Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-10-02
OIsITU AIRY.

DIED, nj his fathers residence, IN the county o
Buckingham, on the evening of the Goth instant, ii
his 18Th year, Mr.. ROBERT CHRISTIAN
fourth son of Col. Sam' Z. Christian. llo was
by nature, mild, gentle, aminbe and Hl4cilonate
and had morality been a sufficient passport 10 lea
ven, lie would have had no need of change o
| heart -Gut, when about IL years of age, he be
camc convinced OF the necessity of the Christian
iellglon, and sought n union with his Saviour
| With Il heart brokon for sin, he yeutured with
humble bodness to the rich and blood hcsprinled
lhroue of grace, and WINS accepted by the fuher
AMI enabled 10 rejoice IN the ccstutc hope Of a
| biisafuI immortality. Free from the frvolires, fol
lies and alterations OF youth his exemplary lifc
was IS an cven-spun thread. For several weeks
he seemed 10 be sensible of his approaching dlsso.
luton, and was often made huppy IN Savlou,'s
we, and enabled to rejoice IN the hope of endlcss
lie. On one OCCASION after his eestacy WINS over,
he asked p'ous female trlond to sing for HIM,
And let this feeblo body fail
And let il faint and j 90 Sc
Had genuine pley, urbanty Of manners, suavity
Of disposition, or loneliness Of character been anV
blrrcr against death, the grim monster nigh have
saYo5 his ruthless hand, and spared tho useful life
%; our depared young friend, M a pattern tor the
Christian COMMUNICATED Death had lost his
sting, and vas only as y curtain 10 be drawn aside,
TINT he jstt b ushcred into the beatic presence
Of ms God, whzrc he might bask in the immediate
sunshine of his countenancc aud feast on the end.
less Joys of ucaver. How utterly intolerabo
would be the budhcn Of grief to his dsconsooto
parents, (whoso FOND hearts stIll bleed from the re
cent dccease of an ulcctionate daughtcr) were IT
for the rich consolation that he IS gone 10 glory,
and that they may finally meet him at the eight
hsnd Of the throne of God Long after his grave
= 4 Il
,omonj mouldcr into dust, ill he 1--we fresh III the
recollection % his friends and relations. The wrl-
trr Of this shoi and hasty tribute Of respect, was
ia.ma,cly acqa4.a;-j wit him from his earliest
ca s,dhood sul col ,oy n uoh dat he never saw
rlu. luiqd m temper aad ,s, lie canddy be
lloges hs hld enatnY Oh oa,th.
DIED lately IN Flu,ennu county, Mrs. HAN
NAH TiLLMAN, aged about loJ Yeas. Her
death IS thought to have been hattcned 10y fob
The deceased had II sister (Mrs Elizabeth Austin
mother Of Morris Austin, Esq, dec. late of this
county, who u,talncd the remarkable nee Of ll3
years. Stannfo@ Spectator,
-, on the D ! INST at Iobokcn, N. Y. ate,
a prornctcd illness, COMFORT SANDS, ESQ.
in the 9th year OF his age. Mr. Sands was one
Of the earliest, most active and perscvcrlrg Of the
patriots Of the American Revolution, and he iasl
survivor of the Convention which formed the con
s,l,ut,on of New York in III.
-, at his residence in Matthews county, VA.
on the l7th ult. Rev MILES KING, an oxcmpla
ry minister of the Methodist Protestant Church,
and formerly officer Of the u, 5. Navy
-, 10 Portsmouth, Va. on the Goth ulf Rev.
JESSE NICHOLSON, aged II years, u locn.
Minister of the Methods, Episcopal Church aud
Poslmastet oftha, town. lie was soldier of the
Revolution, and bore conspicuous part ia the bat
ties OF Brandy wine and Germantown.
| - on the 10th inst. at the White Sui hun
! Springs, Va. of pulmonary disease, Cnpi SlLAS
Z. DUNCAN, Of the U S. Maya distinguish
ed officer Of the late