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From ititf iJnruman Aavocmi.
MOMKiMWOK UiiiiUf*
UfctMGE.
Staunton, Vn Sept. 11, 1828
Mi:s>tt> Kinrous: —Feeling
it a dmy I,osve to l\ s me iiny
c/ime I ite Kev. Knock Ueoiiaii,
li shopol (he Mcthotlisi K|mco
jul (Jim; ci), liisimi oate iricmis,
and the church in general, i
make the follow \\* coiiinuni
calioti of his arr \al among us,
1 is affliction, and tnumpnaot
death. Y s, he is g me! He
is no more among us! He
Calmly Celt asleep m tlie Lord
J *us, ul six o’clock on Satur
day morning, the 53d ulti no,
ai tlie house ot brother I*. Hop
ki us. olthlstown.
Oh how mysterious are the
ways of Providence! huch a
scene, perhaps, has never been
witnessed before. On th
satnedav, at four o’clock, p. m
a few miles distant, departed
tliis life the Kev Sakubl vl -
J nnitsoN, of the Bal ti nore con
fei cnce, in prospect ol a bles
sed immortality. Ilis remains
were brought to town, and plac
e l witli those of tne bishop in
the Presbyterian church, wheie
their funeral sermons were
preached, one .allor tlie other,
in immediate sueces ion, to a
large and weeping ccngrega
ti n; a let w ich diev were t ik
en to the Methodist bayin'i
gr mnd. followed in procession
bv i 000 or t 200 cit zens of the
town and its vicimtv, and in
timed by the sale of each oth
er. they now rest in peace. We
feel sensibly under this dis
pensation of divine Providence.
The L *rd had begun to pour
out his holy spirit up m u*;
the wilderness had begun to
bloom, and the solitary place
Was glad. From 15 to 50
y oung people had very recent
ly been converted, and the ap
pearance of this man of God,
The bishop, among us, was an
linexjjeeted pleasure to us all
Hut alas! he came oiilv to suf
fer, to die, and lie buried. Oh.
may the great Head and Shep
herd of Israel sanctify his death
t > the good of the church at
Staunton!
Bishop George arrived here
on londay, the i tth ultimo,
after having preached at Har
l isooburg on the day preceding.
He informed us on his arrival
that he was ill with the dvsin
tety;somuch so, that be fre
quently lav down on the road
and irimg the day. However, he
manifested no disposition to
call in a physician; asked for
the last number of the Chris
tian Advocate and Journal, and
n died to liis room I went
once and again to see him, but
leaving l might interrupt him,
I asked if it would be agreeable
to him for me to remain in the
room, “e replied, ‘if you arc
not invulnerable to the disease,
yo i Ha l better not remain;’ by
wnicr 1 inferred lio hail rather
be alone Having a call to the
country, I then left him for a
lay or two. On my return 1
Hound lie had dulled in medi
leal aid. On rliursd.iy, while
| several of us were sitting with
him, be sail, *Bretluen, y ill
.list excuse me; lan to wak
to talk with you. All I can
su> is. isl die 1 am going to glo
ry! For this l have be u living
forty years.’ On Fiiday morn
ing lie sent for me, ami sai l he
was low, and if be died he
vv s ied me to be the bearer of
a few lutes to tw > friends in
Baltimore; not naming them,
hut wi > w re appointed to
transact his business. He then
requested me to get bis lesta
nant, and read the 14 h and
loth chapters of the g upcl by
St. J mn. I did so He then
odered a few reflections on
them, and exclai ned, ‘What
a body of divinity and valua
ble truths are embraced in
those chapters!’ I was with
iiini occasionally until the
Honday following, (Firing
which ime nothing special oc
curred. He was much afflict
ed m body, but calm in mind.
His prospects for heaven ap
peured to fill his sou l with j>y
ad peace. Observing tltai he
mhi fi sti*d an unwillin mess to
take me liciue, I said, •Father
George, i <L> not wish you to
dm.’ ‘Why?’ said lie, ‘do you
not wish me to g i to heaven
I from Staiint >n?’ 1 informed him
on the morning of this duv, that
Iliad several appointments in
the country, and also had en
gaged to attend the Fincastle
ca up meeting, about 7-> miles
distant. I then introduced inv
•
colleague, the Key. James
Berkly, and observed, either
of us was at his service,
and asked if lie had a choice.
He said he had not; that we
were all the same family. He
stated farther, that he expected
to ride out the next day, and did
not wish us to derange our ap
pointments; but if we could do
our work, and render him
some assistance, he would he
thankful. Brother Berkley
J
cheerfully agreed to continue
with, and wait upon him, and
render him all the assistance he
could in any way. 1 then took
my leave of him thinking he
was better. He took me by
the hand, and affectionately
said. -Fray for me.’
Here I pause. What have I
not lost hv leaving him when 1
did! What might I not have
gained, isl had remained until
he, our Klijah. ascended! Should
I not have shared the povtion
of Klisha? His mantle might
have fallen upon me Never
again do 1 expect to have an
opportunity of realizing sucli a privi
_ .1,11 ol Jilt/lug SllCll ft 111 .111 ot
G nl, Mill'll an aged minister f Jesus
CliyiMt leave the shores of in irUlity.
O it- so loig in < Xj> rient e, ho string
iti frith aod OiMili'lauce, and w i ise
prosp c s were so overwh lining,
lad t witness'd tin depirtur , sure
iy I must have been belter prepared
b proa h and r * , 'o , nni'*nd the r< ligio i
f th* Lord Jesus Christ to a parish -
ng world. I mu-bt have seen and
It ‘that to dir is gain.* But this
irivil<*ge was reserved I>r my d*ar
.ok • fell w iri the kingdom ad pa
f. nee of .1 sits Christ, tin* It v. J.
Berkley. Y s, he stood by,& saw hi n
, <u tell away, and held the cold hand
vhidi had p inted the sinner to the
La nl of G >d, and the jiious believer
his etern il home in heaven; whith
•r his triumphant spirit was about
isceiidihg.
I will now give you a short account
f his last moments, as furnished by
brothers Berkley, Morrison, ami
Hopkins. The disease which hurri
ed him home continued, with very lit
tle, if any abatement; but they hourly
expected and anxiously looked fu*
a change for the better, as he com
plained but little, and frequently said
*VVe will try and g-t into the couu
try,’ On Wednesday a gig aotl
horse were procured, but he was to
weak to ride. He appears to suffer
much, with great patience, uotit
Thursday evening about six o’ lo- k
when he said, ‘I now f*el a chang<*
has taken place,’ They were a
Isrmed, and three other physi-iaus
were called in, hut all to no purpose.
I’U-die was cast, and o relief could
ie afifrrd and. Bit his mod remain <1
in perfect pa e. ‘Glory! gl >ry !* was
liis constant tlie ne.
The plivsi nan w m attend -d him
eame in, to whom lie said, *1 shall
soon he in gl ry* l’ brother Morri
s mi he said, ‘Who are tb**s ■? \re they
not all ministering spirits?’ and ex
laimed, *My dear departed wife
has been with me, and t sh ill
soon be with her in glory.’ O i Fri
day morning, when brother Morrison
mtered the room, be raised liis arms,
tnd embraced him and brothers Berk
I y and Hopkins in turn, and said,
‘Brethren, r j dee with me; ( am g >-
i g to glory.’ During the day he
r quently expressed himself in simi-
I.r language to brother Berkley,
whose attention was unremitting.
He s aid, 4am going to glory! that’s
nough.’ Towards the close of the
dav he said, clipping his hands,
‘Shout glory to G <l!—the best of all
is. the Lord is with us.* At night he
requested an anodyne, the candle to
b ■ removed, and to he left alone. Be
ing asked by brother M o rison if he
had any temporal business unsettled,
h'* rep!id, ‘Nothing of any magni
tude;’ and added, as though he had
bid adieu to all earthly concerns. • I
am going to glory. I have been fir
many years trying to lead others to
glory, and now thither I am going.’
Many other similar expressions.?*ll
from his lips; .but suffi e it t> sav,
‘For me to live,’ said he, ‘is Christ ,
and to die is gain. Jesus is sweet.*
He now rests from all his labours.
He now lives in heaven. Glory was
his theme in the pulpit, and glory J glo
ry shall be his theme to all eternity.
‘Oh let me die the death of the
righteous, and let my last end be like
his!’ ‘The chamber where he met his
fate was favoured beyond the com
mon walk of virtuous life, quite on the
verge of heaven*’
Yours, &c, Basil Barry.
From the Dayton Ohio Journal.
TAKE NOTICE.
Elijah Slider, a minister of the
Gospel, wishes to inform the public
that he has had authority to solemnize
marriage from the year 1827, in
March, and desires a part of the pat
ronage. If they will grant him their
custom he proposes to marry for on*
dollar, if not taken more than five
miles from home, or seventy-five rents
at his own house. He will be found
one mile from Da’ * n. on th* Cin
cinnati road: a an-street—also,
Tne sid SI .w II pay th * highest
ma ket price for linen and cotton
delivered at his store, either in
Go As or Cash.
August 25th, 1823*
MILITARY PRIDE.
A farmer was elected to a corpo
ralship in a M lit.ia company. His
wife, after discoursing with him for’
some time on theadvant ige which the
ftinily would and rive from'his exalta
:i in, inquired in a doubting tone.
•Husband, will it be proper for us to
let our children play with the neigh
hoi's* now?’ 0i of the little urchins
eagerly ask*d, ‘Are we not all corpo
rals?’ ‘Tut,’ said the mother, hold
your totigu ; there is no corporal, but
your fattier and myself.’
A WIFE.
When a man of sense comes t©
marry, it is a companion whom be
wants, not an artist. It is not mere
ly a creature who can paint and play,
ling and dance; it is a being who
an reason and reflect, and feel and
judge, and discourse and dis* riminat ;
•ne who can assist him in liis affairs,
lighten his sorrows, purify his joy,
strengthen his prim iples; and educate
his children. Such is the woman who
is Pi! for a mother and th* mistress of
a family. A woman of the former
description tn;>y occasionally figure
in the draining mom, and attract
the adinioisfruti hi of the company,
hut nothing more.
An old I oly who had numbered her
tii * e ie?h y ar, waft asked by a
sprig t|y mis-* in-her teens, at what
peri .*! of If; ladies usually lost all re*
I is* foe g llantr* ? —To which th* an,
ricn* matron with a significant look,
r plied, - Indeed , child , you must put
the question to someone older than X
am.’
PETER BUFFIERES.
A priest in Lunisin, who lived in
the 16th ce tiry, was celebrated fr
tbe singularity f his sermons. As
his parishi ners did not pay much at
tention to his strange orders, he was
extremely indignant, ami on the oc
casi m addressed them—‘On the day
of judgement when the Lord shall’ re
quire an account of you from me s
and shall say,‘Father Peter Buflv'r
es, iri what situation did you find
your flock?* I will give no answer,
And when he again asks in what sit
uation have you lett your flock? I
will not answer. But when be ques
tions me the third time, then will I
say, Lord! as beasts I received them,
and as beasts I render them to you/
A little girl was lately brought
home from a school in England , in a
state of frenzy, brought on by being
put in a dark closet; a brain fever en
8u mI. which soon * l in h‘r and *ath.
w ilie (J nominee tppoiuicd by
the Regime tal Court of inquiry’, for
th* 12th R-gun nt, Geo. Ma. to se
lect a General and Regimental muster
ground for said R gfment, have at
tended ro the duty assigned us, and re
port that we. have selected a plac©
near the house of William \V. Martin,
four mih s below Warrenton, on the
road leading to Way nesborough,
I’he said Win. W, Martin agrees to
clear out all the bushes, and small
growth, in a place to be four Hundred
*yards square, and keep the same
down, and said Marlin further agrees
to have the said muster ground c lear
ed out, and ready for muster by the
last of September next.
Aaron Adkins,
Nathan J >nes, j 2
Athelsta.v Andrews, J> 1
Edwin Harris, j
E- ‘ VJPM\ Ivky. J ?
WA Ni l. 1), “
One or two boys between 14 ar*2
16 years nf age, as apprentices to t'e
Printing hi siness. Apply, at ti is (Jf
tice.
October 4th. 1828, 19—if,