Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-02-04
NO. 5

very long before you VIII "iou you
were better man." Similar was
the unconscious influence, in the
pulpit and elsewhere, of him whose
name we must now sorrowfully re-
cord with those of "Our Brethren
who Have Fallen on Sleep"
Is it ever the case with a life that
is most dear to us, that the end
comes with just such circumstances
as we could have wished? 1t was
not so with the life of our dear and
honored brother. In the midst OF
his work, away from home, in pro-
tracted and intense suffering, APP
parently without the realization
that his illness must prove fatal,
and so without a farewell word, he
closed his eyes to all he loved on
earth and passed to his home in
Heaven. But in one respect the
desire of his heart was given him
he had more than once expressed
preference to "die with the harness
on" His last revival meeting
the last of how very many and in
how many different places was
held in a country neighborhood and
in the winter. 1t Was unusually
| full of interest and encouragement.
There were many professions OF
faith. Before it was over he broke
down, and on his bed of pain he
was still thinking of his work, pray
ing and planning for it unto the
last. Brave and faithful soldier of
Christ! We are sure you willingly
would have laid down your life
anywhere at his command, but we
cannot lament that when you fell
it was in the thick of the battle you
loved and with the note of victO-
ry for Him thrilling your soul.
Yes, it was victory indeed = that
of the veteran warriors last we'll
fought battle in the cause of his
King. Joy to him that overcom-
eth! "Be thou faithful unto death
and | will give thee crown OF life"
And Bro. hewitt was not only
faithful unto death as the mere
end of lifetime, but unto death
as the supreme test of fidelity, He
was ready to risk his life or even to
give it up without hesitation for
the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
His was the moral fibre of which
the martyrs of all ages are made.
Gentle, tender-hearted, charitable
in his judgments, the grave and
thoughtful face quick to klndle
with the glad light of love, at the
same time he was a man who would
always impress those who knew
him well with a seEse OF moral
grandeur. His name belongs to
the roll of the spiritually heroic.
Following such a life there must
be traceable an influence here cor
responding to the personal immor-
tally yonder. Its hallowing power
was manifest in his own home, and
it will never cease from the lives
that were dearest to him. | once
heard him say in answer to some
question of friend as to his faml-
ly and place of residence, Yes, we
have a little Paradise there"
However real, it could not be
otherwise than transient. But the
Christian children who were nur-
tured in it will perpetuate its les
sons and it's spirit in their own
faithful living and their own minis
tration of the gospel, wherever in
the Heavenly Fathers Providence
their steps may be led.
And in other homes besides his
own, in many and many a recep-
tive soul, the touch CT his PERSONAL
, ity and the power of Lis message
has made for all that is highest and
best. Only this morning [ read
; these words an Incidental para
; graph - in letter from one of the
!, most esteemed of the younger men
Of the Conference, Eyes, Bro. New
lit was a word of God. He had
!, much to do with my Christian life
at critical period. 1t was he who
put me to work and helped me to
find my place. He had Jesus with
, him all the time" Could we call
5 for witness, it would be a goodly
, company that would rise up to