American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-10-12

However Psychologists may question
the importance of the feeble utterances o
the dying, it is certain that mankind il
| general finds deep significance in tn,
last words of those who are vanishing In
to theBuknown life.
| lie raves !" said the physician, wher
DIR: Adams, Rector of the High School o
Edinburgh, was passing away; but as w
catch the last dying words of the ravfng
our own eyes are dimmed. 1T grow
dark. boys" stretching forth his hand
fs'you may 60" "All my possessions 70,
moment Of time I" moaned Queen Eliza
beth. Wesley, calmer, said. as he died
.'The best of all is, God is with u.s." An6
deaf beethoven, whose soul had ever beer
filled with harmony, exclaimed gladly 81
the last, II shall hear ~
us your mind at ease p Goldsmith
was asked BY his physicians. "No, it !.
not" was the mOurnfill reply, and he
spoke no more. How different the part.
ing words of DR.. William Hunter! aIfI
had strength to hold q pen. would write
how easy and pleasant thing it is to die -
Or the assurance of President Edwards, as
his dying grasp lO0sened on hard forms OF
dogma, 8 Trust in God and you need not
fear"
Byron said YEARLY, 81 must sleep
now" and Goethe, turning to his wife,
called for Light, more light.''
DIR. johnson died in tumult of uneasi-
ness and dread. Cowper sank to rest as
peacefully as child. 81 am taking a
fearful leap in the dark, cried Hobbies the
Deist: and '.Now. Lord, Lord, receive my
soul" whispered Her3ert on his last
'.sweet day.
Politeness was no longer a ruling pas
sion but chrism, when Chesterfield In
dying said, ssGive Dayrolles a chair >, and
surely something was forgiven Of Charles
the Second when he babe farewell to
earta's pOmp and wickedness in .sDon't
let poor Nelly starve."
IIaller's last words We're, feeling his
own pulse, The artery ceases to beat -
Petrarcll died suddenly and silently in his
library, his hand upon book, and Sir
Isaac Newton was winding his watch when
he was ushered into the life that hath no
end.
Talma, the great actor, exclaimed pitt
fully as he went, ssThe worst of all Is, l
cannot see;'' and John Locke murmured,
20 the depths OF the riches of the good
ness and knowledge of God ~ The dying
edmonton Of the learned Grotius to his
race was, ssBe serious" Scarron the
French wit, said family to his weeping
friends, 'sAh! mes cntans, you cannot cry
as much for me as have made you laugh
in my time )" and Lord Thurlow in reck-
less wonder exclaimed. I'm shot, If /
don't believe I'm dying ~
his last breath. ssDon't let the awkward
squad fire over me 20 he did not allude to
his commentators and critics, yet what a
significance should the words have for
them And how little Anne B0leyn
thought, when, awaiting the executioner,
she clasped her fair throat, that ut Is but
small, very small, - would link her forever
to the heart of Christendom!
Yes, we cannot doubt that many of the
most eloquent sermons mankind has ever
listened to have fallen from dying lips.
CAESARS grieved s'And thou, Brutus -
John Quincy Adams's ''This is the last
of earth;" Mirabeau's frantic cry for
emusic" after his life Of discord; George
Washington's sit is well''ado they not
grow richer in meaning every day? And
is it not still blessed to remember the last
moments OF Melancfhon, the friend of Luz
ther? "Do you want anything?" asked
his loved ones eagerly. Nothing but
heaven" he answered gently, and went
smiling on his way.-HearM and Home.