. The olive branch of peace and good will to ment anti-war history of the Brethren and Mennonites, the peace people of the South, during the civil war, 1861-1865 . days; most of which time was verydamp and cool, with snow and rain. They had very lit-tle fire, and scarcely any bedding except what wassupplied by the relatives and friends. Brother Klinedid not lose interest in his religious work. He and thebrethren with him held regular worship, and hepreached and prayed and sang in orderly service bothSundays he passed in the guardhouse. He left liberaloutlines of both sermons. He was held as a
. The olive branch of peace and good will to ment anti-war history of the Brethren and Mennonites, the peace people of the South, during the civil war, 1861-1865 . days; most of which time was verydamp and cool, with snow and rain. They had very lit-tle fire, and scarcely any bedding except what wassupplied by the relatives and friends. Brother Klinedid not lose interest in his religious work. He and thebrethren with him held regular worship, and hepreached and prayed and sang in orderly service bothSundays he passed in the guardhouse. He left liberaloutlines of both sermons. He was held as a prisoner,it is true, but the Word of God was not bound. Elder John Kline, in the twenty-nine years priorto his tragic death, had missed being present at butone Annual Meeting. In other words, he had beenpresent at twenty-eight Annual Meetings of the Breth-ren in the twenty-nine years of his public is one proof of his unflagging devotion to hiswork, based upon his ever-present sense of responsibil-ity before God, and duty toward the Brotherhood. And this brings me to the next fact, a fact not gen-erally known or appreciated by those who miscon-. ELDER D. P. SAYLER. 131 strued his purpose. Elder John KHne was Aloderatorof the Annual Conference of the Brethren when thewar broke out, and this relation to the Brotherhoodof itself imposed upon him a duty to be present atthese meetings; a duty to which he felt the Lord hadcalled him. As a reflection of his own mind, and con-scious integrity of heart and purpose within him, weclose this sketch with the last words of his farewellsermon in Indiana, May 19, 1864, from Acts 4: 13, asindicated in his diary: Now, Brethren and friends, I have only touchedsome of the chords in the beautiful anthem of mytheme. I now leave it with you, hoping that you maylearn every note in it; and by the sweet music of agood life delight the ears and warm the hearts of allwho hear its rich harmonies. Possibly you may nevercee my face, or hear my v
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