Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1818-11-03

i THE REV. WILLIAM C.. SCHENCK.
| With sensations of no ordinary grief We
announce to the public the decease Of the
Rev'd WILLIAM C. SCHENCK, late
Pastor of the Presbyterian Congregation
at Princeton. After short illness which
he bore with unrepining patience and re-
signation, he was Unexpectedly taken a.
way, 10 the midst of usefulness, from his az
flicted friends and people, on Saturday
evening the 18th instant, 10 the thirty first
year OF his age. He has left character
which praise cannot elevate-on which
eulogy can shed no real lustre-A name
untarnislIed by solitary spot that could
raise blush on the face of friendship, or
extort a sigh from the bosom of affection.
Before he attained the prime of life, he
has been called from a scene of trial, TO
receive the rewards Of sincere faith and
active zeal. He has descended to the
grave after short service in the vine
yard of his Lord but the service though
short, was diIigent and exemplary. The
immediate scene of his Iabours was amidst
people who for long succession of wears
had been accustomed TO hear the truths OF
the gospel from the lips of men pre-eminent
for their talents, their piety and learning
And during the latter period of his life,
he has been associated ia ministerial la
bour with men of the highest character 10
the Presbyterian church.
Yet. under circumstances calculated to
embarrass and depress mind of peculiar
dffidence and seusibilty, such was his ex-
ertiou of mental power, such his applica-
ton TO study, that his performances were
marked with talent, taste and judgment.
The modesty and prudence OF his gen.
eral deportment-his ardent devotion to
the duties of his ofice-his peculiar and
| aflectionate attention TO the youth of his
congregation, and efforts to train them up
in the nurture and admonition of the
Lord, render his loss subject of deep
and general sorrow. Intelligent, amiable
and assiduous, his highest ambition was to
serve the best of masters with zeal and f.
deity. His daily aim, in The faithful per-
formance Of duty, was never to give Of
tence by harshness OF reproof, or severity
of manners. He has left many sincere
and affectionate friends TO mourn his loss,
without leaving one solitary enemy to cast
| a shade over his unsullied pame.-
Beloved Pastor Enlightened chris
tian Farewell From trials, from cares,
and from labours 10 the vineyard of thy
Lord, thou hast gone to house not
made with hands, eternal in the heavens"
to wear a crown of Righteousness" that
will never fade away. From a region.
thickiy strewed with the thorDs and bril-
ars, . of temporal evil, thou art transplant
ed to the Paradise of God, where the
weary pilgrim shall forever be at rest, and
where thy works Of charity and faith will
be followed by never. ending joys.
| May those excellent lessons which thou
hast SO often delivered with tenderness and
fidelity TO thy now bereaved congregation,
be remembered, improved and blessed,
and may thy blameless example animate
them to the discharge Of every domestic
every social, every christian duty. And
when they have severally finished their
course of trial upon earth, may they,
through grace, be permitted to join their
beloved Pastor in a better world, and
there, with him, to partake of felicity
without measure and without end.