, he was taken sick, it being of
a short duration. During his few
days of suffering, he never express
ed any desire to get well. AS his
hope was cent cred on things above.
He would often say, am willing
to go. While l was sitting by his
bed side, he began to smile, and
put his arms around me, and en-
braced me with kiss saying, II
wish you could go with me where
L am going" He 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 beirg heart trouble for
which all medical skill failed. I'm.
Til the Lord said, "Son thy time is
no longer. Come thou blessed OF
my father, and inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the founda-
tion of the World. And he breath.
ed his last Aug. 8lst. at IL O'clock
a. m. aged 4s years . months and
81 days. He Is AT rest, but we are
deprived of his ussfulne,s. His
kindly loving smile will greet us
no more, except in sweet and ten
der memory. We hear no more his
gentle cheering words of encourages
ment, and brotherly love, which
upon so m any occasions strength
ened us in our pilgrimage when
our feet became wearied, and our
spirits droopel by the way. He
not in all his duty toward
US. We loved him as father, We
|oved him ns a brother, and a pleas,
ant companion. He was firm and
fearless In the whole truth of gos-
pei Of Christ as it was given him.
Jesus, whom he loved and in whom
he put his trust, has taken him to
and now the veil of flesh
which cloudel his view of that in
ner spiritual life has been rent in
Twain, and he sees no more through
glass darkly, things spiritual in
his case has been separated from
things material; the hope which
was In this life an anchor to his
soul, both sure aud steadfast, is
now clearly and fully realized in a