Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-10-26
Dying Words of the Great.
Boston Transcript.


DR.. Johnson, passing away amid a tu
mutt of uneasiness and fear, said to one
who stood close beside his bed, "God
bless you, my dear" The celebrated DR..
Adams, rector of the high school of Ed
inburgh, in some moments of delirium
preceding his death, whispered, at is
growing dark, boys; stretching forth
his hand, "you may go! Queen Eliza
beth of England, lying on her royal couch,
was heard to moan out the heartrending
words, as she closed her eyes forever,
GAN my possessions for one moment of
timer But the noble Wesley simply ex-
claimed, in calmness of spirit, ''The best
of all is, God is with u.s." Poor Robert
Burns, out of his head when he drew his
last breath, cried, "Oh, don't let the
rious, indeed, that Lord Thurlow should
have cried out, as he passed away, "Tm
shot if don't believe I'm dying"
"Ah! mes enfans, you cannot cry as
much for me as have made you laugh
iu my timew so said the brilliant wit of
France, Scarron, as he lay dying that
hour with host of weeping friends a.
round him.
1t was Christian philosopher like John
Locke who exclaimed with his latesS
breath that solemn day, ooh, the depth
of the riches of the goodness and know
ledge of Godw How strange to think
that the great Mirabeau, after life O.
such wild discard, should have cried out
frantically, as he lay waiting for the last
change, emusic! Let me die to the sound
of delicious music!' Washington, with
the smile of saint, looked up into the
face of his weeping wife for the last time
as she bent over him at Mount Vernon
that dismal day, and calmly said, as he
crossed his arms above his noble heart,
at is WELL" And the last words of Luz
theirs friend, Melancthon, are wonder
fully striking. it seems to me. The
former asked him that hour if he de-
sired anything. mo, Luther; no! Moth
ing but heavenw he answered, and died
with smile upon his face. The ruling
passion said to have been still strong
with Chesterfield when he passed away,
for the last words he uttered were,
"Give Daytolles a chairw Did poor Cow.
per say anything before he died-he who
had always dreaded even the thought of
dying? Why, it is said he sank to rest
as peacefully as little child. All! but
what did Hobbies the deist say just be-
fore he gasped his last breath? II am
taking a fearful leap in the dark" but
the sweet Herbert said, "Now, Lord, re-
ceive my soul" Dear Goldsmith's ply
stefan asked him few moment before
he ceased to breathe it his mind was at
ease. His mournful answer was, mo, it
is mott" And yet was not Goldsmith
really as lovely character, at heart, as
thoven whose whole soul had been full
of glorious harmony throughout his life,
"Now 1 shall hear!' May we not cherish
the hope that Byron's thoughts
were of God and heaven when he said
at last, so YEARLY, II must
sleep now" The sun was shining very
brightly in the room where the great
Humboldt lay dying, and he said, as he
watched the beautiful rays, Glow grand
the sunlight! 1t seems to beckon earth
to heaven!" John Adams and Thomas
Jefferson died the same day, but one
said with his last breath, Independence
foreverw and the other 81 resign my
soul to God-and my daughter to my
country" Sir Thomas More said to an
attendant, as he assembled the scaffold
on the day of his exc cution, 81 pray you
to see me safe up, and for my coming
down let me shift for myself" Beauti-
full Anne Boleyn, just before she knelt
down to lay her head on the block,
clasped her neck with her hand and
said, 1T is small, very SMALL indeedH'
What could have possessed Franklin to
say to his friends on his dea hbed, ga
dying man does nothing well?" What
strange question for Cardinal Beaufort
Cor any other MANI to ask at the last mo-
ment of life, 'What! is there no bribing
death?" Scott said, even when death
was creeping very, near, 81 feel as if |
, were to oh be myself again And An HOOD
dying, dying"