Eulogy upon the life and character of Hiram Augustus Edmonds, M.D., sup't of the Lydius St. Mission Sabbath School : delivered before the teachers and friends of the mission on Wednesday evening, April 29, 1857 / by Sylvester D. Willard.

  • Willard, Sylvester David, 1825-1865.
Date:
1857
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Credit: Eulogy upon the life and character of Hiram Augustus Edmonds, M.D., sup't of the Lydius St. Mission Sabbath School : delivered before the teachers and friends of the mission on Wednesday evening, April 29, 1857 / by Sylvester D. Willard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    a more determined spirit. When the brave and the strong in heart fall, severer duties and fiercer struggles devolve upon those that remain, and they must be met in order that the vic- tory may be secured. We, my friends are encountering a common enemy, and one and another of our brave soldiers of the Cross have fallen in the conflict, with the cry of victory upon their lips, and the bursts of joy ringing upon their ears. Shall we be irresolute or the less zealous because they have gone before us ? Dear Teachers: To you I have this night'delivered the solemn message, received from the lips of your dying Superintendent. Oh! let them burn in our hearts—let us not be tired or faint in striving earnestly for the salvation of the children who gather here. Let us teach them Bible truth. Let us not be weary in the work. Shall we not rather gather a new lesson from this vacancy in the midst of us; and while we cherish the me- mory and example of our departed brother, let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.