The interior journal., 1909-04-09
John z. Spoonamore,

OF Stanford. a consecrated church
member, an exemplary christian geo.
tleman. and a member OF the official
board for years. has answered roll call
at Quarterly Conference the last time
in the church militant and gone to take
position in the church triumphant. He
passed through the lights and shades,
appointments and disappointments Of 81
wears. and while his bow was abiding in
strength and his natural forces had not
abated, that hidden uncertainty. death.
came upon him 80 suddenly and swept
him away so quickly. il appears that he
has laid aside his farming business and
gone away for visit to another part
Of the country and will come back home
in a short time.
IL Is fact that men never recover
from being boys. IL matters not how
old they may become; the boy crops out
now and then. all the way down the
lane Of life. His later acts and deeds
were evidence Of well ordered youth.
He was reared (did not grow up un-
guarded his habits were well chosen
and his character above suspicion; a
manly man. a firm friend. kind neigh
Dor, faithful father and devoted hus.
band. To him his church was full Of
meaning, every movement and occasion
was interesting. he was all attention
clear through. The last district confer
ence he attended. less than one year
ago. was feast 10 him. He saw.
heard and took all in. As steward,
he filed the office. In finance he was
the embodyment Of liberality; his mon
ey flowed into the treasury Of the Lord
for religious purposes. Among the last
prayers at the family altar. he asked
Father God to help him do more for
Zion's onward and upward movement.
He was an all round great man in his
field of effort. His force Of character
was in self.government and quietude.
He did not talk much. but lived more.
His words multiplied many times on the
thought Of those who heard him speak.
His home was the product of wise
combination between himself and wife
for religious and temporal purposes.
They modelled after the Joshua resolu'
tion. las for me and my house we will
serve the Lord" He was a priest and
his wife a daughter Of Aaron. and the
altar stood and the incense aseended.
He was the father Of 10 children; two
babes are in the glory land with him.
six sons and two daughters mourn his
loss, but he left them heritage more
valuable than gold. good name and a
clean character.
But he is gone. we will never see an
other like him. God never repeats HIS
work in the field of nature or on the
high plane Of grace. lie did good ser
vice in his day, and for his generation
and left the world better than he found
il. He used the world but did mol
abuse il. lie used this world according
To Gods appointment. and that Is, tt
get to that better and brighter world
and succeeded. Old death got his bod,
only, and when the old earthly house
fell, his soul escaped unhurt. and rose
superior. to higher claims and lasting
conditions in that land where the shad
ows never fall and sighs and sorrows d
not enter and death Is shut out forever
Goodbye old friend, but not forever
| believe in my soul there is another life
and sweet land beyond the sun. where
the loved and lost to our vision now,
will appear and partings will be nc
more. W. II. VAUGHN.
Somerset, Ky.