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DONELSON. At P n ti ac Aug . lrth, ~rs. Harri et. wi ie of Re v . I ra w, ~ne l son,
of Uetr , it c nf eren ce, a [ ed forty three. S i ster D. n s c ,n vert od 3~ y e ar s ~ g o
und r the mi .• : st ~ r ial labors of t be "ev . Geo. Brad l ey . Soon ajt ~ r her c1n \e rsi
s he ur.i te wi th the church in wLic h she continued a c:>n s i tent and devoted membe
up to t ~ e hour of her pr ~m ti , n to the ~ bur c h bove . Twe 1 ty fo ur y =ars have passed
s i nce her marria ge ei ght een of which wer ~ c o nsumed in t h0 toil s 01 itiner nt
life . A~id the p r ivR t i ns and sacr ~ f i ces .. sh e never f 1 t e re d i n he r f a ith
nor cP. · me impatient o r restiv e , a nd he r zeal forth > cau
of t : e ~aster ,
suff ·r ~d n, man i est abatemen t. Her hustand , wh
s atund nt i n l ~ bors and in
rlor: us s u c ce Fs ti ' l driven fro~ Lhe fie l d by br 1ken h ealth , felt hi . el f
er~a tl y in deb t ed to her effor ts f ~ r th e sup por t ~ e de riv e d f r om her ne ve r
fai inf synp t hy . her sale a nd ju~ i r i us couns e l, and h ~ r c onst~n n ~ a• th e , 0 st
of riut . T e loss fa lls unon m• ny in t 'e commu nity in w ich he i ved , while for
h e r ·~ die wa s gain . T . J . J os 1 in.
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D, ne l.s o n . - A' P --- n ti ac .. Aug . .Rth ,
• a Dona l_ s,n. e hPti be en ' r sident of
t he v i c i i t ~ ~~ ~hi c h h e die ~ f o r f ~ rty fiv e ye ~ rs , - nd w s e x tensively ac"lll'iinte :1 , The est e em and l ov e of ,q ll cl asses f) :- l< a ther D. was c ~ e ·· ten s i v e with
· is ac'"uei!'ltan ce
His ener1 .Y, i '1 du -== tr_,. , su ~e ri r i ntel iEe n,.. e , rran ly n o nor ,
c " ce rful
, irit , i enevo l ent p •W rs , lit era l y C ~pel le those . b kne w hi P to
h., r.
and 1 o e him .
-=> .• ,e n "~~ s ng.., he
ourne ' the te:n p·) ra r y ~ bsence oi hi s re 1 -:>Y · and Christi ;, n
"ife , a s s " e pa se on b• f 1re him t o t r eir 11 hon:e b~y.onrl t h ti•i: ." His s in g ul r
dev ·. , ti n t ... ! '
c: i '
r.> n ··as susc eptit1 e , f nJ c o t:l p e n c:~ tion fro tl· e m ot h ,. than
th·· L " hi c h he f ·un· · i n the i 1· c han- cters - nd liv es , They " r e six in n umber ,
· nd al" me mb ~ rs of t he ch urch lov e mJs . T~~ Rr e s t e ~ rd s , a n , t he r is
' or al
pr cher , and I ra W. ha s g iv n e i ht e e n ye ~ rs oi r •. servi ce a~ an itin er~nt
rr i nister. Pa r kS . i s th e we l 1 kn Jw n and pop ul a r ~r sident of t t e We s l eyan
F -ma l e Co l l ~e e at De l aware , Oh i o .
Father D. ws• bo rn a t Co erain , Fran klin Coun ty, Mas s . , and wa s con rted
in that ei · te i n t he 1 8 th ye r of his age . In t i s h u~e w s 1 rganiz i ed the f i rst
~ eth ~ di s t c l ass of this vici nit y b Od f or yea rs il was b hoffie a nd pr ea ching place
• r mi ni ste r s . In all t he ent e r pri ses of the ~bur ch h is ha nd wa s ev e r r ady to
ek e t he l ~ b oring oa r . A model c l as s lea er , a winne r of so uls , he was inde e d
a goo ~ man, a nd k i s end w s pea ce. T. J. Joslin .
At her r s id e nte i n We t Bl omfiel d . v et. 23d, 1 872 , Betsey •• Blakeslee ,
·Le d ?C ye rs .
Fr..,m P~ i[ ewey . On \\"ed nes :.: y, !"!a y ?8th , a f." odly numbe r o f i nv it a d friee ds
a.o;; ""e'l'lt 'e -'1 at t he h ~ use of the late J a rr e - " hee 1 er , Esq .
wi tne s s th e ma rria ge
of Hev , IE
• Do n lds.., n 0f Ponti ac , to '''iss '"'rrma " heeler, Rev . G. n , ltie ' o ffi
iatin f . Th e er m~ ny we~ v ~ ry i nt e rest i nf , as it wc s perfo r med cc rd i ng t o
he Re vise d Disci 0l i ne of t he~ . ~ . Church.
A t er ~te ma tr imonia l kn0t had been t i ed, ca rr e t he s i nging ... f E be au t i ful
bridal s0 ngkand after t he salut ~i ... ns of the f r ie nd s, a bea utiful slver ice nitch r
an go blet, fro ~ t ne Hi dge v qy S :nday Sch0ol , and va ri ou s other pre sents we re •
brOil [ ht forwa rd. f\~iss Wheel e r has b ~ en a t e:1 ch er in the ' . ... , SAb ba t h Sc ho o l ,
a n act i v . memb e r o f the L Pd i e s ' Mi te Soci e t y , a nd i n various w- ys hti S made her
se' f gr:meral 1 y u s eful. T he best wishe s of he rr.any f r ien ll s 'j' r e wi 1 1 I oll.o w her
t . . he ne•:· h rr:e : and whi 1 e we can no t but f .... el t1- t .Dro. Donal :lso n h:...s rob t. ed our
c ,mm•l " it y of one of it f; m, sl u e ful rr:e n.r.e rs , ye we rej oi e t ~ · " our loss is hi s
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A v e r y ne · t and
t ::~- tef
11 i r o n f<.:: nc e i s bein r ere c te d in f r
,t o
the h , E .
C h u r c~
fo r wh~ rh we are indeb t ·~ d t ' the ef f ori s of the ladies ' Hi 1 e "" ocie ty.
A c nc r rt will be g iven i '1 t r~
ecture r0om of tt-e M, I' . Chur ch b y the '.'" a ker
f ev i'y "' 0 .c;at ur 'A~' ~ v .o ning nex t. Mrs. Su c;e n
t , Rev . u. H. F r 1 d, f or t he surn of ~225C.
·v. ~ e~ler
has l at e ly
so l ~
h-: r r es i dence
u.,t e o f 1841, i nd i r · te d by t he
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1.es
ob 1t u Jry ab Jve.
• a1111h. •ll thl' :--avi11r, \\ ho.,;e cx:uuple
" That's How!"
iu ull tlaat is pure und loYcly th ey
ure pl ed••ed to follow, puffing a
Moor a grea~ snow-storm, a litt1e f ellow
cigar or d~a wing nway a t an old pipe! .bepn ~ shovel n path through n large
Think of St. Paul lun·ing to st op and snow·bt;nk before his g randmother's door.
empt y his ruouth of a quid of to bacco H e had n othing bot n s mn.U shovel to work
b efore h e could answer th~ q uestion, .! with.
" Wbat must I d o to b e SaYed?"
"How do you expect to get throngh tha.t.
Imngine the t wel ve nppostles assem- drift1" asked a. m an pnssing along.
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bloo to devis~ plans for the spread of
• • :By k eeping at tt," said the boj cbeertbe :gospel i.n their d ay, each with a . fully ; -~ '"thn.t's howl"
-cignr, filth y #pipe, or quid of tobacco
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.in JJjs m outh, and so fillin g the room
That is the seoret o! m ast-ering almost
wit\J :th eir foul odors that no oue not eve11 dj.ffioulty under the BUll· ~.f'1l~
similarly addicted could come into taak1s before ;yoo, etick 'to it. Do not keep
tlreir company and presence ! Th e thin'king b ow large or b!U'O 1t is, b,n t go. ~t .
very fh ougbt that ~bey coul? d~ .so it, and little by little it wiU grow: s maller
·wo~esseu-iJlem -w ou.r esbmatwn· and smaller until it1s done.
Paul tells us that "wheth er ye eat or drink:or whatsoever y e d o, do all to r ....uu ..woeovu& .ucwlr.lll1e<l lin yeora.
..· the g lon · of God." Did any one ever
Do!l"nso,.:-~t Pontine, 1\iiCii:)..Au~:. l Oth. M~. . ; J
Bnrriet, wife ofJriiV":-l~~lson.of Detroll
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'Chew Or s moke with s uch an end in
Conference. nsed forlY-tbree. Sister Don~~·~ J
L~riew ? Does h e intend thereby to wns converted ~birtl' years ngo under tbe mtnl!_ -...
ril.:t.ke :.llimself more useful or more
tcrinllabo111of the Rev. Geo. Bradley. Soo11 af- i
- · Christ?
ter her con ver.~ion abo united "itb the church in ·'
"hich she continued a consistent and devoted
Bishop · Janes, b efore the General
member up to the bour of her promotion to the
tPonfcrence, gav.e'· it -as his opinion
cb uroh above. T~our..,y.ean bave paued
that the time would come when the • 6ioco her marriage, eighteen of "ltich "ere consuaroct"-iu-tl:rFtoils of itinerant life. .Amid tbc
.churches would - r efuse ·to r eceive
privations nod sacrific.., with which slto bccomo
~- 11ny minister who used tobacco. l\lay
e:rperimontatly fnmiliar in this work, abe ne"l'er
the -po!>Sibility . of su ch a thing 11ave
faltered io bcr faith nor bccome imp11tien t or r03.
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ti"l'e, and her -.co.! for tho canso of the Master, '
1 Jt.s .~elg
upon a w
aspu e
we
suffered 110 mnnifesL nbntcroeot. .Ber buaband,
mcred u1fice. No d oubt ift h e churches
who was nbundant io lnbors ll.lld in glorious euc-
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.. \voul<f ..take such a stand the evil
:"\\' Ould soon be cured; for h owever neeessar v this Sjlecies of. iut.oxication has
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become to mans, th ey would, in most
instnnces ut 1cast , d esist from it rather .
' than b e r ejected by the people. It is
1n ot a n ecesility ,that caunot b e overcome.
I have often thoug h t of t.h e r emarks
made by the same good B ish op on this
.su b~ect at a conte recce in D etroit
twenty-nine years ago. Having , at
the r equest of some member of the
bod)' , asked each on e of the large
class b e was then examininJ? at tl1e
• - .altnr preparatory to th eir -ad.rmssion to
- 1' m embership in the conference, whether
h e used tobacco in a ny form,( to W hi•ch
I ..;think they answer ed without an excaption that they did n ot, though I am
sor ry to know that some who still r e- ,
main of th at n oble class could· n ot say
so n ow,) b e was furth er r equested •to
g ive his n ews of its use. His reply
was 1.h :it h e would n ot like 1.o g ive his
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Op1D t0DS lU ll u pon t e su ~ect, est
!1e should offend against the feelings
\?f some of his elder brothers pre:~ent :
lOut h e would go so fnr, h owever as to
.say tlJat in his opinion it \\' liS "Jiving
m or e after the flesh than aft.cr the
s pirit."
A nd who can doubt the
f th· e B 'IS}lOps re ruark?
t ru th "-]
H l ness 0
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ce!.S till driven from the field by l>roken health.
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fel t himself ~:reatly indebted to her effor~!ortbe ~
support bo deri"l'ed from her Ilc'l"cr·fo.ilin&'" l!)'m- 1 ,
po.tby, ber safe and jadicioll!i counsel: and her ;
constancy o.t tbe post of duty. Tboloss fo.ll.aaron t
many in tbc commuaitr ia which abe li.-t!ll, wbil~
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for her to die wu~raia.
T. J. J osLtll".
1 - f\" ~)~....A-AT' 'Do~ELsn:s.-At Poutio.c, Micb., .Au~:. 8th. Ira· ,..JIIoo.
D?notson. He bad boon a residcnt of th evicinity
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in which he aied for forty-fi ve >'oo.rs. and wns ex·11
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teosivcly acquainted. ~~~:toe~ ~n~ ~;:;;;: "
, cl_ll.!sea fo~ Father D o~cls oa was coc:rtensivc ,.fit:
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~LS ac.qaatDtanco. Bts encrl\'y, industry. superior
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•ntolh~onco: t;nnnly honor. cboerfu!spirit. beoevo..J-.
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lent d•s~ost hoa, and e:rceltent convenational
powerl!, hlcrnlly compelled those wbo knew bim
to bonor nod love him. Seven years ago bo
• mourned tho tempornry nbseoco -..r his beloved
' and Christnlo wife, IL8 abo pan ed no before biw to
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tbeir "homo beyond tho tide." His sin~:ulnr dovotion to bis obitdron was susceptible of no cow- .
.pcosntiou from them otbor tbnn tbnt which bo
found in their chnrnctens end liTes. Th ey were
11ix in number, and nil members of tho cburcb bo
,loved most. Two nrc stc,.,nrds, another ia a local
prcncb er, nod Ira W. hilS given eighteen yell1'8 of
~roo d service ns an itinerant min ister. Park S, is
the well known and popul ar President of tbe
I Westoynn Feinnto Cotlego, nt Delnwo.re, Obin.Fntbcr Do!Jelson was born P.t Colerain, Franklin
count,y, MB$s., and was converted iu tbnt StAte in
' th e ei~rbtecatb yenr of his n~~:o. In his bouse wu
organized th e lint Motbodist cln.sSOr tniS vicinity
ana fnr yearl! it was n homo nna proacbin~: place
for ministers. Io nil the cnterrrisa.. ofthe cbarcb
his hllod wu over ready to take rbc laboring onr.
~m o del Cl!U3·lcndcr. n wi nner oOf souls, bo wu
1odeod a good man , and bis end was pence.
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At her residence in '"••t Dlnnm6eld Oct 2:1t1
18;2. Hct.sey , wifo of Morris Bla.kcaloc, oRe d 70
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~fflbont fifty years ago, a slliiilarnrticle in ' • ·
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jl!te N ew Yor~ Qbce1!Jer led m e 'to the same
Mr. L--- affronted hl~vi fe , ' v!Jo, to
oon closion, which bas been very satisfactory ,
I 'to me «!uring those many years."
l pu nish him, resolved to .act; dumb whenever
Some years ago it wasinquired, "Why is • he was present; and so well did sh e maintain h er r esolution, that nearly a week
\the Gen eral Assembly ..not invited to New passed away d ur ing w hich not a word did
Yorl..-i': It was a nswered, ' by a p rominent she utter in his p resence. S he performed
m:inister of t h a t c ity, that many of the fam- her honsebold duties as nsuaJ; but sprak
she would not. Be tried to coax h er ont
~li ee o bj ~ted to .entertain the d elegates
of her wbi m, bot in vain. At last he 'tried
because ()f their tobaeoo h abits. !fore the
following plan to ov.,rcome her resqlur~itly a lady was requ ested to en tertain tion, by workiu!r on· her cnr loslty-t.be 1
some members e f a S:ynod, who assented, but most ungovt!rnable of female propensities •
Returning one 11Veoi n~ from h is employ•
ao not send toba.coo men.
mcnt, his lady sat there as usual, mu te
A few weeks ago I e n tertained a m inister of He i mmt>dlattly commenced a vigorous
search throughout t he room . T he clo&tt {
somenote,wbowasagree.tadvocateof mora1 WitS exam ined, ~e- btd·room, drawers
reform, es~ia.lJy of tempera.noe, bat was boxes, s helves; evt·ry th\ n ~ t hat could be
}ltmself an ~knowledged slave to toba.ooo, thought or was overhauled. H.ls wife wa,;
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struck with astonishment at his nnaccollDt · l
and ad~ibted it to be an evD. Now, I beg able behavior, anct as be proceedeil In liis
leave to recommend to all tobacco-using search, she became nervously auxioos to
mlnfsfers a.nd elders, a n d private Chris-j Hod out what be was lookll!g for. Wbat
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could It be? She looket1 In h1s face, to
tians, who ma.y read this, 1n the words of !!lean, 1! por.slble, from his expression the
polfti6fana, to put "that and that together, I object of his sear<.h; but no I,!O, b e was
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as a jud2e. He lilted the edge or the
1 sober
and Ia.y ofh em alonsa• e o oonsmence.;
carvet, looked under the table cover, and
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jlnally apvroacl1ed .her chair, 1oo1ted under
F4 -ut:
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CDIDR117,-~ .Tobn Mi
lt, and even eut so tar as to brush her '
~ea.ltb;v funner or the tow' f M _tolu~u. a
dr.·ss IJNtti
de, as It "What be wonted
Jrirk~ by a pOWerf'al•b ll O
Cdtoa, Wf8
rulght Jlli t_'fu•
She eoold stltnd tt nq
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orse whtJe at }Goab, what are
..,, ~\1'"0 miles llorlJJ r u
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rtd answered
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