Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-12-31
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HE demisesby The Rev, Mr. I;el'pws, If Nav
ferhs The editor Of the Review, In al arden
aatnlfef nf Dr. Chanting and, though In tht
seelusiot Of his study. The rigid doetf las .
bis life. like Jefferson. int The advocacy .
theories itnpfaetieabia at the nieiarnt. es
ytrld to no one In admiration Of tic grandeur
Of HE intellectual pswsrs. or. Tho sublime ptl.
rity Of hs lie.
''Of his persona hFstofy, thsts IL tittte 10 BIZ
said lie Ia known 10 tho world not by ths
variety Of ways IN which he haH appeared fpat
the atsse, not by having provoked incesssnt
attention. hf having aeteA upon many points.
ar Published ninhY books, Iir hbs tsIihet
run The usial career u A great preacher ftof a
crest author. TOR 4 Efeat pitilahthfspist. lie
has done wbat be has dot,-, In lie pfsfeap NJ
a calm, common and tinsvehtful life. lie haa
hertt chiefly i%rstfimrhtaI III great changes IN
nhHlie rebtiit st, without leading any p4rty.
IL IN The hekftsN isaged head Of If 4 fstipf ads
dhttnffthatiub. without -ysr ft4FfHH heartily
. prn sfsd With any trHlHiaef Hssf' has
SCI thousands NJ minds itt6 sktffta Activity
ti'h"i' . particle If buafle III bis uwn life.
Fnf thirty y-1fs ths iaptrtendfns pastor ff a
eitiffi ~ tt7atafA he Devoted himself witlniit
atty other u sfii stf3n tban fesbis heath do
fHanie6. % tls teaffttis u Elffistian truth AZ
he fstt aud EHhw tin Bis own heart, to the
feffertieft If nftotieftls Theological views and
l~pf1pf,s, which ent,tiifiei viii, the spiritual
growth NJ he ean fsapls. Preaching rarely
Anywhere bat at ltat1e, net soaking ootnrisl r,
nor anxious IL wideh. M lie might despen his
influence, using no tricks Of nfatury toAttraet
NC popular ett7nllef' ana producing III ~
t'he any sttt"fra eEttthmotlf, be led as re-
Urea ann nna 'sfiiqtfig = careef as ms number
hfe'hfen. ~ tale1ts aln 1lo' oaazte' hs aio"
1n9hfn iHtaFleNtet he Pneul1sTitles afttael
'fP 'hnieh, 'hnpRh usually loll, was fiefhf
tbfe1gsd' Ih'fs vac nolhffa thefe 70 please
me toyiltIon ~, pH eftts thH PoPhsaf prs
si9hH. His ministry WIS no. attended ~
snowy results hlH t5eaple af n f%aaoi'!es were
not specially FpirituHis ne s'eie'y by NO means
The pattern FseietY % Ire piaes, hhd vel al
this very Time, ana on fhPae unmarried 6esfa'
#i1tp, and in this quot way lie was saying
that WINCH wen aGWh deeper lhte .he heafts
open y ilta influence, than ny Wofa il'al i'hd
boon uttered rem tte Pnipilt l"f centuries.
IN The patent ana ~fhltip' ttlanEhtlplnsHa ~
bic s~eGlntlad no. nc "as N hleh anu e1ase
Communion With 900 ana hls truth ana II
vas The light and lie That were IL lls dis
eeufsr hat yiv'fird and illuminated the best
minds Thai Approached ititn. Es dla not move
or ~ehliphten misses IL fiH earlier lie, but he
nightly mnyed, aud, rs 1t we're, fsereaied D
few. ...= IL - ny The lnHtfus
fnepts he has created, fhat Tie palphhle tt1tlu.
eree Of DR. Claiming must be measured. lie
stands aloba in the reverence and gratitude Of
many ntn equal among items lves 4, p~fefal
lie is class by himself, both N The mode
and The ktpi Of his Influence. II Is Of i high
er order, and q more profound dePih Il ls
nearer the centre Of moral tnofiHh. i IL ttlis
which n~crauuta t. the nature Of bis repnfa.
lion. wltth il 40 great abroad he At home, and
80 R~teater, f as gteat 10 his own city, than
wherever lie EtgliRi, language 10 ktawm
HIS influence in not i inin'Fled. by d stance,
~t,efauee lie seat IL the ft5nd and soul Of those
Who receive he spirit. There L no more en-
thneiaeii ahutt hun. felt by those who know
I'm, tian BY those WHO Intellectually read
BIN, ~leeatfe his lrtatfcrs resides 10 the
grandeur d The truth fe emb"aies alike in his
writings md BIZ character. f6i1 90 moi need
e sef tfa'fte 4hol Whit ne pre-. shfFo writes,
For the truths he %feFsh'F, fhe emo on be
aWais0ne, attest Their own genuine ess' an
leave You not only without suspicion, bui %ltn.
cut thau@ht ol hun lils pfesf nee meme
dlHappolo'H nor hetgfisfs your 'aeh o. nm
You e>9ecf To zee o man o, UNIFORM g e1a'toh :,
mud, aud dlgtjbef slthpltc1y " mahp'ts' ~"
siifh he 10 found 10 eonV"isef hpo1{ 39.beS
alWays win reference Y pf'he1Pie3' aho NE
same principles. us fnhFeFFatlo ~ 7sg,fat
a. be wr,litl3gs' and ~ u . paft OF ihem' eotl
are H'lopte, gtanq' ana ltsPl 'hB,
~ -.
DR.. thanntnge PUBIC character Was a's
private character lae kneW no a's'lhe.ton
between pubic ana pfls'te mo'an'y' hsyo'
ca him abf0Ae, anfh ne Was ~ nome .on-
ditfflfE lfte fulfiIess dstai'N . no 'hg W"
~" broadest ahd l%of'1ef' PrheiPtes' HtFi'a,
fptal temper iiilltt fafe peeh Fsee', '"r ! fah
tnt learn MAJ " ever improve, mug ~ y
"a" la' z was capaole q lnpfoVenrtt 81
sfadla'trbhd tefeiHty fetRHeo IVY is s"at
y" ""olh MOI ave" hlhf'en 10 fef' ~ n'a'
Tag altafEf l'a, were so''ed,otes ihnoo apo'
h.4 ahfoat atd = he.ne h@ea'f}f" ~ pun.
He caalT3fafsg WIZ nv '"l3s 800, ..1,ga
with wtttt lic manager PFiFatf 4ha Hishoty
~erasi3ae.
"l3ss ala are wae aiuall, aud his frame slight
ETT@fo fF~rfnfi Only enough body 70 anchor
g,fs soul autnrfr tts His health was extreme.
4 III fsebic, and b" had led nc HE OF an Invalid
for thirty years. This doubtless made 'tiT
atrro c~ontemplattye Than he might otherwise
Il,aye been. IT narrowed bis activity IN one
Hind only 10 widen il in another. Had he
1seY h"ttcr alb" "a lafor as a p%afoclllal .Iatftte.
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