DR. JOHN D . GOD MAN. 33 



and then, with uplifted eyes and hands, and a face 

 beaming with joy and confidence, resigned his spirit 

 into the arms of his Redeemer, on the morning of 

 the 17th of Fourth month, 1830. 



A friend who was his constant companion during 

 his sickness, and witnessed his last moments, writes 

 thus : 



" You ask me to give you an account of his last 

 moments : they were such as have robbed me of all 

 terror of death, and will afford me lasting comfort 

 through life. The same self-composure and entire 

 resignation which were so remarkable through his 

 whole sickness, supported him to the end. Oh ! it 

 was not death ; it was a release from mortal misery 

 to everlasting happiness. Such calmness, when he 

 prayed for us all such a heavenly composure, even 

 till the breath left him, you would have thought he 

 was going only a short journey. During the day, 

 his sufferings had been almost beyond enduring. 

 Frequently did he pray that the Lord would give 

 him patience to endure all till the end, knowing 

 that it could not be many hours; and truly his 

 prayers were heard. 'Lord Jesus, receive my soul? 

 were the last words he uttered, and his countenance 

 appeared as if he had a foretaste of heaven even 

 before his spirit left this world. " 



The fine imagination and deep enthusiasm of Dr. 

 Godman occasionally burst forth in impassioned poe- 

 try. He wrote verse and prose with almost equal 

 facility, and had he lived and enjoyed leisure to 

 prune the exuberance of- his style, and to bestow 



