His health had been failing for several months, but in the last three weeks he declined rapidly until the end. Through those three last weeks he suffered much; night and day propped up in an easy chair; and to get comfort, or breathe easily, he leaned forward upon the table with cushions. During this period his patience and thoughtfulness were very marked, as also his joy. He repeated favorite scriptures and hymns continually, expressing himself as strong in faith. When contemplating the end and his departure, he said,

"Home, home-precious home !
Blessed, blessed name of Jesus!"

Once, while suffering a good deal, he said, "O Lord, take me! O Lord, take me home!"

Another time, awaking from a short sleep, he said, " Oh, I thought that I was gone . . . Lord, take me! … … I can, and must, bear the burden."

After awaking from sleep again, he said, " Oh, is it possible that I am still here ? . . . After all, it is very easy. Oh, what grace and mercy!-triumphant over sin! Conquered ! conquered! Oh, how precious! But we wait for the redemption of our bodies."

Seemingly, while meditating upon the saving grace and mercy of God and the blessedness of being a child of God, he said, " My God, my God, Thou hast not forsaken me!"

Again :" Infinite faith-but the flesh must die." He quoted the lines of Cowper,

" God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform."
" It will only shorten the journey."
"Beautiful, beautiful home ! "
" Blessed, blessed name of Jesus ! "
"Glory, glory, halleluiah !"

A few days before the end, he had all gathered around him, and requested that they sing a few favorite hymns in French. He joined in with them, until, through weakness, he had to cease.

He exhorted each one to be faithful and devoted to the Lord through life, and spoke repeatedly of the sinful-ness of "pride, pride" and "the vainglory of the world."

To his daughter he said (after desiring that Mr. B— speak to the people at the funeral), "You might tell him, while you are having the funeral here, I will be at a wedding up there." (That is, while the friends would be sorrowing here, he would be rejoicing in the presence of the Lord, and with those who had gone before.)

To his son he said, " D–, my dear son, it has ever been the desire of my heart that you take your place separated to the precious name of Jesus the Lord."
To his wife he said, "My dear, you will soon be a widow; but there is One who is a ' Father to the fatherless, and a Judge of the widow.' "

To a neighbor, for whom he had great concern, he sent a message:"Tell her that she cannot hold Christ and the world both."

He requested that hymn 93 in the " Little Flock " hymn-book be sung at his funeral, and No. 30 in the Appendix of the same. He also expressed the desire that the four brothers who had been associated with him in testimony as Christians carry him to his grave.

On his last evening upon earth, after a quiet sleep, he awoke, and lifting his head from the table, with a weak voice, he said, " My work is now finished," and dropped again into a sound sleep until the morning. When he awoke, he was breathing heavily; then shorter and shorter until half past eight; when he passed quietly and peace-fully away, November l0th, 1906, at Lowell, Michigan.

Our brother's labors, humble and unpretentious, have ended; but his words will abide, and be a remaining voice to stimulate the faith of His beloved people, as well as carry cheer and comfort to those tried and suffering. A. E. B.