"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 14, No 11, p
43, Aug. 20, 1857.

In Ritchie County, Va., May 31st, 1857, after an
illness of two weeks and six days, Otto Preston Zinn, 38 years, 6 months and 13 days.

Bro. Zinn was baptized, and united himself with his wife to the First-day Baptist church on the South Fork of Hughes's River, in the 26th year of his age. Of this church they remained members for more than two years, when their minds became interested with the subject of the Sabbath, and after a thorough searching and patient investigation of the Scriptures, they decided in
favor of the Seventh-day, and commenced observing it, and joined the Sabbath-keeping Church on the South Fork of Hughes's River.
Brother Zinn was a zealous advocate of the truths of the Bible, the keeping of the commandments of God and the following of the example of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ. Towards the close of his illness, when his friends had been summoned to see him die, he recovered and commenced singing in a low, faltering, but audible, melodious tone of voice, -
O when shall I see Jesus
And reign with him above,
And drink the flowing fountain
Of everlasting love.

His voice failing, he followed out the tune with his lips, and in a low whisper sung the first part of the hymn -
"How firm a foundation Ye Saints of the Lord!"

In the death of Bro. Zinn the church has lost an
active member; the truth, a bold and zealous advocate; his wife, a loving and affectionate husband; his children, an indulgent and affectionate father's
watchful care; his friends, a sociable, warm-hearted, trusty friend; society, a generous, frugal and industrious citizen.
Z. B.

transcribed by Jon
Saunders, contributor 47674050