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Book Title: PAST MADE PRESENT - Presbyterians In Wisconsin.  1830 - 1900.

In Memoriam.

Alfred Eddy, born in Williamson, N.Y., March 1st 1815; died
on March 5th, 1883 at Niles, Michigan.  Forty-eight years he
had been in the Christian ministry, laboring through all
those years with earnest zeal for his Master's cause.  Life
to him was a reality, its great responsibilities were ever
present to his mid, and his daily walk, as those who best
knew him can well testify, was a true to truth as the needle
to the pole.

At an early age he consecrated his life to the service of
the Christian church, and the souls won to his Master in the
different pastorates in which he ministered, are eloquent
witnesses of his faithful service.

A man of great sympathy, his hand was always ready to aid,
and his heart was easily touched with a feeling for the
infirmities and sorrows of his fellow-men.

His mirthfulness and genial humor were ever present,
lighting up even the dark, dreary days of his last painful
illness, and evidencing to those about him that he had no
dread of death, but that it was simply the portal to his
Father's Mansion, where he would rest from pain.

To the writer, who, a few days before his demise, asked him
whether he had any fear of death, he earnestly replied: "Oh
no! Oh no! aside from leaving your mother and you, my
children, it would be bliss."

His faith was complete, was perfect, and, literally, all
fear was cast out.

To his wife and children, to whom he was nearest and
dearest, the loss is irreparable.  A loving husband and
father, and to his children a more than father, -- an
intimate friend and companion, from youth to manhood and
womanhood, life seems dark without his sympathy in their joy
and sorrow.  But we would not call him back to a life of
pain.  Content are we in the belief that he is with his God,
and on that great day when the dead shall rise, we shall
again see him.

Chicago, April 19th, 1883.  --A.D. Eddy.

Additional Comments:
The First Fifty Years of the First Presbyterian Church and
Congregation of Beloit, Wisconsin.  Comprising also a
variety of experiences in our connected with the lives of
its member during the times of peace and of war; together
with

A History of Presbyterianism in our State up to the Year
1900.

In Two Parts --- Amply Illustrated.

Part I. Presbyterians of Beloit, Wis.
Part II.  Presbyterianism in the State and Synod of
Wisconsin.

For sale by

The Presbyterian Board of Publication, 37 Randolph Street,
Chicago and by Foster and the College Book Store and the
Author, in Beloit, Wis.

Copyright, 1900. by William Fiske Brown.

Printed and bound by the Marsh and Grant Company, Chicago,
Ill.

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