. Reminiscences and memorials of men of the revolution and their families . e, — to prepare us,by the exercise of virtue and piety, for a mode of exist-ence in which they who act according to the will ofGod will enjoy uncontrasted and eternal felicity. The year before his death he writes again : — There is no fence or guard that can secure us againstthe infirmities of old age. They must come, and it is 168 REMINISCENCES AND MEMORIALS. our duty to bear them with patience, and not murmurat the condition on which long life is held. February 10, 1820, his clergyman was with himan hour. They spoke
. Reminiscences and memorials of men of the revolution and their families . e, — to prepare us,by the exercise of virtue and piety, for a mode of exist-ence in which they who act according to the will ofGod will enjoy uncontrasted and eternal felicity. The year before his death he writes again : — There is no fence or guard that can secure us againstthe infirmities of old age. They must come, and it is 168 REMINISCENCES AND MEMORIALS. our duty to bear them with patience, and not murmurat the condition on which long life is held. February 10, 1820, his clergyman was with himan hour. They spoke of the prospect of death,and he said it was an event which for two years hehad been fully prepared for, and even next day his doctor said to him, Your pulsebeats very well. Charmingly, he replied. Onanother day he said that he knew he was dying ;and in two hours he passed away, February 15,1820, in the ninety-third year of his age. Happyin his life, happy in his departure from it, he wasa genuine patriot, a true man, an honest man,the noblest work of BUNKER HILL MONUMENT. CHAPTER XI. WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING. The centennial exercises in 1880, commemorat-ing the birth of Dr. Channing. gave gleams fromthe inner life of that great man of intense inter-est. We had so long been quickened and elevatedby his varied public productions that we earnestlydesired to know more of his private thought andexperience. It is much to see anything of thehidden motions of a spirit so sensitive to all thatis pure, noble, broad, and tender in this our com-mon life. We instinctively catch with eagernessevery word that reveals to us the man himself. This popidar interest is enhanced in those whohad a personal knowledge of Dr. Channing. Canwe who knew him ever forget that slight frameo-lidino; throuo;h the street in midwinter, muffled soclosely against the air ? We are not surprised thathe regarded himself for long years as having butthe slenderest hold upon life. No wonder wesometi
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