Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-11-17

t'reif KIND protector. Indeed Robert ,snm WIS a,
IDOL of all hearts who knew him such as he really was
Alas he was loo much an Idol aud God has relnoy ed
him.
Ofhis religious character cannot sneak - definitely
as We could DESIRE That he an intellectual becy
er IN our divine religion Is certain Indeed we can but
hope that he Was more than intellectual believer
For the last twelve months and more his icelnus had
been unusually interested shall never tpruct his an
poarance during the whole OF that time in The bous of
God. From the time the messenger of God bcpon
speaking until he ended. hls eve never wandered and
the changes OF his countcnanco plainly showed the in
tense workings olhs mind. Nor these feelings
allowed 10 die away when the speakers voice ceased
sounding in his ears. lie cultivated them NJ hon,
The Bible, not only in lis history, but especially in its
spiritual and devotional pans. was hls delight and
study. IL was food on which he led with delight and
there are those still alive who will ever remember The ten
dcneSs and feryor with which he would often cite lis
Promises, in order 10 spohe aud establish the minds
Of others lie spoke Ut our religion as one who had been
taught Of tod and especially those truths which
have reference toregioa IN Tie so Into them he dscoy
cred an insight which, II docs see, can be conferred
~ by the Divine SPIRIT Nor did he stop at these tbluos
but tor hong time before his DEATH prayer was AS con
stant with hun the return Of day. Nor were his de-
vutlons the ponptngs o fear. Death had lost lis ter
rors to his lnlnd. For only few evenings before he
died, aud while IN nearly his usual health he said 10 his
beloved mother. To whom he ey,r unbosomed himsof
fully, "tat he had no fear OF DEATH he thought he
cou meet that last enemy without the least shrink
me ol lear" ms composure ulonc WHO had thought
long and scriosy the Interests be LOST or secured by
an exchange ol worlds, could hardly have been the re
suit vi dtluslon Ut Indifference. Indeed the private
and therefore true character of Robert Camm in lha lat
ter part Of his lille, too delicate aud refined to have
been other than the growth Of divine grace in the heart
Aud when the last words he uttered were words of
prayer, language to which his lips had been daily used
we can and will hope that all Is well with hun for
ever lie has passed away at the early age of thirty
eight years, ts return norepasscd wen an instant
before, health and hope and promise gliding the
future with brightest haos OF happiness and usefulness.
But moment before he turned hun in his bed 10 die he
was sporting with his lnimt and only sou. Truly IN
the midst OF HE we are IN death. Relder-plcparc 10
meet thy God. BE ye ready for in such hour as We
think not the Son Of Man comch
W. The Richmond Wing" & "Enqurer' will
please copy.
Departed this life, the Doth ut. in the 22nd year
OF her age, Miss MARY ANN Mcdaniel, daughter of
WIN. McDanlcl. Esq. Of Amherst. In the death OF
TINS Interesting young lady, we have another evidence
OF the uncertainty of all subunary things Born and
raised III the ENJOY ment oi large circle VI friends she
seemed by her peculiar situation and cheerful DISPOSE
ton well calculated To dIIuse pleasure Oh all around
But ah, how short lived are all earthly expectations
and how Elusive all the hopes OF deriving any LASTING
happiness from the things Of time and sense. Scarce
~ had the object OF this notice assaycd 10 in the
circle which nature seemed TO have marked for her.
when she was selzcd with pulmonary consumption
which halled all the skill of the most cinrn, physicians.
and although the lamp Of hope o her recovery was some
times lit up IN the bosom OF her friends, these hopes
were all Elusive Some month SIX weeks before
her death, she enabled, by faith of the rich
o the grace OF our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and
to testify 10 all around her that the Lord hath power ON
earth 10 forgive sinsand from this time until her death
she seemed 10 ENJOY continual evidence ot the pres
u God with her, and eNhortcd her friends and all
those around her, aud particularly her father prepare
to meet her IN Heaven. To her mourning friends may
q 81 not as A bo hay b,.nn IA
rather say. with the Psamist, Though she cannot
come TO again. yet shall 30 her" And let them
remember that Ii is their indispensable privilege with
her 10 swell the humber Of the hundred and forty and
four thousand, that had washed their robes and made
them white IN the blood of the Lamb
SO fades the lovely blooming flower,
Frail smiling soacc OF al hour;
80 soon our transient comforts fly,
And pleasures only bloom To- die.
u ct these, new rising from the lomb
with lustre brighter TAR shall shine;
Revive with ever during bluom
Safe from scases and decline
-, on the 10Th inst. at his residence in Bedford
county, Mr.. NIILIAM b. CAr.i.,wAY, imam whose
merits the world never knew. Modest and retiring in
his manners, he made bat few ac1uaintances, and OF
those few he selected but few friends. His was
mind OF no common monld for he could scan almost at
glance, the character OF those with whom he came In
contact. The best Of masers--the kndcs of parents
the most affection ale of husbandslhc TO ndcst OF bro
heTs--and " hen We this OF him, do not say all.
lie has left behind him friends bound 10 him by ties
OF blood from whose memory will not be opleratcd
multiplied acts Of dsinterested kindness None knew
hun BETTER felt that kindness oitrner than the writer
OF this whose object is not to eulgize the dead, but