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but my sentiments remain unchanged, except that my 

 reliance on the Saviour is stronger.' 



" This reliance on the mercies of God through Christ 

 Jesus, became indeed the habitual frame of his mind ; 

 and imparted to the closing scenes of his life a solemnity 

 and a calmness, a sweet serenity and a holy resignation, 

 which robbed death of its sting, and the grave of its 

 victory. It was a melancholy sight to witness the pre- 

 mature extinction of such a spirit ; yet the dying couch 

 on which genius, and virtue, and learning thus lay 

 prostrated, beamed with more hallowed lustre, and taught 

 a more salutary lesson than could have been imparted 

 by the proudest triumphs of intellect. The memory of 

 Dr. Godman, his blighted promise, and his unfinished 

 labours, will long continue to call forth the vain regrets 

 of men of science and learning. There are those who 

 treasure up in their hearts as a more precious recollection, 

 his humble faith and his triumphant death, and who can 

 meet with an eye of pity, the scornful glance of the 

 scoffer, and the infidel, at being told that if Dr. Godman 

 was a philosopher, he was also a Christian." 



