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most earnest way, his belief in the goodness of
God, in the tender love of Christ, and his affection
for all who showed their love for him
by working for their fellow-men.
"' But more than aI1, he rejoiced in having
been a thorough-going and out-spoken aboli-
tionist, before it was _bo_bularto be so, even
when his closest personal friendships were en-
dangered by this faithful adherence to his own
convictions. His love for his associates in this
work increased with every year of his life; so
that the anti-slavery meetings were the only
recreations he cared for. He ahvays found
in them new impulse in the right direction,
and such interchange of friendly affection as
warmed and cheered his heart.'
" To each and all of the surviving family of
our much-esteemed friend and fellow-worker,
and in behalf of a wide circle of those who
have long been accustomed to welcome his
face in the anti-slavery gatherings, we offer our
respectful sympathies?* M."
* Col. Whiting, his wife, and eldest daughter, were buried in the
cemetery at Concord, Mass.