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
DREW (Samuel, English preacher and author. He commenced life as an
infidel shoemaker, but after conversion gave himself to constant study
of the Bible and Christian Theology. He wrote the once famous book, "The
Immateriality and Immortality of the Soul"), 1765-1833. "_Thank God,
to-morrow I shall join the glorious company above._" Last _recorded_
words.
DRUMMOND (Henry, author of "Natural Law in the Spiritual World," "The
Ascent of Man" and a large number of published lectures and addresses),
1851-1897. "_There's nothing to beat that, Hugh. It is a paraphrase of
the words of Paul: 'I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that
he is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him, against that
day,'_" said of the lines which Dr. Barbour had just joined with him in
singing:--
"I'm not ashamed to own my Lord,
Or to defend His cause,
Maintain the glory of His cross,
And honor all His laws."
The last words of Drummond, as given above, are only the last _recorded_.
He said much afterward, but most of his words were disconnected. His
mind wandered idly from thought to thought without aim or purpose.
DWIGHT (Timothy, American clergyman and author, President of Yale
College. He wrote the beautiful hymn, "I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord"),
1752-1817. "_O, what triumphant truth!_"
EDWARD I. (of England, surnamed "Long-shanks"), 1239-1307. "_Carry my
bones before you on your march, for the rebels will not be able to
endure the sight of me, alive or dead_," to his son Edward.[18] He died
while endeavoring to subdue a revolt in Scotland.
[18] These instructions were probably ignored; for, when his tomb
was opened by the Society of Antiquaries in 1771, those present
gazed for a moment on the features of the great victor before they
sank into dust. The gold cloth was still folded round the colossal
corpse; and the cast in the eyes was distinctly noticeable. The
snow-white hair still remained. The coffin was then filled with
pitch.--_Farrar._
John Zisca, general of the insurgents who took up arms in 1419
against the Emperor Sigismund, seems to have had a like spirit with
Edward I. He would revenge the deaths of John Huss and Jerome of
Prague, who had been cruelly burned at the stake for their religious
faith. He defeated the Emperor in several pitched battles, and gave
orders that, after his death, they should make a drum out of his
skin. The order was most religiously obeyed, and those very remains
of the enthusiastic Zisca proved, for many years, fatal to the
Emperor, who, with difficulty, in the space of sixteen years,
recovered Bohemia, assisted by the forces of Germany. The insurgents
were 40,000 in number, and well disciplined.
EDWARD VI. (son of Henry VIII. and Queen Jane Seymour), 1537-1553.
"_Lord take my spirit._"
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