Notes from West Tennessee.
by John R. Williams.
Some time ago, while away from home, a good friend, after some days of delay, wrote me: "I would rather write you a short good letter than a long sad one." So whether these.. Notes" be long or short, they certainly will be sad. The sadness is caused by the death of a grand, good man, and one of my best friends. Death always causes sadness, but the sadness is made sadder when those we love dearly are taken from us. On July 5 we held our first service in the new meetinghouse near Talley's old mlll place in the twelfth District of Obion County. I preached at 11 A.M. and Brother T. H. Mills preached at 3 P.M. His subject was " The Ideal Church." Brother Mills appeared to b·; at his best, full of zeal and of the Spirit. He went into the subject with an earnestness and zeal, honesty of heart and loyalty to God's word, that was apparent to all his hearers. Neither Brother Mills nor any of his hearers dreamed or had the remotest idea that that would be the last time in life to preach the gospel, to plead for a higher standard of Christian living, and to exhort the church to greater efforts in saving souls. One week from that day his spirit, liberated from its tenement of clay, plumed its pinions for its eternal flight to heaven and to God. On Friday he and Sister Mills went to the pasture to drive up a cow with a young calf. After starting toward the house, from some cause the cow became vicious, turned first toward Sister Mills and then toward Brother Mills, butted him into a small ditch and plunged in on him with all her power, breaking some ribs and crushing his breast, from which he died at 6:00 P.M. on Lord's day, July 12. All that a skilled and faithful physician and kind and loving friends could do could not keep him with us. He was born on January 19, 1849, lacking from this date till January 19, 1909, being sixty years old. He was married to Miss C. E. Fox on December 4, 1819; and to this happy union four children were born-three sons and one daughter-all living and possessing all the characteristics that go to make up true manhood and womanhood. After the death of his first wife he was married, on May 12, 1892, to Miss Dixie McCorkle, who has been a true and faithful wife and devoted stepmother. The family is heartbroken, the neighborhood saddened, the church grieving over the loss of such a good and useful man. His life was filled with deeds of kindness and love for others. While his family are mourning his death, they can rejoice in the life he lived, the example he set, and the things he taught. He loved his family, his family loved him; he loved the church, the church loved him. 0, how the church will miss him, as well as his family! On last Lord's day, at 5 P.M., funeral services were held in the meetinghouse at Glass, conducted by Brother C. C. Brown and the writer, to the presence of a large and sorrowful congregation, after which his body was laid to rest in the Fox Cemetery. Rest, sweet rest! Another warrior fallen; another home made sad; another soul gone to wear a crown of fadeless glory forever. The Lord willing, I am to begin a meeting on the first Lord's day in next month where Brother Mills preached his last sermon. ---Gospel Advocate, July 23, 1908, p. 480.
by John R. Williams.
Some time ago, while away from home, a good friend, after some days of delay, wrote me: "I would rather write you a short good letter than a long sad one." So whether these.. Notes" be long or short, they certainly will be sad. The sadness is caused by the death of a grand, good man, and one of my best friends. Death always causes sadness, but the sadness is made sadder when those we love dearly are taken from us. On July 5 we held our first service in the new meetinghouse near Talley's old mlll place in the twelfth District of Obion County. I preached at 11 A.M. and Brother T. H. Mills preached at 3 P.M. His subject was " The Ideal Church." Brother Mills appeared to b·; at his best, full of zeal and of the Spirit. He went into the subject with an earnestness and zeal, honesty of heart and loyalty to God's word, that was apparent to all his hearers. Neither Brother Mills nor any of his hearers dreamed or had the remotest idea that that would be the last time in life to preach the gospel, to plead for a higher standard of Christian living, and to exhort the church to greater efforts in saving souls. One week from that day his spirit, liberated from its tenement of clay, plumed its pinions for its eternal flight to heaven and to God. On Friday he and Sister Mills went to the pasture to drive up a cow with a young calf. After starting toward the house, from some cause the cow became vicious, turned first toward Sister Mills and then toward Brother Mills, butted him into a small ditch and plunged in on him with all her power, breaking some ribs and crushing his breast, from which he died at 6:00 P.M. on Lord's day, July 12. All that a skilled and faithful physician and kind and loving friends could do could not keep him with us. He was born on January 19, 1849, lacking from this date till January 19, 1909, being sixty years old. He was married to Miss C. E. Fox on December 4, 1819; and to this happy union four children were born-three sons and one daughter-all living and possessing all the characteristics that go to make up true manhood and womanhood. After the death of his first wife he was married, on May 12, 1892, to Miss Dixie McCorkle, who has been a true and faithful wife and devoted stepmother. The family is heartbroken, the neighborhood saddened, the church grieving over the loss of such a good and useful man. His life was filled with deeds of kindness and love for others. While his family are mourning his death, they can rejoice in the life he lived, the example he set, and the things he taught. He loved his family, his family loved him; he loved the church, the church loved him. 0, how the church will miss him, as well as his family! On last Lord's day, at 5 P.M., funeral services were held in the meetinghouse at Glass, conducted by Brother C. C. Brown and the writer, to the presence of a large and sorrowful congregation, after which his body was laid to rest in the Fox Cemetery. Rest, sweet rest! Another warrior fallen; another home made sad; another soul gone to wear a crown of fadeless glory forever. The Lord willing, I am to begin a meeting on the first Lord's day in next month where Brother Mills preached his last sermon. ---Gospel Advocate, July 23, 1908, p. 480.
Notes from West Tennessee.
by John R. Williams.
Some time ago, while away from home, a good friend, after some days of delay, wrote me: "I would rather write you a short good letter than a long sad one." So whether these.. Notes" be long or short, they certainly will be sad. The sadness is caused by the death of a grand, good man, and one of my best friends. Death always causes sadness, but the sadness is made sadder when those we love dearly are taken from us. On July 5 we held our first service in the new meetinghouse near Talley's old mlll place in the twelfth District of Obion County. I preached at 11 A.M. and Brother T. H. Mills preached at 3 P.M. His subject was " The Ideal Church." Brother Mills appeared to b·; at his best, full of zeal and of the Spirit. He went into the subject with an earnestness and zeal, honesty of heart and loyalty to God's word, that was apparent to all his hearers. Neither Brother Mills nor any of his hearers dreamed or had the remotest idea that that would be the last time in life to preach the gospel, to plead for a higher standard of Christian living, and to exhort the church to greater efforts in saving souls. One week from that day his spirit, liberated from its tenement of clay, plumed its pinions for its eternal flight to heaven and to God. On Friday he and Sister Mills went to the pasture to drive up a cow with a young calf. After starting toward the house, from some cause the cow became vicious, turned first toward Sister Mills and then toward Brother Mills, butted him into a small ditch and plunged in on him with all her power, breaking some ribs and crushing his breast, from which he died at 6:00 P.M. on Lord's day, July 12. All that a skilled and faithful physician and kind and loving friends could do could not keep him with us. He was born on January 19, 1849, lacking from this date till January 19, 1909, being sixty years old. He was married to Miss C. E. Fox on December 4, 1819; and to this happy union four children were born-three sons and one daughter-all living and possessing all the characteristics that go to make up true manhood and womanhood. After the death of his first wife he was married, on May 12, 1892, to Miss Dixie McCorkle, who has been a true and faithful wife and devoted stepmother. The family is heartbroken, the neighborhood saddened, the church grieving over the loss of such a good and useful man. His life was filled with deeds of kindness and love for others. While his family are mourning his death, they can rejoice in the life he lived, the example he set, and the things he taught. He loved his family, his family loved him; he loved the church, the church loved him. 0, how the church will miss him, as well as his family! On last Lord's day, at 5 P.M., funeral services were held in the meetinghouse at Glass, conducted by Brother C. C. Brown and the writer, to the presence of a large and sorrowful congregation, after which his body was laid to rest in the Fox Cemetery. Rest, sweet rest! Another warrior fallen; another home made sad; another soul gone to wear a crown of fadeless glory forever. The Lord willing, I am to begin a meeting on the first Lord's day in next month where Brother Mills preached his last sermon. ---Gospel Advocate, July 23, 1908, p. 480.
by John R. Williams.
Some time ago, while away from home, a good friend, after some days of delay, wrote me: "I would rather write you a short good letter than a long sad one." So whether these.. Notes" be long or short, they certainly will be sad. The sadness is caused by the death of a grand, good man, and one of my best friends. Death always causes sadness, but the sadness is made sadder when those we love dearly are taken from us. On July 5 we held our first service in the new meetinghouse near Talley's old mlll place in the twelfth District of Obion County. I preached at 11 A.M. and Brother T. H. Mills preached at 3 P.M. His subject was " The Ideal Church." Brother Mills appeared to b·; at his best, full of zeal and of the Spirit. He went into the subject with an earnestness and zeal, honesty of heart and loyalty to God's word, that was apparent to all his hearers. Neither Brother Mills nor any of his hearers dreamed or had the remotest idea that that would be the last time in life to preach the gospel, to plead for a higher standard of Christian living, and to exhort the church to greater efforts in saving souls. One week from that day his spirit, liberated from its tenement of clay, plumed its pinions for its eternal flight to heaven and to God. On Friday he and Sister Mills went to the pasture to drive up a cow with a young calf. After starting toward the house, from some cause the cow became vicious, turned first toward Sister Mills and then toward Brother Mills, butted him into a small ditch and plunged in on him with all her power, breaking some ribs and crushing his breast, from which he died at 6:00 P.M. on Lord's day, July 12. All that a skilled and faithful physician and kind and loving friends could do could not keep him with us. He was born on January 19, 1849, lacking from this date till January 19, 1909, being sixty years old. He was married to Miss C. E. Fox on December 4, 1819; and to this happy union four children were born-three sons and one daughter-all living and possessing all the characteristics that go to make up true manhood and womanhood. After the death of his first wife he was married, on May 12, 1892, to Miss Dixie McCorkle, who has been a true and faithful wife and devoted stepmother. The family is heartbroken, the neighborhood saddened, the church grieving over the loss of such a good and useful man. His life was filled with deeds of kindness and love for others. While his family are mourning his death, they can rejoice in the life he lived, the example he set, and the things he taught. He loved his family, his family loved him; he loved the church, the church loved him. 0, how the church will miss him, as well as his family! On last Lord's day, at 5 P.M., funeral services were held in the meetinghouse at Glass, conducted by Brother C. C. Brown and the writer, to the presence of a large and sorrowful congregation, after which his body was laid to rest in the Fox Cemetery. Rest, sweet rest! Another warrior fallen; another home made sad; another soul gone to wear a crown of fadeless glory forever. The Lord willing, I am to begin a meeting on the first Lord's day in next month where Brother Mills preached his last sermon. ---Gospel Advocate, July 23, 1908, p. 480.
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