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R RUDE, • CMuahu, .S’ C Ssloctions. ftotn the A. R. Preebyleruin “Bark the Perfect Min and Behold the Upright; for the end of that Man is Peaee."—Pnlma zxzTii, 37. The totter end of Rood men affords ns a sohject for s’ndy, at once pleas ing and profitable. To know what thoughts occupy their minds, as they draw near the confines of Eternity— to learn what hopes animate, or what doubts and fears distress them, us they grapple with the last great enemy—to be told what their expe ricncea are as these frail tabernacles of clay are crumbling, and the soul i* struggling for release, and about to wing its flight into the realms of the unknown, untried future—this cun ■ever cease to interest a;ul profit the church and people of Ood. With me it has always been a de- lightiul task to read of the dying experience of the saint*. One of my very earliest recollections is the death bed scene of a dear, ancle, that ven erable wan of God, l>r. Isaac Grier, of blessed memory, whose name is so intimately connected with the early history of the A. H. Church, and whose labors, in planting and water ing, this ;uid other western congrega tions, are well remembered by sum of you, still living, ami present to day. Too young to understiad or remember anything that w;is said— any words of connwl, or of hope, that may have fallen from his lips 5 the externals of the scene are -yet fresh in memory, as though they occurred hut yesterday. The chamber whore he toy, the couch in its centre, the venerable form stretched ujion it, to* *Mow-wbite locks falling over his marble brow and pallid checks, the large circle that stood aron ml, com P0*e<i of his weeping children and relatives, his sorrowing neighbors, and many distressed members of the dock be had served for over 30 years, in the gospel of Christ—all these things are deguerreotyiagl ou my •oul, there to remain, while mind and memory continue to perform their office. Since that day it has lieen my melaucholy pleasure, to witness the peaceful, <nr the trinm Phant departure of other frieiuls, dear to memory and dear to God; and to read of the Lust hours of many others, whose personal acquaintance 1 never enjoyed. It has been especially, an interest ing subject with me, to contrast the dying experience of good men with that of bad men, of tbe truly religious with ^**1 °f the irrejigions, of tkc righteous with that of thu, wicked. Nothing in my view, mote dearly proves the reality anil sustaining power of the religion of Christ Nothing more completely substanti ates ai>d establishes tbe truth of Christianity. In all the wide field of evidences, nothing is more weighty or important If we will take tUc trouble to read of the last boars of eminently ba<l men—of iufldels, scoffers and bias tmers, we will find, almost without exeaptioa, that their lather end was ^retcheduess and misery—w« will od their winds in the near prospect °f death, filed with bitter regrets sud remorse for the past, and terror 0r tlie future—we will find them, rtaotmciug their boasted auti-ch*U- UlM * Principles, and calling for mercy, »dh strong crying and tears, ou that whom they bad blasphemed, 00 th *t very Bavionr, whose Wugion they had aD their lives long attempted to overthrow and destroy. Ou tho other hand, if we will examine the annals of Christianity from tbe day of Abraham, down to the pi,went day we will had that uooc who gave satisfactory evidenoe in their lives of true pqjty—01 true faith m, aud love to the Saviour, have ever been left to die wretched, or even uncomfortable deaths. Sot that we would ultimate that religion makes its possessors wholly iwlilfer cut to life, or takes lrotn them generally all fear of death. There is among all lueu, even the best, a natural dread of death—au instinc tive shrinking hack from the narrow house which is so deep, so damp, ao dark. And it is well this is so. It is a wise provision of our sil-wlse Creator that this feeling is au wide spread and universal. It greatly tends to preserve human life, ami present acts of self-destnictiou. It belongs to God’s people as well as others, and is not usually taken entirely away till God is about to set them free from the bondage of the flesh. The following testimony of Dr. GUI, has been confirmed by multitudes 1 “Though s believer," says he, “may have his darkness, doubts ami fears, and many conflicts of soul, while on his dying bed ; yet usually these are all over and goue, before his last moments come, and death does its office and work n|>ou him, Fiom the precious promises of God to be with his people even until death*, from the Scriptural account of dying saints; and from the observations I have made during my life, I am of the opinion, that generally speaking the jieople of God, die comfortably 5 their spiritual enemies being made to he still as n stone wliUe they pas* through Jordan or the stream of death." To real Christinas dying grace is given for a dying hour. The tender ness of Christ to. his sick and dying servants is very great. Iu their time of need He will not foil or forsake them. Says a great ami good man still living at a green ripe .old age: “For a long time I have viaitAl, as I hml opi>ortuuity, the sick and saf feriug people of God, without regard to age, sin, rnuk, complexion or de nomination. The result is that I have never known one who had made so credible a profession of christiau ity in to secure the confidence of Christians of the vicinage, left to die an undesirable death. Home endured great bodily pnin, but Owl was with them. Some left the world in a state of unconsciousness, bnt thei; last moments of rationality were cheered by blessed rays of fight from heaven. K.sriv in their sick he**, some were smvly tempted, but the victory cattle at tint. Some had been subject tu mental derangement, but they were pennittod to enter Eternity without a cloud over their reason. Yet, had they died maniacs, the promises would not have failed, riotne were young in years and.in Christian ex- perieuce, but the good Shepherd gathered them like lambs iu his arms, and carried them in his bosom. Some were in Middle life, and left helpless children behind them, bat I have seen the dying mother kiss her iitfle babe and bid the world farewell with entire oonqiosure. The peace of God ruled her heart by Jesns Christ. .Some were old, nervous, and on other subjects, full of lim- cies; bnt Christ the Kook, followed them to Canaan. God’s people have left tbe world in various ways, dome iiavc died violent and ignominious deaths, and some have died in their beds. Some have hod long, notice and others hardly any. Some have died old, some in the midst of their days, aud some in the morning of existence, yet they have commonly agreed in leaving an animating tes timony at the power of Christ’s grace to their departing spirits." He whose loss we have been re cently., called to uionm, is no excep tion to this rale. He did indeed leave an animating testimony to the power of Christ’s grace—one that gladdened the hearts of sorrowing tfiends, and mnde some of ns frW like the disniphw on tbe Mount, that it wo* good to be there. I feel con strained to say that it was no mean privilege to see and bear who* some of liana w and hoard aronnd the couch id titat dying saint, It warn os if he had said in the language of the Psalmist j *‘Ootne all T« that love the Lord, bear, nod I will tell what God hath done for my soaL” It was a striking' exemplification of the poet’s words. v Th* dimmtMT where the pood man meet* his tate 1* prieilrirel teyosd tbe 001 onion walk Of riitnou* life, quit* in Ui« v*rg* of h**»*o. Ycio arc the man; juo ace Ilia bold o» hearen Hm««d Vfliu MX iiM Lull BMMftl: OWM bflt (Heod Oo llimi lidf <Jc4»Ut, nod p*> ui« litem <*t>t to foeq A keturw, «iW«V but at «w#rrljm powqr; t* vimi, ooiifWon, and u> rktoo, My <>hjoct in this service is to reiats some of the dying auyiugs and thouglita of our deported friend. 1 say rows of them, for evm if memory enabled mo to tall, you would not have the patience to bear aU that he j said. It is not a thing left optionally 1 with nto to do this or dedins to do it But it wss virtually though not IMiaitiveiy by express command en- joineii upon me to tell these things es|Mx1alty to the young and uncon verted of this community. Let it be distinctly understood that our de sign is not to eulogise the dead, Imt t*« benefit the living. We praise not the man, but the grace of God iu him which enabled him to present sueh cheering evidences, that death ■nay be disarmed, and the graro da spoiled of his victory. How ought it to stimulate us to io- eremwui effort—to increased liberality —to constant, increasing labor in the Master's vineyard! In connection with this subject, he atou spoke strongly mid feelingly of his yrost aaewdisM. On this point, be quoted, as no doubt ex pressive of his own feelings, several verses of the fosiiliar hymn, J*M M I (SI. witiuml os* piss, fist ih*< iky blood was to*d t* as Asd Iks- Umo MTst W «m lo (hso. OlssokottC* 1 Mas Jsot os I MB. aid nMac nr*. To nd sir ssolsf oso dark tdoC IS Or* stno Mood 00a rteosss sack qwv O iso* ot 1 tod. I ooom. At 3 o’clock, on the morning of the tost day, bnt one, that I* lived ou earth, he sent for me. Rc*|M>od ing with all due haste to tire mes snge, I reached and entered his chamber in tbe early morning twi light. Humping gently over his emaciated form, I offeresl him my hand. He grs*;>ed it with warmth and force, aud spoke in suhetanap ami ns far as memory serves, in the following words. “ My dear Pastor, 1 I am glad to aec you. I am mm-h worse than I was. My condition is becomiug critical. There is to be a 1 consult#:.on of physician* about my * case and until that is had. I desire not to talk, or in any way exert my self. If the physician* hold out no hop* 1 of ‘ recovery, I then «.tut to talk some to yon. There are. I four, some young ;ico|iie in tlse community j who dimbt the reality of religion.! form and foahion’s sake. But H is no port of religion to dress finely or appear vainly, but rather to go to church deceotly clod, soberly be haved, sod to Uve the life ahd per form the dudes of s Christian." This is religion, ami oh (but we had more of it in nil our churches. But if his dyiftg Concern for the church wss great, his qpifern for his unconverted friends, individuglly, was greater. To sevep^of them who appro^ted his kedsBe he ad dressed dirret personal appeals be seeching tlie*with hi*dying l>n-.uhu> attend fiqthe iutereoto of their souls; to repent sod turn to God and to reek an interest iu the Saviour. He en- Again he gave us his dying rati quired fur the health of one whom mala of the, enmimretive value of . he knew to be seriously iU, and then religion sad worldly pi tone salons, j sent him this mcasage, and I wish “He bad formed plaaa," he Mid to' you all my nncourerted friends to accumulate something of this wurld's ! consider it as addressed to you: goods He had labored to make “Tell him," soul he, “not to he too boobs uiooey, and had at tnacs found , much taken up about this world, it I his plans defeated—bis hopes dump - wont satisfy the wants of the soul. 1 pointed, and by reason of such di* Tell him though he may have long, appointment had been hrosgtrt into 1 neglected the Haviour it is uot yd some trouble and perplexity of mind. - too late to And him. Tell him God's Hut, added at ail such times, I have' mercy Is boundless; that the ohms round iu my religion an unfeikng j merry which pardoned—tbe same resource. Here was something I ! blood which saved the dying thief, could always roly apnn for comfort | can pardon and savs him or any oiher aud support, and that foiled me not sinner. Tell him to give all diligqnos 11- |„.* V cn." These are in my time of greatest need. Oh, how rich, exclaimed he, hi that man or woman, whatever their outward lot may he, who boa an interest in Christ and a title u» heaven. Bnt kotr pxu, ab, how |>oar is that man whm though he imsscasrd millions of universes, inch as this is, without I (>•#! and s itliont hope in the world. I For, ml<k<d be, if riches are not taken I unity from their poaressor*, tbe pus season themselves will soon be taken I away from their righes. Think of • this, all ye that »re pushing awl striving attar this world to the neg Onoo after lying for a while in tii ought fill mood, be ootnmeneed re peating slowly and solemnly tbe 23d Psalm in our own familiar version, a psalm which hod probably been taught him on his mother's knee be fore he eoald read a syllable. Tbe Lord’s mj Shepherd, rUaot wauL, He fluke* mt down to lie— and so on to the end. Then after a thoagbtfnl imuisp folding his hands over bis breast and looking upwards be exclaimed, “ Oh what a thought, to dwell in the bouse of God—to dwell forever in the bouse of God, oh what a delightful thought." Ouae he raised his feeble arm and pointing upward with his thin lung linger, accompanied by a look that seemed to penetrate the ceiling of his room, nsy the very skies, while methooght there was something of Heaven’s own light reflected in that look, he said: “ You see me look np there, and with good reason. For my home is up there. I hare a strong, a lively hope of a home in the skies, of a house not made with bands eternal in the heavens, when this frail tabernacle shall have been dissolved. God grant that I may have a home in heaven. God grant that all my friends may find a borne some, awl fell during to make his calling and election afire, j on ] T -011 , ( , ( 0 f the savings, that to work out hi. salvation with tear fnm h „ |ip . , t int ervaU dn.._ 0 and trembling. Tell him so loui as , Tuesday. Daring most of that night tho door of merry stand* open hr is rested quietly eiyoving some invited and entreated to enter. H*i n . rm>hinj , deep. On Wednesday Inis no reason that 1 know of to qup mmuimgf hi. svmpton* seemed a lit- posc tlu»t the door is dosed against j tk , fsrorible, awakening in u. htm. Tdl him. therefore, towfriilr to Mimi . fBi „, hope of his recovery. itruffU, to aposur. to enter in while j |j n r as the day wore oo, even this i ■ - lh , . yet he may." Oh, u,y unU lu ring .famlow of ho,w vanished. Dur ^‘ h «‘ all hi* friends m.ght tmrte friends, 1 beseech you to take tin* J in( j u,^ the last day of hi* life, he] a ! talked some, bnt it wss not my mitring, that religion is a reality, and that his religion was real. If anything was wanting in hi* life and character to prove this, it was cer tainly furnished by his death. True there was enough in his life and conversation to satisfy me, to satisfy any reasonable man on this point— and had he been stricken speechless at the very first, and never uttered a single syllable I should have had no more doubt than I now have about his future happiness; for has not God, who can not Be, said it shall be well with the righteous. But it pleas ed God to give him strength and speech to tdl of his hopes, and to leave a noble testimony to tlie truth, reality, and sustaining power of the religion of Jesus. And by this testimony he being dead yet speaketh—speaketh to this whole community sod especially to the unconverted, unbelieving members thereof; sjieaketh as with a voice from the grave or from the land of spirit*. Tlie substance of that tes timony is that religion is s reality, and that it makes its poosesaor happy in life, happy in death, and, what is more than all and (muter than all, happy beyond death. This is tbe truth our departed friend wished to kart burned inti tke mind*— to use one of his own feamest ex pressions—of all his Unconverted friends, wlifim he was (45 suddenly aad unexpectedly called to leave be hind him. He found in his ex perience that retigkm was real—was tbe first thing, the great thing, the only thing, yea, everything. lie tasted its pleasures in life; be felt its support iu death; hence his earnest advice to yourselves! Take it ah and feel the same. Hence it was, my unconverted friends, that in bis For their sake*, I want to say aouir things. And my desire and pra>cr is that God in.ii give me strength to do it. Meantime, I want you to pray for me," A* H wonted but iittla to the hour for family worship, I *.u by him eugsgrd iu silent pr.ijor. lie hwt of religion, an*I the bent inter- take it as as echo from tbe ctcriial voice from the dead; take it a* the , j^riiege to be present. Only thin last k-gacy of a"friend mho would be- h:is been reported to me as queath to joo him dying Meaning; ; , nio0jf hu ^ nrt cn*noc* on Wcd- dyiag moments, he felt so much eon reru and anxiety for your spiritnal ests of your souls. Think how moon ‘ work!; take H os a friendly mesMgr nesday evening: My mother and said he. I welfare; lienee bis dying prayers as cended for you; hence he spoke so mans things for your benefit when i rartWy poos mm may be swept I coming back to you from the vjety j wMking"^* bJuTemente lelfv^i! from you, or you may he siiaL-bad portal* of ParmUse, mto which the ;ltM , , t0o * hm n be with them M , have fceWv to *^ \tkim Um*h> aud tht^how tml, bow uor d*V*rt*A fnemd +1* tJirrr* He m^fiurd trft thou to t u . , r ‘ r ,. P , , *. ’ bow will bfl- JOM about to «itrr. Oh tak^ it •* the ^ mp « the ^jery# that j ,* s bright hop^ He >o„r condition with.mt Christ and U* Mfcfe, aud the hd wfel j a alsmt to he reriflkfl t»Um. He Slim J xtt seemed even then to have, a bright , . . 4 . without a b.nie of ln-av en. Think eomradc and friend, who long’d and lay apparently rapt in thought, and ^ ^ ttcr . ,, t bonr |o pl1iyrtl , a mwt hi. frieml* in that reflect that in grasping at the world, j blessed world where pain, parting, you lost it, aud lost your soul* too. j ai»d dnuli shall he nj more; oh Ifikc Will houw* and lauds, will herds ! it, and so act upon it, that it shall and flocks, will million* of stocks and be writ with von, wlien exiled to lioads or hea|m of gohl and silver j grapple with tbe King of Tnrjs*. presently usid this remark: “How few," said he, “properly iiiidrrainnd aud realize irk it it ii to hr a good skis," which showed tliat his mind was tqi the uature of the Christ ion’s high and holy vocation. Iu a few ran uicnts the family asseuibh-d and we bore hiui and his couditiop .as best we conid iu tlie tiriua of faith aud prayer, before the mercy-scat. Ite mcmlieriug liis expressed wish, ih4 to talk or exert himself, I sat by his couch silently wrestling iu *;>irit with GimI, that it miglu pleas’- Hiui to spore so valuablen life, one mi full of ho|>e arnf iinmiise to the church. After.* time this silence was broken by his repeating twice with emphasis the word.*, Thu xear thus tkati. die.” quoting tbe text from which you were all iwlilrMwed on the 1st Sab bath of this present year. Upon wy saying I did uot remember that you were present at the time or heard that sermon: “ Oh yes,” he rcpln-d, with earnestness, “ / kranl I kear.t it and remembered it, it has becu ting ling in my ear* like the sounds of n tiell from tliat day to this. And it seem* that God in his uli-wisc 1'rovi- deuce is applying it to my case, and that this year I must die." Upon my remarking that though we cnll it fleath, yet in the case of all true be liever* it was more projierly the be ginning of life, be made a cheerful and hearty assent, being apparently too much exhausted to iqicuk more, lie then Lay quiet for a little while, till about 10 o'clock, be began Uiat remarkable address or exhortation, lasting an hoar or more and inter rupted only by sufficient pauses to roll for water to wet hi* parched Itjrf*. Surely none present will ever for get the impression produced, though many of bis thoughts and much of his language may have been already forgotteu. Wo euu only notice some «»f tho prominent points in this midi-ess. And first, he lamented his unprofita bleness iu the Master’s service. He tnorfe than ouoe mid, “I regret that I have doue so litUo for Christ and his cause. I bad formed plan* by which I hoped to accumulate some moans, and it wo* my purpose and desire, If successful, to come and settle down hero in jthe church of ay fetlier, and employ,lilterally, what means God in his Providence might bestow in pro moting his gtory aud building up the church. Bnt God, in bin wise though iustrutahte purpose, is cutting mo off 'io tbe midst of those unexecuted plana" How ought this to operate n* a spur to all of ns who survive! afford you comfort u.ul support, and to stand before the loir of God when the hand of lb-oik arrest* you and snatvbcs you away from them all! Alas! my friends, when shall We u]l Irani that the world ie noth ing, and Christ aud Ilia religion even thing. I hesets-h you all, as yon would consult your own peace and comfort in a dying hoar, as you value the word ol Cod and the ex perience of dyiug saiuls, to let go this world and lay hold ou eternal life. Oh, heed the voice of true via dnm, aud seek first the kingdom of God and □ is righteousnoiis—moke sure your eternal ii^Uwvst* a* your first great concern, aud thou tbauk Tally accept and wisely nse whatever of thi* world’s good God may be |(leased to grant iu return for honest toil and effort. But our dy ing friend not ooly spoke of the value of earlliiy possessions a* rotupan-d with religion, hut also taught the proper use of the former, by urging his brother* and all about him to Use their means liberally for the glory of God aud the advantx'- inent of his kiugdom. lie lamented that dtflhlcnco and timidity wliich keeps so many professing Christians from the performance of family wor ship, and from engaging in the exer does of tlie public prayer meeting— nrged nil Christians, private mein hers, office bearers and ministers to greater real, enmestnesa, and labor for tlie conversion and salvation of sinners. He Mjiecially nrgnl njKin ail arotrnd bis b«l the religions in- stnu-tion and training of children, expressed surprise that any Christian could reconcile It with his conscience to neglect the Sabbath school—and earnestly enjoined upon all to look up poor neglected and ragged chil dren, and, if need be, provide thorn clothing, and send them to the Sab hath school, there to be trained for God and heaven. His earnest lieart felt desires for a thorough revival of religion, he expressed in the follow ing words : “I desire,” said he, “be fore I die, to impress upon tbe com munity the • beolute meeeuttg for a genuiue revival of religion. It is too much tho way of the country, and this docs not hotel good of Hopewell only, or of McCoin’o, or of Keene’s, (two neigh boring churches) but it is too much the way all over the eoun- try for people to go to ehitreh to see and be seen, or from custom or for ia judgment. viaioa of the white-robed throng, he was so soon to join. He arented even then to be gazing through the gates into the celestial city. He seemed even thru to have a sweet fore lust of a blessed reunion wtth loved ones gone before. He seemed to have something of the * The charge of our dying A ieud to periemee with tlie dying Pay con. his Brother* was very touching sad j wboo he exclaimed. “The celestial tender, moving all present to lenr*; 1 city is full in v iew—its odours are it wns,J believe, at the dote of this wafted to me, its breezes fan me, he saWL “1 want you all, my friends, i its sound* strike upon my ears and to lire In peace, and love one another, its spirit is breathed iuto my soul"— affording him of yet greater thing* to be eiyoyed in tbe future. - In conclusion, my dear unconverted friends, let me say that J can wish for fyon no greater happiness than to live the life and die the -death of him whose loss we arc to-day colled to mourn. As to bis lile, I need not speak of that. For his maimer ot "*■ life, from very childhood, litis been seen aud observed by you all. His meekness, humility, gentleness, mod esty, nnobtt-nsive piety and godly walk has been known and read of all men. And what has been related Ia>t us all love each other. In heaVrn ail is Love." IVbat 1 have related thus foe, of the last sayings of this good man. ha* refen-noc- to bis concern for the ehnrvh, and friend* he was leaving behind. But he also said a great deal about the state of his own mind, and his holies in prospect of death. At one time he exclaimed with mnch earnestness, “Oil what a bright, what a glorious day will that be wti’-u a siunur saved by grace is permitted in this discourse, has shown that his or of Thomas Hoott, when he said eJ1 j wa * pest*. You are all jtt« beferp death: “This is heaven c^rtajuiy couviuced by this time that begun on earth. I have done with pdjgjQi, ( s 3 reality, and is necessary ■ darkness fin-ever an«l nothing re- y olir happiness, both here and main* Imt salvation with eternal hen-after. Then, 1 beseech you, no I (fe’O'-'* j longer slight it, no longer neglect it, Blessed be God for his goodness no lo,ig<T pnt off its claims. But and grace to hi* dying saints. “Mark sock it, seek it now, seek it always, tlie perfect man, and behold the up j ■*** il earnestly and prayerfully, tUl _ . , , .. . . i, | you have found .b sus tho peart of right ,^f< r the end if to.it man * great price, and his religion the one ” thing iKHnlftil, that can never be Is any om< (1U{kis(hI to ^ with re- i taktn from you. 1 know, my uneon *iH-ct to hi* last expression that it 'cried tHomls, you do not wish or , , , ....... u . j , . • expect to die without religion and to si-c the face of a reconciled (kkI | must have been a delusion the aj) ; nterrst Christ. But yon iu pi-ace, ami to dwell eternally iu ; cffi-ct of heated imagination, for how i an , , m tti, V g off attention to this all hi* present-e." At nootlier time as we sat cabling his wrists and ankles to restore the cin-ulntion, be said to us: “All this is for nothing—:UI for nothing. My j work is done. My days are number ed. My time is almost up. This body must noon, very soon, go down to the grave. Bnt 1 have a life within the vail that shall never end. Lord Jesns receive my spirit." Look ing one time, very iutentiy iuto the face of * very dear aunt, he said. “You are a file simile of my sainted mother. I am to be cut down like a flower in tho morning of life, while you are left to struggle on n little longer with the trials of life, and the temptation* of a wicked world. You long have tried to love and serve God. Continue to love and serve him, and ho will not leave, nor for sake yon. Yon hare giren many faithful warning* tothe careless, and though they may not have heeded such wanting, yet you shall assured ly not lose your reward. Christ will in the end, say to you, ‘ Well done thou good and faithful servant, be- esnse thou hast been faithful in a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou Into the joy of tlie joy of thy Lord." ’ Oh what an encouragement, fellow Chris tians, does this afford you a>l, to warn your careless children, and friends, so, that if thsv will persist in sin and perish, theirblood will not he required at your hands. ; eonld he ace his mother or any one else, since no object ws* visible to other*. 1 answer, it was by Faith, just a* Stephen saw Heaven open and beheld the glory of God, and Je sus standing at the right hand of God, and just as many other dying Saints have enjoyed visions of coming Umrdnow. Are any ready to suppose that partiality on my part towards a warm personal friend and companion of my college hours has led me to give too high a ooloriug to this dosing scene! Then ask other witnesses present and tbov will tell you tliat tlie half has not been told. Will any, in order to find some feeble prop for their skepticism on tho subject of religion, and some color of excuse for neglecting it, try to say that all this results from a mind affected by disease! Then nsk his Physicians, aud they will tell yon tliat Ue retained to the last full pos session of his mental faculties; hers was uo mental delirium; here was no raving of a fevered, distempered brain. No, no, this dear, polished intellect shone with undiinaiod lustre, as long as the Spirit retained possession of its day tenement He knew well what he was saying, and knew what lie said to be true. There is one way, aud only one, of account ing for tbe animating hope, the bright prospects that cheered aud sustained him in view of a near and certain death. And that i* by ad- lmportaut matter, and iiersuading yourselves that you can attend to it at another time. Now, this providence powerfully condemns the folly of such a course. It tells yon that H is presumption to count on wi-eks or months for this work.—U calls upon you to rei>e.ut. and repent note, to believe, and to believe sow. For yon know not where the stroke of death will fall next. Yon know not but that before to morrow’s sun shall rise, Ood may roll you into judg ment. Then escape for your life. Stay not one moment longer iu any of the wrass of sin. ITaate to tlie moun tains of Salvation. Fly at once to the outstretched arms of the Saviour. I>o not delude yourselvtw with the absurd notion that a few hasty con fessions and regrets and tears and prayers and cries for mercy in a dy ing" hour will save yon. No, no. It was not such things as these that imparted peace and hope to our de- p ted friend ; very far from it. His eeful end was the dose of a short b -* hmnMe, pious, godly life. So if y ’ would die the dentil of the right eous and have your hxtter end like his, vou must live a life of faith ami holy" obedience. Then give np. and g 've up sow, the world for Cnrist. ive up and give up note, your sinful- pleasures and enjoyments for Christ. Come and come mote to Jesus. Yield aud yield now your hearts to his love and service. Repent, believe and be gin now to live to God. Heed and heed note : the warning voice wliich comes to yon from the dying chamber and the new-made grave of comrade and friend, amt which says to you aH iu a most emphatic manner, “> Prepare to meet thy God.” “Be ye also ready, for in such an hour a* ye think not the Pop of man shall come."