New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-11-08

| H And il these tender remembranees only
cause our tears to flow more freely, it may not
be improper for us to present the example Of the
father, when his great heart was rent by the
| loss Of a daughter whom he most dearly loved
Those present on that occasion well remember
when the struggle of mortal agony was over, re-
firing from the presence Of the dead, bowing to-
gether before the presence of God, and joining
with the afflicted father as he poured forth his
soul, pleading for grace and strength from on
| high.
| /" AS upon the morning Of his death we con-
yersed upon the evident fact that for the last few
weeks his mind had been engas red in preparation
| for an exchange of worlds, one who knew him,
we'll remarked, His whole life has been that
preparation The people of this rural neigh
borhood. among whom he spent the last twenty
years Of his life, among whom he died, and with
whom he is to rest, have been accustomed to re-
gard him with mingled veneration and love.
Those who knew him best, can the most truly
appreciate the lessons both from his lips and ex-
| ample, teaching the sustaining power of the
Gospel.
s' His last words, l STILL. LIVE, we may inter-
pref in a higher sense than that in which they
are usually regarded. He has taught us how to
attain the life of faith and the life to come
"Vivialy impressed upon the memory of the
speaker the instruction once received as to the
fitting way of presenting divine truth from the
sacred desk Would that its force might be felt
by those who are called to minister in divine
things Said Mr.. Webster: When | attend
upon the preaching of the Gospel, / wish to have
it made a personal matter! q personal mat
teri personal niauert!n 1t is to present
him as enforcing these divine lessons of wisdom
and consolation, that we have recalled to your
minds these precious reeollections.
s'And we need utter no apology. Indeed we
should be inexcusable in letting the present op-
portunity pass without unveiling the inner sane
tuary ofsthe life of the foremost man of all this
world; for his most intimate friends are well
aware that he had it in mind to prepare work
upon the internal evidences of Christianity. as
q testimony of his heartfelt conviction of the
| divine reality Of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
But finding himself rapidly approaching the au-
gust scenes of Immortality into which he had so
often looked, he dictated the most important
part Of his epitaph. And as long as the rock
shall guard his rest and the ocean sound his
dirge the world shall read upon his monument
not only
One of the few, the immortal names,
Which were not born to de- -.r
but also that Daniel Webster lived and died in
the Christian faith. The delineation which he
gave Of one Of his youthful and noble compeers,
could never have been written except from an
experimental acquaintance with that which he
holds up as the chief excellence of his friend.
This description we shall apply to himself, trust
ing that it will be as well understood as admired
&c Political enlinence and professional fame
fade away and die with all things earthly
Nothing of character is really permanent but
virtue and personal worth. These remain
Whatever Of excellence is wrought into the soul
itself belongs to both worlds. Real goodness
does not attach itself merely to this life; it
points to another world. Political or profess
sional reputation can not last forever; but
conscience void of offence before God and man
is an inheritance for eternity. Religion, there
fore, is necessary and indispensable element
in any great human character. There is no
living without it. Religion is the tie that con-
meets man with his Creator and holds him to
His throne If that tie be all sundered, all
broken, he floats away, worthless atom in the
universe its proper attractions all gone, its
destiny thwartesl, and its whole future nothing
hut darkness, desolation and death. A man
with no sense Of religious duty is he whom the
Scriptures describe in such terse but terrific
language, as living without God in the world.
Such man is out of his proper being, out Of
the circle of all his duties, out of the circle Of
| all his happiness, and away, far, far away from
4 the purposes of his creation. y '7lt
Il Sc A mind like Mr.. Websters is, active
thoughtful. penetrating, sedatiye. could not btl
mediate deeply on the condition of man below
and feel its responsibilities. He could not Loo
on this mighty system,
This universal Frame thus wondrous fair
| without feeling that it was created and upheld
by Intelligence, to which all other intelli
-ence must be responsible. l am bound to say
that in the course of my life L never met witt
an individual, in any profession or condition
who always spoke and always thought witt
such awful reverence of the power and presence
| of God. No irreverence, no lightness, even n,
too familiar allusion to God and his attribute
ever escaped his lips. The very notion of Su
preme Being was, with him. made up Of awe AM
solemnity. 1t filed the whole of his great mint
with the strongest emotions. a man like him
with all his proper sentiments and sensibilitie
alive in him, must, in this state of existence
have something to believe and something to hop
for or else, as life is advancing to its close, al
is heart-sinking and oppression. Depend upol
it, whatever may be the mind of an old man
old age is only really happy when, on feeling
the enioyments of this world pass away, it be
gins to lay stronger hold on the realities o
another.
ssMr. Webster's religious sentiments and feel
ings were the crowning glories of his character.
An impressive prayer of nearly the sam
length was then made by the reverend gentle
man. and the usual selections from the scrip
lures, commencing that is born of
woman is of few days, and full of trouble,
were read by him in termination of the religion
services.
! FUNERAL. PROCESSION.
At the close of these exercises the body wa
covered, and the lid of the metallic burial cas-
screwed down, and the coffin, which has alread.
been described, was laid upon the hearse. !
procession was then formed under the direction
of William Dehon, Esq The immediate rela
tions of Mr. Webster-Nirs. Webster, Fletche
Webster and his family, James w. Paige an
family, Herman Leroy, Jacob Leroy, Willial
II. Leroy, Daniel LIE Roy, Edward lie Roy
(NIrs. Webster's five brothers) Mrs. Willial
Edgar, Mrs. Webster's only sster) Master Wi
: liam Edgar, Lieutenant lie Roy-led the funer'
train Then came the attending physician an
; the officiating clergyman, the domestics of Mr.
Webster's family, including John Taylor and h
, wife, of Franklin, New Hampshire; the Co
ernor and Council; the Mayor and other men
bers of the Corporation of Boston; the Hol
Abbott Lawrence, attended by his son Generi
Pierce, attended by John L, Thayer, Esq
: members of the corporations Of Salem, Rox bur,
, Cha, lestown, Cambridge, Winchester and oth'
= towns The citizens from far and near made L
. . the close of the. procession.
= = The pail bearers were Joseph Hewitt, Set
Z Weston, J. P Cushman, Tiden Ames, Day
Phillips, and Ebenezer Harlow. They were a
I of Marshtield, and among the Oldest residents
the town.
:, The solemn train was at once put in motto
~ " and proceeded slowly towards the sepulchre
=. without music.
Y SCENE AT THE SEPULCHRE.
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