Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1893 — LAST WORDS OF GREAT MEN. [ARTICLE]

LAST WORDS OF GREAT MEN.

“Thy oreatures, O Lord! have been my books, but thy Holy Soriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields and gardens, but I found thee, 0 God! in thy sanctuary—thy temple.”—Lord Bacon. “I shall die regretted; I have always desired the happiness of Franoe. I did all in my power to contribute to it, I can say 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, be religious, be a good man; nothing else will give you any comfort when you come to lie here.” —Walter Scott. “You have been used totakenotioe of the sayings of dying men; this is mine; That a life spent in the service of God and communion with hiip, is the most comfortable and pleasant life that any one can liv? in the world. ” —Matthew Henry. “I have meditated upon the state ol 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 be! Now, for the last time, I commit soul, body and spirit into his hands. Now it ha# come.”—John Knox.