The Last Words (Real and Traditional) of Distinguished Men and WomenMarvin, Frederic Rowland
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The Last Words (Real and Traditional) of Distinguished Men and Women
Marvin, Frederic Rowland
Last words
[50] Dr. Moore states that when the vital flame was flickering, the
heart was faltering with every pulse, and every breath was a
convulsion, he said to a dying believer, who had not long before
been talking in broken words of undying love, "Are you in pain?" and
the reply, with apparently the last breath, was, "It is delightful!"
In another person, in whom a gradual disease had so nearly exhausted
the physical powers that the darkness of death had already produced
blindness, the sense of God's love was so overpowering, that every
expression for many hours referred to it in rapturous words, such
as, "This is life--this is heaven--God is love--I need not faith--I
have the promise." It is easy to attribute such expressions to
delirium; but this does not alter their character, nor the reality
of the state of the soul which produces them. Whether a dying man
can maintain any continued attention to things through his senses,
we need not inquire. It is enough for him, if, in the spirit, he
possesses the peace and joy of believing.--_The Use of the Body in
Relation to the Mind._
TURENNE (Henry de la, Vicomte, famous French general, killed at Salzbach
in July, 1675), 1611-1675. "_I do not mean to be killed to-day._" Said
just before he was struck by a cannon-ball.
TYNDALE, or TINDALE (William, the venerable martyr and translator of the
Bible), 1484-1536. "_Lord, open the eyes of the King of England._" He
was first strangled and afterward burnt.
The merits of Tyndale must ever be recognized and honored by all who
enjoy the English Bible, for their authorized version of the New
Testament has his for its basis. He made good his early boast, that
plough-boys should have the Word of God. His friends speak of his great
simplicity of heart, and commend his abstemious habits, his zeal and his
industry; while even the imperial procurator who prosecuted him styles
him "homo, doctus, pius et bonus."
TYNDALL (John, English physicist, author of many scientific books, chief
among which are "Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion," "Forms of Water
in Clouds and Rivers, Ice and Glaciers," and "Floating Matter in the
Air"), 1820-. It is uncertain what were the last words of Prof. Tyndall,
but the last words which he wrote for publication were in response to a
request from an American syndicate for a Christmas message to his
American friends. The message closed with these words: "I choose the
nobler part of Emerson, when, after various disenchantments, he
exclaims, 'I covet truth!' The gladness of true heroism visits the heart
of him who is really competent to say that."
TYNG (Dudley A., a young and gifted clergyman whose last words furnished
the inspiration for Rev. Dr. Duffield's popular hymn, "Stand up for
Jesus"). "_Know Him? He is my Saviour--my all. Father, stand up for
Jesus!_"
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