Closing Scenes of Human Life (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ...If I could die easily, I think I would go rather than stay; for I have seen enough of this world, and have an humble hope." The former part of this sentence may remind the reader of a remark made by John Howe to his son, a physician, who was lancing his leg: --" I am not afraid of dying, but I am afraid of pain." The latter clause is great in its simplicity. When under one of his paroxysms, Hall said, "' Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?' I have not complained, have I, sir? and I will not complain." "His sufferings," he remarked, "were great; but what," he added, "are my sufferings to the sufferings of Christ 1 His sufferings were infinitely greater; his sufferings were complicated. God has been very merciful to me--very merciful. I am a poor creature--an unworthy creature; but God has been very kind, very merciful " Mr. Hall had, during his whole life, suffered at intervals the most excruciating pain; and, in his last hours, he again compared his own sufferings with those of his Saviour, observing how light his were in the contrast, and saying that " though he had endured as much or more than fell to the lot of most men, yet all had been mercy." This comparison seemed a favorite one with him, and he observed, "that a contemplation of the sufferings of Christ was the best antidote against impatience iinder any troubles we might experience," recommending the subject to others as the antidote to distress or death. "I was summoned," says his medical attendant, "to behold the last agonizing scene of this great and extraordinary man. His difficulty of breathing had suddenly increased to a dreadful and final paroxysm..... Mrs. Hall, o...