Putnam County GaArchives Obituary of Rev. Dr. Robert M. Carter
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Carter, Rev. Dr. Robert M. O: 1/23/1864 Volume: 27 Number: 25 Page: 2 Column: 4

REV. DR. ROBERT M. CARTER, died on 6th May, 1864 in his 51st year.

He had much tribulation, and great grace. Three of his children had crossed
the flood before him -- one from the battlefield -- most of his property had
but lately vanished from his possession, and he (??) from his peaceful home
in Northern Georgia, to find refuge in South--Western Georgia. But, amid it
all, his acts proclaimed: "Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him." He
filled well the measure of Christian character in all the (??)ions of life.
He was attacked with apoplexy while delivering an address before a school in
the neighborhood. He was immediately conveyed to his house, and conscious of
his approaching end, he embraced his weeping family, one by one, and bid
them farewell, -- said "My way is clear, -- death has no terrors," -- 
requested several good hymns to be read -- spent his last articulate words
praising God, and when his tongue was paralyzed, with his finger he pointed
above, whither his triumphant spirit fled.

THOS. H. STEWART