Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-05-09

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Meeting house, and sat in the pulpit, o.
h table. when he preached his last se,
mon. from Rom. TX. chap. and 9sth We,
80 For he aciN finish the aoor6 and Gu
lat short in RIGHTEOUSNESS becaasea sho,ts
|worR soill the Lord make upon the earth.
HE spoke near an hour, and when done,
was almost spent. We, however sat
on Tuesday and travelled twenty-five
miles. Brother Foster accompanied u
to our old friend, Thomas Crenshaws..
being much fatigued. and very unwell.
he tarried here on Wednesday, and re y
|quested that an appointment should be
made, and word sent out that there would
be preaching at four o'clock in the afte'-
noon, saving. He wished those thai
were with him to do something, If ne
could not" A small congregation col
|lected, to whom | preached, bus eur ven
|erable Father was too unwell to come IN
Ito the congregation.
On Thursday we again set out, ana
Travelled twenty miles, and put up with
our good fiend and Brother, Edward
Rouzee-bere he was exceedingly tee
| BILE, though cheerful, We setout again on
Friday; Brother Rouzee came several
miles with us, and then took leave as
lone who was giving up his Father to die
| We diued at Brother hancock's, and
/ then proceeded to our old friend George
. ArnoId's. travelling, in all this day a.
bout twelve miles; but ] never saw.h'n'
SO much exhausted in travelling before
He said to me, on Saturday morning
g If this should be as good day as yes
terday, we can hardly help travelling
some" II, hover, rained, and was
not sorry to see it, wishing MIN to rest
. 1t being proposed that we should have
, meeting on Sabbath, ] spake OF sendms
. note 10 family about five miles on
. who, would he much gratifed to kaon
it. The Bishop hearing i, repiied
-ss You need not be in hurty:" whlcl
;, was so unusual thing FOR him TO say re
, speeting meeting, especially On the
, Lords day, that concluded ne appre
sended that he would be too weak t
bear the noise of meeting in the house
, He spent a very restless night, and II
the morning appeared more than usually
! unweIl. proposed sending for phy
sician. the family saying, that there was
a DIR. Lewis, a practitioner Of eminence
, about ten or twelve miles of. lie OBJ
jected, saving, 81 shall not be able t.
,, TEL! hin, what is the matter with me, ant
the man viii not know what to do" or
my urging il again, he said. Gle couit
crly pronounce me dead" said, 6 Fro
badly he could give you something tina
, would relieve you" He replied, "Ml
breath will be gone before he can &c
here" / said, q hope you have n'
{ apprehension Of sry thing serious taking
place, have you ;" lie answered :. Yes
: after a While | asked him, {: Whether
ifany thing serious should take place h,
had any word TO leave with me. IL.
said. He had spok.n, and written s,
fully, that it was unnecessary. ] t6lc
!. him s. that ! had heard hin SPEAK sc
frequently on the affairs of the church
;,that believed / understood his sent
,iments fully" He Replied" Yes"
/ After while, asking the hour of the
,Iday, and being told it was near eleven
The asked If it was not /" time for meet.
.Eing," being told that there we're none
present but the family, he REPLIED
lIcall them together, want to have meet
Sing" They being collected, read what
Twas our Lesson for the day, The 21st
|Chapter of the book of Revelation /; it be.
ling remarkable that the last chapter in
1.-THE Revelation, which in course wou!d
have been read in the evening, should
,Ibe the Lesson which should close the
ida5 on which he closed his labours. Dur.
ling the whole Of the meeting his sou
Iseemed much engaged, and as it was truly
Ian affecting time. he appeared much ele
t|vated and raised his hands frequently ir
token of triumph. When meeting was
lover, he called on me to " read the mite
subscription" But being told that there
swere none present but the family he said
Ino more. His calling for this to be read
.!shews that even the paDgs of death were
mot able to wrest from him the interest Of
1.-THE missions which lay with so much
weight on his mind.
! After this his voice failed, but still he
| ga, evidence that he possessed his rea-
son to the last. A little before he died.
landing that / was affected at his not be-
Iiag able to take little barley water
which offe' ed to hio in teaspoon, he
lifted up his hand towards Heaven in
token that he should soon be there. u