The daily gazette., 1878-01-23

'ss.. -
a. that Of an idiot, and knows not even
the name Of its once proud possessof,
whom crowded theatres had risen up
with one rustic to honor, and then with
deafenlng acclan1ations raised mortal
TO the skies! There he Is ; IL matters not
row whether ON down or straw stretched.
already skeleton, and gnashine--rnay
IL be in senselessness, for otherwise what
pangs are there !-gnashing his teeth
within lips oDce so eloquent, now white
with foam and slaver and the whole
mouth, Of yore SO musical, erinning
ghastly, like the fleshless face Of fear
painted Death! Is that Voltaire ?-he
who, with wit, thought to shear the Son
Of God of all his beams-with wit, to
loosen the dreadful fastenings Of the
cross-with wit, to scoff at him who hung
thsreon while the blood and water came
from his blessed side--with wit to drive
away those shadows Of angels that were
said TO have rolled off the stone from the
mouth OF the sepulchre of the resurrec-
tion-wlth wit to deride tho ineffable
glory Of transHgured Godhead on the
Mount, and the sweet and solemn sem
blance Of the man Jesus in the garden
with wit, to darken all the DEGREES OF
Providence-and, with wit,
TO shut the gates OF mercy on mankind
His nurse told the visitors Of Paine q
awful life. During the day he sought to
escape from consciousness by the use
| of large quantities Of intoxicating liquoi
A great part of his time was spent in q
state Of drunkness, or the stupid sleep
which followed. He showed an awful
apprehension of being left, even for a
moment, in the dark. Lights were Kepl
Ia his room during the night and when
on one or two occasions, these had &C
cidentally been extinguished, he con-
tinusd TO knock with his cane upon the
floor, with the utmost violence, ant
plteously to cal! for help, until the nurs,
carried another light into the room. FL,
died In a few weeks after this visit, In |
state OF misery which was +" hell antici
pated." Often, in his last days, he Ella
cula,ed, VIXEN he supposed that he wa
alone, 30 Jesus Christ I" 90 God |!
"Oh Christ, have mercy. upon me !
"Save me save me y His physician
a pious man, who stood by his bed-sid
when he used some such expression
asked, Do you, then, believe i
Jesus Christ, Mr.. Paine p" Openin
his eyes and collecting hlmself for |
moment, he replied, 1 don't want +
believe anything. li sia..l j 90
He was buried upon his own farm
Mrs.--- was Oh q visit to some friends
upon an adjoining farm, at the time Q
l tho f,tnarol and hrnuuhf haolr ,,.~o..
Of it from some VI his neighbors, VIII,
bad the curiosity to 60 TO witness 1t
His remains were followed by a yer,
few, probably five or six, of his infide
friends. Afler they had dug grave an
let down the coffin, one of the party tool
up large stone and dashed II into tn
grave, with sufficient violence to breal
the cofiin-lld, exclaiming, " Lie there
and be damned You have ruined IN
and my family for time and eternity
aud leave my curse at your grave.
de had been a respectable man, an,
had been drawn first into iDhdelity, an
then into drunkenness, by his associatio
with Paine and that curse was the onl,
requiem Of the destroy sJtin44 I
His friends and admirers showed no re
spset for his memory. or delicacy /
speaking of his vices. Two of them, hi
most intimate cronies-oLe Of whom sti
survives, supported by the charity o
Christians-publishe an account of hi
life, revealing depths of baseness and de-
pravity in the mans character whicl
Christians could never have imagined
and would not pollute their minds b.
reading. lt contained, amongst othe
things an account of the seduction of hi
Eata Ia y. ~ In.
which he ana his paramount had hve'
! after their arrival in America. She wa
then alive, and Olbrught an action.sfo
libel against the author, which led to th
suppression Of the WORK, though 1t
known that some copies have escape
destruction, and the testimony of Inf
dels TO the character of their leader ma
yet see the light. .m..l
DIR. Mason, of New York, In his COL
trast of the death of David Hume wit
that of ) ohm Finley, says:
"If you ask how many infidels clos
their career In anguish, in distraction, /
fearful looking for of Judgment an
fiery indignation, which shall consum
the adversaries, how endless IL th
train of wretchesl how piercing the
oryl That arch-blasphemer, iVoltail
left the world with hell anticipatedi an
!, we hear SO frequently OF his disciple
going to their own place In simila
manner, that the dreadful narratives los
their effect by repetition. 1t was qui
recently that a youth in the State of Ne
York, who had been debauched by Il
|, ribaldrous impiety of Paine, yielded 7
the ghost with divers imprecations {
, the hour when he first saw an ipfd
, hook, and on the murderer who fir
3 put 1t into his hands; but who ever hea
of a dying man cursing the day when
believed on Jesus Christ? Such an ii
stance never occurred. Nothing Is mo
= common than the peaceful death of tho
1 who have tasted that the Lord IL gr
) cious. They who see practical Chri
tianity in retreats which the eye of a pI
i fame philosopher seldom penetrate
: could easily fill long record of dyil
beds, softened with that bland submi
, sion and cheered with that victoro
! hope which threw so heavenly lust
4 round the bed of DIR. Finley.
Failures.