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Rev . Nel so n Barn um.
'T'his de ot
c- v a nt of C·r r ist, cl o s e
hL e y es i n d P. i h o, the rc> r :1 ing f the
5th ~f nugu s t l n the 43r ci ye : r of his life. "'e wo s b ~ rn >•t ,,·,of'e ha ,, , Vt. , ..J ;. n, 12t h ,
/l . D . , ~., 7 .
H was r ec eived :>n trial in the ~ ; higan Conf~re n r e i n the ye r 1644 and
0 nt t:1e ::'er· i :d ·)j his oro b l i ) n i. n . r·l iV t)
nd e fici e nf l- bor u;:-> 11 the Lapeer and
Ut · c a Circ ;; t r.~ .
H w ; 8 aoud. tte d into f u l co~ nect i n ·: i 'h he C' nf e r e nc e in r he ye '" r 1~46 , · nd
a .:> o i n i e
t 0 th· Ind i ;.; n T"i i.ssi n 1'/0rk ur n t :• e ~ or e of Lake Su p eri o r. He e ~ s pe n t
six s 1cce ssiv e ve ar s in lah ars or ~ ~ b und ~ nt am •ne: this beni eh te d peoole , <> s sciated
wi1h ~ is pi us wi fe, who fe ' ~ i n f lo r i us s ~ r ijic e a Ma rt yr t o her de voti n in the
l" issi .. na r y wo r k
A~ a
n , Brother B, rnum wa s p 1ssed tith f ai r i n lel l tua l a t tain:c nts a n d e c e:L ed
in th') S~ s d
nua l it.i e
a nd rli spo s i ti on o f c harac·ter , th&.t r e nd ·' r e
him a n ami r b le
c · moani n , a sympoth i7 in f husba nd c.: nd a kind a nd v ff e c ti nat r) oa r e nt .
I
hi s
ha ra cte r a _ a c hris r i a n c !ld christ ia n i·: n st~ , he waf'. ab ov .:: r e pr ach .
H
cl r ly c ompr eh e n de d t he d u t i es ~· h ic h hi s re lb ti n t 0 G d n ~ t he ~ u h i mp~ s ed
u , n h i.rn , a n :• e n ter , u n n ' l' eir exe r uti o n wil h a z e e; l which k ne\'J n o ·.e<=. rine ss unt il
d ise se r-r ostr te d his physic a l
ne rgi ;s a n.J dm ·· nis ha hi tr '. h ;: t h i s wo rk was ;:u ne .
the
osc oj the l a I C nf r nee e t <'! O a S un e: r a nnu. t e ~ r e l a ti ' n a n d re tu rned
lo he p L, ce
f his nat i v it y , t o di e i n the s oc i et y of is fr i ends . He waw Lhe
e: v en tfu
.e r : d of h is diss olu t i o n steadi l y app ro ac h in g a n d rejo ic ed i a the
b d g ht prospe t wfui ch i t of f e d of a n e t e r na l r l's t i n t h ·= Ki n gd o n of G )d .
In h i s vvl uab l e correspo nd enc e with l he ~·n· i ter , he sa ys : " Te ll my br ethr!-> n of
the Con f er . nce , t h &t t hou gh I mee t t hem no ~or in ~onf er en c e Je s s i ~ n he r ~ , I s h ~ l l
p· t i c n tl..y a vw i t t hlt ir a r r iva l a t my Fa t he ' s Jio u se in Hea v en . '' H s deat h w., s not
n ' y p e ce f u '
b ut tri ump '•· nt.
May we parb•k e of his s pi r it e mu "' te his vir t ue a nd
f i na l ' y sh re t h e r ew rd of hi s f c ith . a nd t rium ph fo re v er .
Barnum, Nelson