The Portland gazette., 1819-04-06

anu uAeu ~ lIle agt ol lBu years. reposlng togeth
er IN the old marriage bed, and were inferred in
the same grave beneath the baptismal font,
where they had presented themselves together
in the preceding century.
In Ipswich, NJ Samuel Lord, aged 90-He
was an officer in the war of 1856, aud was at the
taking of Louisburg and Quebec.
In this town, very suddenly, Mrs Lydia Rich
ardson, aged 43. We understand the Jury who
sat upon her body. were of opinion that she ca ne
by her death in consequence of having indulged
herselfi IN too coPiens draught of ardent spirits
J Burial-On the 4th inst. the body Of Mr..
George Erskne, who died in Boston on the 18th
ult. and was put on board the schr. Mechanic,
for Shis town, where his friends reside but in CEN
sequence other having been blown off and after
wards carried into Wiscasset, did not reach here
with the body until Saturday last, was conveyed
to the grave, followed by large procession of
friends and relatives and preceded by the com
panyof Light Infantry, Of which the deceased was
a member
/ At Bath. Me. on the 9th nit. DR.. SAMUEL,
! DAMS, aged ~ years. DIR. Adams was bern
in Thompson, Conn. At the commencement Of
the revolutionary war he entered the service of
! his country, as Surgeon in the army, and contn-
ned in that station more than six years Alter
he left the army, he settled in Ipswich, Mass in
which place he resided thirteen years, as a prac-
tisng Physician In 1896 he removed to Bail,
where he continued till death .fbont nine
wears since. his attention was arrested to the
great concerns of his soul lie was brought 70
see that he was nndone sinner and, casting
himself, nnconditionally, into the arms ola mer
ciful Saviour, he obtained hope ofdivine favor
.fl1er suitable time he made public profession
4 ofhs faith, and united with the First Church in
Bath. From the time ofhis obtaining hope of
an interest in Christ, he became a decided advo-
cate Of what are dstinctively called The doctrines
! # Grace. the A. B. c. T. NJ. made their
first appeal to the public, by sending abroad an
agent to organize Foreign Mission Societies, DIR.
n. was among the first TO approve the design and
enroll his name among IFS friends. He cho-
sen secretary of the Foreign Missionary Society
of Bath and vicinity, and continued in that Of
fee. with undated attachment to the missiona-
| ry cause, until his death. When. a few years
since, an effort was so generally made to sup
press prevailing immoralities, with his accustom-
ed decision ofcharacter, he was ready to engage
in the work. accordingly, when the " Bath So
ciety for discountenancing and Suppressing Pub
lie Vices and tor Distributing Moral and Relig-
ious Tracts,'' was formed, he chosen its
President and, to this office, he was unanm-
ously elected, in every succeeding year. In a
word, Dr. A. was consistent, benevolent, and
decided Christian. He was often heard to say,
that he had no wish TO survive his usefulness, and
| such was the fact. Within ,out week of his
death, he attended on patient, more than four
miles from his own house. The weather being
| stormy, he took violent cold which issued in A
fever. and terminated his life. Though his sick.
| ness short, yet death did not surprise him in
an unexpected moment For several years pre-
| vious TO his decease, as he informed the writer OF
| this article, he had spent very few days without
1.4,as. ,1rv th91 no
6 found watching'' During his short sickness,
he manifested great resignation to the will of
| God. His whole appearance and conversation,
| seemed to say, g know whom have believed,
| and am persuaded that he will keep what have
committed to him against that day. On the
morning of his decease, addressing his afflicted
companion, he said, 6 am happy" Thus died
| this servant Of God.
In his profession, he was faithful, afectionate,
| and useful and occasionally administered the
cordials of religion to his languishing and dying
patients, and pointed them to the Great Physi'
| clan. In his general department, he was truly
amiable and unassuming. By his death, the
Church of Christ and society at large are bereaV-
ed of valua bic member and hi. family have
sustained, an irreparable loss. But the will Of
the Lord is done.
The following Epitaph was composed by him
self, about two years since, & transcribed cor
rected about three weeks before his DEATH
In Mean ~ of
SAMUEL ADAMS,
Who vas a memor bic instance
OF the Infinite mercy Of COP,
in JESUS CARIsT.
For after be had lived nearly sixty-fve years
in the service Of sin,
and without Cop in the wcrid,"
he was,
by he free, sovereign grace OF GoD,
brought TO see
the total derravity Of his own heart,
and It's enmity against GoD, and his holy law
the infinite evil of sin
the absolute necessity of regeneration;
aud the all-sufliciency of JESUS CHRIST,
ms the only Saviour Of lost man
and, as be hunbIy hoped, unfeisnrdly TO repent
of his innumerable sins:
renouncing all dependence
on any work. or merit of his own.
His only hope of salvation.
the free sovereign mercy of COP,
in JESUS CHRIST
He was born January 28th, o. S .Aan Dom.17f5
And died. H-tet
To sorro,c, pain, and sin, lo'g adien;
Ind Christian Friends a short farewel te you
Receire kina earth, The mortal part cfme;
md, 0 my Sartour =. take nay soul TO thee.
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