If every call to Christ and His righteousness is a call to suffering, the converse is equally - every call to suffering is a call to Christ, a promotion, an invitation to come up higher.

Charles Bent (November 11 1799 – January 19 1847) was appointed as the first civilian Governor of the newly acquired New Mexico Territory by military Governor Stephen Watts Kearny in September 1846. On January 19 1847 he was scalped and killed by Pueblo attackers during the Taos Revolt. An elementary school in northeast Albuquerque is named in Bent's honor.

Vrain. On January 19 1847 he was scalped and killed by Pueblo attackers during the Taos Revolt. Charles Bent (November 11 1799 – January 19 1847) was appointed as the first civilian Governor of the newly acquired New Mexico Territory by military Governor Stephen Watts Kearny in September 1846.