Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-01-05

At the residence of Mr.. Richard Jones,in Frank
lin county, n. c., on the I'd inst, DR.. Robert P.
Toney, in the seth year of his age.
The deceased was a native of Fowkat tan coun-
ty, Va, but for the l st fifteen years has been a
resident of this State; and for the last seven or
eight years, q pEacSicing physician in the neigh
borhood in which he died.
Few men have lived q more reproachless life or
have died more universally lamented. He was in
dustrious in his habits, uniformly kind and cour-
teous in his department, warm in his friendships
and devoted in MS attachments, which, together
with his eminent social qualities, endeared him to
all who knew him, and made him hosts of friends.
HIS health gave way some twelve months since,
under the arduous duties Of his profession, and in
a few months the scourage of the earth. consump-
ton, was found to be but too fully developed to
arrest its progress.
of the charter members of Eppiog Forest Division,
and gave all the influence he could command to
promote the cause of all mankind.
Il was also d consistent, quiet and pious chri5~
tian, Some five years ago, he gave his heart to
God, united himself with the Methodist E. Church,
South, and illustrated by his life the character he
assumed by a profession Of the religion of Christ,
He met his fate with the placid calmness of a phi>
l~osopher, and the meek and humble resignation of
a christian. His sufferings, though severe, were
borne without a murmur; and his death was an
other triumphant exhibition of the power of reli.
gion to deprive the last enemy of his terrors and
to enable the christians, as did DIR. Toney, to ex-
claim, "Jesus can make a dying bed feel soft as
dOwny pillows are, while on his breast / lean my
head and breathe my life out sweetly there.'
No young man, perhaps, e7er had a greater
number Of friends, or friends more sincerely att
tackled to one in no way related to them. Many
companion of his bOyhood will r ad this notice
with painful regret, and many older friends will
she'd the tear ~ofsympathy, that one so young and
promising should be taken in the midst of his
usefulness. But what was our loss sis his eternal
gain
AS the only blood relative near him. I cannot
permit this occasion to pass without acknowledge
ing, in this public manner, my sincere thankful
ness and obligations to the dear family with whom
he resided for the last eight years, for the kind
treatment he ever received at their hands, the
motherly sympathy I'D the unremitting atten-
ton during his illness, anticipating every wish or
want A mothers care and a sisters devotion
were as fully and as freely bestowed upon him as
they could have been upon a son or brother; and
they have a warm place in the aEectionate graft
tude of myself and all his relatives. To the kind
friends who so constantly and untiringly watched
by his bedside, nursed him SO tenderly and stood
by him to the last and wept at his departure, [
hereby tender my warmest thanks; may God bless
them all. And to the one whose bleeding heart
feels more keenly, perhaps, the heavy affection
, that has lalen on US all, [ can only recommend
the religion that sustained him in his dying hour.
) May he,who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb"
shield her from the winters blast and bind up the
broken heart with the soothing reflection, thai
.. my grace is sufficient for thee"
W. II. BASS.
N. C. Advocate please c Ply.
$ WHEREAS. By the dispensation of a wisa provi
dence, our faithful and beloved Brother FM II
: JOHNSON, has been removed from our midst, as W,
sincerely trust, to The communion of the pure anC
celestial joys of Heaven. Therefore, be it
3: Reso{ccd, That we bow to the Ali-wise deere
of Him who governs all things, in the removal 0
our most loved, pure and faithful Brother from on
midst.
= 2, That in the less of Bro. Johnson, We feel tina
a place in the Division has been made vacan
which cannot be filed, either in puri v of motive
faithfulness to cur order, or ability of intellect.
3, That we will remember and initiate his man
virtues, and try to enlist our whole sympathies i
behalf of a rum-cursed country. and t. easure u
his many words of counsel and advice given Us i
our Division Room
4, That we beg to mingle our tears and SORROW
with those of his widow, his orphan children an
aged parents, in their sad bereavement.
5, That we rejoice in the belief that our Brotht
~ has gone to realize the Joys of the wise and faithfl
steward.
o. 6, That Society has lost one of its brightest o
naments; the church one Of its most worthy men
bers, and the Medical Profession one of its mo
faithful and feeling practitioners.
Z. That a blank page in the Il. Scrlbe's Book
n inscribed to his memory.
ne s, That a copy of these Resolutions be sent
~ the family of our deceased Brother, and that pu
= LEGATION in the Spirit of the Age be requested.
If C. C. Factory Div, Alamance county