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 disease which carried him off had taken firm hold of his constitution, he visited no less than twenty-nine families in one day, some of which were situated at the distance of ten miles from his own house. In visiting the sick he was equally attentive and diligent. In the discharge of this duty, it may with truth be said of him, that he was "instant in season and out of season." No species of disease he reckoned as a barrier, no distance disagreeable, no hour unseasonable, when he was called on by affliction to administer the consolations of the gospel. As in this important duty he greatly excelled, so he was very frequently called on to discharge it, not only among his own people, but also among other classes of the community. To the spiritual instruction of the young he also paid particular attention. For those of them fourteen years of age he had a class which went through a course of instruction preparatory for admission into his Sabbath evening school, which met regularly during the summer months, and which consisted chiefly of young persons between the ages of fourteen and twenty-four.——As he was unremitting in his attention to their spiritual welfare, so to him and his