"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 25, No 18, p 71, Apr. 29, 1869.
Benjamin Peckham Bentley was the second of five children, and the eldest son of John and Patience Bentley, and was born in South Kingstown, near Kingston Hill, Sept. 29th, 1781. He was married to Miss Hannah Wilber, Dec. 2d, 1806. Of the four children born to them, John died in the fifth year of his age, and Hannah, wife of George P. Maxson, died July 20th, 1838, aged about 30 years. His estimable wife, with whom he spent nearly sixty-two years of congenial and prosperous activity, fell suddenly asleep in Jesus, on the 9th of October, 1868. Happily united in life, they were not long separated by death. He was characterized by unusual energy, and practical good sense. To manage well his own business affairs, to be a good husband and father, a loyal and dutiful private citizen, and a true and faithful Christian, was the highest ambition of his life. Although the subject of early religious impressions, and at time of deep conviction of his lost state as a sinner, he did not make a public profession of his faith in Christ until March, 1815, at which time he was united with the 1st Seventh-day Baptist Church of Hopkinton. The awakening of his heart, which resulted in his conversion, he attributed to the early labors of the late Wm. B. Maxson, D. D., who then lived in Westerly village, and preached frequently in the adjacent settlements of the Lottery and Watch Hill. Never satisfied with the measure of his love to God, and conformity to His will, still he never hesitated to claim the portion of a child of God, or to rejoice in hope. When asked, a few months previous to his decease, "On who do you rely for eternal life, after these many years of experience?" he tearfully yet firmly replied, "The same as at first - only on the merit and mercy of my Saviour." He calmly fell asleep in the arms of that Saviour, March 31st, 1869, aged 87 years, 6 months, and 2 days.
A. B. B.
Benjamin Peckham Bentley was the second of five children, and the eldest son of John and Patience Bentley, and was born in South Kingstown, near Kingston Hill, Sept. 29th, 1781. He was married to Miss Hannah Wilber, Dec. 2d, 1806. Of the four children born to them, John died in the fifth year of his age, and Hannah, wife of George P. Maxson, died July 20th, 1838, aged about 30 years. His estimable wife, with whom he spent nearly sixty-two years of congenial and prosperous activity, fell suddenly asleep in Jesus, on the 9th of October, 1868. Happily united in life, they were not long separated by death. He was characterized by unusual energy, and practical good sense. To manage well his own business affairs, to be a good husband and father, a loyal and dutiful private citizen, and a true and faithful Christian, was the highest ambition of his life. Although the subject of early religious impressions, and at time of deep conviction of his lost state as a sinner, he did not make a public profession of his faith in Christ until March, 1815, at which time he was united with the 1st Seventh-day Baptist Church of Hopkinton. The awakening of his heart, which resulted in his conversion, he attributed to the early labors of the late Wm. B. Maxson, D. D., who then lived in Westerly village, and preached frequently in the adjacent settlements of the Lottery and Watch Hill. Never satisfied with the measure of his love to God, and conformity to His will, still he never hesitated to claim the portion of a child of God, or to rejoice in hope. When asked, a few months previous to his decease, "On who do you rely for eternal life, after these many years of experience?" he tearfully yet firmly replied, "The same as at first - only on the merit and mercy of my Saviour." He calmly fell asleep in the arms of that Saviour, March 31st, 1869, aged 87 years, 6 months, and 2 days.
A. B. B.
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 25, No 18, p 71, Apr. 29, 1869.
Benjamin Peckham Bentley was the second of five children, and the eldest son of John and Patience Bentley, and was born in South Kingstown, near Kingston Hill, Sept. 29th, 1781. He was married to Miss Hannah Wilber, Dec. 2d, 1806. Of the four children born to them, John died in the fifth year of his age, and Hannah, wife of George P. Maxson, died July 20th, 1838, aged about 30 years. His estimable wife, with whom he spent nearly sixty-two years of congenial and prosperous activity, fell suddenly asleep in Jesus, on the 9th of October, 1868. Happily united in life, they were not long separated by death. He was characterized by unusual energy, and practical good sense. To manage well his own business affairs, to be a good husband and father, a loyal and dutiful private citizen, and a true and faithful Christian, was the highest ambition of his life. Although the subject of early religious impressions, and at time of deep conviction of his lost state as a sinner, he did not make a public profession of his faith in Christ until March, 1815, at which time he was united with the 1st Seventh-day Baptist Church of Hopkinton. The awakening of his heart, which resulted in his conversion, he attributed to the early labors of the late Wm. B. Maxson, D. D., who then lived in Westerly village, and preached frequently in the adjacent settlements of the Lottery and Watch Hill. Never satisfied with the measure of his love to God, and conformity to His will, still he never hesitated to claim the portion of a child of God, or to rejoice in hope. When asked, a few months previous to his decease, "On who do you rely for eternal life, after these many years of experience?" he tearfully yet firmly replied, "The same as at first - only on the merit and mercy of my Saviour." He calmly fell asleep in the arms of that Saviour, March 31st, 1869, aged 87 years, 6 months, and 2 days.
A. B. B.
Benjamin Peckham Bentley was the second of five children, and the eldest son of John and Patience Bentley, and was born in South Kingstown, near Kingston Hill, Sept. 29th, 1781. He was married to Miss Hannah Wilber, Dec. 2d, 1806. Of the four children born to them, John died in the fifth year of his age, and Hannah, wife of George P. Maxson, died July 20th, 1838, aged about 30 years. His estimable wife, with whom he spent nearly sixty-two years of congenial and prosperous activity, fell suddenly asleep in Jesus, on the 9th of October, 1868. Happily united in life, they were not long separated by death. He was characterized by unusual energy, and practical good sense. To manage well his own business affairs, to be a good husband and father, a loyal and dutiful private citizen, and a true and faithful Christian, was the highest ambition of his life. Although the subject of early religious impressions, and at time of deep conviction of his lost state as a sinner, he did not make a public profession of his faith in Christ until March, 1815, at which time he was united with the 1st Seventh-day Baptist Church of Hopkinton. The awakening of his heart, which resulted in his conversion, he attributed to the early labors of the late Wm. B. Maxson, D. D., who then lived in Westerly village, and preached frequently in the adjacent settlements of the Lottery and Watch Hill. Never satisfied with the measure of his love to God, and conformity to His will, still he never hesitated to claim the portion of a child of God, or to rejoice in hope. When asked, a few months previous to his decease, "On who do you rely for eternal life, after these many years of experience?" he tearfully yet firmly replied, "The same as at first - only on the merit and mercy of my Saviour." He calmly fell asleep in the arms of that Saviour, March 31st, 1869, aged 87 years, 6 months, and 2 days.
A. B. B.
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