The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-02-05

/ people 10 whom they pfearh, 10 The sane
iFalFul. and 10 The same leuglh 81 time.
Bul u has plFEsFd ihp HFH Head at
he rhnFsh - iakF Mn away Ia thg milsl
Il bic isysl and BE-, lIlns dlsapP8iHtFd lhF
. cap clul1ans q SIS lTiands. drpriErd the
rhuHch q b. seTtires. A = Gsme When
asry srenei - iss gEeslly nestlrtl, and
esllrd - al - mnuFning. By Ibis mrs
isri0ns ard alHiesiEe tispfnsaiioh Il lli-
sinr ProEidsnre. his nsark hsre bern lefi
uilhani sshepherl: lie wife u bis yon'h.
. widow: an his rliisdren. lullafr rss; bun
hs raj ll.em II IN Ire care Il The SheP-
herd and Bishop 0f souls whe ssTesh for
Ihew. Under these Circumstances Il 10
plrasanl - kn0w. o. hare gns,d Teasnn 10
hslieEe. thai he has game 10 he Nth The
I.oni: and that. lir him IN die Mas gain.
lie died Of Iyphus lrErE, andlay long
line. daring must n which. as Is very
common In lhal disease. his mind Szs
mrEe or less unsettled; bul when rational
and composed. - he was Al times, his
Eirws we're clear. and his a. hopes we're
6rm and bright" AhInlhsT in the minis
lTr who Was intimate with him, aud who
had visited him and prayed with him ssEe-
ral times daring his sickness, ls'ld me slisi,
an his last win, when standing BY his
bedside 10 take. - he considered IL, f.
nal leave of him until they should meet
In better wuEld. he spoke IN him. luT The
last time. e his prospects for eternity, and
he repiied. with pEomplness and e0mp0-
sure. that he had no Tears Tor himseli;
a. hui''-spid he, alirr Inolnenlary pause
- bat. q! il Is hard To give up one's
| family" and, as he said IL. the musrles of
his face became contracted IN way which
indicated a most intense state 0f lreling
1 lie was enabled. hOufyeT, Ia give them
M 10 the Lord, IN faith and with spirit
OF christian resignaiion; and the Lord and
S4,iuur. To whom, relying an his gracious
promises, he thus committed item, has
since taken one of them In himself; fur the
oldest child, having been taken down with
the same feter, on the evening after his
father was buried, followed him, in few
weeks, IN the land Of rest. and now sleeps
besi''e him in The same graveyard.
Thus early has bern taken away, in the
very prime Of life, with a constitution. 50
far as man could judge, tia, seemed gond
fur three score and ten, If not for hun
dred years; and with prospects Of increas'
ing and extended usefulness for many
ysars 10 come; hui he has gone TO give NJ
his account and 10 receive his reward. III
"resls from his labours and his works do
lullow him." Some Of those 10 whom
he had preached The unsesrch BILE riches
of Christ went before him, some have
gone since, and the rest will soon follow
many, M doubt, to participate with hin
IN the ultimate joys Of redemption, ant
some, perhaps, 10 bear an everlasting &c
paraiion FROM him and from the glory O
! will The divine presence, against whom h
: be swift witness in the day Of judgment
Q In view, iLen, of his death, those VII
: are spared should feel admonished 10 wor
: for God while the day lasts, giving all dill
: gence that they may be found of him i
peace; and all who love the cause of lrulI
: and piety should pray the Lord Of tn
harvest 10 raise up and send forth man
: more such laborers into his vineyard.