Report of the committee of arrangements of the Common Council of New York, of the obsequies in memory of the HonHenry Clay . ve and his sanctifying grace, includedevery thing which the dying need. On the evening pre-vious to his departure, sitting for an hour in silence by hisside, I could not but realize, when I heard him, in the slightwanderings of his mind to other days, and other scenes,murmuring the words, ^My mother! Mother! Mother!^and saying, My dear wife . as if she were present; andfrequently uttering aloud, as if in response to some silentLitany of the soul, the simple prayer, Lord
Report of the committee of arrangements of the Common Council of New York, of the obsequies in memory of the HonHenry Clay . ve and his sanctifying grace, includedevery thing which the dying need. On the evening pre-vious to his departure, sitting for an hour in silence by hisside, I could not but realize, when I heard him, in the slightwanderings of his mind to other days, and other scenes,murmuring the words, ^My mother! Mother! Mother!^and saying, My dear wife . as if she were present; andfrequently uttering aloud, as if in response to some silentLitany of the soul, the simple prayer, Lord have mercyupon me. I could not but realize then, and rejoice tothink how near was the blessed reunion of his wearyheart with the loved dead and with her—Our dear Lordgently smooth her passage to the tomb !—who must soonfollow him to his rest, whose spirits even then seemed tovisit and to cheer his memory and his hope. Gently hebreathed his soul away into the spirit world. How blest the righteous when they die! When holy souls retire to rest,How mildly beams the closing eye ! How gently heaves the expiring breast!32.
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