Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1892 — LAST WORDS OF GREAT MEN. [ARTICLE]

LAST WORDS OF GREAT MEN.

“Thy creatures, O Lord! have been my books, but thy Holy Scriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields and gardens, but I found thee, O God! In thy sanctuary—thy temple."—Lord Bacon. "I shall die regretted; I have always desired the happiness of France. I did ail in my power to contribute to it. I can suy with truth that the first wife of Napoleon never caused a tear to flow."—Josephine. “Lockhart, I may have but a moment to speak with you. My dear, be a good man, be virtuous, bo religious, be a good map; nothing else will give you any comfort when you come to He here.”—Walter Scott. “ Yqu have been used to take notice of the sayings of dying men; this is mine: That a life spent in the service of God and communion with him, is the most comfortable and pleasant life that any one can live in the world."—Matthew Henry. “I have meditated upon the state of the church, the spouse of Christ. I have fought against spiritual wickedness in high places, and I have prevailed; I have tasted of the heavenly joy, where presently I shall bel Now, for the last time, I commit soul, body and spirit Into his hands. Now it has come.”—John Knox.