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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 252
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242 REV. MR. CARROLL'S SERMON, been exposed to sudden death in the army and navy,) and ^^all these died in faith." Mid the thunder of artillery, in the thickest of the furious contest, just where Death was holding such high carnival ; from the bloody hill-side of Freder- icksburg ; there went up the gentle spirit of a young man,* — son, husband, father, church member, Sab- bath School teacher, — to the holy hill of Mount Zion above, where grim visaged war, with its rude alarms, and fierce baptisms, and crimsoned graves, i^ known no more ; where peace, sacred and serene, for- ever dwells ; where is the rest that " remaineth ;" where, with the God of peace, he shall spend the Eternity of heaven, in the rest of serving of God. " Do yon mourn when another star Shines out in the ghttering sky? Do you weep when the noise of war And the rage of conflict die? Then let not your tears roll down And your hearts be sorely riven, For another gem in the Savior's crown, And another soul in Heaven!" Within siijrht of this church, from the bosom of his family, — listening to the voice of prayer and praise, heavenly melodies filling the soul, like the notes that come floating down to us from the harps of the angels, — passed aAvay the aged disciple and church officer. f As we bent over him adying, "my father ! my father ! the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof," fell from our lips, as he made his glorious exodus to the * Thomas E. Barrett. f Deacon Benedict Burwell.
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0252. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 252. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n256/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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