Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-11-18
Died,

h' 'rayetteville, Washington County, on the LIST
INST. after an illness Of eight days, Mr.. James L.
Weosser' aged % years, 6 months and 10 days.
1 he death of this young man was very unexpect.
ed to himself and to his friends; but the summon,
which came so unexpectedly, and which seemed
10 US so nnfsmcly. found him ready to 90. He
d'eo IN the calmness and poace of one consciously
reconc'led to GOD, through the atonement and
intercession Of the Redeemer.
The writer Of the present notice had
privilege of an intimate acquaintance with Mr..
Webster; and he is uttering no lattering or exag.
gerated eulogium, when he says that he consider.
ed him one Of the most interesting, amiable, use-
ful and pious young men in our community. He
had been public professor of religion somewhat
more than three years; and he was truly an ex.
ample Of the loveliness and excellence of youth
fu piety. He was uniformly faithful to all the
high and sacred responsibilities of religious pro-
fession, ever walking worthy Of his high call.
ing" Though his piety was strict and uniform
and all pervadng it had nothing of the ascetic, or
morose about it. His own temper was rendered
by it habitually cheerful and placid, and he ever
manifested a gentle, meek and benevolent spirit
towards such as were no. personally religious
He possessed great moral courage and decision of
character, and on no occasion. and in no persons
would he let vice and impiety 60 unrebuked, and
yet his rebukes were ever so imbued with kindness
and love, as to dsarm enmity. lie attached him.
self to the Methodist Episcopal Church. For the
doctrines and usages of that communion he evor
cherished strong attachment, but he was happily
free from the and bgotted sectarian spirit,
which so greatly mars the pety and usefulness
of many in every communion. He was a
man of strong and we'll balanced mind and
of a clear and discriminating judgement. In his
childhood and early youth. he was denied the
privilege of much mental culture. This he Deep
ly regretted, and BY his own xertion he labored
to overcome the want Of education. His success
in self improvement was considerable, and had
he been spared to live. there is no doubt but he
would have added another example in proof of
the practicability Of obtaining so much Of mental
culture, by self exertion, unaided by teachers and
seminnres, as to be qualified for great usefulnes.
Ills death is loss to the common cause of christ.
ianity. He left on aged and infirm mother and
several brothers and sisters, to mourn his early
death. His mother we trust, will soon Join him.
on the heights of the Heavenly Zion. in the ever
lasting triumphs and blessedness of the redeemed,
and we hope his brothers and sisters, when they
shall have served their generation according to
the will Of God, may be prepared to follow him to
rest. He had many friends by whom he was
greatly beloved, and by whom he is sincerely ana
deeply mourned. He had one dearer friend, with
whom, had he lived, he would have sustained the
most intim ate and endeared relation. May that
dear friend be sustained and comforted BY the
God of grace. His death is an admoniliou to all,
and especially to the young to "prepare to meet
their GOD" CoMMuN1cArEp,