The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-03

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though, With dif3dsDce. would remark
Rot 20 rGuch 80 IL the present 1nsIsnee
Tor. though The trst necessary ana gsnsf
nj result Of conviction DO a sincere WISE
IN ators for the evil committed, yet j
! NAV b. question worthy OF able con
Alteration whether excessive pride OF opin
( ioa, Consummsts vsLlty, Sno lh0rolDs',
self love might OF prevent or re'ard thai
otherwise natural consequence. FOR my
own part, believe that lad DOT lhoiaH'
Paine been such distinguished !nuae
he would have left less equivocsl evil
derces of d change OF opinion. Con
corning the persons who visited Mr.
Paine in bis distress IS bis personai friends
heard very little, though may
observe that thei- number WAS small
and of that number there were not want
ing those who endesyored to support
him in his deistics opinions, and 10 Gu
courage him to die like man, 10 hold
fast his integrity lest Christians, or, as
they were pleased to term them, hyPo-
critics, might take advantage OF MS Weak
ness. and furnish themselves with q
weapon by winch they might hope to de-
strov their glorious system oil Tors''
Numbers visited him from motives OF BE-
nevolence and Christian charity, endesV'
oring to eff CT change OF nina Ia re-
spect to bis religious sentiments. Inc
labor OF such WAS apparently iost' ana
they pretty generally received sucn
treatment from him rs none but gooo
men would risk second time, though
come Of these persons called frequently.
The following testimony will be new
10 most of our readers. It is from a let
ter written by Bishop FENwIcK Roman
Catholic Bishop OF BOSTON,, containing d
full account OF a visi. which he paid to
PAINE in his LAST illness. 1t was printed
in the United States Catholic Magazine
for 1886; in the Catholic HeroLd, OF Phil
adelpbis, October 10, 1916; in supple
rnent 10 the Hartford Courier, October
q. 1917, and in LttteLs Living Age for
January %. l848, from which we
copy. Bishop FENwIcK writes;
A short time before Paine died was
pnt Tor by him. He was prompted 10
tbis bv poor Catholic woman wro went
10 see him in his sickness, and ~Ao told
him. among ether things, that IN his
wre,ched condition if anybody could
do him any good it would be Roman
Catholic priest This woman was an
American convert formerly a Shaking
Opsrkeress) whom l had received
into the Church but a lew weeks be-
tore. She WAS the bearer OF this message
70 me from Paine. l stated this cir
cumstsnce to +. kohlmann, at break
last, and requested him 10 accompany
me. After sDme solicitation on my part
be agreed TO do 20, At which l WAS great
~ reioIced. because | was At the time
quite Young and inexperienced In the
ministry, and was glad to Gave his assist
aace NJ knew from tho great reputation
Of Paine that | should have TO do with
one of the most implous ~ well AS in
famous of men. We shortly stter set out
for the house NJ Greenwich, where Paine
lodged, and on the way agreed on a
mode OF proceeding with him.
We arrived ut the house, a dec"nt-
looking elderly woman, (Probably his
housekeeper) came to the door anG IN
CURED whether we were the Catholic
nriests. for SAID she Mr.. Paine has been
So much annoyed of late By other denom-
nations ealing upon him that he has left
express orders with me to admit no one
40 day but the clergy OF the Catholic
church Upon assuring her that We
were Catholic clergymen, she opened the
door and showed US into the psr!or. She
tncn left the room and shortly
s.,ar returned 10 inform us that
PANE WAS asleep. and, AT the same
time, expressed wish That We
woald no, disturb him, TO-, sand enc, he
is slwavs IN bad humor when reused
ont of 6is sleep. It is better W. wait y
Gttlc till he be awake We accordingly
sat down ard resolved To swait more
favorable msment. Gentlemen, ssld the
lady, after having taken her seat siso, /
really wish you may succeed with Mr..
Paine, for he is sboring under great
distress Of mind ever since he was IN
formed by his physicians that he can
no. possibly live and mus, die shortly
He sent .or YOU to day because he was
told thst if any one coulC do HIM
good you might. Possibly ne may think
YOU know Of some remedy which hi
physicians are ignorant Of He IS truly
to be pltied. His cries when he Is left
sIoRe are heart-rendng. 80 Lord help
me he will exclaim during his psrox.
tsnis OF distress God help me-jesns
Christ help me- repeating the same *
pressiors without the least variation, IN Il
tone OF voice that would alArm the
house. Sometimes be viii SOY, ~ God
what have | done to suffer 50 much,
lhen shortly after, But there is no God,
and again little after, yet Il there
should be what would become
o. me hereafter This he will cDntlr VI
TOR some time. when on sudden
he Will scream, az if IN terror and agony
and call out tor me by name. On one OF
these occasions, which are very frequent
Il went TO him and inquired what h,
wanted, Stay with me, he replied, TO-
| Gods sake, for cannot bear 20 be lett
alone then observed thst | could NO
ALWAYS be with him as | had much to At
tend TO IN the house Then, said he, 'senc
even child to stay with me, FOR II is =
/ hell to be alone i never saw she con
cluded, - more unhappy, more foraaEen
man. II seems be cannot reconcile him
| self to die
"Sucn WAS tie conversation OF the So'
msn VINO had received u, and who prob
sby had been employed 20 nurse stc
| take care of him during his illness. She
was y Protestant, yet seemed very deslr
Gus that we sno4ld afford b,m some re-
/ lei ia his state OF abandonment, border
ing on complete despair. Having re-
/ manned thus some time IL the psrlor, we
At length heard q noise in the adjoining
passage way, which induced Us 10 oe
/ Ieve that Mr.. Paine, VINO was SICK
il that room, had swoke. W.
accordingly proposed TO proceed thither
wricn was sssented to by the woman
md she opened the doc? for Us. On en-
terine, we found him just getting GU o.
/ his ,Iumber. a more wretched being II
spuearsnce never behcld. he was lyIEs
- sr ~ ,fartIy n. cent a.. itself bu