His illness was inflammation of the lungs, of only five days' duration. "They that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution" was truly fulfilled in him. He possessed that religion which testified he had been with Jesus. His heart was made upright in the things of God, and added learning to his lips. He neither courted the smiles nor feared the frowns of mortals, as many can testify who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. Of all Christians I ever met with, he seemed to evince a spirit that he was not of this world, either in its spirit or practice. He desired a better country, that is, a heavenly, waiting for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.…