Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-08-15
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ltED, M Inc IcNticnrc OF tue tAeN MI h"''N'f
near Lynchhuts, on Sunday night last Rev I'D
WARD CANNON who had been iol long Re
Rod an active memb,ro the Virginia Confidence
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church. ani who. lor
the las, ter or twelve years, labe,lag under CON
stantly increasing debility, had been u ioslddn' OF
l.ynchbufg Few men have attained II higher 'epu-
tutlon in the Church to hich lac Nas attached as an
extensively read amt s>pni throlngtnnl Than tho
subject of this notice. Few hal "sentohed te
scriptures with more uutlrins patience aud asst
duty, OF with a stronger anxiety 10 learn the Whole
viii OF Col and It Is believed thot no' one
Was more fully lmbued wh the srlrit OF the Gos
pei, more thoroughly fufnished unto every
: Oh word and work " than was his able Nuns
ter OF the New Testament But neither cNjeuslvr
Knowledge nor ardent piety can avert the stroke
of Death and ou brother full Of yenfs and OF that
| honor which comcth from God, hath been summon.
ed from the walls OF ZION TO the inner count ct his
Masters temple Shall Tepinc nj this dlspcn'
| sation of Providence Shall we mnrniur, because
the ripe shock of wheat hath been separated from
ITS stalk, and deposited IN the garner above ShnI
we mourn, TINT the soldier hath lad aside his at
NOR, and Is now renpne the reward Of his hicl'iy
and yalor' Rather let us reIo,6e that the icohIe
veteran hath been relieved from his ennhy 'o'ls
and Ia now III the full enjoyment ot TINT rest ~meh
remains for tho people of God i lac deceased mas
| cit vic NM ihitc 8nlnll cllilhlfii-Wh'i a"''""
| ing as those who have hope, have before them The
stimulus of hls bright example, whleh, # they fol
low, MS he followed Christ, will ra.unuo them, IN
that etclna world, where Il pangs OF separation
from those we love, arc never felt
- IN columbus. (AllsssslppiA on the 9h
ut of inhrmmaory bilious fever, alter painful
confinement Of 81, days, MI EDMUND w
TATE, recently of Lynchbu,e, IN the Hth yem of
his ngc. =" Seldom SAWS the Columbus pnpc( a
midst the pursuits Of life does II fail to the lot OF
early and aflcctlonotc friendship to record an oc
currence 80 deeply distressing as the premature
and unexpected deccasc ftho once universally be
beloved but now departed subject of this Obituary
notice Buoyed up with the fond and natlorne IL
pectotons Of bligh, aud blissfl career, Nj /.
left Ias, summer, the residence of nm aged mother
and . ln,go circle Of friends in Isnchburg W.
aud sought III Mirss,sa,pp,a settlement aud home
licr- III the morning ot yonth-n the fall vigor OF
| rnanhoo1-rn the dawn Itself Of tho hChest rrspcc.
| ability end usefulness -noaih--ihc universal Do
| suoyor, came, and buried IN the damp dungeon oi
| Southern grave all thot was nmlabo IN the
walks of private life or could ornament and .dotn
| the human eharscl.t. But though the subject of
! these remarks IA no mu,c--lh ough his sprIt bs
been borne II is confidently belleved the wings of
angelic guardians to IT'S cicrnel home. yet oue y III
his memory be cherished by the community ~
which he lived, and the tear Of regret be aIcd ~
solitude and silence over his oft frequentcd grave
-, in Newborn, " G On the 3 INST JOHN
lSrANLEY, Esa The R,lcgh str In annoupc.
ing the death Of this distinguished Gentleman, says
" Il VIII be recoloctcd that during Tho of
the Legislature of IS26--'27 while Mr. Stanley
was engaged in he duties of Speaker of the House
Of Commons, and was in the mel oi delivering
speech, his course was suddenly arrested by an nj
In,k Of llennpes,n, md he wan borne from 'hc