Chapter 30
Section 30 of From Life to Life or How Our Preachers Die For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Read by Claire From Life to Life or How Our Preachers Die by William Marion Weakley Rev. A. E. Fulton
Rev. William Cadman Rev. George W. Statton Rev. A. E. Fulton Brother Fulton, the farmer, the teacher, the soldier, the preacher, was prominent in Christian service fifty-five years, and in the ministry forty-six years, all of which were spent in the
pastorate except ten years. When the end came, his testimony was, I do not know whether I will get well or not, but I am fully reconciled and adhere firmly to the faith and religion I preach to others, being assured of the saving power of Christ. He was a member of Allegheny Conference and departed for the glorious unseen september 14 1916 at the ripe age of 78 o death the poor man's dearest friend the kindest and the best welcome the hour my aged limbs are laid with thee
at rest the great the wealthy fear thy blow from pomp and pleasure torn but oh a blessed relief to those that weary laden mourn reverend william cadman the christian's death is not a defeat but a deliverance, not a capture, but an escape. The grave is not a prison, but a sure and peaceful refuge. William Cadman, an honored member of Erie Conference after forty-nine years spent in the ministry of the Church, heard the final call January 11, 1900, when in his seventy-third year.
When the last prayer was offered at his bedside, his soul became ecstatic, and looking through the lifted veil, he exclaimed, Beautiful, beautiful, how beautiful beyond the stream! Beautiful, beautiful, he saw the gleam and said how beautiful beyond the stream. He stood one foot on life's retiring shore and dipped the other in the waves before. Reverend George W. Staten. This hero of a thousand battles was a minister 63 years and in the active work most of the time. In 1897,
he told the General Conference at Lisbon, Iowa his experience a little while before when he thought the end had come. I never was so happy in my life, he said. I could hear the bells of heaven ringing. The gates swung open and I was permitted to look into the glory world. On the 8th of August, 1908, he received his passport to Father's house and again heard the bells ring and saw the unspeakable glory. He first joined the Virginia Conference but died a member
of Iowa Conference. I shall behold thy face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness. End of section 30
