The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-03-27
FROM The Christian Adrocnfe.
THE REV. THOMAS HoWART

!" Ueep not: els not dead, but sieepstb -
Departed this life on the 9th of Febfuary =,
bout clock, p. NJ. HE Rev. Thomas Howard
presiding cider of Neuse district. VIRGINIA con '
ference He was on his .may from coufe,enc,
10 Nelson countV 10 visit some of his f, rnds II,
left Re mond on Saturday The 24tl. intendins
To isaas that night at brother Nathaniel Smifbs
obeaaf4 county, 43 miles distant; a nlacs
where he had been in the habit of visiting ANN.
ally FIR many years At about 2 OF 3 O cloct
in The afternoon an awful storm OF wind hail
aud an, accompanied with thunder and Erb,
mig. arose. and tore up trees by the roots Iod
spreat ie or 'ud CONSERVATION around Blt
the hand Of a good Providence preserved him
amidst the danger In the course Of an hour iii,
tempest subsidized, and his hopes no doubt wer,
reanImaied at The prospec Of reaching 8
friends IN safety, but as, further calamitias a.
waited him. When he had arrived within half
a mile OF brother Smiths seryan, belonging to
the family mel him, while be WIS sitting in hfs
gig singing, and observed 10 him that a Tree had
been blown across the Ioad just ahead Of him:
Very vel, said he, aud like a pilgrim IN pur-
suit OF The celestial Canaan, continued singing
ON his way. Soon after tbs his horse aud a patt
OF he gig were met near the gate by Young
man, aud about a hundred yards behind bro.
iher Howard was seen walking along. Brother
smith met him III thc yard, and finding he was
injured took him by the ann, and conducted
him INTO the mouse. All this nanspircd al late
twilight. lie requested brother Smith TO see If
his sadd,e bags and gig box we're safe A light
Wi, carried and the things were found scattered
IN TIE road Sister Smith, whom he seemed to
To- rs a mother, was attentive in relieving
him. His face was covered with blood. lie
s.. dow. and washed himself and remarked
twice with emphasis, Sister Smith, have
been III ace fmy life twice to day ~ She
asked him how! Why said he, " in The
.'ors.= .u#a got Cntanged in the rcins" Hi:
81 ength wa, ally exhausted, and being, FAINT,
he ew htmsef on the bed. He was asked TO
tale something, when be replied, " Do any
thug ,ou ihnk best - but said, fear Ishall
never get over it," Hccontnued to row worse
every minute, and soon lost his senses. Twoof
the best physicians in the neg hborhood aton-
d imn.ea aiely, and used the utmost Of heir
skill bus II .o,n. They pronounced him incur.
Die, as his eul wa, { actuI Ills f ien0S ga
tuared ouhd TO she'd Tie te o,,4 hin, as he
died. His pain OF body app earea great until
within an hour OF MS death, when lac ily a. If
n were just waiting 10 receive an honoUable
discharge. lie lett the world so easy, that his
lends, who stood around him scarcely could
tell when he breathed has last. Thus died th;
auable man. May Goo prepare the WllIer
nd reader 10 live the lite OF tne righteous, that
theirend, Ike his, may be peace.
Ii Is supposed that his horse took fright and
upset the g, by which means he was thrown
out aud received the wound on his head, The
IS OF THIS " 'rthy brother will long he felt BY
the Methodist episcopal Church His manpcrS
were pleasing, and won the affections OF those
Who had tn" exalted privilege OF being ac-
qaainted with him. lie vas very jealous aud
uselul, and many no doubt viii praise God IL g
tennity that they ever heard ms voice ~ the
sanctuary lie has left an aged mother, ho'
thefS aud sisters to weep over his remains WHO
al als tline know nothing OF The dreadful caIas'
uopt.. " ia moi the friends Of Jesus jon WIN
ihe writer IN l'a,ing God TO give them grace to
'nppo tbSm under the weight Of Their ai.Ilc-
no II. ~n,n DIZZY ha. nave received The melan-
chfi, I'D ngs
This W S the FIRST circuit brothet Howard ever
led and iroin The attachment brother
Smah's family manifested for INN, aud he lof
them, it i, p, obabIe, if he had been called to
make choice OF place al which 10 tie, he N"-N
have selected thus, the boscm of his relations a.,
copied Brother smith has had INN oe''"''
placed in his family buryng ground, an"
quests the preachers and those who kne" uio'V
er Howard to cali on him near CartclsMA'e'
see tie grave OF his dear son in Christ.
\ discourse will be delivered ON the occas'on'
God Wiling the LIST day OF April, at the P'''
where he died.
Your brother m Christ,