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-:R I H. DAY.
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89L1 . his 1 if e W:) ul d de ns t r at e t he c o r re c tnes s of
t l-, e s .13y ing. " 'T' r ·1th i s s t r · np-e r t h.::-n fict i >n ."
B. s v·i n~ "Bit e.
Ju ne lc; , ' 8 1 8 . Conv e rt e d wh i e , :V':> Un P' , j ~ in e • the i\i..!!., CJ: u rc h,
rr' ~ t e ennrv ie • ~f ~ is ~ nt ire ife . ~ ar rie at Au s tenbur g, 0, t o hiss u e rriet br - c k
we:v . Se · t . 1 Q. ' 8L? . f - ne r :v 4· ye · rs the:v E h ~ re d t h e sa c ri fices o f a ~ i s si · r:v and
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ne i i 'le d t he i'i ic •· . Conf. in th ~ a u tumn of 1 84 t- . an \'·as a ss ip.ne cl t > uty a s a
missi n ar:v am'1 n the .L nd ' c:ns c:t T n Du L :-l , Min n , =:· 1 rho s t a t h , u se nd mi e s a wa y , no t
v r y f a r f r ·m wy re t he ri ties of Du l u th an d Suoe rio r n ""J w are . Th ink :):f the fo rti t u d e
c: nd h e roism on the part o f a ma n who c ould t a k e his :v u n r " ife a n d t wa s ma l c h i · re n
n d s ta rt on th&t journev of a thous nd m i ' ; s under th e i n c""l~ ven i e n rc s oj t h e mo des
o f tr~v~ o f h F f a r· e n t ur:v a g . Ho::- e th ey r emaine d f ") th re ye rs , durin g wh i c h they
p as s e t h · o u gh i n ci · e n ts of ife s , me of ~hich w . re thri in f , s ame pa thetic , and so m
the o casi ns > i P'Ye t j o v .
" w s n e xt s e n t t l') o r gani e c hu rc h .work a t the t h en
famous C i. f f cop"'~ e r "'~ i n e . o n the uppe · pe n in su I ;:, of 1'"ic h i.pa n . . . , e r err c:: ine a fo r t~\O
ye ~ rs .
.ue .. a s t:ben S"' nt se-v ~ n ty fiv e mi ' e s further we s t , t ""l Ontona go . . anothe
L vo ye or s
1 a nna t pa u ~ e t ") r i ve y o u inci de n ts i ' lust · t i ve of t h e courare , devot i o n, h rds h ips e n d exp o ~ ure , ~ s we ' l a s s u c ce ssjs of t hose ye · r of l i 1e amo n g the m i n ~ s a nd
mi ne rs o : t he upper o enins u l a in thal e · rly d a y .
.L ha v e r e d a cc ount s o f some -; f the
as wri t t e n by • i s ov·n ha n' a n d ha ve b e '. n sl ireed ;•Ji t h a dmi ra ti ~ n f or th e man 'A'ho, in
t~ e mi d st ")f t h e ri p r s ") f wint r c o uld , ~ith sno w shoe ~ , a n d ~ i t h hatc het and g un
a nd hy mn b • I{ a n d bi. b ' e , s 'r. rt up n a tr ,i in th e ·· oo d s to rec: c- h a n app""l intment
eigh t e en mi ' e <> 8\" y . a n d al 1 f r '-' h r i :s t s s - ke .
e ·· s n ' Xt s r nt to the low t: r pe nin su<;< a t o d0 mis si · n f! r ,v w0 rk am~nr the 1 n d i - n s
o(1:i liTa n e nd a d i in i " ' c ou ti es.
"1 e e e n de d hi s mis s i Jna ry wo r k pro oer . 'l' : en b p.;, n
t han l 0n g p , ,~rrim c- • e 0-r ne r ' y 4r ye
s mo r e o f iti n era n t
if e in whi ch he s e rv e j
h ar ~eP i n a l~ ~ s t e v r y oart , f t he mi ch i ga n ron f e r e n c e. h i s l ast ch~ r c e a - s ~ a ~ t o n ,
on the Ni ,_ ., s 'i Ftric t . .."' · ::: -:; ':lV ~ r 8t; V~nty ye rs :Jf ;:. g-e when e ")O:J in t e d t o lh is W) rk,
;o. nr' ha · n - t yet r ;> · he ·· t h e "dead U ne of mi i ste "' ia1 u s ef u ness . . . , e c o nt inue · in
t he pr.>t rat e , j thi c r re f or five years . A t he l.:'lst s e s s i o n o f t he ~_,o n fe r e nce he
· s k e . f o a n r e c e i v d a s u o e r a n n t e d r e :- t i n , :; n d a 1 t h ; u r h i t wa s s ~ m.-; ,.. h a t h r d f o r
hi. m t"l rc t i ~ e f rom the
a · f i q~ w r k, h e d i d g:r " C' e f u l y anc wi t h g > o ch e e r.
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h ri :=: he a d e s ire t · '=' • h e mi ph • e n a hi s l if whi · e s ti
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u se f " e"ue n t l :v t o s · y . "l w· n t t ') di e with the h::: rne s s >n ."
A t r.o u g h h e a a~f e r e
muc h dur i ng the s i x d a ys of his l st t i l l n ess , he r emain v
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to t h e en ·1 , a n d just b .L:> r e d .v inf .. he s r i d ,".J.. expect t o s en d up a sh ut
a s S") " n a s I ge t ov · .,.. the r iv .,r. 1'
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of it, t he ma n wh os e v0 i c e u s e 1 t > echo amo ~g t h e tr e e s o. t h e f o rest,
se ndi. n €7' up a s h o ut in gl '1 ry. And th u s. 1 i.ke a p l ume d wa rr i or , r et urnin ~r fro
t he f i eld
of ' o n :f ict v1it h the sh ut of v i c tory o n his l ip s , he we nt h me to ;.raven ." 'l' hank.e be
t t"J G,,. wh , g iv . t h us t he dc t "lry .. "
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th e rel ati ns ')f hus t and a n i fathe r, and bro the an d f rie nd . h wa s a true
mn. ft ~ e oreac h e r, he ha d ma ny superi ~ r ~ual it ie ~ . His cu l tu r e w s a ov e the av e ra pe
of the pr eacn s , f his t im Gs , ~ e h a d a l ive l y imafina tio nand so ex c e
e d in de scr i p
t ive p ··· r .
,., ha d muc h of wha t the f ather s c a l ' e d u n " ti · i n h i s p r e a chin g . nis S':J ul
w<s e a si y S '" t o n f ire of the ~pir i t a n d the t ru t h . rl i s p r e ac hin g·;· s not s o much
d , t r i n e • a s e v e n r ~ isti c , a n d S ':l ~ r~a t r e vi va ' ~ c we o u t o f h i s min is try. T no us a nds
0i s • t ' s have 1:- f-: en bro u g~t int':> the
Ln • d ·m of our Lo rd t h rou r h hi s a g e nc y a nd mi ni st r.o:n s. ""e r , m f im "s .. . ' ain ed t o gre t h ei f h1 s o f p ' e r in pre· r hi n g t e g o s pel
· nd i n evh• rt · n · S i. '1 ne s t• f e e fr 0 m 'he wra th t ~ c >trte .
ri c: r ern ~· ns w e br •Jght fro
C- d i ' la c t , P 1gusta. -,.·her ")n Ao ri 1 3, 1894. i n the
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r vi e s we re. co n•i uct ed by Re v . J WH C• r ' i s l e "' n ~ the writ e r .
~ h e re') [ his n.i, s t e i.al b r · t-hren w re pr
en t, s om e of wh m a ssi ste d in th ~ se
vire,c= n :
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ss rr. n . b . .,. h i_c:; S') U has £' ' ne 0 11t i n t " th e broa e .,. . r a rr s >f
if e an .i "Y· We
, hal , mi s s l· i e ma rn i i· r f orm i n ,..,ur C') n :f · r n re ses s i · ns fl d a ":"~·. r the acc,r t omed
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me et him by an d b v .
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",-u thA de<'lth of Rev. Ti' . H. Da y , vlh5.ch o currAd 1t Cadillac, •ii.c , March 31 , 1 94,
{ho 'ichi ran Con"P.r"'nCP. l ost OP.P of i ts oliPt mP.m hP.rs and ono of i t s most sel " - sa r i f icing
"lTJd khProic men . Tf' t h,.., hi~t.ory o" his l ifP. w~re fu l ly wri t en np it would de'lonstrate
the correctness of thesain~ , ''Truth i s f' tran P"e r than fiction . 11
ri,.., "as born 1+ ~nrin rrw<:d.t"l , ~ryy Juno 15, 181 . he wa
con· " rted whi 1 9 y -:n ng , and
_ioi_n<>d tho lliethdS.ist Enisconal Churc'1 , to w icl--t he gav"! the e norgies of his e nt ire
li fe . He marr ieri a+ Anstenbnrg , Ohio , Miss HarriP.t Brockway , Sept. 19 , 1r. 42 , a nd f or
ne1 r ly hS year s ",hoy shared i n '.hP. sac rificP.s of a Missionary and itinerant li fe . She
diP.d J 'lly :?3 , 1 90 .
HP. .ioin Pd th ~'>ic >-tivan ConfAr ence i n the autumn of 1845, a n was assigned to dut y
as a missionary a mong the I niians at Fon Du Lac , Minn<> sota , al most a thousand mil P.s away,
not vAry far f r o hAr e th<> citiP.s of D·, luth and Sum~rior now arP. . Think of tho fo rtitnde a nd heroism on thP. part of a r1a n who coul d take his y o In'' wi P and two smal l childr en and sta rt on that journP.y of a t housand miles unde r the i nconveniences or the modP.s
of travP.l of hal f a century a p-o . t..{e o thPY r emai nAd fo r hree years , dur i n g wich they
oassP.d t "'ru i ncirle nts or lj fP. so~lP. of which '''"re thrill ing , somo pathetic, a nrl somP. the
o c casions o~ FrP ~ t joy .
He vras nevt se nt to or gani e r:hurch •:mrk <1 t he the n fa r1 us rli ff copoer mina , on the
11 p er pP. ni nsula o" fj_chi p;an
H,.., rema j n ·d "or two year s .
liP. was next sent 75 mil'"'s furthe -... v1 st , to Ontonagon
H"'r"' hP. rPmai ned anothe r two
y"'!ar " . T cannot panse to frj_vP. you i n ci dents illustrativP. of the courRge , devotion, hardshins and oxnosur P. , as wiHl as s11cc essP.s of thos y oar c; of li f'e a mo nr, the minN; and mine r s
o " thA u pPr ooni nsu l a i n t hat P.arl y day . I hav" r P.arl accounts o f some: of them as writte n
hy his own ha nrl anri h RVP. been s tirred with admirat i n f or the man who , n th midst of the
ri rror s of wintr-> r coul d , "<ith s now- s hoes , a nd v1ith hat chP.t a nd g un , a nci. hymn hook and bibl e
st"lrt lt "1 n a tr;::~il i n t h ..., woo--l:::; to re ., ch an apno i ntm.::m t 111 mil "l" a way , and a l l for Chr ist r s
salrn ,
H.., was n P.xt S"!nt to t ho l owP.r noninsula t o do missionary wor , amone. thP. Tndians of
All eean and adj oi n: n"" co nti<->s . HPre <->nded his mi ssionar y worl< nroper . 1 he n b"!i·an t hat
l 0n o- n;l""rimaP"e of nP ~ ly hO v"'ars mor "' of itine rant l i fP in wh ic h he s e rved c ha r g
in
almo s t ov r y part o the Mich r;an ConfPrence . His l ast cha r ge was Lawton, on the Nile s di s trict. H"'! wa s ov r 70 yoars of' a ge whPn apnointed to t~is worl< , a nd had not re el ched the
11 de "l d 1 i.nP. ., of mir·isteri al effectj vene ss .
H..., cont inuP.d in t he pa f'to r ate of this a harge
f'or fivP y P.a rs. At tl·P. la · t sessi0n o " tho Con feren ce he ask"!d fo r and r P.c ei.ved a superannuated r Alation , a n >a l t honP;h i t wa somewhat har'i for him to r Ptire from the a r:tivP. work
ho iid i t gracefully a nlll v1ith pooct cheer
HA had che r ished a desir e t hat he mi ght And
his lj_f'o whilo still i n thr-> active wo rk . Ho us d "r equentl y to !' a , 11 T -··a nt t o die with t e ..
hardne " s on ."
A1 tho,wh h 0. suff ed mnch dur n ~· thA si" days of his l ast i l ln "!s : :> , h P. r ema i md. cons ci.0US t o the P.nri , anrl .ins+, b,.,for e dying, or r
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hP s ai rl rr - P.XpAct l,o se nrl un a :::;hout l!S'Kl»rlx soon as 1 f,Pt O" '"'r the riv"!r . 11
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se voice us d t- o e cho amon !'T t he t Y·e es o f t he 'ore s t ..
Tn all thP. rP.lations or hu sband And ..athor Arrl brother and friP.nd , hP. w~s a t r uP. man .
As a sr,..,acher hP. ha d many snoorior qualitie s . Hi s cu l t ur P W"l abo ,re t he avArage of t he
or P.ach"rs of r sis ti_mAs . ·• ,., hari a 1 ivel y i mac-ination a nd s o P.XCellP.d i.n de s criptive
ow"'r . HP. ha m11c: of wl:lat t ho fathArs ca lle d nn,.,tion in his orP.ach i n p, . His soul was
o ~ s ily set on fire o-~' the s ··i ri ' anri thP. truth . His preachin· was not so much d octrinal
a s evan~"ll i ctic , a nd so f'r ·.., At r evivals camo ont of his ministry . Tho'lsands of son l s
h!lvo be~n brou P'h into th Ki_n -dom of our Lo ri throu r;h hi s arency and mini stra ti 0ns . 11 "'!
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s attai nAd ,.,.r oat ho i ghts of powlt'r i_n pr each ~ nf' +. gospe l a nd exhort i n · sinnt=>rs
t-o f!h o frorr thP. wrath to COfT1A .. A11 gusta .. on Anri. 3 .. funerals r vices .• Thus art:Jrtx l ast
t.esbs:ldp t "',., hody 0f' t hj s once r '"'s tl ns•· ·nan . vrP. sltall miss hi s f'a •· ili · form i n our
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I u the d~:ath of Rev. E. H. Day, which occurred at Cadillac,
:.'\lich., .i\Iarch 31, 159-!, the Michigan Conference lost one of its
oltlt•st members aDll one of its most self-sacrificing and heroic
lllt:U. If the history of his life were fully written up it would
delllonstrate the correctness of the saying, "Truth is stranger.
t ban fiction."
H e was born at Springwaite, N.Y., June 15, 1818. H e was
coll\·erted while young, and joined the Methodist Episcopal
Ch urch, to which he gave the energies of his entire life. H e
wus marrieu at Austenburg, Ohio, to Miss H arriet Brockway,
•'eptember 19, 18-!2, and for nearly forty-five years they shared
in the sacrifices of a missionary and itinerant life. She died
July 23, 18!.10.
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Htle joine~ thedMicdhigan Conf~rence in the authum n od~ 18-!5,
au was assq:!ne to uty as a rmssionary among t e 1n tans at
Fou D uLac, Minnesota, almost a thousand miles away, not v~ry
far from where the cities of Duluth and Superior now are.
Think of the forti tude and heroism on the part of a man who
could take his ·young wife and two small children and start on
that journey of a thousand miles under the inconveniences of
the modes of travel of half a cPntury ago. H ere they remained
f?r three years, during which they passed through incidPnts of
· hfe some of which were thrilling, some pathetic, and some the ·
occasions of great joy.
He was next sent to organize Church work at the then famons
Cliff copper mine, on the upper peninsula of Michigan. H e
remained for two years.
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H e was next sent se\·enty-fh·e miles furth er west, to Oulonagon. Here he remained nuothPr two yea rs.
I cauuot pause to give you iueillouls illnst.mti n~ of t he courage, devotion, hnn.lshivs flml exposu re, ns wt'll ns successes of
those years of life nmoug the mines nml miners of the upper
peninsula in that enrly tiny. 1 lul\·e rend nccouuts of some of
them as written by his own hnud au<l hnn• bePn RLir re<l with
admiration for the man who, in the ru i<lst of thP rigors of win ter.~
coulU, with s now-shoes, nud wi t h laatdrl't nnd gun, nr ul hymn ·
· book nmi bible, stnrt IIIJO II n Lmil in tho woo(Is to n•nch an
appointment eighteen miles nwny, nrHlnll for Uhrisl.'s snke.
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H e wns uext seut to the lowe r peniusuln to do missiounry work! '
among the Intlinns of Allegnu nnd n<ljoiui ug eo uu ties. Here'}'i
ended his missionary work prope r. 'l'hcu lwgr\11 that lung pi·l- '
gl'image of n early forty yenrs more of il.iuPmut lift' in which
h e served chnrges in nlruost en•ry pnrt of HILl Micla ignn Uuufereuee. H is Ins I; ehnrge wns 'I Jnwlou, on I hi' N ili'H <11sl ricl. He
was over seventy yenrA of nge whnu nppoi ui Pli l.o t. la is work, nud
h nd n ot yet renehe<l the " dcnd lin<'" of miniAI<'rinl U ~<l' fulu ess. ·
.Ht> conlinu etl iu till' JIIIRI.ornll' .. r l.lriH l'llllrgt• f., r lh·t· )'1'1\rH. At
t he lnst session of lhe Uo n r u niiH'O hu 111-<kt•d for lllld I'I.'Cl'i \'ell n I
superanuuted .relati on, untl nl t hough it was sornewhnt hnrd for
him to retire from the nctin'\ work, hP tlitl it grnet•fully nnd with
goou c heer. He lrntl c hcriA hl'ti n tlesi re I hai. ho 111 ig lr t e nd his r
life while still in the nctive work. lie uspu fretp te n Lly Lo any,
"I wnu t to d ie with th e harn ess ort. "
A lthough he sulfe re(l muc h <lnriug tir e Hix dnys of his lust
illness, he remniuetl con scions to I lr tl <;ntl, nrHl juHt IH'fon• dying, ".
or rnther, just be fore " lnugnis hirrg into lift•," !11• Rnid "L expect
to send up n s hout ns soon ns 1 gl't o\·er thl' ri\'t•r."
'l'hink of it, t be mnn whose voice use to ec ho among lhe trees ,
of the forest, semlin g up u s hou& in glory. An ti thus. like a ,
plumed warrior, returning front t he fi elJ of conllict with the
shout of victo ry on his li ps, he \re nt home to heaven. "'l'lrnnks ·
be to God who g iveth. us th e vietory t hrough uur L ord ,T esus
Christ."
In all t he relations of h usbaiHl nml fntlr e r, nnd brothPr and ·
fri e nd, he wns n true ltll lll. As a prPncher, hl' lrnd nrn11y !"Uperior '•
qualities. His enltnre wus ubo\·e the nn~ rnge of the preachers
of his times. H e hnLl n li n~ly imnginati on ruHI 3n t•xcoll etl iu
d escripti ve p ower. H<~ luHl mn<' h of wlrnt lhe fntlrPrs culled
unc tion in hie prenc hinr..t. His soul wns eas ily aPt on lire of the
s pirit n11<l the truth. His JH'Pilelrin g was uot. so ruue h dodrinal ~
OB e \·angelistic, llllU so grertt re \'irnh; CH ill i:! out. or Iris ministry . . •
'l'housnmls o f souts hare been b ron~lrt into Lhe Kin gdom of our ·
L ord tbroug b. his agency n.u<l minislrn. t ious. Jle sometimes
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attained to great heights of powPr in preaching thf'l gospel and
. in P.x h ortin ~ Rinners to tlee from the wrath to come. ·
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His remains were brought from Cadillac to · ~_ust~, where,
on April 0, 1894, in the Methodist Episcopal ChlirchlliSfuneral
serviees were conducted, by Rev. J. W . H. Carlisle and the
writer. Others of his ministerial brethren were present, some
of whom unsieteu in the services. His remains were taken to a
rnrnl ro111 etery not far nwny, where, by the side of th e. remains
o£ his ill~_.._v_e buried t hem , and thus at last 1·ests the body of
this oncP t'l•stless wan, but his soul hns gone out into the broader
realms of I i fe and joy. ·we shn.ll miss his familin.r form in our
ConferPuce sessions and a long the accustomed walks o£ life, but
.we shall meet him by nncl by.
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LEY! MASTER.
RE\',
l~RANCIS
GLASS.
HeY. d.o'mHcis Gins~ wns bom in Crieve, lrelnnu, April 5, 1812,
uml die<l nt h ie home in Grnucl Rapids, .Mich., December 11,
l S!Ji:l. H e was converted in ear ly life and was licensed to preach
in the W esleynu 1\.Ielhodist Church while yet in his teens.
He wns hro years a missionary in A'ftatralin, and was·under
appointment to missionary work among the Fij i Islanders, bt\t '
Provid ence ort.lere<l otherwise.
H e came to M iehign u in 18·15 too lute to join t he Conference,
so look work Ull(ler the El,ler, joining the Confere nce the fol1 lowing }'l"rtr.
Among his appointments were Port Huron, Allegan, Bnc hn uan, S choolc1'nft, Rockford, Greenville, Hastings,
Lowell , Chn.rlotte, Portland, Mason, Eaton Rapids, Holland and
Saranac.
At the lnst named p lace, a serious throat difficulty compelled
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him to eupernuuuate.
He s erv ed the church long, faithfully and well.
H e wns _n. cnltivated, scbollarly brother, a muster theolog in.n,
a LleYotetland deeply spiritual man, a loyal Methodist, an a ble
preache r.
Since retiring from the active ministry, h e has had a lively
interest in nil Uhurcb matters, k eeping in touch with the ministers, and rejoicing in the t.riuwphs of the Church .
He hns been in attendance upon th e means of g race as often
as henllh would allow, and his voice was often heard in the class
· meeting , (lPclari ng his faith in and joy in the Lord.
In 1852 he mn.rried l\Irs. Mary L. Darling, of Paris Kent Co.
~ich., '':ho, with h e r daugh ter Mary, n :nv 1\.Irs. Hopki~s, surviv~
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Commi ssi on o n Ar chive s & Hi s t ory,
a t A r i an Coll e g e , June
6, 1989.