New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-01

living exclaimed again auu akhn W tIc uouut! VI t0
prospect How little did any Of dream it was to bo
Ho siert between dinner and tea In the evening
ass and good sss1 as Ss e az
nervousness and Voum sscAsionaly Join In Pieasant
conversation.
San.h who alwa took charge Of bis medicines weut
into his room 20 place them. as usual WITHIN cas-!
rcacb. wou." he exclaimed. - must arrange h %T
pillows for another weary night T. and theD rs II nn,
! 10 himself " Ii this could only end y or When win
this end r. she could not tell which, for at the instsn!
he gasr slight exclamation as OF pain. pressing .h a
hand on his lest SIDE repeated thu exclamation ara tho
pressure caught At tho fooboard OF the bed an1 I,
back ard T. tho oor The sonnd Of his fall ana tne
q sarah brought hs h %SS mT AIMS 81 Every
means was fesor.cd 10 recall animation. ami continued
Until pbsscianD Dr. Carutbers from distance OF .wo
miles--nrIved. VINO pronounced lifs entirely a e.
IIs had passed away insiantaneouas. Inc emo io 10,
whch h. hal jas, been eighngthe end. WHICH 10 him
han tcrrorshad come His departure ~ns su"asn
~ca- wi,h uacloudci intellect crowned with the warm;
raj affections o. hi. lount-ynen. and with IN assu.ca
hope oi happy Immortality. he had gone how . W,
ne 20 his own pathetic aspiration with all sa'i set
Who that vred HIN wcllh haze ~sfea 70 reeii 'ln''
| The immediate Cause Of Mr. Iryi1g's death was
diseese os the heart. lie had been Suffering from
this for nearly year, bnt without exciting serious
aDprehension on the par OF his friends or medica!
advisor. The expressions Of interest and SYM
paihy called forth by the tdnss OF his dccease, are
still fresh 10 the memory. In New.fork, the ma
two city Of NJ. Irving. tho flags on the shipping
and the public buildings wero instantly hung ~
half mast. The various public bodies which were
in session during the day made appropriate aliuon
! 10 the event. Tho Common Council passed rcsolu'
ton. Of respcc. end confidence. The vsr.ous
courts in The city adjourned on the dey OF th"
fgncrei. md during the hour Of the last services,
miles distant in the little rur, church in which he
had worshirpcd thc bells Of his native city toilcd
mo1-nful bnd RESPONSIVE peal. IL was On the frat
Of Dccorabor that n. rnor;a! reysasEcre Conveyed
10 their las res'ngplac", bnt no brrsth OF winter
chilled the air. The Indian summer shed its soft
and melancholy beauty over the scene, and nothing
could hare been moro exquisite than the dsy, or
more il keeping with the tender sadness OF tho
ocoa.iou IL IS ono OF h'r own days" was tho re-
marx Of many present. ILs was laid down 10 taAc
hi,l,st .l~ep among tho scenes which hO loved SO
sell, a. The sun was declining and soon another
sunset, such rs frightened MS las, evening m Eir,
again lighted mp tho western sky. The scene was
in touching harmony with the close o. tha, pure
aid bcsutfnl llfc "On the day Of his burial, says
ono q. his rno. con.rna admirers, "unahl" 70 reaoh
Tayrytown in time for the funeral. came down tho
! shore o. the T.vcr lie loved. As We da''esl end
.ounl siorg. tho Catskll, wes, drspcd in sober
cray mist. no, hiding them, but wreGth'ne, and
folding and lingering. as II the bills were hung
vita sympathetic, bu, not unr!evcd gloom. te'
.srassy toward the south, tho bank on which his
home lay, was Sunnyside still. for tho SKY was
cloudless, a.d soft with serene sunshine. lcon!i
not bat remember his lbs, words 10 ne, more thai
a year ago, whom his book was finished and his
health was falling. I au getting ready TO 8oi
AM shutting Up my doors and Windows And
could not bu, fee! that they all open now, snd
right with tho ligh, OF eternal morning"
AINER'S DOCTRINE OF FUTURE LIFE.
CRITICAL HISTORY or TIE DOCTRINE OF 4
FUTURE Lht; ~ MIii,s ho.SHs ,I. "i ..s
Yct... E r. Er.sI
No single work can b. found IN theological!
literature which exhibits such Il comprehensive
view Of she history of speculation concerning the
destiny OF man In q future state ~ the p,csent
leaned and elaborate volume. The author has de-
voted tho researches bad stuiics Of many years 20
its preparation. Ths pa'en. Industry iHspirdby
enthusiastic zeal which its pages evncc IS rva.ed
only by sons Of the formidable monuments OF Ger
man tradition. Few works IN any department Of
scientific inquiry sho~ such % wide range of
careful and esac, reading. In pursuing his sub
,cct, M. Alscr appears 10 have r,nsscked all the
sourrea of information. His diligence las been
proof against every temptation Of w.arinos' and
diseouragemeat. He has aimed at producing m
exhaustive treatise on moncntous theme. Ii lis
success hos not been equal 70 bis wishes, 1t IL due
TO the inherent difficulties OF the subject NOT tol
sny lack Of faithful ondevor earnes, dsTot.on on
his part. His work. moreover. /. not designed eK-
chniycly for scholars and thsolossRsby Profession
but has constant refarence 70 the wants and the
instruction OF the general reader. Hence IL has
ltte OF the formslity Of didactctreatse. although
constructed after rigid method Of arrangement;
It's style is animated and impressive; 1t Is p'oase
eYen eSaberant, in rhetorical illustrations ard
obounds in appeals 70 devotional feeling and the
moral sense.
| Tho volume 10 divided into FIVE paris, OF which
the first part s devoted 10 historical and critioa! IN.
troductory views; the second, 70 ethn!c thoughto
concerning future life; the third, 70 the teachings
OF the Nov Testament on tho Same subject; tho
fourth, to tho doctrines Of the Christian churc!
in tho successive ages sace its establishment and
the fifth contains series Of dissertations on eey-
crs iInportaa. topics naturally growing out of tho
.pnin eubect II tho work. condemned, bat lucid
exposition is given Of the doctrine Of immortality
as held by barbarous and savage tnbes, by th"
Driids, the Scandinsyions, the E'ruscans, the
Egyptians, the Brahminic and Buddhist systems,
II 4 4 .tou Ib,v