The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. II., No. 1, December, 1835Various
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The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. II., No. 1, December, 1835
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Mr. Anderson shortly after this, goes into a very interesting sketch
of the family history of the deceased, portraying with great
tenderness and delicacy, the maternal solicitude to which young
Caldwell was so deeply indebted for his well doing in after life--and
evincing as we humbly conceive, in this part of his oration, fine
powers as a biographical writer. There is much force in his
development of the Doctor's character throughout, but especial beauty,
we think, in the way in which he treats of his religious principles.
One extract more from the pamphlet, in proof of what we have just
said, must close this hasty and imperfect notice of it.
"The religious character of Dr. Caldwell, was not the formation of a
day, nor the hasty and imperfect work of a dying bed. His trust was
anchored on the rock of ages, and he was therefore well furnished for
the terrible conflict that awaited him. We have seen that he had made
Religion the guide of his youth; it beautified and sanctified the
labors of his well spent life; nor did it fail him in the trying hour,
which an allwise but inscrutable Providence permitted to be to him
peculiarly dark and fearful. The rich consolations of his faith became
brighter and stronger, amidst the wreck of the decaying tabernacle of
flesh; and if the dying testimony of a pure and humble spirit may be
received, death had for him no sting--the grave achieved no triumph.
In any frequent and detailed account of his religious feelings he was
not inclined to indulge--the spirit that walks most closely with its
God, needs not the sustaining influence of such excitements--yet a few
weeks previous to his death, a friend from a distant part of the State
calling to see him, made inquiries as to the state of his mind, and
had the privilege of hearing from him the calm assurance of his
perfect resignation and submission to the will of God. His hope of a
happy immortality beyond the grave, was such as belongs only to the
Christian, and by him was modestly but humbly entertained. It was to
him a principle of strength that sustained him amidst the conflicts of
the dark valley; and to us who witnessed the agonies of his parting
hour, a bright radiance illuming the gloom which memory throws around
the trying scene." pp. 38, 39.
WASHINGTONII VITA.
_A Life of George Washington, in Latin Prose: By Francis Glass, A.M.
of Ohio. Edited by J. N. Reynolds. New York: Published by Harper and
Brothers._
We may truly say that not for years have we taken up a volume with
which we have been so highly gratified, as with the one now before us.
A Life of Washington, succinct in form, yet in matter sufficiently
comprehensive, has been long a desideratum: but a Life of Washington
precisely such as a compendious Life of that great man should
be--written by a native of Ohio--and written too, in Latin, which is
not one jot inferior to the Latin of Erasmus, is, to say the least of
it,--a novelty.
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