The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-05-25

/ Beauty Is hut a flower,
Which wrinkles will devouri
| ~ BdghtneSs tails nomithe air;
| Queens have died young and talri
Dust has closed Helen's eye;
lam SICK, must die.
| efE Lord, have mercy on US.
Strength stoops unto the grave;
Worms 4 ed on Hector brave.
/ Earth still holds open her gate.
ONE, come, the bells do cry;
| II am sick, must die.
Lord, have meIcy on us.
| --ss-.--
The Last Hours OF Alexander Camp
bell, of bethany, w. Va.
A Commmtcatton t,s The LoIaSv4ls Journal.
| Numerous and admirable as We're the
sayings and doings of Israers great
bard and King. who penned those beau
| tiful and inimitab BILE psalms for the saints
of all ages, still his faithful chrontcler
refuses to conclude his memoir with
out adding section with the caption: /:
HThese be the last words of David. I"
Nothing is more impressive, and few
| things more cherished, than the last
utterances of a departed friend. Infu-
enced by such sentiments and constd-
erations, / feel it to be a privilege,
which any just man might seek, 10 re-
cord a few of the last words and acts OF
of this "great man in Israel" whose
death has wrung universal exclama-
tions OF sorrow from every part OF this
! land. ~. ts-s
No mans opinions in ancient or mod
| ern times were ever sought for with
more respect, and received with more
reverence, and cherished with warmer
and more ahectionate regard than his.
OF such long, varied and vast experi-
ence in every department of science
and literature; full of years, and full
of honors, and of good works shat do
follow hfm;" dispensing his means
with generous and mnnifcent hand |;
pure and upright; humble as he was
his ecclesiastical peers in the great
battle he waged for truth and refor-
nation, and, in the good provi-
dence of God, has only left the field
after the victory was secured. A few
weeks before his death, he felt conscious
that dissolution was rapidly approach
ing, and remarked to his anxious wife
that he would soon pass the Jordan of
DEATH" which had no terrors for him,
and, embracing her with the tenderest
sympathy aud affection yelling up from
his bosom for this faithful and constant
companion of his life for thirty-eight
years, his lips quivering with emotion
and an anguish of heart expressed in
his noble forehead, L shall never forget,
told her that his greatest sorrow was TO
witness her anxiety and know her
grief, but that his Heavenly Father had
always dealt kindly with him, and had
blessed him all through the journey of
life. and was now "his shield and,
strength" in this his hour of trial and
suffering. His eye would follow her
every movement, and If he missed her
from the room for a few minutes he
would playfully remark on her return
that he was just thinking "of advertise
ing for her." During these days of
physical decay, but fspiritual strength,
he showed the high and heaven-gifted
Qualities of his character in the relt-
gious fervor and steadfast hope, which
grew warmer and stronger us he died.
The Sunday before his death, when a
large number of his friends were gath
cred around his bedside, in reply TO re-
ligious topics suggested by his wife, he
discoursed for more than an hour upon
these great themes that had engaged
and absorbed the energies of his life,
shedding on all in his presence The in
spirations of his large and enlightened
spirit that seemed already to have left
| its earthly tabernacle and to have en-
tered the vestibule OF the Temple of his
God. Like many famous generals of
ancient and modern times, he seemed
occasionally to be fighting over his old
battles with intid city, popery, and The
errors of the day, propounding certain
theses in lsnguage equally strong and
beautiful, he would then exclaim-"I
pause for rareply-does no oonerespondep
tTruIh sprang Impulsive from his noble sonl
And melted into music on his lips"
Time would fail were to mention all
the passages which hesoappropriately
| the Living Oracles," as he generally
called the Bible, even up to the last day
of life, and truly his devotion 70 that
blessed volume was something wonder
| ful; and SO far from being content
merely TO read and expound a chapter
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