Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-12-17
AARON BURR.

The mother of Aaron Burr, many of our
readers are aware, was the daughter OF
President Edwards. In a letter which she
wrote to her father, November 2, 1757,when
Aaron was young child, she says, "My
little son has been sick, with slow
fever, ever since my brother left w, and
has been brought to the brink of the grave,
but | hope in mercy God is bringing him up
agsin. was enabled to resign the child,
after severe struggle with nature, with the
greatest freedom. God showed me that the
child was not my own, but his; and that
he had right to recall what he had lent,
whenever he though! fit; and had no reas-
on to complain, or say God was hard with
me. This silenced me. But O how good
is God He not only kept me from com
planning. but comforted, by enabling me to
offer up the chubby faith, if ever acted
faith. 1 saw the fsAlness there was in Christ
for little infants, and his willingness to &C
cept of such as were offered to him. Snfef
little children 10 come unto me, and tor6td
them mol, ,cere comforting acords.'
Here is Aaron Burr in his infancy and
had he then been taken from the world, the
mother would have wept, and her friends
would have lamented the mysterious loss
which the world had suffered. The course
of that infant is we'll known. Let us now
glance at the particulars o. his death, as they
were recently related in the ". Y. O6Seru-
er. How many comments will every read,
er make upon the scene as here described
ga short time before his death, minis.
ter, eminent for his talents and piety, and
who had been, as he supposed, detrauded
by Burr years before, called to see him, tc
ask him to make reparation. Finding him,
however severely i'll, he merely stated ms
object, saying, that he would leave him fol
The present. For, he added, in tones o
kindness and seriousness, that evidently
made a deep impression, my loss is as
nothing compared with what is now OF In
finite importance to you; and that is the
subject of your own salvation lie ther
reminded Mr.. Burr of the piety andprayers
of his father and mother, and of the many
religious counsels and teachings that he hao
received in his childhood and youth, and by
which he ought to have been led to the on
ly Saviour. Burr listened attentively but
in reply, objected to the inconsistency Oh pro-
Tossing Christians, as though that were an
argument against Christianity. 'Thatpolnt,
said the minister, i will not discuss with
YOU now: : and whatever the Inconsistencies
of Christians, they are not the Standard
But here he added, taking copy of the
New Testament from his pocket, here is
the standard; and there is salvation in this
book-salvation for you. Will you take IT.
Mr.. Burr, and read and seek salvation in it
and from the Saviour it reveals" Burr
was affected. The tears stood in his eyes
He took the look, and placed it under his
pillow, thanking the givcr for it and for his
kindness, and urging him not to leave him
but remain for further conversation, and
when he found he must depart, pressing him
him to call again soon. Before the minis,
ter, who lived at some distance, had time
to return, the spirit OF Burr had passed iate
eternity"