At Phenix, R. I., April 18th, 1879, Dea. Jonathan P. Stillman, in the 82d year of his age. Bro. Stillman was born in Westerly, R. I., Feb. 10th, 1798, and spent nearly the whole of his long life in the village. He thought he experienced religion at the early age of nine years; he was baptized and united with the Hopkinton Church when fourteen years of age. In the year 1840, Brother Stillman and about fifty others living in and about the village, united in forming the Pawcatuck Seventh-day Baptist Church at Westerly, of which he remained a most exemplary and useful member until his death. In 1835, Bro. Stillman was chosen and ordained deacon by the first Hopkinton Church. On the organization of the Pawcatuck Church, he was chosen deacon, together with his father, Dea. William Stillman and Dea. B. F. Langworthy, now of the First Alfred Church, which office he filled with honor until the time of his departure. As to his personal religious experiences, one who has known him intimately for more than fifty years testifies that, in all that time he was never in a backslidden state. As to the uprightness of his general life, men who have known him for twenty to forty years in business relation, all unite in saying, that not a suspicion of dishonesty has ever breathed upon him. Thus the record of a long, noble, true, Christian life has been made up, and is now the precious legacy of those who mourn their loss in his departure. His funeral was held in the church at Westerly, April 21st, the services being conducted by the pastor, assisted by Rev. A. E. Main, pastor of the First Hopkinton Church, and Rev. Geo. B. Utter. Sermon from Rev. 2: 17. L. A. P.
