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preached a great deal, + part, gratuitously, being ds, and able to give his fit of the cause. He was ost at heart, and most exshe a Christian, and a e school, evincing the marked simplicity and le cared nothing for oked only to principle. mere strict and successful elical affection of the heart ife."

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and subsistence. The 'dread of something after death' never once enters among my thoughts and feelings. Nor am I afflicted by reflections on the past. I have endeavored to do my duty towards Universalism, to which I have devoted the strength of my life, and almost life itself. Nor do I regret it. Having the same life to live over again, and even foreseeing all, I should be likely to live in the same manner. I feel that a man can devote himself to no higher and better cause on earth, than preaching the great truth on which our denomination is built." In many other words, of like import, did he write of the greatness of his faith, and of its cheering instructions in reference to life and death. His views were unchanged up to the last scene. His death was very sudden, of hem

orrhage.

REV. C. C. SMITH, of Wayne, Me., died June 29, 1849, aged 87. The editor of the "

Gospel Banner" writes of him: "He was an old man, full of Christian principles, and ripe for immortality. For more than half a century he had been a minister of the Gospel. In early life he was the companion and fellow-worker with the celebrated Elias Smith, and with him succeeded in establishing what is now known as the Christian denomination. But some thirty years ago, his mind having begun to travel for light, he advanced to a knowledge of the truth which exhibits Christ as the Redeemer of all men and the Saviour of all men; and he could not conceive how Jesus could be the Redeemer of all unless he redeemed as many, nor how he could be really and truly the Saviour of all mankind, unless all mankind are saved by him in the covenant of grace. So he became a Universalist, or a Restorationist, and con

tinued such till death. He preached a great deal, but preached, for the most part, gratuitously, being wealthy in this world's goods, and able to give his time and labors for the benefit of the cause. He was

independent in mind, honest at heart, and most exemplary in life. Truly was he a Christian, and a Christian of the primitive school, evincing the virtues of godly sincerity, marked simplicity and incorruptible integrity. He cared nothing for fashions in religion, and looked only to principle. His religion was not a mere strict and successful morality; it was an evangelical affection of the heart which governed his whole life."

Till near death he enjoyed through life a vigorous health a sound mind in a sound body. He sank under the weight of years, suffering little conscious pain. The faith which had cheered him in life gave him the needed support when he came to the gates of the grave. He feared no dealings of the Father with him, but resigned his being and all its interests into his paternal hand.

REV. O. W. BACON, pastor of the Universalist Society in Brewster, Mass., died July 20, 1849. He had greatly endeared himself to the people of his charge, and to all who were most intimately acquainted with him. He was a young man, and full of active zeal in his calling. He was an ardent preacher, and often made deep impressions in his pulpit services. His last sermon, it is said, was one of his happiest efforts. He was taken suddenly and violently ill, after preaching three times on the Sabbath. A neighboring minister writes of the death scene: "The day before his death, the writer of this was with him during the most of the time. His case

seemed to me to be most remarkable; for, whilst enduring the most dreadful torture of which the body seemed capable, for many long hours, so that even the sight completely overcame nearly every one of the large numbers who flocked to see him, he seemed as calm in mind as though he had been sweetly reclining upon a downy couch, with no bodily pang about him. None could look upon him many minutes at a time without giving way to their emotions. We saw the hardy and weather-beaten mariner, who had ploughed the ocean far and wide, amid the wild storm and tempest unmoved, weeping as freely as the child. So was it with ministers, physicians, and others, there. And often, in the hours of bitterest agony, Br. Bacon would speak in thrilling strains of the happiness he felt in view of death. Raising his hands tremblingly, he would frequently call upon the dear name of his good Parent in heaven, craving his support and blessing. 'Death,' said he to me, seems like passing through a green and shady bower, surrounded with bright and beautiful flowers, and borne along on angels' wings.' Also, Death hath no sting but what this body of flesh affords.' He was the happiest mortal we ever saw, in so much distress. Altogether, his death scene was most extraordinary. So all confessed, whatever might have been their religious views. It was a scene which thrilled and melted down every one."

REV. STEPHEN R. SMITH, of Buffalo, N. Y., died in that city, February 17, 1850, aged 61. He was one of the earliest laborers in the ministry of Universalism in the state of New York, and one of the most talented and faithful in all the land or world. His name is identified with the history of American

Universalism for the last thirty years. After travelling and laboring for a few years as a missionary in the first part of his ministerial life, he was settled in Clinton, N. Y. Thence he removed to Philadelphia, afterwards to Clinton for a short time, then to Albany, and finally to Buffalo, N. Y. In all these places he was distinguished as one of the rarest of men in moral excellence, and a preacher of powerful and commanding eloquence. All who have heard him in the pulpit can attest to the truth of this last

statement.

Mr. Smith had labored for many years under bodily infirmity. He was inclined to consumption, and his active mind was too strong for his feeble frame. Nearly a year before his death he found he must, at least for a season, resign the charge of the pulpit. The society saw the necessity for it, and acquiesced in his decision. The man of their choice as his successor was the man of his choice. And now, relieved of all care, he waited patiently and with Christian resignation the closing scene of life. His faith grew brighter and brighter to the last. In reviewing his past life, he said he had every reason for thanksgiving, but he had also to regret that he had not been able to preach more faithfully the great doctrine of Divine Love and Redemption. His last hours are thus described by one who was an eye-witness of the scene:

"Father Smith Stephen R. Smith - is no longer with us. He expired last evening, at about sundown. We had been expecting the calamity, and yet, when it came, it did not come without a shocka shock which will be felt, not here alone, but throughout the denomination. He had long been expecting and desiring to die. He viewed his work on