1 22 DEATH. 



Following no occupation, I became idle 

 and listless. 



Suddenly I was called away to the 

 Isle of Wight, to attend the dying bed 

 of niy elder brother. I have not passed 

 through a long life without having been 

 much subjected to these sorrowful visita- 

 tions of Providence : in every relation 

 of life, as a son, a brother, a husband, 

 a father, have I had to bow to the 

 decrees of the Almighty, and with be- 

 coming fortitude and resignation bear the 

 grief inflicted by His chastening rod ; 

 but this was the first, and it is not to 

 be wondered at, if it made a deep and 

 lasting impression on my then youthful 

 heart. 



The shock which the mind receives 

 from the death of a near and dear 

 relative, cut off in the bloom of health 

 and pride of youth, makes it loth to 

 surrender its grief, even to the growing 

 incidents and allurements that time may 



