Universalist Rev. Truman Strong.
He was born in Poultney, (Rutland Co.) Vermont, March 7, 1790, and died in Fredericktown, (Knox Co.) Ohio, March 7, 1870, having exactly completed the 80th year of his age.
For nearly sixty years he had made his home on the farm where he died, and for nearly fifty years he had been an efficient and faithful minister of the Universalist denomination.
He was one of the most earnest pioneer preachers, one of those self-sacrificing spirits who preached the "glad tidings" simply because he wanted the world to hear the same "good news" which had so rejoiced his own heart. It may truly be said of him that he lived the doctrine he professed.
He had for some time felt that his work on earth was done, and yet was willing, yea anxious, in the last year of his life to lift up his voice in promulgation of the great Salvation.
He leaves a widow and three children to mourn his death, but the denomination is also a loser and a mourner. "We can safely say" writes one who knew him intimately, "that no old soldier of the Cross in Ohio ever left a more pleasant memory for the comfort of his friends, or went down to his grave more generally respected and beloved in the circle in which he lived than Truman Strong.
Old, when most of the preachers of our faith in Ohio were young, he possessed the esteem of the brotherhood, and was widely loved among the people for the simplicity and purity of his life.
His presence at our Conventions and Associations was always a special charm of such gatherings, and no one who ever looked on his benignant face will ever forget its mild peace and beauty, and the hope and trust breathed forth in his words.
His presence was itself a benediction, and lent an added sanctity to the most solemn service of the sanctuary. He was a good man, and his name will be held amongst us in honored remembrance as one of the pioneer preachers of our faith, now, alas, dropping rapidly away from us."
He was born in Poultney, (Rutland Co.) Vermont, March 7, 1790, and died in Fredericktown, (Knox Co.) Ohio, March 7, 1870, having exactly completed the 80th year of his age.
For nearly sixty years he had made his home on the farm where he died, and for nearly fifty years he had been an efficient and faithful minister of the Universalist denomination.
He was one of the most earnest pioneer preachers, one of those self-sacrificing spirits who preached the "glad tidings" simply because he wanted the world to hear the same "good news" which had so rejoiced his own heart. It may truly be said of him that he lived the doctrine he professed.
He had for some time felt that his work on earth was done, and yet was willing, yea anxious, in the last year of his life to lift up his voice in promulgation of the great Salvation.
He leaves a widow and three children to mourn his death, but the denomination is also a loser and a mourner. "We can safely say" writes one who knew him intimately, "that no old soldier of the Cross in Ohio ever left a more pleasant memory for the comfort of his friends, or went down to his grave more generally respected and beloved in the circle in which he lived than Truman Strong.
Old, when most of the preachers of our faith in Ohio were young, he possessed the esteem of the brotherhood, and was widely loved among the people for the simplicity and purity of his life.
His presence at our Conventions and Associations was always a special charm of such gatherings, and no one who ever looked on his benignant face will ever forget its mild peace and beauty, and the hope and trust breathed forth in his words.
His presence was itself a benediction, and lent an added sanctity to the most solemn service of the sanctuary. He was a good man, and his name will be held amongst us in honored remembrance as one of the pioneer preachers of our faith, now, alas, dropping rapidly away from us."
Universalist Rev. Truman Strong.
He was born in Poultney, (Rutland Co.) Vermont, March 7, 1790, and died in Fredericktown, (Knox Co.) Ohio, March 7, 1870, having exactly completed the 80th year of his age.
For nearly sixty years he had made his home on the farm where he died, and for nearly fifty years he had been an efficient and faithful minister of the Universalist denomination.
He was one of the most earnest pioneer preachers, one of those self-sacrificing spirits who preached the "glad tidings" simply because he wanted the world to hear the same "good news" which had so rejoiced his own heart. It may truly be said of him that he lived the doctrine he professed.
He had for some time felt that his work on earth was done, and yet was willing, yea anxious, in the last year of his life to lift up his voice in promulgation of the great Salvation.
He leaves a widow and three children to mourn his death, but the denomination is also a loser and a mourner. "We can safely say" writes one who knew him intimately, "that no old soldier of the Cross in Ohio ever left a more pleasant memory for the comfort of his friends, or went down to his grave more generally respected and beloved in the circle in which he lived than Truman Strong.
Old, when most of the preachers of our faith in Ohio were young, he possessed the esteem of the brotherhood, and was widely loved among the people for the simplicity and purity of his life.
His presence at our Conventions and Associations was always a special charm of such gatherings, and no one who ever looked on his benignant face will ever forget its mild peace and beauty, and the hope and trust breathed forth in his words.
His presence was itself a benediction, and lent an added sanctity to the most solemn service of the sanctuary. He was a good man, and his name will be held amongst us in honored remembrance as one of the pioneer preachers of our faith, now, alas, dropping rapidly away from us."
He was born in Poultney, (Rutland Co.) Vermont, March 7, 1790, and died in Fredericktown, (Knox Co.) Ohio, March 7, 1870, having exactly completed the 80th year of his age.
For nearly sixty years he had made his home on the farm where he died, and for nearly fifty years he had been an efficient and faithful minister of the Universalist denomination.
He was one of the most earnest pioneer preachers, one of those self-sacrificing spirits who preached the "glad tidings" simply because he wanted the world to hear the same "good news" which had so rejoiced his own heart. It may truly be said of him that he lived the doctrine he professed.
He had for some time felt that his work on earth was done, and yet was willing, yea anxious, in the last year of his life to lift up his voice in promulgation of the great Salvation.
He leaves a widow and three children to mourn his death, but the denomination is also a loser and a mourner. "We can safely say" writes one who knew him intimately, "that no old soldier of the Cross in Ohio ever left a more pleasant memory for the comfort of his friends, or went down to his grave more generally respected and beloved in the circle in which he lived than Truman Strong.
Old, when most of the preachers of our faith in Ohio were young, he possessed the esteem of the brotherhood, and was widely loved among the people for the simplicity and purity of his life.
His presence at our Conventions and Associations was always a special charm of such gatherings, and no one who ever looked on his benignant face will ever forget its mild peace and beauty, and the hope and trust breathed forth in his words.
His presence was itself a benediction, and lent an added sanctity to the most solemn service of the sanctuary. He was a good man, and his name will be held amongst us in honored remembrance as one of the pioneer preachers of our faith, now, alas, dropping rapidly away from us."
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