. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . r was that money had no value for him. If I had servants suchas he was, I should be master of the world. Calvin was of middling stature, and of a pale and dark complexion; hiseyes, which were clear sighted and penetrating, preserved their brilliancyto the last. His memory was prodigious, and his judgment exact. He wasvery abstemious, taking often but one meal a day, and sometimes abstainingfrom food altogether, for as much as thirty-six hours. For him the spiritwas all, t
. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . r was that money had no value for him. If I had servants suchas he was, I should be master of the world. Calvin was of middling stature, and of a pale and dark complexion; hiseyes, which were clear sighted and penetrating, preserved their brilliancyto the last. His memory was prodigious, and his judgment exact. He wasvery abstemious, taking often but one meal a day, and sometimes abstainingfrom food altogether, for as much as thirty-six hours. For him the spiritwas all, the body naught. Sincere in his faith, pure in his motives, austerein his life, and of immovable resolution, he was one of those men who areworthy of remembrance even at the distance of centuries. His favourite text was: To obey is better than sacrifice. Religionwas to him the comprehension of the relationship between God and man,outwardly manifested by obedience to the duties set forth in the New Testa-ment. He lived ad majorem Dei gloriam. Authorities: Lives by Dyer, Bungener, and Guizot; Biographie Universelle, Fioiii an cn^taviitg hy W. Hull, No. 23 The Death of John Knox. Born 24th November 1572. MONDAY, the 24th day of November 1572, was the last day thatJohn Knox spent on earth. That morning he could not be per-suaded to stay in bed, but though unable to stand alone, rosebetween nine and ten oclock and put on his stockings and doublet. Beingconducted to a chair, he sat about half an hour, and then was put to bedagain. In the course of the day it became evident that his end was ap-proaching. A friend asked him if he was in pain. It is no painful pain,he said, * but such a pain I trust as will soon put an end to the battle. Imust leave my wife and children to you, he continued, to whom you mustbe a husband and father in my place. After this he fell into a slumber, butat length awakened and said: I have formerly during my frail life sustainedmany contests, an
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