Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1867-10-19
The Late Rev. DIR. Anspach.

The following account OF the IaooTs anu
death of this Divine, which will be read
with interest,".
"Anorher minister Of our Church has
been summoned from this scene of earth
" conflict, TO tina, world, where spirits
dwell in immortality. Rev. F. K. An.
spach, d. d., departed this life, on the
10th instant, in the city OF Baltimore
after brief confinement TO his bed, IN The
49lh year OF his age. According 10 his
own request, his body was carried 10
Shepherdslown, West Virginia, and IN
tered by the side Of his former wife and
deceased children. His funeral was al
tended by all The ministers of the place,
while the sermon was preached by the
Rev. Jno. McCron, D. d.. OF Baltimore,
and the burial service read by Rev. J. r.
Campbell, other ciergymen participating
in the exercises. The text Of the sermon
was , Tim. iv: 6. s. al am now ready
to be offered, &c." lie leaves widow
and four children to mourn his departure.
Our brother occupied for many years
prominent positions in the Church, as
pastor Of congregations, and as one OF the
proprisr ors aud editors Of the Lutheran
Observer, in connection with Rev. Geo.
Diehl, d. D, and Il. Newton kur,z,
Esq. When pastor Of the Church al
Barren Hill, near Ph!lsdelPhla,
remarkable revival was experienced
under his ministry, in which more than
one hundred souls gave evidence Of hsv-
ing "passed from death unto lie" many
Of whom are still Gods "epIsiIes TO the
world, known and read OF oil" Ills
pastora,e al Hagerslo.n was marked by
great ability in preaching and authorship,
as during his occupancy OF that field he
preached sermons demanding high mental
capacity, some of which were requested
and given for publication. He published
during The same period a political work
called Sons OF the Sires,' which gained
him considerable ecIst as a thinker and,
writer, and two religious books, named
"Sepulchres Of our Departed, 1.-The two
Pilgrims" which have been read with
delight and profit by thousands Of earnest
Christians. He was, also, the originator
of the Hagerslown Female Seminary, al
present in most hOuushng conGlrlon.
He has left behind him an unpublished
translation of a work by Sitting, which
it is hoped may soon bs issued in It's Eng
li.h dress.
The kealih Of brother AnsPach was
never strong, and of late years particularly
feeble, and few men have suffered more
pain than il was his lot TO endure. Dur
ing the last few months his sutierlngs
were intense. and YET in the midst OF
them all he manifested beautiful! Chris
tian resignation. Such was the de!icacy
Of lis health for a number OF years, that
he was unable to perform the duties o! The
Ministry, and therefore, retired from It's
active IaborS, preaching at such times as
his brethren requested his services.
Few men possess finer intellectual
power than were those of our brother, and
few could WELD more vigorous and
graceful pen, in the incarnation OF thought,
sentiment. and ruth. When in health.
his eIoquence was of high and enyiable
character, and under the influence of his
preaching many have been startled by his
brillancy and power, and many more
have gone away crying, God, be meTcl-
ful 10 US sinners"
He was gentle as "a nurse cherishing
her children" and censure in unkindness
was unknown as passing from his lips.
Long has the wEi,er known and loved
him, and often has he taken sweet counsel
with him, and now that be has gone, he
hopes to Join him in better and heav-
enly world, need not say, bis end was
peace.