The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-01-11
Mr.. yanderbilt's Last Hours.
A New York special Jan. A to the Chi
cago Tribune gives the following account

Now York special Jan. AZ to the Chi.
capo Tri5une gives the following account
oe,I,o Iaet hours of Mr. Vanderbilt.
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Com. FahueIotlt a'eu lew MINUTES Wg, W
Tore eleven CLOCK this morning. Weones'
gay aIterhooN ne seemed pester ,nan Usual
IN thc evening ne was P'.c : III nls ro III
9 char ana taken 10 ms sltunS-rooui. lneie
ne conyersea Win Ms l'''i'iy anu nis ii,eu,
MT. Wiiliain ifuhpuii. az 'en Ueio.h uo
retlfea, ieeiHS coihi95.aple. az 1mo ,n An, sn1
morning ne grew suauen,y Horsc' T nm liuu
Vi exhaustion a. .no nun a Nc, - nv I'm.
modores last Illness peSat May ~ VI Lar; las'
year, nc cohsiaereu IL slisnt ioeai ui tS-,
der, put IL did not pass away as Ut cA Pecseu'
ana sapped his strengtn rom uay 10 oay'
gentleman VINO was prcseh' Wneu ooii,.
NandefDilt dled, ana VINO mas spent hiuel
time Win MN ID inc sieh1Iooh, si Ne, 'ni .s
ac' ouiit OIL MS iast houis; ~ saiu .hat on
thursday last II seenieu 10 nm tIiat ne wa, was
entering upon dcatn as ne had never uohe
before. lie mao peeh III y eonstan. s.a. .. VI
weat ness Tor inc last mo, IN, Win one OF ivy
peilods OF raillihS. IN ncalcsuut esonius
he saw one or Two OF III irlends, WIN who,h
ne ,aiked eheeriuiiy uI'ii heary ien eiU In
ana IL was thought py those WHO
were with HIM that ne was prlgntcr
thah ne was III INC morning; A Az. 1ne I Nm
deroiit upon reiislous SUBJECTS tely 9Iine so
Y. Ills iaith seemed very greaI, anu ne uA-
pressed himself delipe'aleiy ama aecIoe na,i
among olher lhingS, ne saio' No' shaiI
never cease TO trust Jesus. how co9id l
ever iet that go! he SPOKE aiso Vi MS II.
conselousn IS OF MS ignorance III regaiu "
spiritual ihings-ior instance, inc eXlstence
ana operations OF the doly Thosl, oue i his
ignorance did not s'and IN INC way oi nis
faith. lie sad he read the b,ple and lr red
10 uhd.rstaha IL us wei as nc co"ia' any
whatever IT said he firmly believed. ABOUT
two a. m. change came again, ana al iouI
ne had grown much weaker. Later III lhc
morning ms children ana pastor were sent
Tor. Dr. Deems arrived ABOUT hihe o cioch'
ana MS Iatnily arrived niue iater'
The Commodore found great difficulty In
speaking, and could make but few utter
ances during the last hours Of his life. lie
took interest in passages Of Scripture re-
peated from time TO time, and upon one OF
the ladies making suggestion IN regard to
singing, he misunderstood her, and made no
sign of assent a little later he turned 10
his wife and said: g thought you would
sng." A few of his favori hymns were
then sung, with pauses between. The trs
hymn SING was "show pity, Lord; Oh
Lord, forgive" and the next, Nearer my
God to Thee" lie showed gre interest il
the singing, and even attcmp ed, with hi
HouTSc foiC', " jo'n III !" hymn "hiSh
always interested him. 1t was the one
beginning with the words, I" ONE
ye slime s, poor and needy" Bcfor,
he was 80 low, wlerevc tha' hymn
was sung, he Invariably tried to join in it
generally AZ ding, at the close: II an.
poor, am ne dy, weak and wounded, sIcb
and 50 c." DIR. Deems proposed prayer, I
i'm. if looked ms thSurb his strength wa
foiIiug :, raniJIv that very soon he would
NOT In ahl,. 10 eypector9tc. so that III,
fri, ms ahout Him onticiuated n STRUGGLE nj
tbe las hmong other thinps the IA. TO,
prayrd tLat ,,od would he ri ased in His
mercy 10 y0ucbsnfs uplo the siI(r,rer an easy
depa ,r,r, ouf of his Great pain into cyerlast.
IN Iffc Tho tommHJorr evidently followed
the whole provcr. and when il was closed
with Inc brurdi1.tion. he rcpratcd with tn.
mi,,i-lrr the words. 'sThc blessing of GOD
AImigl,iy. The Father. Son and Iioiy Ghost"
and i,is voice then failed him, He after.
ward ,itrmnlcd TO sTroL several times bu,
coula OF art;culate With sufficient cIcarncss
to max himself understood. Aztec
the lapse of some time he turned to hi
wife who was sitting beside HIM, and his
mind seemed to recur to the prayer that had