The last sermon heard by him was the funeral sermon of Bishop Capers by Bishop Pierce. he old man's heart was so thrilled with joy that he exclaimed: "It is enough for me I don't want to hear another." He was taken ill suddenly at the church, the night of Apr. 15, at the anniversary of the missionary meeting.

Being found out by the good Samaritan, E. Carr, he was taken to the house of Dr. Thompson, where efficient medical aid was afforded; but nothing could arrest the strong arm of death, which on the morning of the 17th, released him from all the bodily afflictions to which for years be had been subject. It was a propitious time for the old watchman to lay off his Christian panopiy, having just witnessed the strong effort of the cburch to send the light of gospel to the dark nations of the earth. To go from such a scene in the church militant to behold in the church triumphant the glory of the Author of this great commission was but a transcendent finish to a small beginning.

Rev, Wilson Hearne was sixty-six years of age; nearly fifty of that time he had lived on a farm six miles east of Lebanon, where he left a lonely companion and four daughters, with their rich legacy of a Christian father's example to encourage them and their children to "fight the good fight of faith."

Children of A. W. Proctor by former marriage: First, Hollena C., born Aug. 18, 1866, died 1900. Married Albert S. Neal (a grandson of Rev. Jacob Hearne) of Wilson Co., Tenn. Children: Allie Rea, Malcomb, Walter, Ross, Myrtle, Frank and William. Second, Forest T., born Apr. 5, 1869, married Mayvise Hatcher of Lebanon, Tenn. Children: Bettie, Albert, Thomas and Minnie. Third, Theiwall N., born July 3, 1872; married Elizabeth True. Fourth, Caroline N., barn Apr. 29, 1876; married W. c. Harvey of Lynchburg, Va. Children: Myrtle, Elizabeth and Charles Proctor. Fifth, Annie Myrtle, born May 9, 1878, unmarried.

REV. JACOB HEARNE, born Aug. 15, 1794, in North Carolina, died Mar. 31, 1886, near Watertown, Tenn. I obtained this data from his son George, who now lives on the farm where Rev. Jacob Hearne lived for many years before his death. The engraving here of him is but a dim likeness, made from a very imperfect tin-type, but was all I could get, and I insert it, knowing that it will be interesting and greatly appreciated by a large number of the kindred,

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