The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1868-05-06

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THE DEATH BED or An EMINENT Phi
III aAt eas LOSOPHER. gjH tE 4&.
A mestiaE sf the Royal Society ot Edin
bargh hss bses held to do honor to the me
nory Of Sir David Brewster - nan o
genius and science. Who had ''resped sll III,
highest academic and other distinctions
BON domestic and foreign, which Britisl
philosopher can possibly win. and in hi
chosen departments Of research left behins
him no n,me more illustsisss than his own.
Bet Sir David Brewster Vas ssmeshias
mere. and never had any sympashy viii
those who from h,sty and snphilosephic DE-
duetions attempt 10 place seisnee in snta
geaism with Christianity. The followin;
= .he eoneluding part II the speech Of Si'
James simpson, Bart, the Qasen's physi'
cian for Scotland, whose scientific em:n,
enee hss procured him European celebrity
He thus describes the closing scene st 81,
David Brewster's life: s2@&
Sir David Brewster must have beea ori.
Einaily endowed with robust and iror
constitutions. Few men ever reached the
age Of eishty.ssvea With m intellect % on.
impaired and an ear 30 acots. I'm later
years, kowsvsr, Ne had repeated stacks aI
serinus illness. But since he attended the
meeting of the British Association u Dsa.
dee. In autumn last, where he vas carried
nut from one Of Its crowded neetinSs 10 I
state Of svucnps. his health has rapidly de-.
riined. He died sitima,rly sf m attack oil
pneumnn mia and brnnehifis. A rigor, usher
ing Ia the fatal illness. occurred eight dayi
previous 10 death. From the date Of In
occurrence he felt and stated that the grasp
uf the hand 81 death wss new 6rei upol
him. Yet. though feeble and ~eak. he in.
sisted pn being allowed 10 rise and wnrk
for few haars daily. Three days before
he died he insisted on dressing and goins
isto his study. where he dictated several
frevcfi letters. and. amongst ssAsrs. one
10 ouy Secretary, Dr. Baifour. Permi,
ne he pleaded with those sroend him
"psrnit me to rise once more. tnr I have
work to do" 81 kaoS." he added. " /,
. ,he last time shall ever be in nv ,,sdy.
Tosards the end vi that days work, Nj,
friend and pastor. Mr.. Cousins. visited him.
NY race" said he to Mr.. Cousins, /" il
now quite run. an nov no longer Of use,
either TO myself or 10 others. and I have no
wish ~ linger longer here" Yet" he
added after while" yet IL is not without
Q wrench that one psf.s from all these he
has loved 50 dearly" ~
TO Mr.ssPhinu. aud other eIeriesi friends.
he freely expressed In these his last DAYS
The unbounded aud snbouniins faith OF q
,sy humble snd q very happy Christian.
No shadow Of dabiety ever snce seemed to
cloud his mind. In his march tor~srd,
into. andl,hrssgh The river OF death. IL seem.
ed. a. heard friend remark, a. if Christ
sere ever whispering into his ear, /" Fear
thou not. fer I AN vith thee" /" Bs Of good
cheer" fur "ilisI"
Like nv former dear friend aad old
school companion. Professor John Reid, he
seemed to be impressed vita the idea sha,
one Of the great joys and ginviss Of heaven
would consist in the revelation uf slI The
narseis and mysteries ef creation and
science BY Him By whom " siI things ~ere
made," and who. ss Professor Genrge vii.
sun held II, vas not only the head nj the
Church. but the head. snd origin, and
source Of I'll science. 81 hsvr,S he re.
msrked 70 me. "sesn yer. happy here but
shalt soon be infinitely happier with m,
Saviour aud GREATER"
As death drew more and more nigh, the
one idea oi his Saviour. and VI h,s being
speesiiy and sternalIy With Him. grew
strunger and more absorbing. Ills loving
dsugh,er arrived from great distance sbou.
twenty I've hours before he disd. "Hs
oIten." she writes 10 me, i" during that time
spike oi different members of his iamiIy
vIrom hs would meet in heaven.
On one oI these occasions ne paused, and
seemed TO gather up hts strength to say.
with wonderful power and emphasis. !" 4
~lllsee Jesus--Jesas who crested all things
Jesus who made the worlds---l shall see