Son of Rev. Thomas Barr of Monroe, Butler Co., Ohio. Graduated from Western Reserve College in Hudson, Ohio in 1830, and from the Theological Seminary of Princeton, NJ. Ordained in Philadelpia, by the 1st Presbytery of Philadelphia, on 12 Oct 1832. Member of the Western Foreign Missionary Society, assigned to Africa; however, he died suddenly of cholera shortly before he was scheduled to depart to Africa to begin his missionary work there.
Article and Obituary from The Christian advocate:
He was ordained on October 12, alongside John B. Pinney, a native of Georgia.
Several days later, they departed:
"...On the 19th of the month, being obliged to hasten their departure in order to reach the vessel at Norfolk, in which they expected to sail for Liberia, they took their farewell of their Christian friends in Philadelphia, at an evening prayer meeting, in the Session room of the church in which they had been ordained; and in fervent prayers, accompanied with tears of devout affection, were commended to the protection and blessing of Almighty God. No solemnity of a long life was to us more interesting, or impressive. Each of the young bretheren made a short address, in which they thanked their Christian friends for the kindess they had received, bespoke a constant remembrance for themselves in earnest prayer, and exhorted their hearers to animated exertion in the missionary cause. A short address was made to them and to the deeply affected auduience, by the present writer; and with ardent supplications to God in their behalf, and the singing of appropriate missionary hymns, the final parting took place. They left the city at an early hour the next morning, in the steamboat for Baltimore." [They heard nothing more of the band of travelers until Nov. 5, when they received in the mail a newspaper article, sent by the editor, with the following article dated Nov. 2.]
The article from Richmond noted "Mr. Barr arrived in this city on Thursday evening. On Friday he went to Petersburgh, and after making arrangements for a public meeting in that place, to be held on Tuesday, he returned to Richmond. This was on Saturday - the same day as a notice was inserted in our daily papers tha the would preach on the Sabbath - the day on which he was dismissed from his labors to enter into rest."
"DEATH OF REV. JOSEPH W. BARR.
"Another missionary has fallen. It is our painful duty to state, that Mr. Joseph W. Barr departed this life at the residence of Mr. John N. Gordon, in this city, last Sabbath, (the 28th inst.) about 3 o'clock, P. M. His death was sudden and unexpected. At 9 o'clock on Saturday night, he was apparently in perfect health. (We passed the evening with him in company with a few friends of missions, who felt deeply interested in the enterprise on which he was about to embark.) He was slightly indisposed (as he afterwards stated) when he retired to his chamber for the night. About 1 o'clock, he was taken violently ill of Cholera. Able physicians were immediately called in, and the usual remedies administered; but in vain. -- His Lord and Master had called for him. The progress of his disease was so rapid as to baffle the efforts of medical skill -- and at 3 o'clock he was released from his sufferings, and admitted, we trust, into the rest which the Lord has prepared for his people.
"It will be consolatory to his distant friends, and to the young ministers who were recently his fellow students, to know that he appeared to be perfectly resigned to this mysterious stroke of Providence. Though his heart, filled with compassion for the perishing, was fixed on the work of missions in Africa, to which he had dedicated his life -- yet he was willing to leave it, and to die. He discovered no alarm at the approach and near prospect of death. The summons, though sudden and unexpected, did not find him unprepared. On being asked by the writer, concerning the state of his mind, he expressed with earnestness his confidence in God, and submission to his will, adding -- "the blood of Christ cleanseth from all sin." Here rested his hope, on the Rock of ages -- and it sustained him in the hour of trial. He repeatedly expressed the same unshaken trust in the Lord to other Christian brethren, who attended him during his short illness. Death to him was a vanquished enemy. In the near view of eternity, he coudl pray in the language of the Apostle -- 'Even so, come Lord Jesus,' & c.
"The general distress of body produced by his disease, did not cloud or impair the energies of his mind. While looking to his Saviour for support, and to the glories of that world which he was about to enter, he did not forget his distant friends, nor the attentions of those around him. When no longer able to speak aloud, he said to the writer in a low whisper -- "I wish while I am able to speak, to express my gratitude to my friends here [referring to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon, and the brethren who were with him] for their kidness to me;' thus recollecting every thing which Christian courtesy might suggest to one in health.
"His funeral was attended on Monday at the First Presbyterian Church, at 11 o'clock. . . . "
The remainder of the article about Rev. Joseph Barr continues to detail his faith and Missionary work and can be read online at google books, The Christian Advocate, Volume 10, By Ashbel Green, published by A. Finley, 1832; page 497. It is available as a searchable ebook in Google books.
Article and Obituary from The Christian advocate:
He was ordained on October 12, alongside John B. Pinney, a native of Georgia.
Several days later, they departed:
"...On the 19th of the month, being obliged to hasten their departure in order to reach the vessel at Norfolk, in which they expected to sail for Liberia, they took their farewell of their Christian friends in Philadelphia, at an evening prayer meeting, in the Session room of the church in which they had been ordained; and in fervent prayers, accompanied with tears of devout affection, were commended to the protection and blessing of Almighty God. No solemnity of a long life was to us more interesting, or impressive. Each of the young bretheren made a short address, in which they thanked their Christian friends for the kindess they had received, bespoke a constant remembrance for themselves in earnest prayer, and exhorted their hearers to animated exertion in the missionary cause. A short address was made to them and to the deeply affected auduience, by the present writer; and with ardent supplications to God in their behalf, and the singing of appropriate missionary hymns, the final parting took place. They left the city at an early hour the next morning, in the steamboat for Baltimore." [They heard nothing more of the band of travelers until Nov. 5, when they received in the mail a newspaper article, sent by the editor, with the following article dated Nov. 2.]
The article from Richmond noted "Mr. Barr arrived in this city on Thursday evening. On Friday he went to Petersburgh, and after making arrangements for a public meeting in that place, to be held on Tuesday, he returned to Richmond. This was on Saturday - the same day as a notice was inserted in our daily papers tha the would preach on the Sabbath - the day on which he was dismissed from his labors to enter into rest."
"DEATH OF REV. JOSEPH W. BARR.
"Another missionary has fallen. It is our painful duty to state, that Mr. Joseph W. Barr departed this life at the residence of Mr. John N. Gordon, in this city, last Sabbath, (the 28th inst.) about 3 o'clock, P. M. His death was sudden and unexpected. At 9 o'clock on Saturday night, he was apparently in perfect health. (We passed the evening with him in company with a few friends of missions, who felt deeply interested in the enterprise on which he was about to embark.) He was slightly indisposed (as he afterwards stated) when he retired to his chamber for the night. About 1 o'clock, he was taken violently ill of Cholera. Able physicians were immediately called in, and the usual remedies administered; but in vain. -- His Lord and Master had called for him. The progress of his disease was so rapid as to baffle the efforts of medical skill -- and at 3 o'clock he was released from his sufferings, and admitted, we trust, into the rest which the Lord has prepared for his people.
"It will be consolatory to his distant friends, and to the young ministers who were recently his fellow students, to know that he appeared to be perfectly resigned to this mysterious stroke of Providence. Though his heart, filled with compassion for the perishing, was fixed on the work of missions in Africa, to which he had dedicated his life -- yet he was willing to leave it, and to die. He discovered no alarm at the approach and near prospect of death. The summons, though sudden and unexpected, did not find him unprepared. On being asked by the writer, concerning the state of his mind, he expressed with earnestness his confidence in God, and submission to his will, adding -- "the blood of Christ cleanseth from all sin." Here rested his hope, on the Rock of ages -- and it sustained him in the hour of trial. He repeatedly expressed the same unshaken trust in the Lord to other Christian brethren, who attended him during his short illness. Death to him was a vanquished enemy. In the near view of eternity, he coudl pray in the language of the Apostle -- 'Even so, come Lord Jesus,' & c.
"The general distress of body produced by his disease, did not cloud or impair the energies of his mind. While looking to his Saviour for support, and to the glories of that world which he was about to enter, he did not forget his distant friends, nor the attentions of those around him. When no longer able to speak aloud, he said to the writer in a low whisper -- "I wish while I am able to speak, to express my gratitude to my friends here [referring to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon, and the brethren who were with him] for their kidness to me;' thus recollecting every thing which Christian courtesy might suggest to one in health.
"His funeral was attended on Monday at the First Presbyterian Church, at 11 o'clock. . . . "
The remainder of the article about Rev. Joseph Barr continues to detail his faith and Missionary work and can be read online at google books, The Christian Advocate, Volume 10, By Ashbel Green, published by A. Finley, 1832; page 497. It is available as a searchable ebook in Google books.
Son of Rev. Thomas Barr of Monroe, Butler Co., Ohio. Graduated from Western Reserve College in Hudson, Ohio in 1830, and from the Theological Seminary of Princeton, NJ. Ordained in Philadelpia, by the 1st Presbytery of Philadelphia, on 12 Oct 1832. Member of the Western Foreign Missionary Society, assigned to Africa; however, he died suddenly of cholera shortly before he was scheduled to depart to Africa to begin his missionary work there.
Article and Obituary from The Christian advocate:
He was ordained on October 12, alongside John B. Pinney, a native of Georgia.
Several days later, they departed:
"...On the 19th of the month, being obliged to hasten their departure in order to reach the vessel at Norfolk, in which they expected to sail for Liberia, they took their farewell of their Christian friends in Philadelphia, at an evening prayer meeting, in the Session room of the church in which they had been ordained; and in fervent prayers, accompanied with tears of devout affection, were commended to the protection and blessing of Almighty God. No solemnity of a long life was to us more interesting, or impressive. Each of the young bretheren made a short address, in which they thanked their Christian friends for the kindess they had received, bespoke a constant remembrance for themselves in earnest prayer, and exhorted their hearers to animated exertion in the missionary cause. A short address was made to them and to the deeply affected auduience, by the present writer; and with ardent supplications to God in their behalf, and the singing of appropriate missionary hymns, the final parting took place. They left the city at an early hour the next morning, in the steamboat for Baltimore." [They heard nothing more of the band of travelers until Nov. 5, when they received in the mail a newspaper article, sent by the editor, with the following article dated Nov. 2.]
The article from Richmond noted "Mr. Barr arrived in this city on Thursday evening. On Friday he went to Petersburgh, and after making arrangements for a public meeting in that place, to be held on Tuesday, he returned to Richmond. This was on Saturday - the same day as a notice was inserted in our daily papers tha the would preach on the Sabbath - the day on which he was dismissed from his labors to enter into rest."
"DEATH OF REV. JOSEPH W. BARR.
"Another missionary has fallen. It is our painful duty to state, that Mr. Joseph W. Barr departed this life at the residence of Mr. John N. Gordon, in this city, last Sabbath, (the 28th inst.) about 3 o'clock, P. M. His death was sudden and unexpected. At 9 o'clock on Saturday night, he was apparently in perfect health. (We passed the evening with him in company with a few friends of missions, who felt deeply interested in the enterprise on which he was about to embark.) He was slightly indisposed (as he afterwards stated) when he retired to his chamber for the night. About 1 o'clock, he was taken violently ill of Cholera. Able physicians were immediately called in, and the usual remedies administered; but in vain. -- His Lord and Master had called for him. The progress of his disease was so rapid as to baffle the efforts of medical skill -- and at 3 o'clock he was released from his sufferings, and admitted, we trust, into the rest which the Lord has prepared for his people.
"It will be consolatory to his distant friends, and to the young ministers who were recently his fellow students, to know that he appeared to be perfectly resigned to this mysterious stroke of Providence. Though his heart, filled with compassion for the perishing, was fixed on the work of missions in Africa, to which he had dedicated his life -- yet he was willing to leave it, and to die. He discovered no alarm at the approach and near prospect of death. The summons, though sudden and unexpected, did not find him unprepared. On being asked by the writer, concerning the state of his mind, he expressed with earnestness his confidence in God, and submission to his will, adding -- "the blood of Christ cleanseth from all sin." Here rested his hope, on the Rock of ages -- and it sustained him in the hour of trial. He repeatedly expressed the same unshaken trust in the Lord to other Christian brethren, who attended him during his short illness. Death to him was a vanquished enemy. In the near view of eternity, he coudl pray in the language of the Apostle -- 'Even so, come Lord Jesus,' & c.
"The general distress of body produced by his disease, did not cloud or impair the energies of his mind. While looking to his Saviour for support, and to the glories of that world which he was about to enter, he did not forget his distant friends, nor the attentions of those around him. When no longer able to speak aloud, he said to the writer in a low whisper -- "I wish while I am able to speak, to express my gratitude to my friends here [referring to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon, and the brethren who were with him] for their kidness to me;' thus recollecting every thing which Christian courtesy might suggest to one in health.
"His funeral was attended on Monday at the First Presbyterian Church, at 11 o'clock. . . . "
The remainder of the article about Rev. Joseph Barr continues to detail his faith and Missionary work and can be read online at google books, The Christian Advocate, Volume 10, By Ashbel Green, published by A. Finley, 1832; page 497. It is available as a searchable ebook in Google books.
Article and Obituary from The Christian advocate:
He was ordained on October 12, alongside John B. Pinney, a native of Georgia.
Several days later, they departed:
"...On the 19th of the month, being obliged to hasten their departure in order to reach the vessel at Norfolk, in which they expected to sail for Liberia, they took their farewell of their Christian friends in Philadelphia, at an evening prayer meeting, in the Session room of the church in which they had been ordained; and in fervent prayers, accompanied with tears of devout affection, were commended to the protection and blessing of Almighty God. No solemnity of a long life was to us more interesting, or impressive. Each of the young bretheren made a short address, in which they thanked their Christian friends for the kindess they had received, bespoke a constant remembrance for themselves in earnest prayer, and exhorted their hearers to animated exertion in the missionary cause. A short address was made to them and to the deeply affected auduience, by the present writer; and with ardent supplications to God in their behalf, and the singing of appropriate missionary hymns, the final parting took place. They left the city at an early hour the next morning, in the steamboat for Baltimore." [They heard nothing more of the band of travelers until Nov. 5, when they received in the mail a newspaper article, sent by the editor, with the following article dated Nov. 2.]
The article from Richmond noted "Mr. Barr arrived in this city on Thursday evening. On Friday he went to Petersburgh, and after making arrangements for a public meeting in that place, to be held on Tuesday, he returned to Richmond. This was on Saturday - the same day as a notice was inserted in our daily papers tha the would preach on the Sabbath - the day on which he was dismissed from his labors to enter into rest."
"DEATH OF REV. JOSEPH W. BARR.
"Another missionary has fallen. It is our painful duty to state, that Mr. Joseph W. Barr departed this life at the residence of Mr. John N. Gordon, in this city, last Sabbath, (the 28th inst.) about 3 o'clock, P. M. His death was sudden and unexpected. At 9 o'clock on Saturday night, he was apparently in perfect health. (We passed the evening with him in company with a few friends of missions, who felt deeply interested in the enterprise on which he was about to embark.) He was slightly indisposed (as he afterwards stated) when he retired to his chamber for the night. About 1 o'clock, he was taken violently ill of Cholera. Able physicians were immediately called in, and the usual remedies administered; but in vain. -- His Lord and Master had called for him. The progress of his disease was so rapid as to baffle the efforts of medical skill -- and at 3 o'clock he was released from his sufferings, and admitted, we trust, into the rest which the Lord has prepared for his people.
"It will be consolatory to his distant friends, and to the young ministers who were recently his fellow students, to know that he appeared to be perfectly resigned to this mysterious stroke of Providence. Though his heart, filled with compassion for the perishing, was fixed on the work of missions in Africa, to which he had dedicated his life -- yet he was willing to leave it, and to die. He discovered no alarm at the approach and near prospect of death. The summons, though sudden and unexpected, did not find him unprepared. On being asked by the writer, concerning the state of his mind, he expressed with earnestness his confidence in God, and submission to his will, adding -- "the blood of Christ cleanseth from all sin." Here rested his hope, on the Rock of ages -- and it sustained him in the hour of trial. He repeatedly expressed the same unshaken trust in the Lord to other Christian brethren, who attended him during his short illness. Death to him was a vanquished enemy. In the near view of eternity, he coudl pray in the language of the Apostle -- 'Even so, come Lord Jesus,' & c.
"The general distress of body produced by his disease, did not cloud or impair the energies of his mind. While looking to his Saviour for support, and to the glories of that world which he was about to enter, he did not forget his distant friends, nor the attentions of those around him. When no longer able to speak aloud, he said to the writer in a low whisper -- "I wish while I am able to speak, to express my gratitude to my friends here [referring to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon, and the brethren who were with him] for their kidness to me;' thus recollecting every thing which Christian courtesy might suggest to one in health.
"His funeral was attended on Monday at the First Presbyterian Church, at 11 o'clock. . . . "
The remainder of the article about Rev. Joseph Barr continues to detail his faith and Missionary work and can be read online at google books, The Christian Advocate, Volume 10, By Ashbel Green, published by A. Finley, 1832; page 497. It is available as a searchable ebook in Google books.
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