Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-04-14


DR.. J. Mason Warren had asv arsi-
vsd. and psusa 20 .ths, hedsi-le q. seou a
Mr. We6stee 9sa. again awake. Ne
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.skrd, vaish were ew. ErssS he ts.e q
dis.srbiae him. a yss se~ abous eight
!. oe:oek., nr, Warren observed, in a
written Sceosht sf the ease: "a q
"Jaseing simply ftoa.. The symptoms, .a .,
should in any other case. have sid thar
life could NOT ksvs bssa psvlsassd Asle
IN hear. He gssas tsaasity - lies, and
che very gradaaa modes il which The VI
ftd sssSnsRsse was. waFs ssnavkabss-
such as | do n,t remember to have vi.
messed in sny other case. In about
half IN hour after I entered the room.
and after a short interval Of rest. he sud-
denly reached out his hand. and begged
me to lift him up in the bed, which with
assistancc, vas At once da,c; when, With
out any great effort. large mass of blool
was elected from his stomach. He al.
most at oncs exclaimed. after this, Il foe,
as IL were going to sink right away ;
am I dying?' We assured him that he
was only faint, administered little stim-
ulous. which soon restored the sircul.-
! tion."
AAcr this, he desired that his friends,
who had left him with the physicians aud
the attendants that he might. If possible,
again sleep. should come I" b m. one hy
one. fo. the last words Of lsave-takiug 2
that he wished TO say 70 each; and. one
by one, oil went succrs.ively to receive
rom him words Of affection and cousola-
tion. uttered with his accustomed cquan-
unity and with singular appropri a,eues.
to eoch case. This being done. he ad-
dressed himself. with all the strength Of
his great faculties. to the effort o: ob,ain-
ing clear perception Of the moment when
he should be entering the confues of an
other world. He seemed to have an IN
tense desire for q consciousness of the
act of dying. From this time" says
DIR. Warren. ''he fell into kiul of dose,
arousing occasionally in state Of crea,
exertion. demanding something TO reli we
him. saying. Give me life. give IN, life
evidently feeling as if he might fali
into state in which he should be una
bic to realize the passage from life to
death. He also asked me. once or twice,
'Am l alive. or an deal 7 and propo-
sed other questions to the same effect"
On one Of these occasions. DR.. Jelfries
repeated to him the t~xs Of Scripture
Yes. though I walk through the valley
OF the shadow o. death, viii fsir. no
evil. for thou art with me thy rod and
thy staff, they comfort me-" "Yes." he
said. "thy rod-thy aa-but the f,c,,
the feet want" for b, was no. certain
! whether :hc words that had been repeat
ed to him were intcnled as an iutimat,oa
that he was already in the dark valley
Ga another OCCASION he asked VIII .,her it
were likely that tue vomiting. from which
he had suffered, would return before
death; and, when told that il was in-
probable. he asked, "Than rha. shall
you do!" Oa bciug told ,ht he woull
be supported by s,,ma!ants, and made a.
easy as possible BY opiates. he inquired
it the stimulant shou,d not be given then.
Ii. WIS answered that il would not be
given Immediately. and he replied. when
you give it me. shall know that may
drop off at once" Satisfied that he would
,aus have inal warming OF the approach
Of death, he said. II will then put nv
self in position to obtain little rcpose !"
aud the repose came.
The whole household w,re now again
in the room. calmly awaiting the moment
when he would be released from pain.-.
All were q ,iet and composed. save poor
old Monica. She. in the ignorance and
affection of her nature. for some time
moved about inccssantly. in much a.ita-
ton. goiug frequently to the bedside,
locking at her master. holding up their
hands. mu.tering bits of prayers to hcr-
self. and taking little notice Of the poo
pie about her. Ono, or twicc. however,
she addressed herself to Dr.. Warren. aad
demanded, "Isn's hs going to tis?" or
why don't he die 2" or. "You don,
thiak he'll live to morniug?" apparent
ly Iaboring under the idea that the doc
tor had au agency IL Proloagins bis suf-
ferings.
1t was ra.t milnigh., when, awakinr
from one Of the slunbcrs that he had at
intervals. he seemed not to know whe.h.
CT e hid not already passed from Lis
earthly existence. tie made strong ef-
Tor. to ascertain what the consciousness,
that he could still perceive sctually vas.
and then uttered those well-known words,
at still live!' as it he had satisfied him
self Of the fact that he was striving to
know. Taey were hi. las. coheren. ut
terauee. A good deal later, he said
something in which the word "pori:y''
was distinctly hard. His son inmedi.
ately repeated to him one Of the s,ap1,<
of Gray's Eicgy II, b ard it AMI sml-
cd.
Alter this. respiration bccome more
difficult, and at length it went on win
percep,ib.c intervals. All vas now hu, IA
ed within the cham er aud to those VIII
s,o d waiting there we're but three soupds
| in Nature: tie signing of the autumn
wind in the trees. the slow ticking of the
c.eck in the hall below. ani the deep
br, a.hing Of their dying friend. Moments
seemed hours. and Mr.. CARTS says !:
"S,ill the measured beat Of ,ine fell pain
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