Observations on the last hours of the Revd. Charles C. Jones, D.D., who died at Arcadia, Liberty County, Georgia, March 6th, 1863, 1863.

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Observations on the last hours of the Revd. Charles C. Jones, D.D., who died at Arcadia, Liberty County, Georgia, March 6th, 1863, 1863.

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The collection consists of an unpublished manuscript volume which represents a beautiful and touching memorial to C. C. Jones written by his family. The "Observations" begin with a poem, "One Less on Earth to Love", and continue in a memorandum format written by Joseph Jones, the youngest son of C. C. Jones. A much loved and admired Georgian, C. C. Jones was the foremost advocate of the religious instruction of the Negro and considered their evangelization the great work of his life. Through this narrative passage, in which Joseph accompanies his father on their last horseback ride together, something of the spiritual essence of the dying man is conveyed. "My dear father conversed chiefly upon habits of industry - their great value in keeping the soul from sin, his labors among the colored people, the works of God in nature, and upon the state of the country. He said that some of his happiest moments in life had been passed in these beautiful roads of Liberty County, winding through these stately forests, when he had been returning from preaching to the colored people... As was often his custom, he admired all the works of god - the beautiful tall pine trees arching the road, he pointed out the different species of trees which he especially admired; and spoke of the various birds which he loved; and alluded especially to the lessons of cheerful happiness which they gave man, and called them 'the animated flowers of creation.'" This was the last time Joseph saw his father alive. The movements of the war were close at hand, and as they rode, the canon from the bombardment of Ft. McAllister could be heard. Both Joseph and his older brother, C. C. Jones, Jr., were sent to Savannah for the fortification of that city. Joseph continues his "Observations" from the accounts given him by his mother, sister, and Aunt Susan, and from the daily journal his father kept. The "Observations" conclude with a copy of a letter written by C. C. Jones, Jr. to the Revd. Dr. Howe which relates the details of his father's last days and the moment when he "fell asleep in Jesus, as calmly as an infant in the arms of a loving mother." Finally, family births and deaths are recorded and a number of newspaper clippings and obituaries are bound in the volume. Two manuscripts with birth and death records are also laid in the volume, which is bound in purple morocco leather, stamped in gold.

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