Steuben and Remsen, and in the vicinity of Utica. He also lectured on anti-slavery, temperance and the mission cause. He loved to visit the sick and suffering, to read and pray with them. He was faithful in the Sabbath school, and an active member of the Young Men's Christian Association.
CYNTHIA was born in Steuben, and died in the same dear home. She was of a thoughtful, loving disposition, and at the age of twelve was received by father a member of Capel Ucha' Church. Her life was consistent and faithful, her great desire being to do right, and to be of some use in the world. She seemed to watch for souls, particularly among the young. Many can remember her tender invitations. Naturally timid and sensitive, her great love for Christ led her to take up burdens which others, much stronger, often neglect. When quite young she taught a district school, which she opened by reading and prayer. Years afterwards, one of her pupils told her that he then received his first permanent religious impressions. The sight of her, so timid and yet so fearless, was something too wonderful for him to understand, till he too was taught of Jesus.
Her intercourse with others was full of tenderness and forbearance, She would never intentionally wound the feelings of any. The unfortunate and feeble awakened her liveliest sympathies, and she always longed to help the slave. When the opportunity came, she gladly offered to teach the freedmen, and in 1869 she went, under the auspices of the American Missionary Association, to Norfolk, Virginia.
In a letter received from her while there, she wrote
