The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-09-01

tlsm trinmphs within it mosu and battl
|. ments; the caPtives in the iron cages we,
not then TO hear ihe voice OF friend
how different the meeting some ten yea
afterwards at those gates. Not eentle h,
mainly but terrific revenge stands face
lace with feudal despotisna, and tho Parisia
mob raised the stronghold Of Tyranny TO III
ground. May humanity not plead thus i
vain with the, remnants Of feudal oppre.
SION that still curse the earth. Nav IN
gentle dews Of mercy avert another baptism
of blood.
| We find in his journal passages lik
these, bearing the date OF Sunday evening
March Is, 1889:
"An approving conscience adds pleasur,
TO every ACT of piety, bensvolence and self
denial. Ii inspires serenity and brighten
every gloomy hour, disarming adversely
disease and death. Ii is my ambition Il
Put on the Lord Jesus Christ and have the
same mind that was also in him.
Health, time, powersof mind and world
ly possessions are from God. Do conse
crate them all to him--so help me-. o, my
God.
SOUR suPerfuities should be given up to
the convenience Of others--our convenien.
ces should give place to the necessities Of
others-and even Our necessities give way
to the extremities Of the poor"
Such were this mans Sunday evening
thoughts at his home in Cardingion the last
year OF his life. These thoughts were forth.
with translated into actions. Once more.
and with a presentimen, of approaching
death, he went forth to study tho nature Of
the plague in its most fearful hsunts in
Russia, Turkey, and the East. Ii is sad TO
say farewell even for few months to any.
thing that we love. There was great beau
" and pathos in Howard's farewell to
England, his home and friends--a farewell
forever. He made bis viii and all neces.
ssry arrangements as to bis property; he
even gave directions for his tombstone, and
forbade any epitaph except the simple in
serlpdon OF his name, age, death, and the
words. My hope is in Christ" He visited
the poor in his neighborhoOd. passed the
evening before bis departure in the grove
planted by himself and the deceased friend
most dear to him, and on the morrow he
was on his way in search Of the pestilence
that walketh in darkness,
Visiting all the chief prisons and hospi.
tails on the way. he went through Germany
TO ST. Petersburg, and thence 70 the borders
OF The Black Sea to Cherson, where war
and disease had accumulated their horrors.
Whilst the Russian army were revealing in
festivity for their victory over the TURKS.
the phllanthroPist was pursuing bis holy vo.
cation al the bedsides of the sick and divine.
His hour came, as il must come to ALL
Called to visit young woman sick Of ma.
lignant fever, and thus obliged to ride
long distance in the cold and wet on horse
back, he was no longer proof against infec-
lion, thus induced by fatigue and ssorm.-I
Calmly, even cheerfully, he watched death.
as it came stealing over him. He gave di.
rections for his funeral TO the friend who al
tended him. and forbade that any monu-
ment or inscription should mark the spot OF
his burial; but lay me quietly in the earth.
place a sundial over my grave, and let me
be forgotten
Forgotten he could not be. War and
winter did not prevent Russia from honor.
ing his obsequies with the psgeantry that
be had deprecated And when England
heard the news Of his death, it was com.
as public calamity, and ere
long the statue Of Howard stood in ST.
Paul's Observation-Disclosures Magazine.