The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-02-04
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BERT lay

LYATON.-On the 18th ult., ALBERT lay
TON. of this county, aged 81 years.
REINOLDS.-Cn wednesday, 2jult., al
Mount Pleasant. Cecil county, HANSAu j
wife of Slm'l L. Reynolds, in the I'D yeal
Of her age.
From the Ea ton Daily Exprcssl
Rev. John Chew Thomas.
The Christians course IS rue,
Endei is the glorious strife =
Fought is the fight. The work is done:
Death is swallowed up Of life
Many are the hearts which were made sad
last evening by the Telegram that announced,
in this place, the death of the Rev. John
Chew Thomas at his residence in Stroudsburg
Pa. And very properly may they be. Iii
was noble character, and most lovely. In
his decease the church, of which he was an
honored minister, has lost one of its brightest
ornaments, a loving family its justly beloved
head, and the community, in which he lived
one of its most valued members. And at q
time, too. when one such can be so lily spared.
How mysterious are the dispensations of
Providence Why is the sun thus gone
down at noon ? Why is the earth darkencd
in the midst Of the clear day! Reason can
not comprehend the answer. We wraps our
mantles about us we bow ont faces to the
dust and, like the brethren of Joseph. our
and say one to another, 60 What, what is this
that God hath done unto us 2"
| knew the Rev. Mr.. Thomas weN intimate
ly. knew him when pale,-(wasted with
study, but noble, generous spirited youth,
he gave his young heart to Christ, and devo-
ted all his faculties and energies to the SER
vice of the Holy Redccmcr. | knew him
through all the subsequent years of his min
isteri'l career. Many are the happy, Joyous,
serious, shaded, profitable hours we have
spent together. | remember them all now as
though they were but Of yesterday. He had
what may truly be termed, finely moulded
intellect, in the development o which nothing
had been spared. die was an honorcd grad
nate of Dickinson Collrgc.) To this were
added, as ali who knew him here can testify.
all TIL graccs which adorn kindly aflcctioned
Christian heart. Gently, and almost uncon-
scouSy, he won Il place in the love of al
who knew him. of all who could realize his
worth, aud prize his friendship. lie was ever
the Chlistian--the Christian minister. lie
never seemed to lose sight of the great fact
that &c he was not his own, that he had been
bought with price, and that If he would
yet walk the being of immortal fricitics, he
must, as far as may be in all things be con
formed to the image of II i'm whom he served.
Aud therefore his life. Sincerely did the
Spirit of all Grace rest npon him-most
becUmingly were its precious adornments
worn by, and exhibited through him.
know nothing yet Of his last moments on
earth; and esc will, doubtless, be recorded
by others WHO will have the melancholy duty
to speak ofhim in detail; but they were suIely
moments Of peace. Until his Master called
him home, he wrought on in singlcncss of
heart his Masters willard now the Masters
toward is his.
ooh. is it not noble thing to die
As died his Christian. with his armour on p
What is the hcro's clarion though its blast
Rings with the mastery of "A world to this!
What are the searching victories Of mind
The Lore Of vanished ages w hat are all
The rumpcings Of proud humanity
To the brief history Of him. who died
An hoLored servant Of the King of Kings?n
Dear, beloved, friend of my youth. farewell
peaceful be thy reSt-wcll won is thy bright
reward
Many hearts have been sorcly stricken by
this affection. But heaviest OF all comes the
blow upon the bcrcavcd wife (also dear
friend of our early duys) and the children
Their tireside has been darkened their Joy
turned INTO morning. Husband ofthe widow.
Father Of the Futherlcss, lift up, Thou, the
bowed down; cheer, Thou, the broken
hearted; comfort, Thou, the comlurtlcSS -
Say unto the weeping heart, rejoice. and unto
the wcaricd spirit, be strong. For am with
thee. Be not dismayed, Tor | am thy God"
ELvIN.