Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-07-12

wsfe IL slsn,cnts Of his power and suceess.-
IL ~ ven upon thsm With mournful erasi
Seated 66w. when we shall commit earth to
p4gtts sShes to ashes. dust to dust. with The
e1s1ssd conviction Of the truth Of divine revels.
6oa, which teaches US thas there l. life and
bops beyond the narrow house where we shall
Laws him alone TO the mercy Of his God and
ours.
DC has passed beyond the reach Of human
pss'se or censure. but tho judgenen, Of his con-
seemPosaries has preceded and pronounced the
Judgment Of history, and his name and fame
viii shed lustre upon his country. and will be
proudly cherished in the hearts Of his conn.
trymen for long ages to come. Yes, they will
bs cherished and freshly remembered when
toese marble columns that surround U.s. 80 Of.
enlne witnesses pf his triumph, but in few
ns7ef hours, when his mortal frame, le-.poiled
q the mortal spirit shall rest under tbis dome
os tne inst time. 10 become the witnesses Of
~ oeieat in that kfal contest where me nigh
LOST Sfaii beisre the great dcstroycr-when
enese marble columns shall themselves have fal.
tan-llke all the works Of man-leaving their
broken fragments 70 tell the story Of former
snagntflccnce anna. the very ruins that announce
decay md dissolution
hailwns often with him during his last illness,
when the world and the things Of the world
we're fast fading way before him. He knew
ehatthe silver chord was almost loosened, and
that the golden bowl was breaking at the foun-
tain, but he was resigned to the will of Provi-
ficnce, feelingiha, He who gave has the tight.
totake awayin his own good time and man
ner.9s After his duty TO his Creator and his
anxiety for his famly, his first care was for his
country, and his first wish for the prcserya-
ton and perpetuation Of the Constitution and
HE Union. dear TO him in the hour ofdea,h as
they had ever been in the vigor Of life. OF
that Constitution and Union in whuse defence
inthe last and greatest crisis Of their peril, had
called forth all his energies, and had stimula-
he'd those memorable and powerful exertions.
which he who witnessed can never forget, and
which, no doubt. fastened the final catastro-
pse nation now depiores with sincerity
and sna,imiiy not less honorable to them
selves than to the memory of the object of
their affections.
And when We shall enter that narrow val
ley. through which he has passed before us and
which leads to the judgement seat Of God,
may We be able to say through faith in his Son,
our Saviour. and in the beautiful language Of
the hymn of the dying christian-dying but
everything and triumphant:
The world recedes it dissrpeors!
Heaven opens my cyc- my
With Sounds seraphic ring;
lsend. lend your wings! | mount, | Nv!
Oh grave, where is thy victory?
oh death. w"'re isthy sing
lie; me die the death. Of tho righteous and
let my last hour be like bis.
Addresses were also made by Mr.. Hunter,
Of Virginia; Mr.. Hale. OF New Hampshire; Mr.
Clemens of Alabama; Mr.. Cooper. of ennsyI-
wanna; Mr.. Jones. Of Iowa; Mr.. Brooke, Of Mis-
sissiPpi. and Mr.. Seward Of New York
The resolutions were then unanimously a.
doptcd. Messrs. Hunter. Dawson. Jones. Of
Iowa. Cooper. Bright and Smith were sppoint-
ed the Committee Of Arrangements.
sAndthc Senate adjourned.