Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-03-02
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8 Thereh he sal wi,h bis intense eye up
Hon everything that passed, The p!c-|
X,uresqae and rare Old man, onanproach.|
Hnbc by ali others, in The unity Of bis
Echaracler and in Ike ,hoG>andfold afxl
sse.ies which centred upon him. NJ
ahurnan being ever entered ibis bail
Ewiihout turning habi'ually, and with
sa5hea,tfe't Difference, h,st TO him; and
aipw ever left ii withou, pausing as The,
Event 10 pour oil their blessings upon
n hat spiii; Of conservation. 10 The coun
3 ny which brought and which KEEP: him
Hshsie.
3 Standing upon the extreme bounda-
EsrY Of human lie, and disdalning all the
& EXCAVATIONS and exemptions of age, his
hou.er framework was on' y crumbi2g
eaway. The glorious engine within
Est.n worked on unhnF:, uninju1ed,
Namd all the di'apidations around t.,
sand worked on with lis wonted and is
siron power, TN il the bow was sent
1from above which crushed il into frag-
s.ren,s before US. And however APP
npaling ,ha, blow, and however pro-
Tfound!y ii smote upon our own feelings
Gas we beheId its extir gushing fife Ct
Tnpon his, where else could ii have fall
Glen so fly upon him' Where else
swoud he himself have been so willing
sSSlo have yielded up his life as upon the
Ipos, Of duty, and by the side Of lha,
hyery altar TO which he had devoted IL
aWhere but in the Capitol of his coun-
Etr,, to which all Ihc throbbings and
Hhapes of his heart bad been given,
& would the dying patriot be so willing
ssthat those hopes and 'lrobbngs should
Hceas,a And where, but from this man
#sion- house Of liberty on earth, could.
z,his dying Christian more h'Iy go ,o'
Shis mansion house Of eternal liberty on
shish'
Z But kindIng 20 the Imagination, and;
D soothing even to the feelings as is the|
sdea,h OF Mr.. ADAMS, with all accesso-
Hr::es and associations of this spot a
Ground him, how infinitely deeper is
k,he interes, which is given tot by 'he|
Z eonvic'ion that he was wiling ane! rea |
Ely to NEE. ii! He was happily spared
Hby the preservation Of his rich faculties
H1o the last, from becoming meianchol,
aspectacle of do,ard and dwelling old
gage. He was still more happily spar
He(! by the just, and wise, and truthful
Fuse of those faculties, from becoming
s,he melancholy and revolving spectacle
aof rreverent and wicked old age
None knew better or felt more deepl,
Ethan be thai - .1,..As.
q otis not the whole of life to live,
q Nor all ofdea,h to die;o liz
Ean1 hence for long years his life has
Hbeen continuous and beautiful illus
atra,ion Of the great truth, that, Wills
Hshe fear Of man is the contamination oi
!. all folly, the fear Of God is the begin
ming of all wisdom. TO such an one
H"com posture" amid the perils Of death
Band when sthe last of earth ha'
Ecome," is supporting power, FIRE
sqren'ly and divineIy gwen; and, if i
ghas not beer permitted TO him, as to :;
kprophe' Of old, to be spared the bitter
,,Eness of death and to go TO the HEAVIER
kihat he looked for andlhat he loved II
IA chariot of fire, yet to the eye of hu
Eman faiSh his access to the same abode
Ehas been as speedy and as safe. In
Estead of wearing away under the vast
Eof disease, and passing through all th'
Ewoes and weaknesses which dissolvins
hnature generally undergoes, blow O:
sbrief but mortal agony strikes him a.
Monce into the tomb, and thus his spirit:
Einstan,ly freed, goes right up to tb'
gparent fountain from which it came
Il The messenger calls, the sou! is in hea-
Even.
y At this moment Of fresh afilic,ion,
'Ewhils1 standing in the very presence Of
Edeath, it is not meet 10 go into any
Especial review of the labors Or opinions
Got the departed. Whatever may be
N,boughi Of those politically, posieritl
Twill never deny to him the possession
zAsof great talents, actua,ed by great viz
Stues, and directed with holiness, hon
sesty, and earnest purpose, for an une-
6 qualled length Of time, to whatever, in
5 his Judgment, was best for the interests,
sbonor, and perpeiu:ty of his country.
4 This is The lesson laugh, BY his life
\ THAT which is taught by his death
Scalls upon us all, with solemn appeal
Hing cry. "Beye, oh! be ready, for you
sknow not the hour when the Son Of
Eman cometh!"
N TEhe Shenandoah County
a EibIe Society
4 VIII hold its next Quarterly meeting. Prov :