Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-11-28

GU ght TO have done. 81 pointed him TO the Iamo
of God who taketh away our sins, and forgiyeth
~ friend gave him Card, which he kept, under
his pillow with his Testament, containing a The
soldiers prayer, p and the hymn beginning
- Just as / am, without one plea. -
- But that thy blood was shed for me, = r. -
- And that Thou bidd' me come 70 Thee 81 q (
-. q, Lamb Of God, Tc6me, come ..7,zTe -
On one occasion these verses were read to him by
\ q friend and he remark ed :" They express just
what feel Ifeel that / am nothing but little
helpless child in the arms of Jesus. but want more
fully tc feel that my sins are forgiven-.t pdHt to
hSFr the Holy Spirit soy Go IN peace -. =
AT smother time friend made some reference to
hi business but he would not think of It and re-
pted-"l feel more concerned about nv soul ifan
ally thing else, don't care about worldly Things
fead some more from the Holy Bible" Thus every
reerence to business was thrust aside and his whole
attention given to the great interests of his salvation
| When his case became hopeless, and a 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 tcared 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 resd for
him. and she, read the Psalms on the day before
| ers of his heart -s~ -
On Sabbath morning, the day he died, when the
church bells were ringing in the city, he asked
I SIS 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. A few minutes before he died, during .
lucid interval he said
! "Let cares like wild deluge come,
! And storms Of sorrow fail" .,. 49,.
! Here his memory faltered, and friend finished the
sentence for him His last dying words were an
earnest prayer to God and at halfpas five o'clock,
July the 6th 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-
| itual wants. Several minister's 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 his bosom.
Capt Browns body wss brought to Ashe-
vile, n c., and after funeral sermon by the Rev
Mr.. Peck, OF Charleston, 5. 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 vigor of manhood
one whose prospects of usefulness were Of the mos
naterlng KIND, and who was, at once the td0t OF th
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 health that he desired to bt
a member Of the church. but restrained by the
fear that he might dshonor the cause of Christ
and from his patience, resignation and humility du
ring his last illness; his deep sorrow for what va
wrong in the past and anxiety that AL should b
right" for the future; his banishng all thought
Of the world and employing his remaining tint
wholly in seeking reconciliation with God througl
the Lord Jesus, praying most earnestly, and de
string above all else to hear the Holy Spirit say
Go in peace his friends have reason to hop
he found peace through the blood Of Christ by faith
and arrayed in his righteousness he now shines ant
sings "where the wicked cease from troubling, ant
the weary are at rest"
The brothers were lovely and pleasant in thei
lives, and in their death they not long divided
To the oereaved father and sister we would say
escrow not as those who have no hope-it is tn
| Lord let him do what seemeth him good, for "a
a father pitieth his children so the Lord pitietl
them that fear him" What I do" says tie com
passionate Jesus, "thou knooest not no,o but tho
shalt kroU hereafter" Therefore, afflicted friends
"be still and wait patiently upon Grd," for :" al
things shall work togetheror good to them that low
God, who the called according to his purpose
ANDREW.
! Nov 18th 1892