Whereas As a member of the MIA he did continually hunger and thirst after knowledge and hence was an able and energetic worker in the cause of improvement; and

Whereas, He did faithfully and creditably perform the duties of secretary during the winter of 1889 and 1890 and

Whereas, He did promptly and cheerfully respond to the call as “an ambassador of Christ to Turkey, to carry the message of life and salvation to all who would hear and obey his warning voice; and

Whereas, It has seemed proper in the infinite wisdom of an all-wise Creator that he should lay down his life in a land so remote from friends and home, succumbing to the ravages of that dread disease, the black smallpox;

Resolved, That a vacancy has occurred which shall ever be looked upon with the most profound feeling of sorrow and regret, and that in him we have lost a friend, a brother and a co-laborer of the highest and most inestimable type;

Resolved, That we do ever hold him up as a model, which all young men should pattern after, being ever ready and willing to show our love for the truth and desire for the salvation of fellow men, even to the laying down of our lives if it needs be as he has emulated the example of our Elder Brother, manifesting a love greater than which “no man hath for his fellow creatures;”

Resolved, That we are reconciled to the providence of God concerning our dead brother, feeling that he is the better prepared to contribute his missionary labors on the other side, and that as he has lost his life for His sake and the Gospel” he will find it again, yea, even life eternal, enabling us to again mingle with him never to part,

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to his family together with our united heartfelt sympathy and condolence, further craving the blessings of the Lord upon his respected parents, that they may be borne up in their bereavement with that solace which nothing but the Gospel can give and the knowledge that when they