In Memoriam: James Lyons Chesnut, D.D.

JAMES LYONS CHESNUT, D. D. 11 United Pres-byterian Church, of Cedarville, read a portion of Scripture; Rev. W. S. Fulton, of the Reformed Presbyterian Church Synod, led in a fervent prayer. (Rev. W. S. Fulton and Dr. Chesnut were co-pastors, both in Coulterville, Ill., and Cedarville, Ohio.) Dr. McChesney, after giving an obituary notice, which was of unusual interest, an– nouhced his text as found in the Song of Sol– omon; 2 : 17, and also 4 : 6, and preached a most appropriate and able sermon. Dr. Mc– Chesney is known throughout the entire church, and his ability to meet the occasion with the appropriate message is recognized everywhere. Rev. L.A. Benson, of Clay Center, Kansas, led in a brief prayer; Rev. Andrew S. Cres-– well, who succeeded Dr. Chesnut in the Coul– terville congregation, read resolutions from that congregation and made some very ap– propriate remarks. Rev. L. A. Benson read a telegram of sympathy from the Philadel– phia Presbytery. Rev. J. W. Patton, of the M. E. Church, of Cedarville, represented the local Ministerial Union and spoke in appre– ciation of Dr. Chesnut and his work. The mortal remains of the efficient and beloved pastor were then taken and laid to rest in the Massies Creek Cemetery, only a few feet distant from the sacred dust of Dr. Hugh McMillan, and also near by the repose of the late Dr. J. F. Morton, former pastors of the Cedarville Congregation. The winter had been of unusual severity; the landscape was clothed in a heavy mantle of white; it