Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-08-16
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come, and old age i'll come, and the dy-
iUg bel will come, and The very last look you
shall ever cast on your acquaintances will
= come, and the time when you are stretched "A
lfelcss corpse before The eyes of weeping re-
tives will come, and the coffin that is TO en-.
close you will come, and iha, hour when the
company will assemble 10 carry you TO the
chulch-yard will come, and lla' minute when
you are put into the grave will come, and the
throwing in of the loose earth into the narrow
house where you are laid, and the spreading
of The green sod over ,,-all all viii come on
every living creature who now hears me and
ma few little years, the minister who now
speaks, and the people nho now listen, will
he carried 10 their ong homes, aud make room
for another generation. Now all this, YOU
know, must and vii happcn-your common
sense and common experience serve TO con-
vince you of it. Perhaps it may have been
little thought of IN the days of careless, and
thoughtess, and ihanklcss unconcIrn which
you have spent hitherto but call upon you
TO think of il now, TO lay it seriously to heart
'and no longer to trlile and delay when the
high matters of death and judgment, and eter-
nifty are thus set so evidently before you.-
And the tidings wherewi,h | am charged
and the blood lielh upon your own head, and
lot upon mine, If you will not listen to them
the object of my coming amongst you is TO let
you know what mole things are TO come 1t is
10 carry you beyond the regions of sight and
of sense, TO the regions of faith, and TO as
srre you in the name of Him who cam ot lie,
that as sure as the hour of lying the body in
the grave comes, SO surely will come the
hour of the spirit returning to the God %ho
gave it, Yes, and the day Of fnll reckoning
, will come, and the appearance of the Son OF
God in heaven and His mighty angels around
Him, will come, and the opening of the books
viii come and the standing of the men of all
q. generations before the jucen ent-scat will
come, and the solemn passing of that sentence
whichis TO fix for eternity will cume,-D Dr
Chalmers.
O., The venerable Albert Galla,in is no
more. He died on Sunday last, at the resi-
dencc Of his son-in-!aw, at Astoria, Long Is
land in the so,h year of his age. uni, crsally
respected in LIE and lamcn,cd in death
HARRISBURG, Aug. l3.
The President yesterday had soyelc at
tack Of hiarrh9a, which rendered it doubtful
= whether he would be able to proceed on his
tour. lie has, however, nearly recovered
and started this morning, at : O'clock 10,
Car isle Although the diarrhpa has neafly
left him, he is yet somewhat weak.
rPWe commend the excellent advise con.
tanned IL The following art Gle from the New
York Tribune, to the serious attention Of cv
cry one and trust that Mr.. Clay will be per
mltcd to enjoy that repose which he so mucl
desires, while Wis ling Newport. We krov
we'll what the public feeling is and appreciat,
the desire, So universal, to pay homage to the
greatest living statesman but il this is peisls
ted in, il will be at the sk OF the life Of hin
WhOm we all .alInCSt worship -
Mr.. Clay Is still at Saratoga, and very un
well. lie had been improving until Fri lay
when he was induced TO witt Billsion an,
attend the class of the exam ina,ion of Mr.
Fowlcr's Law School, in which he took deeI
interest, ard addressed The class before the
close. Tn, day ,as stormy, and the fatigue
and damp oycrcame him, so that he complain
ed of illness on his return to Saratoga, where
he rived about 8 =. Nj. lie was then in
stantly hurried off to friends dinner party,
which he had promised to attend, (hopng to
return to Saratoga in season for a rest before
the dinner hour.) Here he was detained sew
eral hours, and, though rigidy abst;nent, un-
der the direction of his physician, he wen,
home seriously i'll, and had painful and cri,i-
cal night On Saturday he Ilgidly refused
visitors, and had, in good part, recoveted al
) p. M. and will, we trust wholly regain his
usual health, il he can only be let alone Bu,
he is well-stIlcken in years, is feeble, strongly
predisposed to Cholera, and will be killed out.
right if the multitude of slarers and hand
shakers cannot be induced 10 keep away from
him.
We write this to cntrlat, ilnplore those who
desire that Mr.. Clay should live through the
next Session of Congress, or at any rate be
permitted TO die at home among those who
love him most tcnderly to refrain from fatigu-
ing him with attentions and greetings which
it is really dangerous for him to receive lie
cannot always be saying No 10 those whom
he recognizes as ardent and valued friends.
but ii is fragrant mansaughter to press on
him public receptions at such a time as this -
If those who have some color Of right to his
society now insist on enjoying il, how can
others be held back , Visitors at ,aratogu,
at Newport (whiiher he is to go as soon as
he is ablc) and people all along his route, we
entreat you 10 let Mr.. Clay live ! The coun-