The Litchfield County post., 1827-08-09

4" Lord thy sufferings were great when thou
criedst, MY God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me land in the agony of the gar
den, when thou saidst, My soul is exceed
ingly sOrrOwful, even unto DEATH" In sim
liar circumstances he said Thou knOwest
have cried hartily IN thy house for deliver
ance in the hour Of death, and in the day of
Judgment 90. Father, Son, and Holy Spi-
rit, the great, incOmpreheDsible Jehovah, help
my feeble frame am very weak but no
no wrath. o, it was joyful sound of the
angelic host. GLORY to God in the Highest,
joy joy JOY, in the presence of the angels"
Many were the hymns and texts of scrip
ture which, in the intervals Of pain, he quo
ted; uncoDnectcd as they We're, they show
ed where his thoughts were fixed. and what
was the prevailing tenor of his mind.
To little girl who came to make inquiries,
in the hope of seeing him, le said; The fear
of God is the guard of youth y give your
self up to him without reserve
Though variOusy exercised, sometimes de-
pressed by deep sense of unworthiness, and
by natural dread of pain and death, his mind
appears to have been still fixed on spiritual
things, and his whole conversation was either
drawn from the oracles of truth, or related to
his own religious feelings. Short petitions
for the spread of the Gospel, for the good of
others, or for his own pardon and acceptance
with God, We're frequently uttered. They
were occasionally indistinct, but always scrip
tural. IL can say the Lords prayer from
my heart" he once exclaimed: "Lord let
my will be dissolved in thine. knew that
purchased my pardon with his most precious
q q IN, no
where Mr.. Newton wished to beat the foot
of the thief on the s.'-"The best of do
ings is worth nothing. My object has been
to hate sin, and to flee from it. have hated
it with perfect hatrcd."--"I can say with
pious Job, Thy hand is heavy upon me, but
thy comforts delight my SOUL "
He continued expressing himself in SINH
lar manner, till he was reduced SO low as to
he unable to speak, and only capable of ma
king signs. After remaining short time in
state of extreme debility, he suddenly APP
peared to revive. recovered strength sufficient
ly to take some nourshment, and was spared
for several weeks afterwards.
One morning when left alone he was heard
to fall. His nephew Immediately repaired to
him and found that he had fallen Oh his side
from his knees, through weakness. On be-
ing raised, he again requested to he left, in Or
der to continue the private worship in which
he was engaged.
Some hopes were now entertained of his
recovery, pain having left him, and debility
being his only remaining complaint. But his
constitution had sustained shock so severe,
that the prospect was speedily relinquished.
He was, however, again able to go down stairs,
and though apprehensiye of proving trouble
some, he was at length prevailed on to allow
himself to be removed to his nephews house.
On the 9th December, symptoms appear
ed which indicated approaching dissolution.
The kindly feelings of his heart were still
! vigorous. Some one present blamed his ne
phew for betraying his grief. "YOu do not
know said the old man "what strong af-
lection there IS between him and me-" ''You
are not afraid of death 2" said the nephew.
20, no !" he exclaimed, repeating the words,
II am not afraid of DEATH" His nephew
called him his only friend, he said, MAKE
God your friend"
The next morning he rose without assist
ance, but In short time returned to his bed.
| He did not then appear in much pain, but
seemed reluctant to converse, & said he need
ed rest. In the course of the day seeing his
nephew Will UOOh III IAlS HdtIuS IIt
Read your Bible, and pray for the light of
Gods Spirit upon it, Afterwards being ask
ed if he was happy, and if he relied on the
great work wrought on Calvary, he replied,
" Nowhere else. God forbid that should
glory save in the cross of Jesus Christ"
One present in allusion to the Pilgrims
Progress" said "Poor Christian had Hope
ful to hold up his head while passing through
| the river and you have a good hope.'
Eyes" said he, "the love of God is shed a
broad in my heart" Afterwards he added,
"My strength is perfect weakness. Finish
thy work, Lord, and let me join thy heaven
ly host to sing thy praises fore, er and ever"
1t was difficult to suppose his end so near
as it proved. He seemed like person TAX
ing comfortable repose after long and fatigu-
ing journey. In fact his soul was already en-
tering into that rest which remaineth for the
people of God. Being asked if his mind con-
tinued happy, he said, "Yes;" and to the
question whether he suffered much pain. he
replied, "NO." This was his last word. He
fell into peaceful slumber, which lasted two
hours, without any appearance of restlessness;
and then calmly yielded up his soul into the
hands of his faithful Creator, and merciful
Redeemer.
Thus died Thomas Mann, on Wednesday,
18th December, 1922, aged rs years.
*The amount of his requests, as we learn from a
number of the same publication of Jan. 1924 was