Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-11-18

DEATH OF BISHOP MOORE.

FOR week past. has this community
and particularly that of the Episeopa
Church, been kept 10 state OF anxiety in
consequence of the dangerous illness oi
the Ri. Rev. RICHARD CLAIMING Moons,
/ (Bishop of this Episcopal Diocese in
Lynchburg, where he had gone to dis.
charge a service connected with his min
sterial station. This anxiety was merged
I into deep distress on Saturday evening,
/ by the information Of his death, which
took place Friday morning last In Lynch.
burg.
His remains were brought in the boat
that conveyed intelligence Of his demise.
This event has sorely afflicted his Church
the loss OF so good, so venerable min
lister, may well bear heavily upon its
members; but the dispensation which so
afllcts them, imparts sorrow throughout
this community for every body regarded
tho aged man of God, with no ordinary
feelings of veneration and attachment.
For more than fifty years has he filled the
station of a minister in the Episcopal
Church, and no prelate ever engrossed a
greater share Of the love Of those whose
spiritual welfare he had in charge. In his
intercourse with our citizens, his simpli.
city, his bland and gentle manner, his
kind -heartedness and the unaffected Dig
nifty oil his department, commanded the
respect and love Of all. No one could
see the aged Bishop moving along our
streets with his old fashioned and becom.
ing dress, his silvery locks streaming DER
his shoulders, and his countenance beam.
ing with the peace and love that dwelt in
his heart, without doing him involuntary
homage. There was harmony to his
character, a beauty in his life, which gave
him great influence and made him below.
ed. What citizen is not panied a, the re.
Election that he will no more see this good
man in our streets, that he will not again
see him adjoining with meek and unafect.
ed grace the sacred desk, or hear from
his lips precepts of virtue and lessons OF
truth and wisdom!
With peculiar propriety may we say of
him, that he died full OF years and full
of honors." At a ripe old age, after
long term Of service, which was faithful
" dischar ged, has he been taken away
from his flock and the community that
loved him TO rest in the bosom Of his God
When rejecting upon his death how ap.
propriately may we exclaim, ooh that
may die the death of the righteous and
may my last end be like his"
Though at a distance from the bosom
of his fond family circle, news of bis i'll
ness came in sufficient time to enable |
some Of its members, and among them a
devoted daughter, to be present in his dy-
ing moments, to soften with their tender
ministrations, the pangs Of death. In
keeping with the gentleness of his life, he
sunk into the grave quietly and calm, as
a child going TO sleep.
The funeral took place yesterday from
the monumental, Church, the same in
which the deceased had so long officiated.
The crowded assemblage present and the
long train Of citizens which followed the
remains to their last earthly tenement,
lin the new city cemetery,) showed the
deep attachment and veneration entertain
ed for the deceased.
In token of respect for the venerated
dead, the capitol bell was tolled yestcr.
day forenoon.