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service FOR thoIsand years. lie was thinking
then OF that Car distant world, wherein il IS
promised that tho good Of this lie shall live
loFoyeT and ever. We renamed out beneath
the Tree for over al hour, aud al lhe time be
couyersei abouiIhe scriptures, which no man
has studied With greater attention, aud Of which
40 man whom We ever saw knew so much, or
appeared 10 understand aud apprrriate so we'll.
lie lslkcd Ol Ihe books Of Ihe Old Testament
especially, aud dwelI with unaffected pleasure
upon Isaiah, the Psalms, and especially the
Book of Job. The Book Of JOB, he said, IA
ken as a mere work Of literary genius, was one
of the most wonderful productions Of any age
or ia any language. As an epic poem, he
deemed Il lar superior 10 either 1he Had or tho
Odyssey. The Two last, be SAID, received
much Of their auracIion from The mere nara.
Ton Of werlke deeds, aud from the peulous es.
capcs ofiho chief personages from death aud
slaughter but the Book Of job was a purely in,
telieclual narrative. It's power was shown in
the dialogues Of the characters introduced
The Story was simple in It's construction, and
lhele was lule in il TO excite The Imagination
or arouse the sympathy. ID was purely an in.
IelecIual production, and depended upon ,he
power OF the dialogue, and not upon The inter.
osI Of The story, TO produce its effects, This
was considering il merely as an Intellectual
work. .le read il through very often, and al.
ways with renewed delight In his judgement,
II was the greatest epic ever wriuen. We we'll
remember his quotation of some Of the verses
in the thirty eighth chapter: Then 1he Lord
answered job oul Of the whirlwind, and said,
hn ig al that htf rfla
without knowledge! Grid up now Thy Ioins
like man; for will demand Of thee, aud an.
swcr thou me. Where vast thou, when ]
Ibid The foundations of The eallh! Declare iG
thou hast understanding" &c. Mr.. Webster
was fine reader, and his reclaions of parlic.
uar passages TO which he lelt warm were ney-
er surpassed, aud were capable of giving Iho
most exquisite delight 10 those who could ap.
prociale them.
MIR. Webster was great on every matter up
on which mankind feels or has fell an interest
Me. Webster was one of The best Story lellors
in the world. lie could relate an anecdnIe
with wonderful effect, aud nothing was more
easy than for him 10 "seI the table in u roar"
Ills fund Of anecdole and of personal remins-
cence was inexhaustibe. No one could starr
a subject relating 10 history, and especially to
American Congressional life, about which he
could not relate some anecdole connected with
some of The principal characters, which, when
told, would throw additional light upon The
narrative, aud illustrate some prominent trait
in the characters Of ihe persons engaged in the
wansaclion. This great giG he possessed in
degree unsurpassed, Mr.. Webslers "la5o
TALK was fully equal to any Of his more elabo.
rate efforts in The Senate. lie could talk, to
use somewhat mlsnOmerlc expression, as well
as he could speak, lie had keen sense Of
The ludIcrous, and loved and appreciated nice
touches OF eccentric humor. We have many
"reminiscences OF his story telling; for, when at
Washington, we often had the pleasure of d.,
ming al his table. On these occasions it was
The p9pose Of those present TO draw him out,
aud 10" do this il was but necessary TO start
some topic in which no fell an interest. We
shall never forget his account 1T his visit to
Jefferson, at Monticello, his analysis of tho
character and intellectual allainnents oc Ham.
ilIon, who he thought bore closer resem.
blance TO the younger PIT than any other man
in English or American history, and his anec-
doles Of Chief Justice Marshall, aud old Mr..
Stockton of New Jersey, and of his ride from
Baltimore to Washington in wagon, with
stout, Lurly fellow, who told him he was
robber.
But we must close our article. 1t has al.
ready grown to length we did not expect or
intend ii should. We can only express our
feelings in common with those OF our fellow
ciIizens, upon tho apparently approaching ter.
minalion of the life Of the great slaIesman.---
lie has lived 10 green old age, having exceed.
ed tho limit prescribed to human lilo-of three
score and ten.