Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-05-06

HIN the use Of his library until well prepared
for the exercise Of his ministry. This youne
clergyman is now distinguished and suc
cessf0l laborer in the vineyard of our Lord.
Ofiate years. Notwithstanding his having
erected, mostly at his own expense, a church
in his immediate vicinity, yet, not beinc able
to support clergyman for tho regular services
Of the church, he was in the habit of leaving
home on Saturday afternoon for the sole pur
pose Of attending the church in Cincinnati
of which the Rev. ]. T. Books il Rector,
twice or thrice day. He also frequentl,
attended a Stated weekly lecture.
| From the day of his Inauguration, il wal
his inyariable practice to rise with the dawr
ct day, and, after reading the Scripture, t.
take walk for exercise and seldom did he
breakfast or dine without some old friend or
acquaintance partaking of his hospitality. In
this manner his whole time was occupied.
Occasionally, IF for moment disengaged
from his official duties, and the press Of visi.
ters, he would steal away from his family.
and visit some Of his old acquaintance, with
all that coniiality and generous good feeling
so characteristic Of the warm-hearted soldier
and devoted friend.
HIS DEATH.
With this brief notice of past events. we
| come to the closing scene Of the melancholy
drama. On Thursday, the 25th of March. in
short interview with him, he complained of
being quite unwell; and this indisposition
continued to increase until the exposure of
his person in the morning walk Of Saturday
brought on severe chill and fever, which
the best medical skill could not arrest. No
human power could stay the ravages of his
disease. The community generally, in this
city, without distinction of party, manifested
nm Cor HE
numbers daily and hourly called at his resi-
dence withIanxious inquiries respecting his
sickness and its probable result. Its violent
and exciting character seemed, in the opinion
Of his physicians, to forbid the usual reli.
gious services in his sick room, lest they
| might produce an unfavorable effect.
On Saturday evening, the Sd instant, about
o'clock, o. approaching his sick-bed, his
| strength appeared to be rapidly failing, and
as little or no hope could be entertained of
his recovery few Of his friends united with
me at his bedside in that "commendatory
prayer for silk person at the point of depar-
ture" to another world set forth in the service
OF the church, iowhich he appeared to listen
with silent ATTENTION and appreciation. Abou:
80 minutes bepre l o'clock, by the watch
held in my hard, on the morning of the 4th
Of April, he gently breathed his departing
| opNit AutO Inv uduUS VI Ills uOQ anu saviour,
and sunk to rest without the movement Of a
muscle of his countenance, struggle or a
! groan. Ihuss dfter une short months elepa-
tion to the highest station and honors which
earth can bestdw, he has passed away from
all the troubles, sorrows, and trials of mortal
ity, trust andbelieve, to the possession and
enjoyment of an unfading crown of glory in
the realms of Eternal Day. For, Whatever
may have been his character and conduct in
former years, Of late an evident change had
been observed by his friends in favor Of true
religion.
! On Sunday evening saw him in his wind
ing-sheet. will d countenance mild and pla-
! cid as when heexpired.
The next day, after being placed in his
coffin, the Public were permitted final, fare
we'll look, Of the Chief Magistrate Of this
great Republic, the President of nearly twen-
~ millions pf people. 1t is said that not less
than ten thousand paid their respects to his
lifeless remtins.
The sadness and gloom so obviously mark
language ofgrief. The victim of death-the
eminent pesonage who so recently occupied
the first plate in the gift ofhis country, whis-
pers in the voice of solemn stiffness that the
Great Destroyer has come among US; that the
mighty cornuerer of man in every age, fol
nearly six thousand years, has winged his
flight hithet, and feiled to the earth one
who had been distinguished in arms, in the
councils Of his country, and in all the excel
lencies of private life.
How exalted the mark! How distinguish.
ed the object! How fatal the blow The
arrow was sped by the arm of Omnipotence
the victim fell he lies beneath the cold earti
to rise no more until the voice of the Archan
/ gel and the trump Of God, on the morning
; Of the resurrection, shall call his reposing dus
i, into spiritual life. For "the trumpet shall
f sound, and the dead shall be raised, incor
ruptible, and we shall be changed, ," and sum
moned to the final judgment.
, In anticipation of this coming event, ant
. of the awfully momentous consequences ir
e volved in it, cur deeply lamenied departe
! friend, was not uDmindlul OF the needful pr,
s paration. It.has come to my knowlede
a that, for some years past, his mind has bee
l deeply Impressed with the important concern
e of eternity, and that he had frequently e.
o pressed his confident faith and hope in tn
Gospel of the Son Of God, and had been f
y some time DESTROYS of uniting himself in cor
10 munion with the church, and intended doir
so as soon as the recent political exciteme
te should have passed away, whether it tern
h mated favorably to his elevation to the Pre-,
i. Dental Office or otherwise. This holy p,
=. pose, ii is understood, had he survived, W
n intended to be consummated on Easter Su
"a day, but was denied him by the interposi
N hand of God, in whom he had placed
:, trust.
C. "Life makes the soul dependent on the du
h. Death gives her wings 10 mount above t
spheres.
ur Life is the triumph of.our Wondering cls
M Death of the Spirit infinite, divine!
eh His God sustains him in his final hour
he His final hour brings glory to his God!
in Mans glory Hesy'u vouchsafes TO call
he own"
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