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attention of the wicked —and it invariably serves to
direct the footsteps of those who desiro to walk as>
becomes the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. j
Under a sense of the truth and importance of these
observations, and by a request of my mother, it be
comes my painful duty to write an Obituary of my
father, Elder Benjamin Llovd, who died at his resi
dence, near Greenville, Alabama, on the 14th of Jan
uary, 1860, in the fifty-sixth year of his age.
Possessing a sound understanding, arid a correct
judgment, he did not embrace any system of reli
gious opinions, without first caiefully examining their
tendency and effects. lie therefore became, in a re
markable degree, well instructed and established in
the genuine truths of the gospel; whilst his own
conduct and deportment exhibited a striking in
stance of their divine power. The rare and heavenly
graces of meekness, humility, and charity, shed their
mild an and sweet influences on all his intercourse with
society. In the characters of a husband, father, min
ister, and friend, his excellence was peculiar, and
exhibited the temper of a Christian, in its most lovely
and attractive form. From nature he possessed mild
ness of disposition, and this united with gentleness
of manners, and an uncommon share ofpruder.ee and
discretion, was calculated to rank him among the
noblest of men. But no endowments of nature, or
attainments of any kind, superceded in bis opinion
the necessity of .a super-natural power to renew and
sanctify the human heart. No person was evermore
ready to inculcate the truth that all mankind must
be renewed in the spirit and temper of their minds,
before they can truly love God, or be in fellowship
and union with him, lie ascribed every good thought,
every heavenly aspiration, and devout affection, to
the efficacious influence of divine grace The atone
ment and righteousness of Jesus Christ, was the on
ly meritorious ground of his hope of acceptance with
God. But as this foundation is sure and steadfast,
and lie had firmly built thereon, so bis peace and com
fort in life, and in death were abing and uniform.
Raving professed a hope in Christ at an early age,
he joined the Baptist church at Mt. Pisgah, Bibb Cos.,
Ga., at the age of eighteen years, and was baptized
by Elder John Blackstone. A sense of his indebt
edness to God, and of humble gratitude to his Re-J
deemer, rendered him eminently active and zealous;
in promoting to the utmost of his power, the glory of;
God, and the salvation of immortal souls. Accord-, 1
ingly he commenced liis labors in the ministry in the
year 1832, in which capacity he labored faithfully,
and successfully until within a few months of hisj
death, when he became so much troubled with a dis
ease of his throat, that he was unable to preach.—
Thus for twenty-eight years he faithfully defended
the gospel of Christ, and pointed poor erring man to
the “ Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the
world.” Ilis labors of love, his earnest appeals, his
fervent prayers, his pious instruction, and his uni
form deportment, will be remembered by his com
panion and children, as well as by his numerous
friends, with a mournful pleasure. Asa minister of
the gospel, he was peculiarly excellent. Himself
deeply impressed with a sense of the depravity ol
the human heart—of its inability to extricate itself
from the bondage of sin, or to perform anything ac
ceptable with God, without His gracious assist
ance.
His style of preaching was simple and solemn,
dignified and impressive. His ideas flowed freelv
and clearly. He spoke of divine things with that
simplicity which indicated his familiarity with them.
His talents were good, and by dint of exertion, he
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, acquired a vast information. lie was remarkable for
quickness of apprehension, strength of mind, depth
of penetration, and soundness of judgment. These
had been all improved and cultivated by early, con
tinued, and habitual application.
For several months prior to his death h 6, at times,
would say that he must leave us soon. In conversa
tion with a brother minister, in July last, I heard
him say, “ I know that my time on earth is short;
but I have long since made peace with God. I have
lived a conscientious life, and am ready to go when
ever God shall call for me.” His life was exemplary
—his love to God sincere.
Kind and indulgent to hisfamily, his loss, by them,
is deeply felt. Perhaps no father ever endeavored
more earnestly to impress upon the minds of his
children, the importance of remembering their Cre
ator in the days of their youth. 0! how vividly do
I remember an often-repeated prayer of his, “Oh !
Lord, grant to bring our children forward to serve
Thee in our stead when we have gone hence.” But
he had fin.shed the work Gtd gave him to do, and
went away to receive the glorious applauditof “ Well
done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into
the joy of thy Lord.”
While conversing with Eld. William Fendley, who
was present with him on the evening before his death,
he said, “ Brbther Fendley, if I should not be able
to speak of it in a dying hour, I wish you to testify
that my faith and hope are both firm and abiding in
the Savior, and in the truth and doctrine of that gos
pel which I have been trying to preach to others for
nearly thirty years.”
With calmness he fell asleep in Jesus, dying in hope
of eternal life. “Blessed are the dead who die in
the Lord : yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest
from their labors, iind their works do follow them.”
\es; though he is dead, he still lives—lives in the
, hearts of his companion and children—lives in the
- minds of his friends, and the affectious of the truly
good ; and will live in them long, long after his flesh
shall have mingled with its mother dust—lives in
temples of art, and in temples not made with hands,
where the purest and noblest offerings of reason and
virtue are brought to the good of man and the glory
of God. And while his surviving family are not
without hope of a glorious resurrection, and a re
uniting of their now broken associations, in the hea
ven of promise above, where no bereavements arc
known, no sickness ever enters, no death invades, and
associations never break up; but all join in that hea
venly song, redeeming grace, and dying love forever
and ever.
JOSEPH L. LLOYD.
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