In Ritchie County, Va., Nov. 15, after a protracted illness, of disease of the chest, Jesse M. Lowther, in the 47th year of his age. He embraced the Sabbath about twelve years ago, and soon connected himself with the Hughes' River Church, since which time he has been a devout and useful member of that church. He had been for several years, and was at the time of his death, clerk of the church, and had rendered himself useful in many other ways, which, on account of his constant bad health, would seem to those unacquainted with him as a man that cared more for the cause of truth than for all things else, impossible.
For several months previous to his death he was unable to attend public worship; yet during this period he manifested that firm reliance on God that always characterize the true Christian, and often expressed a willingness to depart and "be at rest." In duty to his family, however, he used such means as might restore him to health; but when human sympathy could avail nothing, and the tears of friends and relatives were shed in hopeless resignation to Him who "doeth all things well," he talked calmly of death, and consoled his friends by exhorting them to secure the glorious hope that now consoled him in the "valley and shadow of death."
He spent the last twenty-four hours of his life in making the necessary arrangements for the support and education of his family, which was ardently attached to him, as an affectionate husband and an exemplary parent. When this was finished he calmly resigned his consciousness, and his spirit took its flight, we trust, to the realms of unclouded bliss. J. B.
