True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-12-30

II ~ -r.st-j - tAa1t0 AnttAAIuily all tLl6 IT,
ative duties Of life, than did de lannensed
subject Of this brief notice. AS i father,
brother master, neighbOr, citizen and
friend, be had no superior The worthy
partner Of bis bosom preceded him some
fen years to the land Of spirits. He iond-
y cherished her living, and mOurned her
dead Their surviving children conf.
IDENTIFY believe that their parents have met
again, 10 be parted ouiore forever.
Mr.. MrLLsAPs was confined in his last
illness about three weeks. The disease Of
which be died was asthma. He bore his
Affections with marked fortisude- with
humble resignation. No murmug escaped
him death had for him noierrors The
Son Of God had robbed the grim monster
ofbis sting.
Aweek before his decease, in accordance
with desire he expressed several days
before, and which there is reason to be-
lieve, he had for some time previous en-
tertained, he attached himself 10 the Me.
,hodisI Church, and was admitted to par
take Of the sacrament oflhe Lords Sup
per. This step he took alike from princi-
pie and inclination. He said that he felt
il 70 be his duty thus to give his humble
testimony in favor oflhe religion Of Jesus.
In the celebration ofthe solemn and affect.
ing ordinance under these peculiarly in
teresting circumstances, he was joined by
few Christian neigLbors, and all his sur
wing children six in nnmbe@ his only
daughierin law and all his sonsin.law.
A scene so touching and SO deeply impress
sive, the rev. gentleman Henry 4. jones'
who officiated on the occasion, afterwards
remarked, he had never before witnessed.
Mr.. Jones preached his funeral, before his
interment, in the presence Of his family,
and large and respectable concourse of
his neighbors and friends. Everything
evinced that one had fallen in our midst
whose place will not be easily filled.
From the hour of his first attack, Mr..
MiIsaps fully believed that his end was
drawing nigh; and though young enough
to have lived many years yet (being only
in his fifty fourth year, he expressed him
self entirely resigned to the will of his
Creator. In the course of his illness nc
remarked that almost the only desire he
had to live was, that he might do good
and be more useful than he had been.
Anew days before his death, after giving
his SON directions about his burial, &c,
he added, atom, meet me in Heaven +!
Your mother is there, William is there,
and am going there
In repeated conversations with his ia
miIy and with ministers Of the gospel,
tMessrs. r. and H. T. Jones and William
Mccormick he gave conclusive evidence
that he relied not, as he was formerly dis
posed TO do, upon bis morality, but that
he had passed from death unto life--that
he q was born again. He retained his
mental faculties in full vigOr to the last
momento Of his life. He was the first to
announce that he was dying. Ten mi
nutes before his death, when fully aware
ofhis situation, he said that death was
she most welcome messenger that had
ever come 10 him." Five minutes after,
bis articulation was gone but, in reply
70 question propOunded to him By Mr.
Jones, he gave animation that oil was
well. He died without struggle. A
very slight lrown was observed upon bis
brow, aud his spirit was with his God
n death his features wore aheavenly ex
preston.
He gave few brief directions about MS
temporal affairs, the most affecting Of
which was q solemn promise which he
exactcl from q member Of bis family,
that be would particularly attend to The
education ofhh youngest daughter The
onlv minor he len. he said no wished
"a estate 10 Be distributed without any
psrsialiir expressed the desire thar big
negroes should Be humanely treated after
he vas gone said that they he'd never