Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-02-24
Grew Upward.

Who has not noticed a law OF ma
ture, that nearly all productions of
the earth grow upward Some
plants and vines spread horizontal
iy, and hug the earth, but they sell
dom receive admiration, and are
thought of as coarse and grOveling.
So is ii with man. To be useful
and respected, he must grow up
ward-in mind, as well as in statue,
| or else remain coarse and unreiined.
| 1t should be his constant aim TO be-
come a noble being, mentally, NOR
ally, and physically.
wEBsTER's LAST WORDS OK RELI-
GIoN.
Webster then looked inquiringly
around the room, as if to see that all
were there " HON he wished to adj
dress. AS he was manifestly about
to say something that ought to be
! preserved, sat down at table, in
! front of which some ladies were
standing, and on which there hap
pened to be ink and paper (the pen
/ was still in my haAd), and wrote
| down tho words just as they fell
from his lips. He spoke in a strong,
full voice, that might have been
heard oyer half the house, and with
! his usual meditation and emphasis !;
but very slowly, and with an occa-
| siOnal pause. He said:
My general wish on earth has been
| to do my Makers will. / thank
| Him now for all the mercies He has
| given me for doing so little good (;
for my children-these beloved OBJ
! jects; for my nature and associa-
tions. | thank Him for all His care.
| No man VINO is not a brute, can say
that he is not afraid of death. No
man can come back from that bourne;
no man can comprehend the viii or
the works of God. That there is q
/ God, all must acknowledge. | see
Him in all these wondrous works,
Himself, how wondrous The great
mystery is Jesus Christine Cos
pei. What would be the condition
| of any of us if we had not the hope
Of Immortality? What ground is
there to rest upon but the Gospel q!
There were scattered hopes of the
| immortality of the soul, running
down, especially among the Jews.
The Jews believed in a spiritual
creation. The Romans never reach
ed it; the Greeks never reached IT..
1t is a tradition if that communica-
ton was made to the Jews by God
himself, through Moses and the ia
Tiers. But there is, even to the
Jews, no assurance of an immOrtall-
ty in heaven. There is now and then
scattered intimation, as in job.
I" know that my Redeemer liveth;"
but a proper consideration of that
I does not refer il TO Jesus Christ at
all. But there 9Cere intimatiOns-
crepuscular twilight. But, thank
God, the Gospel of Jesus Christ
brought life and Immortality to light
| rescued it-brought it TO light.
| There is an admirable discourse on
that subject by DIR. Barrow, preach
er to the Inner Temple. l think ii
is his sixth sermon. Well, | don't
feel as if | am to fall off; may.
He now paused for a short time
a drowsiness appeared to come over
him, and his eyes were closed. In a
moment or two he opened them, and
looking eagerly around, he asked
Have I-wife, son, doctor, friends,
are you all here ?-have | on this Oc-
casion, said anything unworthy OF
Daniel Webster ?'' ''No, no, dear
sir" was the response from all. He
then began the words of the Lords
Prayer; but after the first sentence,
feeling faint, he cried out earnestly,
hold me up, do not wish to pray
with fainting voice." He was in
stantly raised little by a movement
of the pillows, and then repeated the
whole of the prayer in clear and dis,
tinct tones, ending his devotion with
these words:
And now, unto God, the Father
Son, and Holy Ghost, be praise for.
ever and forever! Peace on earth
and good will to men-that is the
happiness, the essence-GOOd lCti
| fOlcuTd men.