Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-12-03

&c. all of which he told me, and seemed heartily to
repent Of many things left undone that he felt he
ought to have done. pointed him to the Lamb
Of God who taketh away our sins, and forgiveth
all our iniquitcs, and babe him only believe
A friend gave him Gard, which he kept under
his pillow with his Testament, containing The
soldiers prayer" and the hymn beginning
Just as am without one plea.
But that thy blood shed for me.
And that Thou bidd'st come to Thee
y, Lamb Of God, come, come"
= On one occasion these verses were read to him by
a friend, and he remarked -"They express Just
what feel. feel that am nothing but = little
helpless child in the arms of Jesus. but want more
fully to feel that my sins are forgiven-I soant to
hear the Holy Spirit say-' Go in peace"
At another time friend made some reference to
his business but he would not think of it. and re-
plied-"l feel more concerned about nv soul than
any thing else, don't care about worldly things,
read some more from the Holy Bible" Thus every
reference to business was thrust asde and his whole
attention given to the great interests Of his salvation
When his casc became hopeless, and friend told
him the Doctor had given him over, and of his near
approach to death, and asked for messages to his
friends, &c, he still spoke of the interests of his
soul, and said he "cared more about that than all
else in the world )" and as his friend talked of Jesus
the dying sinners refuge and hope, and read some
OF Bonar's hymns, he seemed comforted, and made
remarks as they suited his case.
He continued to read his Testament as long as he
was able, and then requested friend to read for
him, and as she read the Psalms on the day before
and on the day he died. he said they were the pray
ers of his heart
On Sabbath morning, the day he died, when the
church bells were ringing in the city, he asked
" Is this the holy Sabbath?" His friend answered
yes, shall read for you now? He replied" oh,
yes, whenever you can, love to hear you"
After this he sunk very rapidly, and his mind
wandered. few minutes before he died, duringa
lucid interval he said
"Let cares like wild deluge come,
And storms of sorrow fall"
Here his memory faltered, and friend finished the
sentence for him His last dying words we're an
earnest prayer to God and at half past five o'clock,
July the 9th, he fell asleep, trust in hope of
glorious immortality.
Although none of Capt Browns relatives were
with him during his last sickness, yet God raised
up for him the kindest, truest friends, who minis
tered not only to his temporal but also to his spir
tual wants. Several ministers, number of his
fellow soldiers, and tender ladies' visited him and
supplied his wants, while with sisterly affection,
women wept around his dying couch, kissed his cold
! and manly brow, and when in his coffin gently
placed wreath and scattered roses on bis BOSOM
| Capt. Browns body was brought to Asbe-
vile, N. c., and after funeral sermon by the Rev.
Mr.. Peck, of Charleston, S. c.. on the 18th of July,
was laid beside his brother Lieut. Samuel Brown,
who had been deposited in that resting place March
the Sth.
Thus has passed away, in the vgor of manhood
one whose prospects of usefulness were of the most
fatering kind, and who was at once, the idol of tho
home circle, the faithful friend, the honest upright
man of business, the gallant soldier, and the polish
| ed gentleman, beloved by ALL
| And although not professor of religion yet hav-
ing received Christian education, and having stated
to his friends when in health that he desired to be
member Of the church, but was restrained by the
fear that he might dishonor the cause of Christ :;
and from his patience resignation ard humility du-
ring his last illness his deep sorrow for what
wrong in the past, and anxiety that all should be
right for the future; his banshing all thoughts
Of the world, and employing his remaining time
wholly in seeking reconciliation with God through
the Lord Jesus, praying most earnestly, and de-
string above all else to hear the Holy Spirit say
" Go in peace,"-hs friends have reason to hope
he found peace through the blood of Christ by fah
and arrayed in his righteousness he now shines and
sings "where the wicked cease from troubling, and
the weary are at rest"
The brothers were lovely and pleasant in their
lives, and in their death they not long divided
To the oereaved father and sister We would say
"Sorrow not as those who have no hope-it is the
Lord, let him do what seemeth him good" for "as
father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth
them that fear him." I" That do" says tie COM
passionate Jesus, "tAou knoscest not nom, but thou
shalt knou hereafter" Therefore, afflicted friends
"be still and wait patiently upon God" for -" all
things shall work together for good to them that love
God, who are the called according to his purpose"
ANDREW.
Nov 18th, 1862.