Rees CALDWALDER
Age: 77
Date of Decease: 5mo. 29 1862
Richmond, Ind.
He said he had faith to believe that through the mercy of God in Christ Jesus there was a place prepared for him. His close was calm and peaceful.



Kesiah CAREY
Age: 78
Date of Decease: 2mo. 10 1862
Saratoga, N.Y.



Anna CARPENTER
Age: 62
Date of Decease: 2mo. 21 1862
Adrian, Michigan
Wife of Elihu CARPENTER.
Having early submitted to the influence of Divine grace on her heart she became very much attached to the principles of Friends.
She was not entirely a stranger to trials, being deprived by death of two daughters with consumption; soon afterwards it became evident that the same disease had seized upon her, but she lingered many years.
Although not at all times favored to see with that clearness she desired, that all would be well with her, yet, these doubts and fears were in mercy removed, and after much suffering we trusts she has been gathered with that innumerable company that have come out of great tribulation.



Jemima CARSON
Age: 75
Date of Decease: 11mo. 29 1862
Upper Springfield
Widow of John CARSON.
An Elder.
She was warmly attached to the religious society of Friends, of which she was a valued and beloved member.
After the death of her husband with whom she had shared the joys and sorrows of life for more than fifty years, the infirmities of age gathered fast around her, and the last four months of her life were passed almost wholly in her chamber. Her sufferings at times were very acute, but in the midst of them she recounted her blessings, enduring her long illness with much patience.



Alvan CARTER
Age: 8
Date of Decease: 11mo. 5 1862
Millcreek, Ind.
Son of Samuel and Susanna CARTER.



Enoch CARTER
Age: 64
Date of Decease: 3mo. 6 1862
Plainfield, Ind.
An Elder.



Elizabeth Hanslen CARTLAND
Age: 27
Date of Decease: 4mo. 20 1862
Maine
Daughter of Silas and Anna CARTLAND.



Hannah CATTELL
Age: 23
Date of Decease: 3mo. 20 1862
Upper Springfield Mo. Me., O.
Daughter of Ezra and Henrietta CATTELL.
Of an affectionate disposition, she was dutiful towards her parents, and kind to her brothers and sisters. She expressed resignation to the Divine will, and her end was peaceful.
"Tis from the mercy of our God
That all our hopes begin;
'Tis by the water and the blood
Our souls are washed from sin.

Rais'd from the dead, we live anew;
and, justified by grace,
We shall appear in glory too,
And see our Father's face."



Elizabeth CAWL
Age: 32
Date of Decease: 2mo. 9 1862
Wife of Hugh Cawl.



Thomas CEMMENTS
Age: 79
Date of Decease: 7mo. 12 1862
Saratoga, N.Y.
He suffered much from a painful illness, but was kept in much patience, submissive to his Father's will. His confidence was strong, his faith firm in Christ as the Redeemer of the world, and as "my Redeemer, also," frequently exclaiming, "Blessed Jesus."



Abigail CHAMNESS
Age: 35
Date of Decease: 12mo. 14 1862
Cherry Grove Mo. Me., Ind.



Anna Jane CHAMNESS
Age: 8mos.
Date of Decease: 8mo. 22 1862
Cherry Grove Mo. Me., Ind.



Buffum CHASE
Age: 83
Date of Decease: 9mo. 10 1862
Gloucester, R.I.
He was beloved by a large circle of friends, many of whom were witness of his patient endurance of suffering and cheerful submission to the will of his Father in heaven. For several years he suffered much from a painful disease, yet it is believed that he never murmured or thought too much was laid upon him. He was frequently heard in supplication, although articulation was very difficult, often repeating the Lord's prayer with desires that he might be preserved unto the Lord.



Sybil CHASE
Age: 93
Date of Decease: 5mo. 24 1862
Fall River, Mass.
Widow of Job CHASE.
As she lived, so she died, in the love and faith of a risen Saviour, whom she loved; and through the grace that was given unto her, was favored to close her life in peace.



Valentine M. CHASE
Age: 20
Date of Decease: 7mo. 24 1862
Weare, N.H.
Son of Winthrop CHASE.



Samuel CHILD
Age: 78
Date of Decease: 12mo. 19 1861
Le Ray, N.Y.



Catherine M. CLARK
Age: 11
Date of Decease: 1mo. 7 1862
West Lake, C.W.



Charles CLARK
Age: 9
Date of Decease: 1mo. 1862
West Lake, C.W.



Joseph Pierson CLARK
Age: 27
Date of Decease: 1mo. 6 1862
West Lake, C.W.
Children of John R. CLARK.
The family consisted of the grandmother, aged 84 years, the mother and ten children. Nine were prostrated in disease, typhoid fever-three of whom died.



Hezekiah Franklin CLARK
Age: 34
Date of Decease: 12mo. 5 1862
Fairfield, Ind.
He expressed a short time before his death that his way was clear to eternal happiness.



Jane D. CLEAVER
Age: 26
Date of Decease: 3mo. 14 1862
Bellefonte, Pa.
Daughter of Nathan and Cynthia CLEAVER.
Gentle and unassuming, though firm in what she believed to be right, she possessed the esteem and respect of all who were best acquainted with her; while at home, she was beloved as a dutiful and affectionate daughter, sister, and friend. Diligent in the attendance of meetings, the solidity and thoughtfulness of her deportment therein was truly an example, evincing that her mind was impressed and occupied with the all-important object of assembling.
The varying character of her disease gave occasional hope of recovery, and it was only within a few weeks of her death that she became sensible of her danger. Great, then, was her solicitude that she might be ready; on one occasion saying, "I have been trying for some time to be prepared to meet my dear Saviour! O! Lord, Thy will be done! I think I will not get well; I am going to leave you all. We shall be parted to meet again, I hope, in happiness forever. Oh, Lord! if it is Thy will that I should go now, enable me to be resigned!" Her prayers were answered, and she soon after broke forth thus: "Oh, my precious Saviour is near me, the sweet angels are round about me; O! how happy I am; my peace is made; I am going to peace and rest with my sweet Saviour! Oh, holy Jesus! Oh, dear Saviour, how I long to be with Thee, in blessed mansions Thou hast prepared for thy children." At another time, "O, my friends, look unto the Lord! trust in Him, try so to live that you may be prepared for death, and never-ending happiness." Though she was generally favored to feel her Saviour near and precious to her, yet she at times experienced great weakness and poverty of spirit; oh that I may be strengthened; that I may have strength to bear up under all my sufferings and trials with patience." As she approached near her close, her prospect brightened, and she spoke of her departure with calmness, and with increasing solicitude that her friends should strive to meet her in that glorious mansion she hoped so soon to enter, saying, "Sweet home, that happy place where I am going, where there is no sorrow; where all my troubles will cease. Don't mourn for me; tell my friends not to weep for me, for I am willing and ready to go home to rest. Oh, my Saviour, if it be Thy will, may I soon be released."
She said to one who was attending on her, "I never, knew the Saviour was so precious. Why did I delay so long to receive One so precious to me?" She expressed an earnest desire that her brothers and sisters should be prepared, and a hope that they would meet her in "that sweet home," of the joys of which she seemed to have a foretaste; repeating, "don't mourn for me; tell my friends not to weep for me; I am ready and willing to go." When asked if death was a dread to her, she sweetly smiled and said, "No! it is sweet to die and go home to rest." Not long before her close, while lying perfectly quiet, her face brightened, she clasped her hands, exclaiming, "Glory, glory, glory!"



Aura A. CLEMENT
Age: 23
Date of Decease: 3mo. 13 1862
Weare, N.H.



Mary B. COATE
Age: 60
Date of Decease: 4mo. 21 1862
Springfield, Ohio.
Widow of John COATE.
She had been called to drink deeply of the bitter cup of affliction, through all which her confidence in the all-sufficiency of Divine grace remained unshaken. At one time she prayed, "O Lord, if consistent with Thy holy will, cut the brittle thread of life, but do it in Thine own time and in Thine own way." At another time she exclaimed, "O, can this be death! how sweet, how peaceful." Thus she passed away.



Harvey Fowler COBURN
Age: 7
Date of Decease: 10mo. 3 1862
Sandy Spring Mo. Me., O.
Son of Ezra and Thirza COBURN.



Elijah COFFIN
Age: 62
Date of Decease: 1mo. 22 1862
Richmond, Ind.
An Elder.
This beloved Friend was born in Guilford County, North Carolina. His opportunities for obtaining an education were limited, but great perseverance and an ardent desire for knowledge made amends for many deficiencies. He has been heard to speak of studying grammar when ploughing, leaving his book on the fence whilst he crossed the field and returned; being careful to occupy his spare moments also, he acquired a good English education pretty early in life, quite superior to most of those around him, and commenced teaching school when about nineteen years of age. His parents were members of the Society of Friends, and were careful to train their children as became their religious profession.
In 1820, he was married to Nami Hiatt, who now survives him after forty-two years of great unity and comfort together. They settled on a farm which he managed in a small way, near New Garden Meeting House, and was also at times engaged in teaching school. In 1822, he was appointed clerk of North Carolina Yearly Meeting, whith his friend, Zimri Stuart, as assistant. On looking back many years, he writes, "It now excites my wonder that two persons so young, and as to myself, so wanting in religious experience, should have been placed in a station of so much importance, but, I believe, unworthy and inexperienced as I was, we were both helped by the Great Head of the Church to perform the service to a good degree of satisfaction to Friends." The situation of Friends, in North Carolina as well as the other slave states, was uncomfortalbe and often very unsatisfactory. They had indeed cleared their own hands of the holding of their fellowmen in bondage, but, with this painful condition all around them, the minds of many turned to the great West for homes where freedom was the priviledge of all. Whilst residing in North Carolina, Elijah Coffin was a member of an Emancipation Society, but his great aversion to slavery, and his strong desire to have his children brought up away from its influence, was the principal cause of his emigrating to Indiana, in 1824.

With very limited means he with his little family first settled in a small cabin on the banks of the Whitewater, near wher the village of Milton now stands. They have often been heard to speak of the loneliness they felt in a strange land, with but few of the comforts of life; all around them were new settlers who had to labor hard in clearing off the trees, opening farms, and preparing themselves homes. The first five months were spent in a log cabin about twenty feet square, with no window, and but one door; the only opportunity to read during the long winter evenings, being by the light of a large wood fire. But the country was fertile and promising, emigration was setting rapidly in, many of the new settlers were members of our religious Society, and kindness and hospitality prevailed. Of course, in such a chaotic condition of civil and religious society, an active-minded person like Elijah Coffin found an ample field of labor, and he was soon known as a useful and influential man in public, as well as in his own religious Society. But there were hardships connected with this early settlement to which his bodily strength was unequal, and he was attacked with fever, which confined him to his house for six weeks. Lacking the comforts requisite for a protracted illness, it is not surprising that he felt greatly discouraged, and at times looked back with anxious thought to his native land. But he had left that country from conscientious motives, and bravely meeting the troubles he encountered, he maintained his position where he had selected a home. He purchased about forty acres of fertile land, erected a comfortable log dwelling thereon, and opened a school, in which many persons who are now past middle age obtained their earliest education. He continued teaching until the year 1828; and there has always existed between him and his scholars of that period, many of whom are now useful citizens, and members of our religious Society, a bond of affection which nothing ever severed. As a teacher, he was thorough and efficient; he mingled freely with his scholars, and joined in their sports, the liveliest of the lively; he ruled by kindness, but maintained excellent order, and trained his scholars to unqualified obedience. He has since often spoken of the time he spent in taching as having been profitable to himself. This occupation gave him a thoroughness in education, and a critical care in composition, penmanship, ect., which were, in after life, eminently useful to him. But, more than all, it gave him a knowledge of the wants of the young, and caused that feeling of sympathy, which in after years so much attached that class to him. About this period of his life he served for a long time as clerk of the Monthly and Quarterly Meetings, of which he was a member, and in other positions where he could be useful to the Church. Love for Christ, although not so thoroughly developed as in later years, was even now the moving spring of his life, and led him to earnest labor in the Church and in the world for the advancement of His kingdom among men, was about this made more apparent. He had them read daily, and used a class-book in his school, when it was not generally practised. His earnest desire for the guarded, religious, and literary education of the youth of our Society, induced him to advocate at an early date, the establishment of a Boarding School by the Yearly Meeting; a proposition for which was made by Whitewater Quarterly Meeting to the Yearly Meeting in 1832. A committee was appointed to consider the subject, which reported favorably. It proved to be the work of years to build up in the Society the desire necessary to accomplish such an object; but by slow degrees the labors of its friends were successful, and the buildings were by great exertion partly completed and occupied in 1847, fifteen years after the first introduction of the subject into the Yearly Meeting. Elijah Coffin was a member of the first committee that had charge of the school, and by his thorough business habits and educational experience, was able to render efficient aid in bringing about an excellent system of order and discipline.

He always retained his interest in the institution, and for the last three years of his life devoted much time and labor to it, often visiting it, mingling with the scholars at their excercises, and with the officers in their councils. He delivered a course of lectures on practical business points to the students, which was highly appreciated. But his interest and labors were especially directed to the Scriptural instruction of the students, and he had much to do in bringin about the thorough attention to that branch of study which now characterizes Earlham College. His labors were thoroughly appreciated by the faculty and superintendent, and they bore unqualified testimony to their great loss by his death. Yet whilst teaching others, he neglected not his own family, but commenced with their earliest years to instruct his children from the Holy Scriptures, and, as soon as they were old enough, almost daily required them to read portions and answer questions upon them. He introduced, too, about his period, 1828, the practice of daily reading the Holy Scriptures in his family, in a collective capacity with a devotional pause. He made it an invariable rule, that not only his own children, but all his household, including those in his employ, or temporarily sojourning with him, should be present on these occasions; and his children look back to them as a marked feature in the family, and as having exerted a very useful influence. In the year 1827, although then a young man, less than twenty-nine years of age, he was appointed clerk to Indiana Yearly Meeting, a position he continued to fill for thirty-one years, never, during that time, missing a single sitting. In 1829 he gave up the employment of teaching, and embarked in mercantile business in the village of Milton. In this change he felt the necessity for great watchfulness and care, lest he should by any imprudent step bring dishonor upon the cause of Truth. He set out with the most scrupulous sense of the obligation of contracts, and with a determination to make no engagements which he could not promptly meet; to observe strict integrity and justice in his dealings; and in every respect to do as he would be done by. Holding that we owe to God all our blessings, and that godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life now is, as well as that which is to come; he made it a rule not to let business interfere with his religious engagements, but to seek first the kingdom of God, with the full assurance that all things necessary would be added. He often, in later life, bore testimony to the truthfulness of this position, and to the fact that God had abundantly fulfilled His promise. Feeling the obligation he was under in purchasing goods on credit to supply his store to be burdensome to him, in 1833 he connected himself, by a satisfactory arrangement with a wholesale house in Cincinnati, where he was entirely easy as to any debt. Here his efforts succeeded beyond his anticipations, and the prospect of speedily accumulating wealth was before him. But as business increased, it required so large a portion of his tiime, and so fully occupied his mind, as to prevent him from devoting himself to religious objects so much as he desired. This, together with the impression that his family could be more readily trained to a religious life in the country, caused him to accept a position, which was tendered him in the fall of 1834, as cashier of the Branch of the State Bank of Indiana at Richmond, a new institution then about commencing. This movement was not made without deep thoughtfulness and prayer; and although it led to a sacrifice of prospects of greater gain, he ever felt that the hand of Divine Providence was in the opening and that it resulted in good to himself and his family. In the year 1844 he passed through one of those seasons of deep mental conflict which sometimes overtake the Christian, and are intended for his further purification and refinement. His soul was poured out repeatedly in strong cries and prayers to God; daily and often during the day much time was spent in retirement and prayer. Finally faith obtained the victory, and he came out further advanced in the pathway of holiness; the face of his Heavenly Father shone upon him, and his spirit spake peace to his soul. It was a well-marked era in his life, and made a strong impression upon his family as well as himself. In the year 1846 he was appointed an Elder. His thorough knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, and religious weight of character, rendered him well qualified for that position. With him it was not merely a nominal office to which he had attained from negative qualities, a consistent outward appearance, and because no especial objection could be urged against him. He had very clear views of gospel ministry, and advised, encouraged, or warned those engaged in it as occasion required. He labored faithfully to feed the flock over which he was overseer, and many remember with affectionate interest his kind and sympathetic advice and his words of counsel and encouragement. In Meetings for Discipline he was especially useful- his clear, sound, and well-expressed views having great weight with his Friends. His labors for the advancement of every good cause were earnest and indefatigable; his habits of system and order being eminently useful in the practical affairs of the church. A few times in his life he spoke in Meetings for Worship in a forcible and striking manner, and was several times engaged in visiting families and individuals to encourage them in a religious life. His earnest and almost life-long concern for the promotion of First-day schools for scriptural instruction munst not be omitted. As early as 1817 he was one of a few young Friends who were instrumental in forming a First-day school at New Garden, North Carolina. In this they encountered much opposition from the opposition of some good people; however, it may be remembered that at that early date the subject was new, and many who at first looked coldly on, afterwards became more favorable. On his removal to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1833, on of his first acts was to establish the Friends' First-day school, of which he was the only teacher during his residence there. In the summer of 1835 we find him at Richmond, Indiana, engaged in this important branch of Christian labor, and in awakening an interest in the cause; a school was soon opened there, which was afterwards taken under charge of a Monthly Meeting's committee, and held in the meeting house. In this school he performed the duties of superintendent for twenty-seven years, until the time of his death. It is alike impossible and unnecessary to follow him throughout his labors in this cause, both within and without his own religious Society, having continued an earnest worker and strenuous supporter of the cause until the close of his life, and left, as a testimony of his devotion, a series of Scripture Question Books, which show great biblical knowledge and research. He was instrumental, in connexion with other religious professors, in establishing Union Sabbath schools in localities where there were none under the care of religious denominations, and in these labors instances have occurred which have given evidence that an especial blessing rested upon the work. He was filled with an expansive Christian love, and believed in a close union of Christian hears, in the spread of the simple gospel truths; and, while he expressed an ardent love for his own church, his spirit rose above all sectarian feeling into the purer atmosphere of love to God and to his fellow-men, without regard to name or condition. This is shown in the following extract from notes taken of the last address he delivered in public.
"Every real Christian should pssess that love which embraces the whole human family; and anything like an exclusive feeling that would hinder us from uniting, under a genuine concern for our own preservation in the truth, in efforts with any fellow-Christian for the good of others, he was fearful came from a wrong source. Nor is there any need, while laboring in this spirit outside our religious Society, of compromising our own precious although peculiar principles. As a people, we owe a duty and a service, not only to our own members, but to society at large, and it well becomes us as Christians to inquire whether we are coming up to our own line of duty in this respect. He had felt interested in the establishment of these schools without the pale of our Society, and had sometimes labored therein with those not in profession with himself, and from his own experience he could testify that these efforts had not lessened his love or attachment for the truth as professed by Friends. In this Christian interest he would encourage such labors, and when the motive to the work springs from a love to Christ, he believed a blessing would attend the service." In allusion to this distinguising feature of his character, a brief extract is taken from a letter written after his decease by his highly-honored friend Benjamin SEEBOHM to a member of his family: "No narrow-minded, sectarian spirit was permitted to mar the beauty and symmetry of his character as a faithful Friend, and it is comforting to reflect to what a large extent he was made the means of blessing to the Christian community to which he belonged, while his sphere of usefulness was by no means confined to their limits." As a further evidence of this truly catholic spirit, the following passage in the Memiors of Elizabeth Dudley delighted him exceedingly: marking the margin, he wrote, "Heartily approved," signing it with his full name in a broad hand. "It is interesting to see real heartfelt religion flourish amidst the shades of difference which outwardly distinguish professing Christians; and I believe more frequent intercourse among the spiritually-minded of all denominations would increase our toleration for each other, by bringing under the influence of that charity which 'seeketh not her own,' but 'rejoiceth in the truth wherever found.'" Much of his life was devoted to the service of the Society, to the spread of vital Christianity and a loving spirit among its members. Under appointment of the Yearly Meeting, he frequently took long journeys to visit the chuches. Within the last two years of his life, he thus visited Iowa and Knasas, besides attending North Carolina, New York, and New England Yearly Meetings. He was himself a strict observer of the peculiarities of the Society in dress and language, and brought up his children in conformity to them; but as he grew older, he placed less stress on these minor points, and felt more earnest in repentance, conversion, change of heart and life, and thorough submission to the operation of Divine grace.

He feared that many relied too much upon the minor points, and neglected the weightier matters of the law. He often remarked, that if we made clean the inside of the cup and platter, the outside would be clean also. He was especially concerned in the latter part of his life, and during his first illness, that those in more advanced years and occupying prominent stations in society, might thoroughly examine themselves, and seek to know whether they had passed from death unto life, and his kind and earnest converstions with some of this class were peculiarly touching and interesting. While entertaining these views and feelings in regard to his own religious Society, he had the most extended charity and love for those of other Christian denominations. He mingled freely with all such in promotion of the great objects of life, and was ever ready to participate with them in any movement which he considered to be for the good of his fellow-men. While maintaining thoroughly what he believed to be true Christian doctrine as to the freedom and spirituality of the gospel ministry, and the necessity for Divine aid in the exercise thereof, and in prayer, he was careful not to judge others harshly, though they differed from him, nor to discourage exercises of that kind which they believed to be right.

During his last illness he received with much comfort the visits of ministers and others, members of other denominations, and some seasons of prayer on such occasions were deeply affecting to himself and his family. His feelings were simply and beautifully expressed to one of this class: "While I love my own church and brethern with an ardor indescribalbe, I love you all- I love all who love the Lord Jesus Christ, because they love Him." With an abounding sense of his own infirmities and unworthiness, he felt that to the mercy of God he owed all that he was and he was fearful almost to a fault, in laying claim to be a servant of Christ, and in speaking of his own spiritual advancement. But his life was to those who were most acquainted with him a beautiful exemplification of the gradual work of sanctification, and of that path of the just which shines more and more unto the perfect day.
His heart had at an early period been given to God; he had experienced conversion, and showed by his after life and conversation that his great object was to serve the Lord, benefit his fellow-men, and attain finally to one of those mansions prepared for them who love the Lord Jesus.

It is not professed that he was clear of faults. He was naturally of an irratble, nervous temperament, and had a strong will to subdue- but he labored earnestly and faithfully to this end. Nor did he permit a sense of his own weakness to prevent his labors for the good of others. He felt keenly that wickedness by nature of his own heart, his constant liability to fall into temptation, and the necessity for watchfullness by nature of his own heart, strong mind he readily grasped a proposition, and when he was the expediency of any measrue which he thought was for the good of the church or the workd, it was difficult for him to have sufficient patience with those who differed from him, and he sometimes pressed his points with such earnestness as to give him the appearance of being overbearing. But he was ever ready both publicly and privately to confess his faults, and frequently poured out his soul in prayer for forgiveness of sins, and strength to overcome the evil of his nature: for this he relied solely on that fount which is opened for sin and for uncleaness- the precious blood of Christ. With a keen sense of honor and justice he was ready to make amends to any whose feelings he had wounded, or explanation to those who felt themselves aggrieved. Thus he passed through life with fear and tremblin, still growing in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. It was interesting and instructive to those who were associated with him, to note the progressive development of his religious experience, and his continued steady progress in the highway to holiness.

A further illustrating the life and labors of this devoted servant of Christ, the following extracts are presented from his private journal, which protray his strong desires from day to day to be doing his Master's will, his earnest craving for strength from on high, and his deep contrition on account of his missteppings.

"12mo. 10th, 1848.- Returning from West Grove Monthly Meeting we were hospitably entertained at the house of D. H. We had a pleasant interview with the dear family at Scripture reading in the evening. After some time in silence, I addressed first the young people and children in a simple way, and then the parents; and had much peace in going to bed under the feeling which attended.

25th.- Many very serious considerations to-day. It is designated as the day upon which the Saviour of the world was born. The event was a glorious one beyond all expression. "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish but have eteranl life." Eternal life! what a consideration! And just to think of our lost and miserable condition without our Saviour's love! A lively sense of unutterable gratitude should fill our hearts for the great mercy of God through our Lord Jesus Christ. May I ever think of it; and may it have a marked influence over my conduct, and my life. And as the time rapidly approaches, when it will be infinitely beyond every other consideration, to be found in Christ among them that are saved, may I more and more yield to be His servant in truth and sincerity now, and seek to be more thoroughly under His kingdom and government. May the Lord help me with His Holy Spirit, and may my faith and obedience be increased.

2mo. 2d, 1849.- This is the day on which my dear wife and I were united in marriage, at New Garden, in North Carolina, in the year 1820, now twenty-nine years ago. This was a movement so deeply interesting to both of us, and so momentous in its consequences as connected with our happiness in this present life, that it comes into my mind very frequently at other times of the year, when the date is brought into view. I have ever regarded our matrimonial connexion as one of Divine ordering; have esteemed marriage as honorable in all, when rightly entered into; and many have been my grateful feelings that a good Providence brought us together. I have always looked upon the gift to me to be one of those precious blessings for which I ought to be continually thankful. The day passed away in a good degree of comfort, and the evening was spent as part of many others lately have been, in hearing my dear Naomi read in the Memiors of Maria Fox. It seems to me that some of the experience related in that journal, which was read this evening, is exactly my own.

6mo. 26th.- Having been appointed by our last Yearly Meeting, one of a committee to meet in conference with like committees of other Yearly Meetings at Baltimore, on Second day, the 9th of 7th mo., the suject has been weightily upon my mind for a considerable time. The fearful prevalence of the cholera at Cincinnati, the prospect that it may soon be here, my own feebleness of body, the stripped condition in which we must leave our dear girls, the burdents that must come upon my dear Charles, in consequence of my absence, and perhaps many other causes, appear to discourage me; besides I have very little, if any, sense of advantage to Society, which can result in my attendance. I must however leave that, and after fully considering and reconsidering, I think I shall feel most in my duty, and most easy to give up to set off, and endeavor to be resigned as to the result.
7mo. 8th, Baltimore, First day. -Last evening and this morning I have met with most of the dear Friends who are in attendance here from the several Yearly Meetings on committees of conference. Meeting at 10 o'clock A.M. An interesting meeting. Our friend Richard MOTT, of New York, spoke at considerable length in the ministry, beginning with the text, "And the Lord shut him in," Gen. 7c, 16v.

9th, Second day. -This day at ten o'clock A.M., our several committees of conference met together at Friends' meeting house in Baltimore. The meeting was very solemn, and I believe all the members felt low and humble, greatly desiring preservation and right direction. Richard MOTT offered prayer. After a suitable time of silence, business was proposed. I was appointed clerk for the day, and the meeting fairly opened by reading the several minutes of appointment, and calling the names.

The followning Friends were present: From New York- Richard MOTT, Thomas WILLIS, Henry ROWNTREE, Richard CARPENTER, William F. MOTT, Samuel F. MOTT, James BROWN, and James CONGDON. (Three of their committee not here.) From New England- Rowland GREENE, John OSBORNE, John D. LANG, Stephen A. CHASE, David BUFFUM, Samuel Boyd TOBEY, John MEADER, Samuel TAYLOR, Jr., and Samuel BOYCE. From Indiana- George CARTER, Elijah COFFIN, Thomas EVANS, Eleazer BALES, and Henry WILSON. (Four of our committee not here.) From Baltimore- Hugh BALDERSTON, Richard H. THOMAS, Samuel WORTHINGTON, Joseph KING, Jr., Nathaniel C. CRENSHAW, Jonah SANDS, William A. THOMAS, John SCOTT, Isaac BROOKS, and Joel COOK. (J. C. did not arrive until next morning.) From North Carolina- Aaron STALKER, Thomas KENNEDY, James PEELE, Richard MENDENHALL, Nereus MENDENHALL, and Joshua STANLEY. Our dear friends Benjamin SEEBOHM, and Robert LINDSAY, from England, being in the city, and having come here under religious concern to attend the conference, it was agreed that they should be invited to attend. After some discussion, and the appointment of a committee to propose a clerk, the conference adjourned until four o'clock P.M. At the meeting in the afternoon, our dear friends aforenamed were present, and their company is expected hereafter. After considerable discussion, on various interesting subjects, a committee was appointed to take them more fully into consideration, and the conference adjourned until ten o'clock to-morrow morning.

10th. -A report was received this morning, which brought the state of the Society plainly to view. After much communication, a committee was appointed to prepare a document to be submitted with our report to the Yearly Meetings, respectively that appointed us.

12th. -In the afternoon to-day the document was adopted; also a full report, with enrire unamimity.

After the rise of the conference, which closed in great solemnity and much brotherly affection, we parted, and several Friends set off homeward by the evening train.

10mo. 10th. -My mind is frequently turned to think of the mercies of the Lord, and to crave His favor and blessing. I have felt low, and as if I am not all I ought to be. To have one's whole life and manners made conformable to the sweet spirit of the gospel of peace, is indeed a great consideration; yet desirable beyond anything here below. I have not felt entirely clear in my mind; a fear and something like a conviction has attended me, at times, that I lack much, very much, and I have looked forward to the prospect that some affliction might be permitted to overtake me. My desire is very great that I might be better prepared for whatever may be allowed to come; and O! that Divine mercy and goodness may be with me all the days of my life.

5mo. 30th, 1850. -Meeting for Sufferings. Several important matters were disposed of in harmony, and to satisfaction. Having long felt a lively desire for increased concern and energy among our members in the several meetings in the procuring, reading, and circulating of suitable, sound, approved books and tracts, on the history, faith, and doctrines of our religious Society, and also on religious, moral, and scientific subjects, and that our libraries might be revived, increased, and rendered more useful, I was engaged to lay the suject fully open before our Meeting for Sufferings. The meeting entered into the concern in a lively manner, and a large committee was appointed thereon, which was a great satisfaction to me. They are to report at next meeting."

The expression of this concern which had for some time engaged the serious attention of Elijah Coffin, resulted in the organization of the Central Book and Tract Committee of which he took an increasing interest, and of which he served as clerk during the remainder of his life.

A few days before his close, he dictacted the following affectionate address to wit:

To the Central Book and Tract Committee-
MY DEAR FRIENDS- My soul glows in the most tender warmth of affection toward you, individually and collectively, and as a small testimonial of my love and remembrance and near fellowship, after many years' of labor in connexion with yourselves, I wish to make you a donation of a few articles of furniture for your office. Then, as I believe, in a measure of the love of Christ, I bid you affectionately farewell, desiring your prosperity in the cause in which we have been engaged, and your perseverance in the good work, hoping the Lord may add his blessing.
Elijah Coffin
Richmond, 12th mo. 26, 1861

The annexed minute adverting to his decease, and adopted at the Meeting of the Committee, held First month 27, 1862, a few days after his dissolution, gives expression to the feelings of its members, and will furnish a proof of the estimation in which his services were held.

"We have met this morning under feelings of no ordinary character. Our beloved clerk and correspondent is no more; he who has served the cause in which we are engaged so faithfully, even since the organization of the Committee, has left a vacancy that we feel cannot easily be filled. It is not only on account of his services as Clerk and Correspondent, but his labors in writing, selecting, and correcting of tracts; the superintendency of printing, and his general oversight of the whole concern, together with that hearty good cheer in which he ever met us at our Quarterly Meetings, that we feel our loss so keenly. May we be increasingly stimulated to a faithful discharge of the work which lay so near to his hear."

We again qoute from his journal-
"6mo., 22d. -After a long time of dry weather, we have been blessed since last date with very fine and refreshing rains, which have revived the drooping vegetation, and cheered the spirits of the husbandmen. We ought to remember that every good gift, whether temporal or spiritual, come to us through the favor of Him whose Providence rules through all His works, and that gratefulness and thankfulness of heart are ever due to Him, without whose favor what would our lives be! Another great blessing is now generally enjoyed in this country, calling for gratitude and acknowledgement; that is, the blessing of general good health.

11mo. 17th. -I do not forget to-day I am fifty-two years old. It is very solemn thing to consider how time and period alloted to us in this state of existence, passes away. I feel that much evil is near me, and that many temptations press hard upon me, and such is my weakness and frailty, that I feel discouragement at times, under a humiliating sense of my unworthiness and shortcoming; yet do I not, entirely, lose my faith and hope, and have sometimes to rejoice with thanksgiving, for the evidences of Divine love and mercy which are granted to me. I mourn that I am not more thoroughly consistent and perfect, for why should I not follow Him in whom I have confidence, under whom I have enlisted, and who all the time gives me more than I could pretend to deserve? Let my faith and confidence increase, and may blest help be afforded me to be at all times, and under all circumstances, a Christian indeed. O! the blessedness of that situation, of being an Israelite, indeed, in whom is no guile!

1mo. 12th, 1851. -Another week of engagement in my regular business. I have met with perplexities in which I have not maintained the Christian character with that kind of dignity which afforded me as much satisfaction as I could desire. I must still strive to become better as I grow older.

6mo. 13th. -Our favorite dog, that for several years has been so useful, and has shown toward me an attachment so faithful and strong, was found dead under on of our trees this morning. This may serve to impress upon one's mind renewedly and forcibly, that the things here are transitory, and not to remain with us. The coming close of our own earthly pilgrimage may be hinted to us by the changes which take place around us."

The above entry brings to view a trait of character for which Elijah Coffin was well known- his kindness to the brute creation, and love for animals. On the occasion alluded to, his children, well recollect seeing him shed tears at the loss of his faithful and "favorite dog." It was eaqually shown in his care for a horse or cow which he owned. He rarely sold either. A horse which he had owned for many years, and which was too old to be of much value, he requested at his death, to be provided with a home where he would be cared for and not abused. Elijah Coffin was a striking exemplification of the proverb, "a righteous man regardeth the life of his beast."

"11mo. 17th, 1852. -My reflections this day are of a solemn character. I am now fifty-three years old. Year after year glides rapidly away, and it is a very serious thought that each one brings me nearer to the end of my journey in this world. Eternity! what a solemn thought! "I cannot go where universal Love smiles not around." Yet I fear that I am not deep enough, not sufficiently and thoroughly practical as a Christian; too superficial, not possessed of enough of that enduring faith, that certain confidence which I desire, assuredly to be with me when I have hope in the Divine mercy, and I am sometimes encouraged by an assurance of having, in my heart, the love of the brethern. O! may I grow deeper in religious experience; may my faith and thorough obedience be increased.

2mo. 26th, 1853. -I have been closely engaged with ordinary vocation. Often has my mind been turned to crave the Divine assistance and the good help of the Holy Spirit, to keep me out of evil, and enable me to live the life of a Christian. Having mad e occasional misses for the want of continued watchful ovedience and devotedness, much uneasiness and pain have been the result. But the Divine goodness is to be commemorated for that I have been blessed with so many comforts, both spiritual and temporal.

11mo. 17th. -Another year is now added to my life. Time will soon pass, and eternity will follow. O Lord! I pray for the forgiveness of every sin, the wiping out of every blot. "Create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me." O! increase in my faith, help me to increase and abound in love to Thee and to my fellow-men; enalbe me to be more and more grateful for Thy unspeakable love, condescnsion, and mercy, through my ever blessed Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, in that Thou still visitest me with Thy Holy Spirit, Thy love, Thy mercy, and Thy blessings, spiritual and temporal. O! help me in my many weaknesses, keep me from temptation, and deliver me from evil, as in Thy great goodness Thou mayest see meet. Help me to fell effectually that the Holy name of the Lord is ever worthy of eternal adoration!

1mo. 25th, 1856. -A vision in my sleep last night. My father, in conversation with me concerning my religious condition (perfectly natural, without any appreciation on my part, of his being long since deceased) brought home to me in a concise way, that my conduct was not right in the Divine sight, having reference to the fretful manner in which I sometimes speak to others in business at the counter, and supported his remark by the evidence of a quiet man, a disinterested witness against me, and I saw no place of escape from the guilt and condemnation. I awoke under a strong impression of humiliation.

O Lord, I crave Thy mercy! I crave Thy forgiveness of my sins! Grant to me ability to pray availingly for pardon, through Jesus Christ and for His sake. Now, whatever may be my pretence and profession as to religion, if others see in my countenance, and in my conduct, and hear in my words and tone, what does not correspond with my profession, where am I in their view? Where am I really, by the impartial standard? Is not my vision too true? Am I not short in doing as I ought, to complete the Christian character which I profess, to fill the station which I occupy, and the just expectation of others who look for it from me?
4mo. 2. -Our boarding-school has been attended by about one hundred and twenty-five students durging the session just closed. I have been taking an interest in promoting a more efficient course of scriptural instruction by visits to the school at large, in classes, and before the committee. A kind regard has been had towards my suggestions, and I believe, now that the session has come to its close, that there has been considerable substantial improvement in this valuable and necessary part of education.

6mo. 5. -Our First-day School has been progressing to good satisfaction, the average attendance has been about one hundred. Truly an interesting company. May we be helped to go out and come in rightly before them.

8mo. 12, 1858. -I have lately read "Trench on Bible Revision," which I have found interesting and informing. The subject is treated of learnedly, yet moderately and with candor and fairness. My wife and I have been reading together of evenings, "The Higher Christain Life," by Dr. BOARDMAN, and find it a lively, experimental, and instructive work. We do not agree, of course, with his views on war, and on some minor points, but esteem his work as pervaded with a high-toned spirit of vital Christianity. I have been for some time past engaged in preparing a volume of "Scripture Exercises" for the higher classes of students, to follow Matthew, Mark and Genesis, embracing the gospels of Luke and John in harmony with copious references to other parts of Scripture, particularly to Matthew and Mark, also with explanatory notes.

10mo. 2. -Yearly Meeting. First-day. Two very large meetings for public worship were held as usual. Then in the evening, a meeting on the subject of First-day Schools for Scriptural instruction. It was concluded to recommend to the Yearly Meeting to appoint a special committee on that subject.

The proposition received a favorable response, and a large committee was appointed to have the care of that interesting subject, "for the further advancement of the cause, and for greater efficiency of action upon it in the subordinate meetings." The event of a First-day school association becoming a part of the regular business of the Yearly Meeting was regarded by Elijah Coffin with no ordinary emotion, he having been one of the first to suggest the expediency of such a measure.

1mo. 19, 1860. -We hear to-day of the decease of our dear and valued friend Dr. Richard H. THOMAS, of Baltimore. He was indeed a brother beloved, to whom my heart was greatly attached in the bonds of Christain unity and fellowship. He was one of those members of the church who understood the doctrines of Christianity, and who was a Christian from experience, knowing the realities of religion by its practical operation. I feel great confidence that he has entered into rest, and that he is receiving the end of his faith, even the salvation of his soul. The church on earth has lost in him a valuable member, and his personal friends a dear and affectionate brother.

2mo., 30 and 30. -Having undertaken to visit the families in Sevastopol, a suburban village near Richmond, to ascertain the state of supply of Holy Scriptures among them, these two days were partly occupied with that service. Fifty-three families were visited, and those who were not supplied were furnished, except four destitute Roman Catholic families, who declined to be supplied. Tracts were distributed at most places.

10mo. 7. Yearly Meeting, First-day. -Solemn meetings were held, one at ten A.M., and the other at three P.M. as usual. Then at seven P.M. a meeting for worship was held by and for the youth, at their proposal, with the approbation of the Yearly Meeting. The lower floor of the large meeting-house was closely filled, and some went into the gallery, the number probably not less than 2000. It was a remarkable season, which continued until twelve o'clock, or five hours. The meeting was very solemn, a large number offered prayer who had not before done so in a public manner, and a confident hope is entertained that many were incited to a more earnest consideration of the things appertaining to everlasting life. "Bless the Lord, O my soul! and all that is within me, bless His holy name!" and all that is within me, bless His holy name!" was the overflowing exercise of many hearts. The Lord was pleased in His goodness to be there, and this memorable time cannot be soon forgotten.

9th and 10th. -Our very dear children all left during the week for their respective homes. We had a solemn family meeting together in our parlor on the evening of the 9th, a time of much prayer.

24th. Monthly Meeting. -A minute was granted my wife to attend the Yearly Meeting in North Carolina, also one to me as her companion. Our daughter Miriam goes with us. I also go as a deputation from our Yearly Meeting to theirs, to examine more fully into the embarrassing debt of their boarding-school."

Neither time nor circumstances had dissolved the attachments that Elijah Coffin had for the place of his birth. With mingled sensations of pleasure and sadness, he once more visited, in company with his wife and daughter, M.A.R., the scenes of his youthful days. It was an event of solemn and melacholy interest to them. Near forty years had elapsed since they left that country, and they had returned but once. At the time of their removal, the Quarterly Meeting was large, and many valuable ministers belonged to it; now it was very small, and the few who were left were discouraged, and many of them were anxious to leave. The soil had become impoverished, and the country generally, from being pleasant and desirable, had become desolate and lonely, the result of slavery. The tender emotions of the heart of Elijah Coffin were easily vibrated, as he recalled the scenes through which he had passed during his earlier years, and which now so sadly bore the marks of time. In allusion to this visit a friend writes: "We had some interesting walks around the meeting-house ground where his youth was spent and his first labors in the church were entered upon. On one of these occasions I remarked that he seemed to be sent back at an eventful day to resume his position, as though the link had never been broken. He pressed my hand with his usual affection, while tears fell silently from him."

We again quote from his journal:
11mo. 3. -At eleven o'clock A.M. attended the North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Ministers and Elders at Deep River, about 43 men and 25 women being present- a good meeting.

4th. First-day. -At eleven o'clock A.M. the Yearly Meeting for worship convened, having about 600 to 700 persons in attendance.

6th. -This day of the Presidential election.
When the Yearly Meeting convened, it was unitedly agreed that in consideration of the great blessings of enlightened civilization and good government, under which it has been our happy privilege to live, the obligations of gratitude which we owe to the great Ruler of Nations on that account, and the great struggle now in progress in our beloved country, we should unite in solemn worship and prayer to the Almighty that he might continue his blessings and overrule, according to His will, all affairs for the good and happiness of the nation. The men and women Friends accordingly spent about an hour and a half together in worship and prayer. It was indeed a very solemn time. Then proceeded with business as usual. By the reports on spiritous liquors which were read to-day, it appeared that there were 1361 members over eighteen years of age who are clear of the use of intoxicating liquors as a drink, 81 who use it, and 71 not inquired of, making in all 1513 members over eighteen years of age. If we add to this 524 children under eighteen, reported by the education committee, we have the number of 2037 as the total number of members of North Carolina Yearly Meeting. But several of the Quarterlies were deficient in reporting the number of children; we must therefore add probably from 200 to 500 to make up this deficiency, so that the real total is probably between 2300 and 2400.

17th. -To-day I am sixty-two years old. O God! give me a heart more truly after thee; increase my faith and trust; take not thy Holy Spirit from me; pardon all my sins for Jesus' sake; pour out thy Spirit upon my soul plentifully, according to Thy will, to promote holiness and for my sanctification. O fit me more and more for heaven and the blessed realities of they people in glory; and when it shall be Thy will that I shall depart, grant me admittance, in Thy kindness and mercy, into Thy kingdom above. Much more would I say; but Thou knowest what I have need of and what I desire, before I ask Thee. Bless Thy people and Thy church everywhere. Amen. It is easier to write a prayer here than it was to deliver one vocally in the evening in a solemn sitting in the family, when I felt much as if I ought to have done so, but had not sufficient faith and assurance, and yet I did not feel well satisfied afterward with having omitted the effort. I felt a fear that leanness of soul might follow as a just consequence, and that the spirit of prayer might be taken from me on such occasions in future. I must rely on the kindness and mercy of God to overlook this omission, and implore that the fear of man may be more and more taken from me, and a clear assurance of duty given to me.

28th. -We arrived at our depot just in time for our Monthly Meeting, to which we made return of our minutes. Our friends received us with much affection and cordiality; sweet indeed it was to be again at home, and in gratitude to our Father in heaven I believe our hearts were full for His preservations, kindness, and mercy, with which we had been so largely favored in this long and interesting journey. Thanks to God for the unspeakable gift of His Son; thanks for the gift and visitation of the Holy Spirit; and thanks for His goodness, providential care, and mercy to us His feelbe unworthy creatures, who have, through His grace, some hungering and thirsting after righteousness, and some ardent desire to be inheritors of His kingdom.

1mo. 1, 1861. -I am engaged about home, and much of my time in compiling my little work of Scripture Exercises on the Old Testament, to be added to the book of Genesis and included with that in one volume. We are feeling in degree the feebleness, tenderness, and infirmities of advancing age; but my dear wife and myself would wish to bear in our hearts deep and living gratitude and adoration for the many favors we enjoy from the Divine Giver, and the comforts and privileges with which we are surrounded. For these may we ever bless the good name of the Lord!

We have been reading together with much interest the "Memoirs and Diary of John YEARDLY," icluding an account, also, of his amiable and gifted wife, Martha YEARDLY, a work which has not failed to edify us."

Through the spring and summer of 1861 his health became very feeble. He made a journey to Kansas to inspect Friends' Mission school there, but returned weaker than he set out. He was able to attend the Yearly Meeting very partially, and only for a short time at once.

10mo. 4th. -Those who were privileged to attend this sitting of the Yearly Meeting will remember the erect and wasted form of him who had nearly performed his allotted task on earth, as he pressed the claims of personal religion upon his hearers in nearly the followning language:

"Our Saviour had a significant meaning when he said, 'Feed my lambs, feed my sheep,' and the Apostle when he said, 'Feed the flock of God,' A proper concern has been felt by many, because some of our youth do not manifest all that attachment to our principles and practice which they desire. A very serious inquiry arises why this should be so, and a deep sense of our responsibility should take hold of our minds. If those who are further advanced in years, and on whom the weight of Society mainly rests, do not manifest an example of hearty devotedness to Christ, and commend that example by sound, careful, tender instruction; if they do not through the aid of the Holy Spirit dispense spiritual food, they cannot expect a growing attachment to their profession in the youth. Care as to the outward restraints is necessary and indispensable, as well as a due regard to our Christian testimonies of plainness of speech and apparel. But these alone, without spiritual nourishment and instruction, would be like starving the flock within the fold which protects it from outside dangers. So if our youth, on being awakened to some sense of their spiritual need, on coming to hunger and thirst after righteousness, and to feel an interest in their eternal welfare, should not find living bread at home, they will be likely to seek for it elsewhere. So also those who are not awakened, will fail to see anything attractive in our forms, except a refined morality, where there is no life of religion making its impression from those to whom they look. Let us, therefore, be stirred up to a due sense of our situation and responsibilites. Let the love of Christ and a hearty devotion appear in our lives, and conduct, and words. Let prayer abound, not prayer talked of, but prayer practised 'with the spirit and with the understanding also.' Do our children ever hear us pray? Do they know that we ever do pray? While we inadvertently or otherwise speak slightly of the prayers of others, are we not in danger of suppressing right exercises in our youth, and of the fearful error of 'quenching the spirit?' Let us practise devotional family reading. The Holy Scriptures and the Holy Spirit assuredly come to our aid. In all devotional exercises, the only test is whether they are owned or attended by the spirit of Christ. If they are, all opposition proceeds from a wrong source. Our testimony lies against formal and lifeless prayer. Let us encourage those who are religiously exercised, and help, instruct, correct, and lead forward such in a loving spirit. And at small meetings where there may be little of life of religion, let the members be stirred up to greater practical devotedness and life in their profession. Let their meetings be held in the power of God, and we believe that where our profession is commended by the overflowing of the love of God, the attachment of our youth and others will be secured, and that Society and fellowship, and love and unity, will grow and increase. We should also remember our inherent and guaranteed privileges of family worship, either in single families, or where others may join as a private social engagement. And families living remote, or while traveling, should attend to this solemn duty and obligation, which would tend to keep up the life in themselves and their families, and commend their profession to others."

These remarks of Elijah Coffin were characterized by a spirit of earnest zeal for the Master; and the meeting directed the clerk to embody them in the minute on the state of Society. The first-day School Conference of Friends which was to be held at Cincinnati during the week following the Yearly Meeting, had promise of being and occasion full of interest to one who so much loved the cause as Elijah Coffin did, and although scarecly able to leave his own threshold, he could not easily forbear making the attempt to be present. His family also did not feel satisfied without further efforts to arrest the progress of his disease, and desired that his case might be examined by a valued physician and friend in that city.

29th. -He derived benefit while at Cincinnati, by the removal of acute pain, but there was such a loss of power on the part of the digestive organs, that the nutrition received from his food was so totally insufficient, he returned home in a confirmed decline. The nature of his disease combined with a nervous temperament, at times incapacitated him for keeping in full subjection all the natural shades of his character. The enemy was at times suffered to lead him into the mountain of temptation, and buffet him with nervous irritability, which he occasionally manifested. He was frequent in offering the fervent effectual prayer that "availeth much." "Get thee behind me, Satan," was the language of his spirt. It is a recorded promise, that "they who seek shall find," which was touchingly verified in the experience of this dear invalid. He who "was in all points tempted like as we are," came "to succor," the "infirmities of the flesh" were overcome, and the grace of God was conspicuously manifested.

On the morning of the 25th of 12mo. he was exceedingly prostrate. His physician candidly told him that if his system could not be aroused he could not continue long, probably not more than forty-eight hours. He received the information with perfect calmness, and with heavenly sweetness said, "I know it to be so from my feelings." His great composure and presence of mind was beyond what those around him could command; he immediately desired his eldest daughter to write and inform his absent children of his situation, remarking, "that they need not be taken by surprise." He rallied on the 26th, and by the time his three youngest daughters had arrived, the prospect of his immediate dissolution was removed.

It was the first time that any of his children had returned to the parental home without being met by him at the gate and welcomed with his accustomed tender and affectionate greeting. Long after he was enfeebled by disease he would totter forth to meet them on their arrival for a short visit; but this was for ever past, and now they sought him within his own apartment, and there received his happy smile, finding him as perfectly natural as though long life was before him. When his son and daughter, Wm. H. and C. E. L. came to him he clasped his arms around them and said, "I wish to bless the good name of the Lord, who so abudantly blesses me. I feel very comfortable and happy, I am very peaceful, and at times He grants me especial favors. I feel His love to flow through my heart. O may we bless and magnify His holy name!"

1mo. 1, 1862. -To his son who watched by his bedside throgh this night, he reviewed the labors of his past life in the cause of education, of Sabbath Schools, the Bible and Tract Societies, &c., and alluded particularly to his labor in connexion with Earlham College; of his "often going there through cold and heat, storm and rain, to lecture, to the committee meetings, &c., when he was weak and in poor health," as "having been prompted by his love for Christ," that he "could not now in looking back think of any other motive that influenced him to such labor," and now, said he, in the retrospect they afford me "unqualified satisfaction, but I do not feel that they afford any hope for salvation." His "only hope was through the precious blood of Christ." He then spoke beautifully of it saying, "some object to set value by it, I look for salvation by none other, prefigured by the sacrifices of the law, and by the whole old dispensation, it is not our business to inquire, why we are thus saved, but thankfully to accept the proffered boon in humility and confidence." He desired his son to deliver to the Sabbath School of which he was superintendent, "an especial message of love to the officers, teachers, and students, individually," adding "that his long-continued interest in the cause of Scriptural instruction and Sabbath Schools, was unabated to the last, and those with whom he was more immediately connected in these labors, he continued especially to love with ardent affection."

In speaking of the Meeting for Sufferings, of which he had been a member for thirty-three years, he said, his heart was nearly united in love to all its member, and he wished a message of it communicated to them, also to the various committees with which he was connected, and to the officers and teachers of Earlham College."

During the same night he said to his son, "If I could speak to the multitude assembled to do the last solemn rites for me at my funeral, I would proclaim to the utmost extent of my voice, Glory to God in the highest! Praise the name of the Lord."

He bore strong testimony to the fact that God hears and answers the prayers of those who seek Him, and his soul very frequently drew near to the Lord. On one of these occasions he supplicated in a striking manner, for himself and wife seperately, and then for their children, and during the greater part of one night, he poured forth a remarkable strain of thanksgiving and praise. He often gave utterance to expressions of thankfulness, that he ws not permitted to be troubled with doubts and fears, his faith in the efficacy and all-sufficiency of the sacrifice of Christ never wavering, even amid the acutest suffering; and those who were privleged to attend him, were indeed witnesses that he was "kept by the power of God, through faith unto salvation." His mental capacities, instead of being weakened with the increased feebleness of the body, grew brighter as immortal glories opened to him, and he neared his eternal rest. His son, Wm. H. C., arrived on the 3d of 1mo. He was greatly rejoiced at seeing him and said, "Now my last prayer in reference to the things of this earth is answered." After this he had no prayer in regard to the things of time, excepting for a "quiet and easy departure;" thanksgiving and praise comprising the greater part of what he said. The language was particularly applicable to him, "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace." His mind being delightfully quiet and peaceful, his individuality was preserved to his latest hour, and whenever his prostration was not too great, he took an interest in whatever was going on both within and without. He recalled to mind the kindness of one who was once a faithful female servant in the household, and though she had not been in their employ for nearly four years, he wished her sent for to his bedside, expressed to her his grateful remembrance of her services, and testified his regard by making her present. He did not omit to avow his obligations to those then in their service in the same manner, nor did he ever receive from them the smallest attention without a grateful expression of acknowledgment. He spoke of "his love of Christ constraining him to feel a continued interest in all labors which tended to promote His kingdom among men," saying, "if thime to him should be but for an hour, he could not but feel just the same interest that he had done." At one time he said, that "in reviewing his past life, he felt that he had not at all times spoken for his Saviour when it would have been proper for him to have done so; that in his self-examinations, he had often searched to see whether he was called to the ministry, but after carefully and prayerfully doing so, he had concluded years since, that his religious labors ran in another channel, and this had caused him to be backward in speaking in public assemblies of his Saviour: he wished all to do their duty in this respect, as he felt that he had suffered a loss for not more fully doing his." He did not feel in retrospect of his life that its pilgrmage journey had been a dreary waste, a gloomy past, and that misery exceeds happiness here below; he had been "not slothful in business, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord," and now as he turned back the pages of the past, he was in its review, that "goodness and mercy had followed him all the days of his life," and in reference to this he said many times, "This world is a beautiful one, it has been a joyous one to em, and I have no anxiety to leave it, but feel ready at my Master's will, and have full faith that the transition will be one of unspeakable glory." He many times expressed regrets that his bodily weakness was so great that it would not admit of more religious communion with those who called to see him. It was when dwelling upon this, that he gave a touching message to be delivered at his funeral. He would clasp his arms about those with whom he had been associated in religious and social circles, and in the sweetest manner give such parting salutations that none present could restrain their tears. He almost daily said to his friends of all denominations, that "if they flet the spirit of prayer, he hoped they would not withhold," and almost as often, prayer flowed through his chamber.

On third day afternoon the 21st of 1mo., between five and six o'clock in the evening, he passed through intense suffering, attended with acute pain and difficulty of breathing. On one of his sons repeating to him the text, "Though I walk through the vally and shadow of death I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me," he responded by an expressive look. He frequently inquired whether it was thought he was dying and siae, "It would be a great comfort to me now to depart and be with Christ." He had during his last week, frequently expressed this wish, and several times asked his family if they could not unite with him in prayer, that he might be released.

At midnight being told by a friend who had remained with him, that he thought he would soon exchange this suffering tabernacle, for one of those glorious mansions prepared by our Lord for those who love Him, he replied, "O, yes! I know it." Soon after this his attendants were changing his position, when he at once remarked, "There, you have it. How delightful I feel! So comfortable! I have all the time believed there would be a season of rest for me before my final release, and now I am in it. Bless the good name of the Lord for it." He did not appear to suffer after this, though he became restless towards morning. On being asked if he was in pain, he answered, "Not in pain, but I feel very weak." He had entered the swelling tide of the dark river, and found the everlasting Arms to be underneath. The sting of death was so far removed that he could hardly distinguish that he was passing "over to the other side." Not ten minutes before his close, he gave one of his sons a bright look of recognition, then there sat upon his countenance an expression of calm joy, his breath grew softer and fainter until it died away, without a sigh.

"How blest the righteous when he dies!
When sinds a weary soul to rest,
How mildly beam the closing eyes,
How gently heaves the expiring breast."

The victory was won over the last enemy- his prayers for a quiet and easy departure were mercifully answered- setting another seal to the promise, "Whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do." Infinite mercy presided over those solemn moments- the promised Comforter was there.



James COFFIN
Age: 34
Date of Decease: 9mo. 10 1862
Millcreek, Ia.
Son of Joseph and Elizabeth COFFIN.



William COGGESHALL
Age: 1 ½,BR> Date of Decease: 8mo. 15 1862
New Garden, Ind.
Son of Tristram and Sarah B. COGGESHALL.



Lydia COLBY
Age: 76
Date of Decease: 9mo. 13 1862
Lincoln, Vermont.



John Henry COLE
Age: 3
Date of Decease: 5mo. 28 1862
Thorndike, Me.



Aaron COMFORT
Age: 71
Date of Decease: 11mo. 28 1862
Tecumseh, Mich.
He married and settled in Bucks County, Penn., where he found himself often amidst temptations and trials which he felt to be great, but by looking to Him who is strength in weakness he experienced preservation in the hour of temptation. In after years he removed with his family to Michigan, where he became an active and useful member, and labored for the support of the principles of Friends, which were dear to him. In the winter of 1860-61, being very ill, he remarked to a friend that he had seen more of the emptiness of this world that at any previous period, and should he be spared longer he would follow his Master more closely. He recovered from this attack, and was enabled faithfully to perform his vow.

A few months previous to his decease his dear friend Samuel SATTERTHWAITE, was called away by death. He deeply felt his loss and frequently spoke of their little meeting from which he must soon be removed, yet he afterwards expressed a desire that they would endeavor to sustain it, and the last meeting he attended he was comforted with the sweet words, "Fear not little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom."

"Blessed is that servant whom his Lord, when His cometh, shall find watching."



Olive COMPTON
Age: 59
Date of Decease: 1mo. 5 1862
Bear Creek, Iowa.
Widow of Joshua COMPTON.



Sarah Jane COMPTON
Age: 20
Date of Decease: 9mo. 28 1862
Ceasar Creek, Ohio.
Daughter of Eli and Eunice COMPTON.
She bore a painful illness of several months with cheerfulness and resignation. She said, she often prayed, and that she had given up everything in this world, and hoped soon to be in Heaven, there to join in singing praises for ever; then said, "Lord bear with me; prepare a place for me, and wash my robes and make them white in the blood of the Lamb."



Stephen COMPTON
Age: 88
Date of Decease: 7mo. 14 1862
Ceasar Creek, O.
He bore his illness with resignation, often praying to the Father of mercies to protect and enable him to hold out to the end, and then when done with time, he might enter one of those mansions prepared for the righteous.



Sally COMSTOCK
Age: 80
Date of Decease: 4mo. 15 1862
Adrian, Michigan.
Widow of Joseph COMSTOCK.
She was deprived of her husband when her family were young, and soon afterwards removed to Michigan, where she continued to reside until her death.

One after another of her children were taken from her by death until she had lost seven.
Her illness was severe and of long duration, but she often expressed a desire to submit to the will of her Heavenly Father, saying if it was His pleasure that she should be released, the change would be a happy one. After a time of severe suffering she remarked, she hoped her patience might hold out to the end.



Elizabeth CONARROE
Age: 77
Date of Decease: 10mo. 19 1862
West Elkton, Preble Co., O.
Widow of Isaac CONARROE.



Jonathan CONGDON
Age: 98
Date of Decease: 7mo. 21 1861
Providence, R.I.



Elizabeth CONROE
Age: 78
Date of Decease: 10mo. 12 1862
West Elkton, Ohio.



Mary COOK
Age: 50
Date of Decease: 11mo. 11 1862
Centerville, Ind.
Widow of John COOK.



Joseph B. COOPER
Age: 67
Date of Decease: 12mo. 19 1861
Camden, N.J.



Josph COPPOCK
Age: 57
Date of Decease: 2mo. 3 1862
Union Mo. Mt., Ohio. Elder.



Rebecca C. COPPOCK
Age: 75
Date of Decease: 12mo. 23 1862
Springfield Mo. Mt., Columbiana Co., O.
Wife of Samuel COPPOCK.
She expressed entire confidence in her Saviour, and her hope that her patience might endure to the end, saying that to her the future seemed all glorious.



Elijah CORNELL
Age: 90
Date of Decease: 3mo. 27 1862
Albion, Michigan.



Mary Luella COX,
Age: 3mos.
Date of Decease: 12mo. 16 1862
Indiana
Daughter of Simeon and Rosannah COX.



Oliver A. COX
Age: 6wks.
Date of Decease: 1mo. 2 1862
Indiana
Son of Thomas and Mary COX.



Ruth Ann COX
Age: 23
Date of Decease: 3mo. 12 1862
Wayne Co., Indiana.
Daughter of Bennet and Elizabeth COX.
Her health had been declining several years, causing much mental depression, and for some months she was deprived of reason. Yet it pleased Him who is rich in mercy to restore her mental faculties a few days before her change, during which time she was often engaged in fervent supplication to her Father in heaven, that He would blot out from His remembrance her many sins. She remarked that it was not by any merit of her own that she hoped for salvation, but through the efficacy of the atoning blood of Christ. She imparted much counsel to her parents, brothers and sisters, exhorting them to lay up treasure in heaven, and seek so to live that they might meet her in a better world. The day before her death she spoke of her time being short, adding, "I have a bright hope that all will be well," and referred with great interest to seasons of comfort she had enjoyed in times past in reading the Bible and meditating thereon. A few hours before her close she was engaged in earnest supplication that a clear evidence of her acceptance might be granted her. After a few moments' pause, with clasped hands and a smiling face, she turned to her mother and said, "I heard something that makes my heart rejoice, my prayers have not only been heard, but answered, I see my Saviour near, my work is done."

Thus passed her redeemed spirit, we reverently believe, to one of the mansions prepared for those who have come out of great tribulation, and whose robes have been washed in the blood of the Lamb.



Abigail CRAM
Age: 66
Date of Decease: 11mo. 12 1861
Parsonsfield, Me.
Widow of James CRAM.



William CRONKITE
Age: 21
Date of Decease: 4mo. 9 1862
Kingston, C.W.
Son of Wm. P. and Sarah CRONKITE.



Hannah AnnCROSBIE
Age: 18
Date of Decease: 6mo. 17 1862
Cedar Creek, Iowa.
Daughter of I. M. and R. CROSBIE.
She was much attached to the Society of which she was a member, and conformed to its peculiarities in dress and address.

She delighted in the attendance of First-day schools, encouraging others by her promptness in committing her lessons to memory. She manifested a deep interest in the family reading, and when she became measurably deprived of her hearing, read the Bible herself with much thoughtfulness and solemnity.

She bore with patience a lingering illness, during which she gave many evidences of the growth of Divine grace in her soul. The day before her close, speaking to a beloved friend who sat by her bed-side, she said, "Pray for me." She was afterwards engaged in vocal prayer herself, asking that the sins of all might be forgiven. Soon after bidding her friends farewell, with a countenance beaming with joy, she broke forth: "Oh! happy, happy! not a tear is in my eyes; and continued to rejoice and praise her Redeemer as long as she could be distinctly heard.



Samuel CROWE
Age: 33
Date of Decease: 8mo. 31 1862
Lick Creek, Ind.



Sarah CURL
Age: 97
Date of Decease: 7mo. 29 1862
Paintersville, O.
Widow of Joseph CURL.
She was born in New Jersey, and removed to Virginia with her parents when she was a child. After her marriage, her husband and she removed to Ohio, when it was an unbroken wilderness, and settled near Salem, Columbiana county. In a few years they removed to Logan county, where they lived during the war of 1812, when being on the frontier, the country was infested with hostile Indians. Several of their neighbors sought protection in block-houses, but she was often heard to tell her grand-children and others, that she and her husband relied on the all-protecting Arm for safety. Her house was for many years a home (as it were in the wilderness) for those who went forth to preach the gospel of glad tidings, and as long as she retained her mental faculties, she expressed her humble hope in her Redeemer.



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