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| Postcard of Rev. Daniel Wilkins' tombstone, Old Burial Ground. Main Street/Courthouse Road/Belden's Mill Lane, Amherst, NH. B/w, full border, standard size, un-divided back. Published by: Unknown. Printed by: Unknown. Postmarked: None. Front caption: "Tombstone of Reverend Daniel Wilkins, first pastor, Amherst, N. H." Writing on front: None. Writing on back: None. Addressed to: None. Gravestone inscription: Ecce addisce vivere. ERECTED By the Town of Amherft to the Memory of the Rev.d DANIEL WILKINS, who departed this Life Feb.ry ye 11th 1783. In the 73.d Year of his Age. & 42.d of his Miniftry. He was a Gentleman of good natural & acquired Abilities: he received the Honors of ye Univerfity at Cambridge in 1736, & was seperated [sic] to ye work of ye Miniftry in 1741; at which Time his Church Confifted only of five male Members & his Charge of fourteen Families. As a Minifter he was laborious, his public Difcoufes were liberal & Sentimental, pathetec [sic] - Solemn & perfuafive. he was endowed with a venerable prefence a Commanding Voice and an emphatical Delivery. He had a tender Feeling for his Charge & was a Partner with them in all their Joys & Sorrows: his Conferfation among them was enlightening edifying & comforting. He was an Example of patience & Meeknefs and always endeavor'd to promote Peace. His natural Temper was remarkably Sweet & pleafant. He had a high relifh for ye refin'd pleafures of Friendship. His Behaviour was not ceremonious but grave: Yet Sprightly & agreeable. In a word he was a Faithful Minifter a devout Christian a good Companion a tender Husband & an indulgent Parent. "The Sweet Remembrance of the Just, Shall florish [sic] when He sleeps in Dust." |
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