state of great debility, and had lost the power of articulation. He was nevertheless quite sensible, knew what was said to him and recognised his friends when they approached him. He seemed fully aware of his approaching dissolution, and bearing his illness with great fortitude and composure, he looked forward to the awful event, with tranquil resignation.
« Those animating hopes with which he had always rested in humble confidence on the mercies of his God, enabled him to contemplate death without dismay ; and his last moments were marked with that elevated serenity and pious submission, which well became the conclusion of a life in which the great duties of a man and a Christian, had been conscientiously discharged.
« In every thing that relates to the life and character of a person so extensively known through both Provinces and deservedly beloved, the public will naturally feel a lively curiosity ; and we lament that we are unable to meet this laudable desire
