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- At "The Oaks", near this village, May 4th, 1866, Thurlow Weed Brown, Senior Editor of the Chief, age 46 years and a half.
To a large circle of friends the above announcement will not be unexpected. The winter of '65, the Senior spent some time in the State of New York, working, we are confident, far beyond his strength in the lecture field. He was thinner in flesh through the summer following--overworked, and while so worn and weary, took a heavy cold in his throat and lungs. This was the first week in August last. From that time until his death was one long struggle with intense suffering, only alleviated by the kindest care. With all his suffering, there was calmness, resignation and trust in God. And while to the sorrowing and grief-stricken ones in his household, the remembrance of what he endured adds so keen a pang, yet for him, as he expressed just before he died, there is "Blessed Rest!"----------"Rest for the toiling hand, Rest for the anxious brow, Rest for the weary, way-worn feet, Rest from all labor now:--Rest for fevered brain, Rest for the throbbing eye; Through these parched lips of thine, no more Shall pass the moan or sigh."
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