The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-08-24
DIED.,

In this village, on Thursday the 18th inst.
Tyner, of Brookville lad, aged l year.
In Cornwall, on Monday the 10th inst.
Harriet Jane. only child of Charles D, and
Jane A. Lane, aged year and months.
At Cornwall. on the 18Th inst. Israel C..
James Esq, aged Sc years.
Yesterday morning. July 9th, Rev E. S.
BARRows, Of Utica, aged 81 years.
The above melancholy announcement will
not be entirely unexpected by those OF our
citizens who had the pleasure of an acquain-
lance with the deceased.-An illness Of sew
erai weeks, attended with continued unfavor-
able indications. gave no room to hope for
favorable issue. Anticipation has become re-
ally. and death has followed in the track Of
disease.
There are few men in any community
who could boast of a larger circle freal friends
than the departed. Possessing in an eminent
degree those qualities which find their appro-
pirate manifestation in the promotion Of the
happiness oflhose around him, his enjoyment
was found in advancing the well being OF
others, and in endeavors to mitigate the ills
of life. As man he possessed the afifc-
tionate regard Of many, and commanded The
respect of all
As herald Of the everlasting gospel his
daily life was made up OF devotion and love.
fully alive to the exalted station which the
providence of God had called him to fill, he
sought to be an approved laborer in the Mas
ter's vineyard. As preacher he addressed
tho understanding rather than The Imagina-
ton. His aim was to induce his hearers 10
~a,b.r th,, i,,nulsa nd
10 make religion the great object of life, in
stead Of the fleeting impression ofthe hour
And although i'll health frequently compelled
him 10 lay aside the active and public duiies
Of his profession, his daily walk aud CONVEX
sation were living illustrations Of the doctrines
he proclaimed. In his piety and Judgment
his brethren in the ministry were ever won,
10 confide, conscious that one Of such purify
OF life must be in close and intimate commun-
ION with his God.
The last hours of Mr.. Barrows were peace.
There was no fear, no doubt, no Conflict.
The voice which called him away, broke in
accents Of kindness on his ear; and he gladly
heard.lhe summons which, invited him TO the
skies. As his life had been faithful, so was
his dehth glorious and triumphant. Like
Goldsmilh,s faithful pastor, he
"Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way"
In Cornwall, July 2sth, Reuben SAM
son, aged so.
Mr. Samson is another victim of that
malignant disease, Typhus fever, with
which it has pleased the Holy dispenser
of the affairs Of men, to affiict the COM
munity of Cornwall, during the passing
summer. And he is another instance il
Illustrative of the efficacy and the excel
lency of the grace of God, in connexion
with the trials and Affections to which his
people are subject, while resident in their
earthly and probationary state.
The circumstances of Mr.. S. were pc
culiarly trying. During the previous
month he had lost beloved brother and
his wife Harmon and Sarah Samson)
by death from Typhus fever; and at the
time of his own attack five Of his
children were lying PROSTATE under the
same disease. The disease, in his case,
induced that peculiarly depressed state of
mind which not unfrequently attends it
and for several weeks, he-lay in helpless
ness, on the bed of sickness and suffering
But in The midst Of all, and through all
his affection, he was enabled to maintain
a meek and submissive spirit, and such
confidence in the mercy and grace ofGod,
as gave him both support and consolation.
His death was perfectly peaceful. And
though bereaved family and circle of
friends and church feel that their loss is
great: yet they bow before the hand of
the Almighty and are comforted by the
assurance of the infinite gain and eternal
blessedness of the departed.
Il heard voice saying unto me; write
Blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord. -
The writer of the foregoing, would en-
brace this opportunity, to state-that up
to the present time Aug. Is, there have
been, in the town of Cornwall, only nine
deaths from Typhus fever; that the few
cases of sickness now existing, are not Of
an alarming character; and that there is
good reason to believe that the disease is
subsiding He makes this statement,
with the view of correcting the erroneous
which has gone abroad. res
pecting the extent and the fatality of the
disease, as it has prevailed among US
and with the hope of allaying the exag-
gerated and altogether unreasonable ex-
citement and alarm, which it is supposed,
have been awakened in neighboring COM
communities, by false reports.
We have indeed been an afflicted CON-
munity; but we trust we shall not be tho't
of as people given up to destruction-nor|
as fountain of contagious influence
and that neighboring communities will
endeavor to keep in mind, the golden
rule, as ye would that men should do to
you. do We eaven so TO them.