The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1859-06-30

oPcH sWhgou@< Ills eefvfCce
1 was his c,stom, Were arrnhgcd two or three Tor
each day Work wns his delight ;'nnd at his
work be met the< Preffonitions OF deatf, With
his Episcopal staf IN his hand. sheareceived the
wound Of the 1nst enemy .--not from behind, but
i another hind token Of Providence towardsthe
I Bishop was. that he died al home = Riverside
opened itsmassive doors TO him for the last time ;:
and eptering its hall he found resting place in
| its genial study. After Partakingof a slight re.
past he retired to bed, never TO rise from it,
The mugnifcent 1matsop. where he had pro.
Jeetedhls enlarged schemes, written his nufner.
o9s sermons, aud sntertained with profuse hos
pta'ity his hosts of friends wns the fit place for
l5ishop Doane to die. And Riverside had the
privilege of his death and fun efal ',<,.
God also Permitted the Bishop to arrange
what was wanting TO the completion of his Epis-
| eopdt tcorh During his sieknpsss he ,conyersed,
1.ior some hours about the affairs of his diocese
1 abd gave directions and left memoranda, res,
peenng Its approaching exigency On one Of
these occasions he had a long interview with the
lion. abraham Browning, of Camden; shortly
after which, a paroxysm of dclirium occurred,--,
God spared him, however, to complete all the ne.
cessary arrangements In the affairs of his Church
The time of Bishop noane's death was well
ordered in Providence. Had il occurred a few
years before, q, ,clond of gloom would have rested
| over the grave; and the inheritance of his GOOD
| name might have been unredeemeS from the
tax-iist OF evil report. But the aspect had been
| changed, His honors had dreturned to him and.
as II in anticipation OF his last end his fellow
| citizens had invited him to anpcar before them
once more In an address. On the birthday of
| Washington, old memories were revived and he
who had so often in former years addressed the
people OF Burlington, in its Lycenm again made
! IT'S hall vocal with his el"quence and again re-
ecived the applause Of his friends and neyh hbprs
His diocese, also, was in prosperous condition,
and he was taken away from evil to come In
hejudgment Of his best friends, it was a good
time FOR him to die. And God knew it, above
| men.
God was good to the Bishop in xtirround;,o
h'n, during sickness oh the kindest comforts and
/ carr His sons were present. with all the activi.
ties OF hlial derotioni one of them from the he.
ginning to the. end by dny and by night The
/ other who had become Romanisi received for.
givehess Tor all the personal pain the fnther and
the Bishop had received. This wns one OF the
4 incidents that must hnve given to the death,
chamber sublimity. Ills faithful physician did
all that skill could do and the noble and vcne.
rnoie physician Of Bristol. and the most distin-,
1 gntsheu from Philadelphia freely gave the con-
| tributions of the medical profession The ten.
derest female hearts We're around about the suf-
ferer, without which, indeed, no death bed can
be what man expects md wants Ii was well
ordered that she, who had the first claims u, he
present was absent; for could. feeble h nlth well
bear those scenes of sorrovIt COG was merci-
! fui in all these incidents
| The Bishop, too, had his reason at the last IL
10 sad to die with beclouded mind Various
| VI Nttrium nun occurred, csneclalIE
about the middle OF the attack. In these the
Bishops mind was nthe affairs OF his diocese
or MS classroom, or personal concerns. disease
struck Its pains in every nerve aud blood vessel
aud muscle of the body. dcthroning the intellect,
for time from its high dominion But il re.
covered its place before dsath, and he eonv.rsed
WITH relatives and FRIENDS, took last loving
farewell OF olL ond prepared for the conflict
faint through pursuing"
The Bishop was strengthened to die in peace
ln.Kn nf h. lNz~. !. II
ing Of his last day on earth, ire was refreshed
by the service. and at itselose pre- noanced with
clear voice the blessing. He then composed
himself for the final struggle. The last woros.
as as taken down ey the family physician, were,
confidence OF His One Catholic Church. have
no 'merits--no man hus--but my trust is in the
mercy of Jesus" - ...
Tins departed, at MONDAY April 27th, this
distinguished Bishop Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the United States Of America. "Iet
us fall into the hand Of the Lord for his mercies
are great; but let me not fall into the hand of
man." Bishop Doane has passed away from bu-
man Judgment to Che Judgment seat Of God!
/ The burial of Bishop Donne was one befitting
his position Bishop must be buried as befit-
| teth Bishop The funeral procession was one
\ Of sublime soietnnity No one who ever saw It
can ever forget It. The day and the season were
oPPofiune with the brighihess and sa.iness Of
I the last of April The coffin borne aloft on the
shoulders of fellow.m"rtals; the royal purple of
the pail, hinged with white. and futiering ont
TO thewind like the motions Of stricken eayleS
the erosier OVERLAPPING the body with the en-
| blem Of Episcopal autborityS the bereaved fam
ily lamenting with Christian lamentation the IA
ther Of the household; the threescore of snrplic..
| ed clergy following their silent Chief with un.
covered heads; the Governor. Chief Justice, and
other dignitaries Of the Stnte; the students of
the College with badges of grief and the weep
| Ing young ladics Of the Hall arrayed in full
mourning, true-hearted representatives of their
sisiergraduates all over the land the long line
! of distinguished strangers and Of sympaihizing
1 fellow citizens; the tolliDg of all the church
bells, and Of the city bell the immense gather.
| ing Of spectators around st. Mary's Church aud
| the grave; everything was as Impressive life
and death could make it. -. .,
The high task have attempted, has been i'm
| perfectly performed ntn ready TO meet its re-
sponsibilities before God and man NY offt ring
of May flowers, fragrant with tho freshness ii
their gathering, has been laid upon the new
made grave; flowers plucked by Puritan's
great Episcopal Bishop.
sIf this detailed narrative Of the circumstances
Of the Bishops death may seem to some readers
| too minute, % must be remembered that, at the
time the Discourse was delivered, every incident
was demanded by the state of public sympathy
4 in the community. .
j Since the delivery Of this discourse, have
received a. letter from relative in Rome, from
which the following is an extiact =" In coming
| out OF church to-day, We met Mrs. Doane, wiIo
| Thought looked remarkably we'll She almost
Immediately began to speak of the Bishop aud
expressed her intention TO return home."
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