Painful Accident and Death.
By R. R. York
ON Sept. 22, 1868, Bro. Franklin Merrill, of Falmouth, Maine, accidentally fell into a tank of hot water, and was so severely scalded that he died the following day, aged 64 years. For a number of years Bro. M. was a devoted and prominent member of the Congregational church. A few years ago he embraced the Sabbath views, and connected himself with a little company, of like faith, in Falmouth, with whom he remained and labored till his death. He was a kind and faithful husband and father, and also a beloved brother in the Lord. He bore his intense sufferings with the greatest patience, and died rejoicing in Christ, and in hope of soon awakening to everlasting life. A deeply afflicted wife, and large family of children, are left to weep over the loss of one so near and dear to them. May the grace of the all-comforting, and sustaining One, rest upon them all, and bring them at last to the better country, there to join husband and father in singing redemption's song. “Oh! how good that heavenly shore
Where we'll meet and part no more.” Portland, Me., Oct., 1868.