Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-01-03

1HE CLOSING SCENE IN THE LIE oY T. STAIR
KRG.-Messrs, fcknor and Fields hare recent
ly published " A Tribute to the late Thomas
Starr kiOg," by Richard rockingham. We
extract from this sappreclatiye tribute the follow
ing account Of the dying hours Of the preacher.
Ills physician, finding all hope gone, told the
yoang clergyman that he had but half an hour
10 live.
Friends now asked him If be had anything
to say and he replied, d" Yes, great dsal to
say. want, hrst, " make my WILL For Iwo
days he had uyt been able 10 speak in toLs
above Whisper but hi, voice, responding TO
the power OF his wall, cams back, and ho spoke
nearly as loud as ever. lie dictated the will to
bis friend Mr. Swain, who sat by the bedside
to which, as each paragraph was reAd, ho said, 4,
All right ana at tee end said E" Ii is just
rs | want it," lie then hesitsted, and said,
" Add that all other wills are hereby revoked /;
you know ! have another will in Boston. lie
now raised IN bed and with book for desk,
be affixed with a steady hand his signature,
" III: starr King thus punatuatIng the ab-
breylatlon, and putting beneath 1t a curvature.
This effort was toll WED BY few minutes of
exhaustion when smlllngly hc began to bid
goodby to friends, VINO, one after the other,
went to the bedside. 10 one he said, Good
by, colonel " and, taking him with both hands
ADDED, q" God bless you . " Goodby, Sarah q"
he said u domestic thank you for all
you have done for US I" GOodby, Kathleen
lake good care Of Fretzie." lie whispered
to his wife, 30 sure and tell Dr.. Echel think
be has done everything a human agent could
DO" And he said to her, 4" Do not weep for
me. Know us all nght, wish ! could make
you isel ~. | wish Gould describe my feel
Tugs. Ii Is s,arnge ieel all the privileges
aud gTe4tntss VI the iuture. lie expressed his
wishes "a. 10 ms manuscripts, aud spoke freely
vi lamiIy aiiilss. " sac, be said, 10 another.
q" grsaI luIure before M. Is already lJoks
grald, U,auHul. am passing away last
nv feelings are strange. Ills vile asked II L.
had any special message 10 his friends AZ home,
" lei them, he sAId, - | went loyIlgly, trust
fuly, peaceiIlly. Ia a tew moments he SAID
., Today Is the 4.h Ol MaIcn, aud news will ~
over the wires to-day" The chairman OF bis
parish committee now approached his BEDSIDE,
anu he sAId - SJOlbJ, Swan keep my mem.
ory gte.n. | wlsh you to say 10 my society,
that it IL my earnest des re thA they pay tne
debt upon tue church, and not leave the bur
den 81 DC carried by my SUCCESSOR | had rather
they would do TIN; tnan erect a tombstone at
my gave. Ls. the church tree OF debt be my
monument, want no b,tter. Tell them these
were my last words, ana say eo1dby 20 all Of
them Tor me-
For moment he was quiet, and seemed to
be sleeping. Are you happy y he was ask
cd when, turning hls head, aud looking at the
quesuoner with bright, lull eyes, he gave the
sublime answer, " Yes, happy, resigned, trust
tul.' lie now calmly and thoughtlully repeat
ed the twenty ,hird Psalm, The LORD is my
shepherd !" and as he went through, with en-
phasls, the verse, - Yea, though walk through
the valley Of the shadow of DEATH" his voice
thrilled with emotion and he raised his eyes
aud finger, as If In the pulpit, at the words
al will fear no evil, lor Thou art with me ; Thy
rod aud Thy staff they comfort me" His little
son was new brought TO the bedside. Dear
little fellow he's q beautiful boy,' he said !;
and he kissed his hand to the child as the nurse
carried him away in her arms. lie now breath
ed slower and slower, closed his eyes, and, with.
out struggle or pang, the spirit which
reached cut IN childhood's prayer passed on to
lis rest in the bosom of the lnhulte. Witness
es of the solemn scene remark that no pen, no
tongue, not even an angels, can describe the
subhmity oil this triumphant death.