Died, near Mount Holly, New Jersey, 12th of sixth month, 1824, in the
90th year of his age, William Bowen, a man of color. The deceased
was one of those who have demonstrated the truth of that portion of
Scripture that, "in every nation, he that feareth God and worketh
righteousness is accepted with Him."
He was concerned in early life to do justly, love mercy, and walk
humbly with his God; and by closely attending to the light of Christ,
and faithfully abiding under the operation of that blessed spirit of
Divine Grace in his soul, he was enabled not only to bear many precious
testimonies, through his life, but to bring forth those fruits of the
Spirit which redound to the glory of God and to the salvation of the
soul.
He was an exemplary member of the religious Society of Friends. As he
lived so he died, a rare pattern of a self-denying follower of Jesus
Christ. He had no apparent disease either of body or mind; and as he
expressed himself, but a short time before his death, "he felt nothing
but weakness," which continued to increase until he gently breathed his
last, and no doubt entered into his Heavenly Father's rest. "Mark the
perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace."