Nicholas Corkum

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NICHOLAS CORKUM, of Feltz South, Lunenburg Co., departed this life on the 2nd Feb'y, in the 93rd year of his age. He joined the Methodist Church in 1827, and continued faithful to God and the people of his choice until called to join the Church triumphant.

He was a faithful student of the Bible in the German and English translations, and was always ready to give to every one a reason for the hope that was in him. His place in God's house was seldom empty on the Sabbath morning, though his home was three miles away, until a little over a year ago when he lost the sight of one eye. Yet eleven months ago I found him at a cottage service over a mile from his home, and on my expressing my surprise he said, "I took my time, and the way did not seem long." His prayers and exhortations, though spoken in German, were always listened to with interest by all and profit by those who understood him.

At the beginning of this winter his naturally robust constitution gave indications of breaking up, but it excited no fear but joy. His mind remained clear until the last, his faith in the efficacy of the atonement stronger, and triumphantly on the Sabbath morning, he went to worship, in the "house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."