New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-13

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biscuit which he had in his wallet, and no breakfast
the next morning but q bit of tough beef,
in on Irish boarding-house. When he awoke
that morning, he felt sharp pain in his rght sioe
not known before, and IN dag ortwo had the ehnis
of ncpient fever Still be continued to lecture ana
preach until March, when he entirely broke down.
and was taken with regular fever, which Tor ioIG
time confined him TO the house.
In the Autum of 1853 his health had become so
far impaired that surgical operation was neees-
sary. and although he continued his ministerial
abors in part, he was so weak that in preaching he
was often obliged TO steady himself by grasping the
desk with both hands. On the first of January,
1859 he writes in his ournal "1his is the first new
years day that was ever sick. Now have been
prisoner almost three months, living in my cham
Der or my study. / have been out Of doors but
thrice since Sunday last. The doctor says mend,
and quote him 10 my friends. But | have great
doubts as the result. II looks as If tins was the
last of my new years days upon earth l felt so
when gave each gift to-day yet few men have
more 10 live for than l. II seems &c if had just
begun great work; yet if | must abandon IT.
will not complain. Some ADLER and better man Will
take my place, and do moro successfully what !
have entered on. The Twenty-cighth viii soon
forget me--a few Sundays will satisfy their tears.
Some friends may lingcr long about my grave, and
be inly sad for many day.
| On the morning of Sunday, Jan. ., he was seized
with yiolcn, hmmOrhage of the lungs, and on n
consultation Of physicians fortnight after 1t was
found that disease he'd already made deep inroads
upon his life. Tubegc.es had been formed and were
in an advanced state; the bronchiA were inilamedi
and his cha3cc OF recovery vas pronounced to he
as one TO ten. 4 foreign voyage was decided on,
aud on the third Of February he sailed from New
| York for Havana. lie remained in the West Indies
nearly three months without material improvement,
when he took passage in the British steamer Tor
Southampton. Residing successfully m England,
Switzerland. Germany, andIthy be arrigedat Rome
in September. from which city he writcsto friend
thinning from Death IL poor buslncss-he gets
there before YOU. | may recover and da"dlc d
few more years on earth, and finish some OF my
many books may not. Either way am content.
Few men have had a life 50 rich as mine in work
and the results Of work perhaps mono will leave 1t
with moro perfect trust IA The infinite perfection
Of the Cause Of all.'
| He now became more and more absorbed every
day with watching the progressive steps Of his
disease. This be had been in the habit Of doing
from the first with the precision Of scientific OBJ
server and tho GOODNESS of an Indifferent person.
IIe could not surrender the actiyity to which he
had been accustomed without struggle. Life was
sweet and precious to him. Blu, his trust in the In
finite Goodness, on which he had relied from hi
youth up did not fail him now. His pious and
chdhke spiri, found expression in the tender, con
ndinc PRAYERS which had brca,hcd their heavenly in
auencc over his whole life. "Jhcsc prayers burne'
purely unn this altar Of nervous body bent Will
; premature decay. Plying friends and observer
could sec how hard il was for THE stalvert man L
yield 20 ds.oluton for his roots still deep II
the open country, that dear s9l Of Lexington, IN
yigora,cd BY the sun and raint5es, and with blood
lie could no, quietly shrivci up or fall apaFti ID
big branches vent reluctantly 20 the ground"
ia the month OF March, 1860, he writes: The III
AIN here slowly dragging to IA end-tortuous, bu
painless-i- very, very imperfect and falls oG niue
meant 20 hit and mi Oh; have reached, nay, SHOULD
b bad there been tcs or twenty years more left {,
> mol But, On the whole, it has not been d inca
: life measured by the common run Of men, never
selfish one Above al things else. have sougl
90 teach the true idca ~ men, Of God, of r"lgi"r
with ITS truths, It's duties, and its Joys. ! neye
fought for myself against private foe; bu
have gone into the battle OF the nineteenth century
and followed the Dag of humanity. Now I an read
10 die. though conscious that leave hall my wor
lunlonc, and much grain lies IN my fields, waitini
only for him that gaihcreh shceyes. would rathc
) las my bone. with my fathers uad mothers at Lex
q ington. and think may; but will not complain !
/. earth ~ ga shall cover Thorn up eiec~hcrc.'
Tho month OF April generally so me a
; Rome. proved cold and rainy, and with natura
: impalicnce the dying Invalid cherished morbi'
desire 20 quit that city and rs fghtful climate q
soon As possible IN order 10 reach Florence III!
condition vns % much worse that his friends be
came anxious Is to the issue OF the journey. He
on the contrary, would not hear word about IL
postp)nement. In reply TO friend who exprcssc'
hi, fears thai Ice might sink away on the road, h
said, Listen to mc, you know that / have som,
command over myself, and that have sometime
pul my viii 10 the test. Well will not die here
will not leave my bones in this deIested soil.
will 40 to Florence" and l will get therc--,hat
promise YOU" The journey lasted five days. 0ur
ing which the patient displayed admirable fort
tude lie was TOO feeble 10 visit with his travelling
party the celebrated sites and places which occurred
along lhcIoui But lie insisted that hiscompaniOns
should visit every thing accessible, aud be careful
to lose nothing out Of regard 10 him. Upon their re-
turn, he loved to hear their impressions nregard 10
the scenery they had passed through, .he character
of the soil the peouarities OF the fora, and the as