| 503 TIMES AND SEASONS
"TRUTH WILL PREVAIL"
Vol. 2. No. 20.] CITY OF NAUVOO, ILL. Aug. 16th, 1841 [Whole No. 32.
Times and Seasons.
City of Nauvoo,
Monday, Aug. 16, 1841.
Death of General Don Carlos Smith.
With emotions of no ordinary kind, we announce the death of Don Carlos Smith, the publisher and one of the editors of this paper; which unexpected event took place at his residence, in this city, on the morning of the 7th int. at 20 minutes after 2 o'clock, in the 25th year of his age.
The deceased had been afflicted some time, but nothing serious was apprehended, and, not until a day or two before his death was he thought to be dangerous. It was then ascertained that disease had been preying upon his system in such a manner, as baffled all medical skill to check; and he gradually sunk in the arms of death.
His funeral obsequies took place on the 9th inst. amid a vast concourse of relatives and friends. He was buried with military honors, holding at the time of his death the office of Brigadier General of the 2nd Cohort of the Nauvoo Legion.
The death of Bro. Smith, so unexpected, caused a sensation, not only in the minds of his relatives, but his numerous acquaintance of friends, which will never be forgotten. Endeared to the church and to his friends by all that was virtuous, honorable, and exalted in a christain [Christian] and a man-to his partner and children by all that was affectionate, kind, and lovely, in a parent and father-to his aged mother who yet survives her youngest son, by all that was dutiful, and affectionate in a son.
In all our associations with mankind, we never knew of an induvidual [individual] who stood higher in the estimation of all, than did the deceased. His manners were courteous and bland. His disposition was kind and gentle, ever looking over the foibles of his fellow men, and puting [putting] the best construction upon their actions, at the same time, setting them such examples of integrity, sobriety, humanity, and virtue, as could not but cause very one to admire him, and consequently he secured the good will of all-their friendship and esteem.
He was just in the bloom of manhood, and bid fair to survive most of his contemporaries. But just as the sun was shining with its lustre [luster], and sheding [shedding] a radiance all around, it set in a moment-
"Lo! at day 'twas sudden night."
The hopes of relatives and friends and the entire community, who had observed with pleasure and delight the opening glories which shone around his path, who had marked his virtues, faith, and piety; and who had received council at his hands, were blasted, and sorrow and distress has taken the place of high strung hopes, and ardent anticipations.
Since our acquaintance with the deceased, we have shared his friendship, and have had opportunities of marking his character under various circumstances-we have seen him strugling [struggling] against misfortune and steming [stemming] the tide of adversity, and have seen displayed, under those unpropitious circumstances, patience, resolution, and firmness-his only anxiety seemed to be for the welfare and comfort of his family and parents, who clung to him for support.-We have likewise marked his conduct while prosperity and peace filled his noble soul, and gladdened his fire side, and while honor from God and man was deservedly lavished upon him, and he remained the same kind affable, generous, and pious character.
He will be missed in the councils of the just, and as president of the High Priesthood, which office he filled with honor to himself and credit of the church. As a councillor [councilor] in the Church of God he has frequently given evidence of wisdom far beyond his years, and the aged have listened with amazement and delight at the wisdom which flowed from his lips.
He was warmly attached to the cause of truth, and in the day of triod [trial] and bitter persecution, when others wavered andturned [and turned] aside, he stood firm and immovable, trusting in the mighty God of Jacob, and fearlessly advocated the cause of suffering Zion, and ever maintained his integrity.
While writing this, so many associations crowd upon us, which give evidence of his moral worth, his kindness, his sensibility, his piety, and friendship, as entirely unman us, and we feel we must bring this notice to a close. May that God, who in the order of his providence, has called from our midst the spirit of our departed brother and friend, be a husband to the widow and a father to the fatherless, and assist us by his spirit, to follow him, as he followed Christ.
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