The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-24
lE SACRED SAYINGS.
WORDS OF PRESIDENTS,
ng Moments in the LIVES of Mus
ious sons of the Republic Who
Have Reached the Nations
Chief Magistracy.

a late letter L told yo0 something
4 IN We last days of the presidents, but
Y hi sted to say much as to their deaths.
have preserved the last words of
q of them.
hn Adams and Thomas jefferson
died on the same day, and that the
pr July, 1876 They were friends dur
RI their latter years, and Adams last
I'M lOllpyds We're: "rhomas Jefferson still
nj UullVts, but history shows that he was
taken. Jefferson had died an hour
pre-, exclaiming, "Lord, now lettest
~ Thy servant depart in peace" and
kEH'fesign my soul to God-and my
lghter to my country"
ohn Quincy Adams gave his last
! ] 4 & !: /:
N ~ Cath in the capitol at Washington,
MINI aug: This Is the end of earth; l am
~ III ttent," and Gen. Harrison, who died
IN the White House, said: "Sir, | wish
IhH to understand the principles of
III IVernment. / wish Them carried out.
w Ia Sk nothing MORE"
iarfeld's last reported words, as he
racked by his terrible wound, were:
u, that pan" But Lincoln became
conscious wher he was shot, aud re-
aimed so till he died. George Wash
,I,r huTeton was sane during his las hours
WI lIWtd he spent them in calmly arranging
affairs, He told his wife to bring
. OWLS, which he had made, aud TO
Pm one OF them. He then grAsped his
Ia pse With one hand and counted the
|H htS until he dropped back dead.
III Washington died Of II cold, Polk of the
Ia olera, Andrew johnson OF paralysis,
IL q Gen. HarrisoG OF cold, pleurisy and
olera morbus. President Jack son
M VLfps Tor thirty one years diseased man,
" 81 the latter part of his life was. spent
III VI almost continuous pain. Even on
- deathbed he was tortured by office
ekers. 81 am dying" he said, "as fast
can and they know il, but they
ep swarmng about me seeking for
lce-intriguing for Office His death
scene was most affecting one. A
If an hour before his death his chill
iii en- and friends were standing around
IN sDedsldc and his adopted son An
CIV, had tsken his hand and whispered
IN his ear:
Father, how do you feel? Do you
Wiow me?"
EKnow you? Yes, l should know you
~ n II could see. Bring me my spec
~ @les
III SFbese were brought and put on him,
dhe said:
IN Where is my daughter and Marian
n 'od VIII take care OF you for me. | am
my Gods. belong TO him. | go but a
n " short time before you, and | want to
meet you all, white and black, in
}heaven."
AT this all burst into tears, and the
III general said:
"What is the matter with you, my
dear children? Have l alarmed you?
Oh, don't cry. Be good children, and we
III will all meet in heaven"
u These were JacksonS last words. A
short time after this he passed peace
fully away. He died a Christian and a
Presbyterian.
Wy Thomas Jefferson was more of q deisi
than anything else, and when he died
he said he would he glad to see a preach.
er who called Gas q good neighbour
thereby intimating that he did not care
to see HIM professionally. There was
no preacher present at Washington's
death-bed, and there is doubt
as to his belief. The two
Adams believed in Unitarian
doctrines, and it is said that John
Quincy Adams, during his last years
never went to sleep without repeating
that little chld's prayer:
Now lay me down TO sleep;
pray the Lord my sou, to keep;
If should die before wake,
e j pray the Lord my soul TO take
There ls considerable doubt rs to Lin
coins christianity, but his best friends
was cert inly great bible reader, and
understood it thoroughly. Franz
Pierce was an Episcopaian and a
Fl church member. Gen. Grant and Hayes
attended the Methodist church while
IL in the White House, and Garfield spent
his Sundays at the chapel OF the Dici.
pies. John Tyler was, | think, Pres.
by erian, though his second wife was a
Catholic. Dolly Madison was an Epis
copalian, whatever her husband may
have been, and the old church which
she attended years ago still stands, and
in 1t President Arthur worships to-day