Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-03-10

fPantul ,"d'srosn"u me REV. DAVID ROPER The .sne
u'y "'ch terminated only l' 35'h year, closed a.o h,,
hota existence AMI iius, Dbsn all human view he
Period Dad arrived io efficient eot soeietr Inc
=. g''s, me DE- noin'@''on to which he b,o"c,d
fanny nave bee1 oereaveA 81 Invaluable member
snd leader How mysterious the pan and ore,aeo, OF
Divine Providence! = "
This tru, auiiane and universally fe.oe,ted ma, ~ ~
example worthy of mutation, whether We consider biIn =,
professor e ei'sion or Prsae her tho - ref
wing no h@n any ihiis ne provided thing. honest IN tho
Nsh' oi all I"''siy aud Kindness ,,Yl.iv and hrn.6
"e,-lhueed what virtue pOs'.le IN aus imperfect state
w no. au"'h 'is mans character! Even qute seemingly
opposite were happily blended Ibi.y ~, In, AZ
10 Righteousness, he was stranger h,sotry It's
~ -. @.i"'' h dec i'fi"s snd hainlnaius ms
were s"eey associied VIII lirersly aud min,ss Fcon
@ 'ni fuht nj III the management: of his temporal con
placed hun rendered bs support irprudent unon III. 80
ndu''iy II contributions for hentyotut aud irl'su,
"S,t i'fut', las name was "nroll' among the ht.t
"h an understanding and taste Vt NJ ordinary c,rlc-
" iltL n3a deVo,ed iasr portion Of the last esh
c'I' :" h' hiet" sucii ccse oi literary anI Eyang,
tadag ad thought qualified Tor extensive use
ia, success ,h these pnrsus II The iulic
% .gu' 'nt snsnd suhen' the apt 'lu-tf arus
nhexoeptionahie style Ui ms public drours.s one Whit
year al least before his death declining h,a ende ing him
l" pt''" ~ F"olal d"it, H. frnqnshd lhe charge
over ""oh lie had lsiihny p,esnied in Tue second .nt
|,o en- q" ,h chy' ir"H 'h- time OF its
4's""s 10 he usui bong might he did no, fan
until ,'e ro,e 1t" tie lat year, 10 las. ia e t, utie' Of
'p'n,'9ie ana iHcrsI'e Yce to wLi hi. known and
- "au oa'ieu h" although nhsath evd.rilv s,us
ins hopes "rfe nevertheless entertained hy h., f,Dd i,t
nt io"es OF Sinhs might he nsruneus!im prsservns h.,
ua'e ne D"' thr design ct h. tyen otherwise In
etiunf's and Iesigna'iCn " mud, intellectual prvs 49,
10 sinefed gradual decay con,tiutin
WIN a" eNo'i'e std mistaken I,iaucs on the At,nr,t
he &c teted several week, before HI, death 49,, % 80,
Geo SoilPuFeS the improvement Of ,,heh he wished Al
ps unSih and also made other arrangements y, to wiz,
should he done ahrt b., deparlufe. wac
VI ,he mo- n'ns he 2sih uiiim at O'clock h. reached
'ne "ihei 'ide Of the valley Vi the shadow Of ,. m HE
Peage through which, he had been cnni,r,s Nh -,
i we ,'aH OF s"ro consolatOh nd support AIDE he had
''I't1 ~ own generations by III, Will 1T God he f,u nm
ne memory Of the just Is bies,d' lie, me lie fl,,
ram o. me rih'spu' aud let ny iis end he like ms
hs WIDOW aud lou children sustain ~ tbi. he,
''' no I" he repaired Bot then los, !, ms raio,
on me Isih UT IN the seventy third year o(t.Te
~ ~, iesdehee 10 ue county Of Aleckenbury Nil mix;
~ I' sItef long and painful lines. winch he b
os a. nan and resignation . cii isan. Al m
~ " p, 90 ihe revolutionary war he was abroad M
.'" "i Europe Tor pleasure and improvement but or
~ ne re''I' OF Lexington be hurried home entered
my az" renaintd IN IT until The defpit,ve TT, y,
g.,' m'' m"de'y and delcae, prevented hn .pes6ios
; - 81 hu ms isTy hsye leues IN Their ec.
- "on =" lexington aud La Fsyets which testify IN
me , ,iln TO he activity" zeal aud u,eflints m