Litchfield enquirer., 1852-06-17
Death WfII Come.


The Rev. Albert Barnes. in an able
discourse in the October number Of the
National Preacher, holds the .EollaWing
graphic language in illustration Of the
above capticn:
Death will come; he will certainly
come He cannot be eyaded he cannot
be put back; he cannot be made tUtake
his steps any slower. Oh, he will come
All that lives on earth will die-every
beast, bird and creeping thing the hum.
ming bird, the insect that flutters in the
sunbeam; every tree, and shrub. and
fower-the oak, the pine, the acacia, tue
moss that grows over tRe wall: every
monarch, every peasant; every rich
man, every poor man; every slave, eve
ry master of u slave: every man. every
woman, every child every old man that
prides himself on his honors and his
wealth; every young man that prides
himself on his talents or his strength
every paidep that pides herself on her
beauty. Oh, all will die I am in
world OF death; am amidst the dying
and the dead !; | see not living thing
in all my rambles that will not die-no
man, no woman, no child. no bird, no
beast, no plant, no tree. The eagle that
cuts the air cannot fly above It.; the
monster of the deep cannot dive below
it; the tiny insect cannot make itself SO
insignificant that death will pot notice
u; ieviathan cannot, with his great
strength, struggle againstit. The chris
,tian will die; the sinner will die-yea,
the sinner Your wealth cannot save
you ; your accomplishments cannot save
you. Death cares for none OF these
things; they arc all triaes-gewgaws
beneath his notice. He no more cloves
a shining mark" than an ignoble one he
has no more pride ip cutting down the
rich man than the poor maa-the daugh.
ter Of beauty aud fashion then the
daughter of uglipess and sin. He loyss
to level the thistle as we'll as the rose
bud the brambles as the magnolia the
brier as the cedar Of Lebanon. He caros
as little for the robes of crime as for
the beggar's rags; as little for your
richest vcstments and gayest apparel as
for the blanket Of tho savage. Yop will
die, and the fear Of death will some up.
on you. DsaIh SONGS just as he ia
pale, solemn, fixed, stern. determined on
his work. He hears no cry for pity; be
regards no shrek Of terror. He comes
steady. certain, unchanged. and pn.
changeable in his purpose, to take you
from your bed Of down; to hurry you
away from your splendid dwelling !; to
call you out Of the assembly. rooM=-ta>
king You awsy from your compaRiaas,
that will miss yap for a moment. and
thea resume their dance, that you may
die. Death will come. He has been
advancing toward you since you began
TO breathe. He has kept on his way.
always advancing to meet you, while
you have been asleep or awake and if
you have gone north, or south, east or
west. be has always put himself into
your pnth-how near or how remote you
have never known. Death will come -
He has always been advancing, never
receding. and soon his baneful shadow
will fall upon your path. And that
shadow will deepen and become more
chilly, like an advancing eclipse; and
then his dark form will stand tight be-.
fore you. between you and the Il ,ht Of
the living world. and you will be in tic
da'k valley. Death will eome--fearful
enough under any circumstances, even
if YOU are CMistian-awful. ynspeaka.
bly, awful, il you are not"