Missionary, Visitor, The (1907) . ospel should be carried evento the ends of the world. He becamevery enthusiastic concerning the erec-tion of a church in his own town ofDunkirk, and mainly by his own effortsa house was built and dedicated in 1881. In this, he, with the assistance of thelittle band of some twenty members,who had their home there, labored veryhard in trying to build up a strongmembership. He supplied the pulpit inthat house until by reason of failinghealth he was compelled to give up ac-tive church work. This he did very re-luctantly. He often overworked, thushastening his unti
Missionary, Visitor, The (1907) . ospel should be carried evento the ends of the world. He becamevery enthusiastic concerning the erec-tion of a church in his own town ofDunkirk, and mainly by his own effortsa house was built and dedicated in 1881. In this, he, with the assistance of thelittle band of some twenty members,who had their home there, labored veryhard in trying to build up a strongmembership. He supplied the pulpit inthat house until by reason of failinghealth he was compelled to give up ac-tive church work. This he did very re-luctantly. He often overworked, thushastening his untimely death. It cantruthfully be said that he laid down hislife for the cause of Christ. He was anearnest and faithful advocate of purechurch literature; also an able agitatorof the temperance cause, in behalf ofwhich he published many articles in theGospel Messenger. He also delieveredtemperance lectures wherever there wasan opening, and there were many doorsajar for his message. One article ontemperance, printed after his death,. S. T. Bosserman Helping at the Church Near Keuka, Loaned by J. H. Moore. showed how his heart was set againstthis great evil. During the last fewyears of his life he suffered from hem-orrhage of the bronchia, therefore spentthe winter of 1889 in Florida. Whilethere he wrote frequently for differentperiodicals. He returned in the spring,very little improved. His illness waslingering, yet he was cheerful and un-complaining. On his dying bed he saidto his mother, I am glad I am preparedto die. H^ was conscious to the finalmoment, then bidding ail the last good-bye, he began to pray, closing his lifewith the sentence of the first martyr, Lord, receive my spirit. He diedOct. 15. 1886, his age being forty-threeyears, eleven months and one day. Those who came in close contact withhim could give the best evidence of hisChrist-life. W. C. Teeter has this tosay: It was my good fortune to bebrought into social and business rela-tionship with this g
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