Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-08-21

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tianiiy are displayed.
! Although be was of retired habits and rare
y appeared in any public meeting or took the
| lead IN any public enterprize, be was by DO
means wanting in public spirit or charitable
deeds. His mode Of action boEever was OF
his own choosing. He did not let his right
hand know what bis left hand did, but was
wont to illustrate that pure and undehled
religion which visits the fatherless and
widow in their afaiction. We believe be
was too unobtrnsive in his charities; that he
did not let his light shine; that his example
was not as productive as it should have been;
but We do not judge him. Although Of late
years he has not been regular attendant up
on the house Of God, be is known by his friends
to have entertained great respect for the Insti-
tuition Of the Sabbath and TO have deeply felt
the propriety and duty of lis observance. 1t
would have been a grief to him had his house
hold neglected it. 1t is not for Us to enquire
into the reasons of this Inconsistency, though
it may be well for US all TO pledge ourselves
anew to public attendance upon an Institu-
ton so sacred and so salutary in all its liz
huenees upon personal character, social hap
zens o: the place can testify to the interest
which Mr.. Mansur took in the establishment
of religious worship in our earlier history. He
was forward in the erection of the frs. church
Of the village. contributing largely 10 it both
By money and personal labor, and with COM
mendable liberality he did likewise for other
churches. He moreover opened his house for
the earlier ministers, who often found place
at his table and pillow under his roof A
mOng these pioneers who enjoyed his hospital
ity was Bishop Chase, TO whom he seems TO
have been particularly attached. He was
generally healthy during his later years, and
his last sickness came upon him insidiously-
slowly, steadily, stealthiIv il crept to the foun
tain of life and emptied the pitcher at the
cistern. What his last experiences were it Is
difficult to tell, as he died very much as he liv-
ed, unobserved by the public eye, We are hap
py to say that they who knew him best, have
the greatest confidence in his religious charac-
ter. They testify that be attentively read the
Bible, and they express their conviction that he
fully believed its cardinal doctrines and regar-
ded the death of our Lord Jesus Christ as
'ul satisfaction and obIation for the sins Of the
whole world. Here let US rest. Let none of
US who see where his life might have been i'm
proved fall short of bis virtues. 1t is matter |
of consolation 10 those who mourn his loss that |
be died in the bosom of his family fall OF years
and after useful life, and that he leaves be-
hind him a wide circle of descendants to honor |
his memory and share bis dying blessing
May their griei be mingled with gratitude that
God spared him 80 long and favored him so
much, and may their sorrow be softened by
he hope that in the resurrection, at the last
lay, they shall see him at the right hand Of
he Judge Occasions of bereavement have
heir spiritual uses; they are fitted to humble,
o soften, 10 subdue the soul, to weaken our
interest in this world and deep7n our interest
q the next. Let not these precious influences
'e lost, but may they be SO sanctifed as to
cad US to God as our father TO Christ as our
efuge, TO the Holy Spirit as our comforter
o more holy life. Seeing the transformers
4 life let US do whatsoever we find to do with
ur might. Have you sins TO repent, have
Ou errors to correct, have you deeds of char
y TO perform, have you public enterprises to
nature, delay them not We breathe a poi
Oned atmosphere, the seeds of decay float in
be current Of our life and in such an hour as
re think not death may come. 1t is better TO
o TO the house Of mourning than TO the house
feasting if we lay our mortality to heart,
ut if we grow no better as we convey the de-
arted TO the tomb we must become more har
ened. The Lord, in his mercy. save US from
etiring from this opened tomb without his
lessing and his grace