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3. sent, equivocate or valsify. Once his word was givenit became binding as the commands of his master. Ihave known him
frequently to discommode himself to help. and assist a neighbor, and he never failed in the presence of suffering to perform
the office of a good Samaritan. He hated shaws and everything that savored of pretense. A man of prayer, a family altar was
erected in his home and daily he resorted to his closet. Frequently have I known him when we labored together in the field
to drop his hoe and retire to the protecting bushes to hold communion with his. Master. He was not an enthusiast whose fires
burned brightly for a time to intensefy the darkness that followed, but a steady glow whose fuel was unwavering faith in the
Master and whose, hope admitted nothing less than eternity in his presence. Those who knew him recognized these trails and
qualities made prominent at his death. Editorially the Portage Democrat bore testimony to his life and character saying, He
has at last gained entrance to that land. the grandeur of which for over fifty years he eloquently portrayed . In the Montello
Express, David Taylor, not given to gush or full ? laudition, illegible