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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Death disarmed of its sting - A tribute to the memory of the Hon. Roger Minott Sherman, - being the discourse preached at his funeral, January 2, 1845 - -Author: Lyman H. Atwater - -Release Date: November 12, 2020 [EBook #63724] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEATH DISARMED OF ITS STING *** - - - - -Produced by Charlene Taylor, Martin Pettit and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - - - - - - -Death disarmed of its sting. - -A - -TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY - -OF THE - -HON. ROGER MINOTT SHERMAN, - -BEING THE - -DISCOURSE PREACHED AT HIS FUNERAL, - -January 2, 1845. - -BY - -LYMAN H. ATWATER, PASTOR OF THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN -FAIRFIELD. - - -NEW HAVEN: PRINTED BY B. L. HAMLEN. - -1845. - - - - -DISCOURSE. - - - 1 CORINTHIANS, xv, 55.--O death! where is thy sting? O grave! - where is thy victory? - - -This triumphant ejaculation, which Christ hath made the property of all -dying believers, implies that death may lose its sting and the grave -its victory. And whence comes this change in the issue of the conflict -which man is ever waging with death, and in which death is the natural -conqueror? How shall we account for this transmutation so strange, -so wondrous, so heavenly, by which this most resistless, relentless, -unsparing conqueror, is itself made to die, is swallowed up in victory, -and at the very moment of seeming to crush its victim, translates him -to an endless life, gilds him with fadeless glory, transports him with -the fullness of joy evermore, and crowns him with an immortal diadem? - -Our answer is found in that record which God hath given of his Son, -who hath brought life and immortality to light. "Thanks be to God who -giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ," who has made -the sublime annunciation on which all human hope depends. "I AM THE -RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE; WHOSO BELIEVETH ON ME, THOUGH HE WERE DEAD, -YET SHALL HE LIVE." - -Since then, death, through the wondrous work of Christ, may be disarmed -of its sting, and the grave robbed of its victory, let us for a few -moments consider more precisely _in what way, to what extent, and with -respect to what persons_, this comes to pass. - -1. In the verse following our text, the Apostle declares, "the sting -of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law." Hence it is -something wholly distinct from the mere physical pangs of expiring -nature, or the instinctive dread and abhorrence of its own dissolution -which it ever cherishes. This dread of self-annihilation is a property -of life itself, which is in its very nature a ceaseless effort to be, -and to avoid non-existence. Irrespective of sin or holiness, penalty or -rewards, whether the death of the body be, or be not regarded as the -only and certain passage to a perfect and blissful state of existence, -it is in itself what we instinctively dread and shun. Like pain, we -avoid it if possible. We never choose it as in the least desirable for -its own sake; although we may cheerfully submit to it as we submit to -bitter drugs and burning caustic, because without it, we cannot escape -the pains of earth, or reach the bliss of heaven. In this light the -Christian may desire death, because to die is gain, and he desires to -depart and be with Christ which is far better: but not because it is -in itself lovely, or otherwise than grim, ghastly and terrific. This -natural aversion to the physical pangs of death, therefore, is not its -sting, since it is a part of our sentient nature, and still cleaves to -Christians as to others. - -But _the sting of death is sin_, i. e. the violation of the law of God -and consequent subjection to its tremendous penalties. Thus "the law -is the strength of sin," so far forth as it is a sting. Now death is -the penalty of sin, its wages, "it passed upon all men for that all -have sinned;" even death temporal and death eternal, the death of the -body and the death of the soul. And unless its nature and power as a -penalty be annulled by faith in him who conquered it, the sting of -death lies in this, that it is not merely a _natural_ but a _penal_ -evil, not the mere dissolution of the body, but the entrance of the -soul upon the merited woes of the second death; not the mere end of -life, but a transfer to the pains of eternal retribution. It is the -law, the violated, threatening, immutable law, that invests sin with -this fearful power. Viewed in this light, the only light possible out -of Christ, death indeed has its sting, which no tongue can tell or mind -conceive. - -We see then how this sting is removed by Christ. He took it upon -himself. Sin is its cause. He bore our sins, was made under the law, -became a curse, suffered and died, the just for the unjust. He thus -discharges the demands of the law against the believing. What then if -the wages of sin is death; is not "the gift of God eternal life through -our Lord Jesus Christ?" What though death in its original nature, be -the first, stinging, insupportable stroke of God's wrath revealed from -heaven against all unrighteousness? We are delivered from the body, the -substance, the sting of this death, thanks be to God, through our Lord -Jesus Christ. "His blood cleanseth from all sin." Whoso believeth on -him "shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto -life," for he is "not under law but under grace." - -2. Let us consider briefly the extent of this deliverance. It is -perfect. It is co-extensive with sin and all its dismal fruits; if sin -abounds, grace doth much more abound. The destruction of sin, involves -the removal of all its direful effects, the whole ghastly retinue which -it brings with it. Christ the second Adam restores us to the primeval -perfection, glory and bliss, which we lost by the apostacy of the -first Adam. The parts of this restoration are successive and gradual, -so that it is not wholly consummated, till the body is raised and -glorified at the last day. But it is wholly and forever secured by the -first act of true faith. For we are "justified by faith." And whom God -justifies, them he also glorifies, and none shall be able to separate -them from his love or pluck them out of his hands. With respect to the -condemning or penal power of sin, deliverance is perfect at the moment -of our union to Christ by faith, and ever afterward: for there is "no -more condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus." Whatever sorrows, -sufferings or calamities visit the believer, they are not a part of the -curse and penalty of the law. They are chastisements sent in fatherly -love and faithfulness, and not in vengeance; not willingly, but for our -profit; for the very purpose of promoting our deliverance from sin. As -to sin itself, at the new birth, it receives a mortal blow, by being -subjected to a reigning principle of holiness, which is then born into -life, and is ever waxing stronger and stronger until death, when it -extirpates the last remnant of sin, and the spirits of the just are -made perfect in holiness. Although ever dying, sin is never perfectly -extinct in this life; it is the heaviest burthen under which the -believer groans in this tabernacle; its end is the sweetest part of the -deliverance which death brings with itself. With respect to the body, -it is not freed from the pains and infirmities in this life, which -belong to its frail and perishing nature. Nor does it escape death. It -is not renovated and glorified till the last day, when the archangel's -trump shall wake from the grave its slumbering tenantry, the dead shall -be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed; "our vile bodies -fashioned like unto Christ's glorious body, according to the working -whereby he is able to subdue all things unto himself." But at death it -sleeps in Jesus. Its pains are forever ended. The disembodied spirit -is already glorified with Christ in Paradise, awaiting its reunion to -the glorified body. Thus death has lost its whole sting: nay, it is the -birth-throe of an endless, glorious and blissful life. There the wicked -cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest, undisturbed by the -slightest annoying sensation. They shall hunger no more and thirst no -more, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. "Blessed are -the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth, yea, saith the Spirit, -that they may rest from their labors, their works do follow them." - -3. And who receive this stupendous deliverance? To whom rightly belongs -this strangely rapturous outburst, which sheds a halo of glory even -over sepulchral darkness? I answer to those who die in the Lord; i. -e. to those who are joined to Christ by a living union. This union is -constituted by faith, which lays hold of and rests upon Christ as he is -offered to us in the gospel, and gives us an interest and participation -in all the benefits of his salvation. "He that believeth on the Son -hath everlasting life"--he shall not perish or come into condemnation. -The just are saved by faith through grace--they walk by faith--they -live by faith, and overcome and triumph by faith. Without this faith it -is impossible to please God. Unbelief is a rejection of Christ; he that -believeth not is condemned already. - -But since there are divers sorts of faith on which men rely for an -interest in this inestimable boon, we must distinguish that which is -dead and spurious, from that which is living and genuine. Omitting much -that might be said on this topic, I will only observe that true and -saving faith shows itself in correspondent works, in a life of holy, -conscientious obedience to all the requirements of God. Without such -works, faith is declared by the Apostle to be dead. Ye are my friends, -says Christ, if ye do whatsoever I command you. And any other faith -than that which leads us to walk in all the commands and ordinances of -the Lord blameless, gives no warrant for the triumphant exclamation, -"O death, where is thy sting! O grave, where is thy victory!" But he -that truly believeth, though he were dead, yet shall he live, and in -his dying moments may with truth adopt the words of Simeon: "Lord, now -lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word, for -mine eyes have seen thy salvation." - -The full and well-founded conviction that death has lost its sting -and the grave its victory, with respect to our deceased, beloved and -revered friend, whose breathless body now lies before us, chiefly -assuages the grief produced by this melancholy dispensation of divine -Providence. It has diffused a sensation of gloom, as wide-spread as -his honorable fame. But we sorrow not as those without hope. He ended -a consistent and exemplary Christian life, with a serene and peaceful -death. After a life in which his piety had been known by its fruits, -and when the signs of death were stealing upon him with an unexpected -and surprising rapidity, he assured me that in the prospect of a speedy -dissolution, he felt supported by the consolations of that gospel he -had long professed, and that he rested calmly on that Savior, who had -ever been, and now seemed peculiarly, his only hope. And when the -dying hour came, he seemed free not only from the mental sting, but -the physical agonies of death. There was not a pang, not a struggle, -not even a motion of a muscle, beyond the mere gasp of expiring -nature. So wholly had death lost its sting. It was good to be there -notwithstanding the gloom: to see the venerable servant of God calmly -and placidly falling asleep in Jesus, "quite on the verge of heaven." -"Mark the perfect man, behold the upright, for the end of that man is -peace." - -It is due to the occasion, to present such a sketch of his life and -character as the time will permit. - -The Hon. Roger Minott Sherman was born at Woburn, Mass., May 22, 1773, -and was the youngest of six children of Rev. Josiah Sherman, then the -Congregational minister of that place. His father was in the fourth -line of descent from Captain John Sherman, who emigrated from Dedham, -in England, to Watertown, Mass., about the year 1635. He was brother to -the Hon. Roger Sherman, who was one of the signers of the Declaration -of Independence, and raised himself from a humble condition to a -celebrity for statesmanship, that brightens with the lapse of time. -The mother of Judge Sherman was Martha, daughter of the Hon. James -Minott, of Concord, Mass., one of the distinguished men of his time, -and in the fourth line of descent from George Minott, who was born in -England, was one of the first settlers of Dorchester, Mass., and a -ruling elder in the church in that place thirty years. Owing to the -disturbances produced by the Revolution, Judge Sherman's father removed -in 1775 to Milford, in this state, and was for some time pastor of the -second church in that town. He thence removed to Goshen in this state, -and was pastor of the church in that place several years. He finally -removed to Woodbridge, near New Haven, where he preached the remainder -of his life, and now lies buried. Of his children, the four oldest were -daughters, the two youngest sons. They are all now dead, Judge Sherman -having been the last survivor. - -In 1789, at the age of sixteen, Mr. Sherman entered the Sophomore -class in Yale College. Six weeks afterwards his father died, leaving -no property, since his income, like that of most ministers, had been -barely equal to his current expenses. He was thus deprived of the -means on which he had relied for defraying his college expenses. But -by the kindness of his uncle,[A] who received him into his family and -rendered him other important aid, together with his own exertions, he -was enabled to go through the academic course. He kept a school in New -Haven during a considerable portion of his two last college years, and -at the same time attended regularly all the exercises of his class, and -graduated with a high standing. He then took an academy in Windsor, -and commenced the study of law under the Hon. Oliver Ellsworth. He -afterwards took a common school in Litchfield, and continued the study -of law under the Hon. Tapping Reeve. In March, 1795, he was appointed -a tutor in Yale College, and instructed the class that graduated in -1797, at the same time pursuing his professional studies under the Hon. -Simeon Baldwin, who still outlives his pupil, and is here to attend his -burial. In his own class in college were several distinguished men. -The class which he instructed also numbers several eminent names. In -the office of tutor he was peculiarly successful. Instead of relying -on official authority or magisterial airs to gain an ascendency over -his pupils, he rather won their respect and esteem by the ability and -faithfulness of his instructions, the benignity of his manners, and the -justness of his discipline. His extraordinary power of disentangling -the intricate, mastering the profound, and making the obscure plain, -combined with a rare faculty of expression, must have rendered him a -most able and brilliant instructor. - -After holding this office somewhat more than a year, he resigned it, -and in May, 1796, was admitted to the bar in New Haven. He then -established himself as a practicing lawyer at Norwalk. On Dec. 13, of -the same year, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Gould, daughter of -Dr. Wm. Gould, then of New Haven, previously of Branford, sister of -the late Judge Gould of Litchfield, who after a happy conjugal union -of forty eight years, near half a century, is still spared to mourn -his loss. They had but two children, twin sons of high promise; but -by an inscrutable Providence they were cut down, and as we trust, are -sleeping in Jesus. In 1807 he removed to this place, where he has since -resided for a term of near forty years; and has become so identified -with all our social and public interests, that there is no sphere in -which his loss will not be deeply and intensely felt. - -Mr. Sherman had not long pursued the practice of law, before his -powerful intellect and untiring industry raised him to that high -eminence in his profession, of which he had already given promise. He -realized the most sanguine anticipations of his friends. As a jurist -he had few equals, and scarcely a superior in the country. While -he most excelled in handling abstruse, mazy questions of law, he -maintained the very first rank in whatever belongs to his profession. -His legal knowledge, his logical skill, his high persuasive powers, his -commanding eloquence, his unwearied industry, his faithfulness to his -clients, gave him the highest success and celebrity in every department -of legal practice, attracted to him an overflowing business in this and -other counties of the state, and often led to a demand for his services -in great cases in other states. Seldom does the bar suffer the loss of -so distinguished an ornament. - -From 1814 to 1818 Mr. Sherman was a member of the upper branch of our -state legislature, in which he distinguished himself by his thorough -knowledge of the laws, policy and institutions of the state, his -mastery of all subjects under discussion, his high power in debate, his -assiduous attention to business, his patriotic devotion to the welfare -of the people. Though among the younger members, he rose rapidly to an -ascendant influence. - -In 1814, he was chosen by the legislature of this state a delegate to -the convention of the New England states, assembled at Hartford, for -the purpose of devising measures suited to the exigency into which they -were brought by the war. This is not the time nor the place to discuss -the merits of that convention. This however is undeniable, that New -England sent to it her choicest, most gifted, trusted, and honored -statesmen; and that whatever impartial history may say of the wisdom of -the movement, it will pronounce their intentions pure and patriotic. -It is proof of the estimation in which Mr. Sherman was already held, -that he was selected to bear responsibilities which New England would -confide to none but her most tried and able men. In this galaxy of -eminent statesmen he shone as elsewhere with his own peculiar lustre. -Of the nature, objects, and doings of the convention, he has given a -detailed account as a witness in court, under the responsibilities of -an oath, which has been published to the world. - -From 1818 to 1839 he was almost wholly devoted to his profession, and -held no public office, except that he was occasionally a representative -of his own town in the legislature. He was not however without interest -in, or influence upon, the legislation of the state. He originated and -drafted many important laws, which have become inwrought into her fixed -policy. Most of these have reference to the administration of justice; -tend to abridge the cost and delay involved in vindicating our rights -at law; and to abolish cumbrous formalities, which defeat or embarrass -the attainment of justice. - -In 1839, he was chosen Judge of the Superior Court, and Associate -Judge of the Supreme Court for the revision of errors in this state. -This station he was preëminently fitted to adorn. He brought to it -rare legal learning, logical acumen, expertness in the practice of -law, unbending integrity, untiring industry, a commanding person, -a dignified and courteous address. I need not say that he filled -the office with honor to himself and advantage to the state. His -written opinions in the Court of Errors, published in the thirteenth -and fourteenth volumes of the Connecticut Reports, will speak for -themselves; and, alas! are the most important monuments of his great -intellect which he has left to posterity. In May, 1842, he resigned -this office, on account of ill health. Since that period, he has passed -his time chiefly in domestic retirement, as increasing infirmities have -increased his need of those genial supports and solaces which can only -be found in the bosom of home. While his body has been gradually giving -way, his intellect has wonderfully retained its pristine clearness, -vigor and elasticity. It has scarcely been affected by the decays of -age. To the last, so far as he had the power of articulation, his mind -appeared to seize all subjects that came before it, with its wonted -grasp. After a short illness, which reduced him more rapidly than the -worst fears of his friends, he died, Dec. 30, 1844, at the age of -seventy one years and seven months. - -I will now attempt a brief delineation of his character. - -His intellect, as has been already implied, was naturally of -extraordinary power, invigorated by thorough discipline, sharpened by -constant exercise, well stored by laborious research, and polished -to a classical finish by the study of the finest models. To these -high inward endowments, he added a noble person, a voice of uncommon -compass, clearness and melody, a free and graceful elocution. Hence -he was not only a powerful reasoner, but a powerful orator. His mind -was clear, capacious, discriminating, comprehensive. Nor was it -fitful in its vigor, now breaking forth in meteoric brilliancy, and -then sinking into dullness and indolence; but it had an iron patience -and perseverance, and was ever active, ever buoyant. This trait it -possessed in a most extraordinary degree. It never seemed to flag or -shrink from exertion, or lose its elastic vigor under any degree of -bodily exhaustion or pain. There was no web of sophistry, no covert -flaw or labyrinthine maze in an opponent's argument, which it would not -readily detect and expose. And in constructing a positive argument, his -method was logical and direct. Starting with some principle or fact -which none could dispute, he would evolve from it link after link, -till the conclusion which he sought to establish, before it was looked -for, seemed fastened as by an adamantine chain. Above all, his mind -loved clearness, and abhorred all obscurity and mist. He delighted to -make things plain himself, and was impatient of all transcendental and -dreamy speculations in others. He had great confidence in the power of -truth and argument, and that what he felt to be true himself, he could -make appear so to others. This gave an ardor and enthusiasm to his -pleas, which was one great cause of his success. Nor were his studies -and attainments exclusively professional. He was largely furnished with -liberal knowledge. He was well versed in theology and metaphysics, and -peculiarly fond of the exact and natural sciences. He was familiar with -the science of government and political economy, and whatever it most -concerns a statesman to know. Nor did he neglect elegant literature. -This various knowledge he made tributary to his profession, in cases -that could be illustrated by it, and sometimes astonished and delighted -his auditors, as he poured forth its treasures. - -But our venerable friend and brother was not only a great, he was also -a good man: good, not merely according to the standard of worldly and -fashionable virtue, but according to the Christian and evangelical -code. His extraordinary gifts and endowments, the great fame and -influence which they won for him, were strictly subordinated to moral -and religious principle. "What things were gain to him, those he -counted loss for Christ: yea, doubtless, and he counted all things but -loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus our Lord." - -He united with the church of Christ in Yale College at the age of -twenty two, when he was tutor, and for nearly half a century has -adorned the doctrine he then professed. As to his religious principles, -they were those of our Pilgrim Fathers, in which he had been educated. -He loved and revered the Puritan doctrine and the Puritan character. -Nor did he adopt his principles merely from traditional authority or -hereditary attachment. His great mind could receive nothing for truth, -without inquiry and evidence. So thorough had this investigation been -on his part, that there were few abler theologians than he, even among -the clergy. Hence he was intelligent, earnest and steadfast in his -religious opinions. Without bigotry, with the most catholic spirit, -with hearty love for all of every name who love the Lord Jesus Christ -in sincerity, he was himself a Congregationalist and a Calvinist of the -school of Edwards, Dwight and Scott. These views he adopted because he -believed them to be taught in the Scriptures, and to accord with his -own religious experience. He felt that by the grace of God he was what -he was. He was a man of prayer; and he prayed with all prayer, in the -closet, the family, and the Christian assembly. He had great confidence -in its efficacy, and believed the promises made to it. - -He was clothed with humility, that most fundamental of Christian -virtues. Indeed his modest, unassuming, unobtrusive spirit and manner, -impressed all who became acquainted with him; it made his greatness -still greater, and lent to it its peculiar charm, its crowning glory. - -He maintained the strictest integrity and uprightness in all his -public, private and professional transactions. He scrupulously adhered -to truth, fulfilled his promises, abstained from any which he could not -fulfill, would not sell his conscience for office or emolument, and -discouraged what seemed to him to be groundless litigation. - -He was remarkably kind and benevolent in his disposition, and free -from the malevolent passions. He was mild, courteous, and benignant -in his deportment, compassionate and tender towards the unfortunate -and distressed, condescending and affable to all--not appalling even -the humblest. He lent a charm and a dignity to the society in which he -moved--of which he was always fond--which he illuminated and enlivened -by his capacious mind and his high conversational powers. Nor will it -be deemed an improper invasion of the sacredness of domestic grief, if -I say, that he was a model of parental and conjugal love, tenderness -and fidelity. - -Mr. Sherman always cherished the strongest interest in promoting the -cause of pure religion and sound morals. He gave to it the benefit -of his extended influence, his persuasive powers, his liberal -contributions. The cause of evangelical missions received his ardent -and constant support. He plead with great frequency and eloquence -in behalf of home missions, being persuaded that the welfare of -our country and the permanency of its government, depend more on -Christianizing the people than on the devices of statesmen. He was -among the earliest and most powerful advocates of the temperance cause. -He was deeply interested in the welfare of the colored people of this -land, and their relations to the well-being of this country and of -Africa. He believed the Colonization Society to be the best medium of -blessing the African race in this country and their own. He was grieved -that it received so feeble a support from the Christian community. He -had of late deeply interested himself in the cause. He had called the -attention of clergymen to it, as he had opportunity. He was exceedingly -anxious to attend the recent meeting of Consociation in Southport, for -the purpose of laying the subject before the ministers and delegates. -He had prepared himself to start; but found himself so ill that he -was obliged to desist. From that time he sunk rapidly, and before the -lapse of a fortnight, was released from all further earthly toils and -responsibilities. - -As an upholder of good public objects, a counsellor and adviser in -private and public affairs, Mr. Sherman was much resorted to from this -parish, town and vicinity, and indeed from a still greater distance, -and from wider spheres. In this respect his loss will be, to human -view, irreparable. But in his own church and society, it will be most -directly and intensely felt. They were dear to him as the apple of his -eye, for he preferred Jerusalem above his chief joy. He was ardently -devoted to its peace, welfare, and enlargement. While he gave it a -large pecuniary support; yet this was not the most important of the -services he rendered to it. He was an invaluable counsellor. By the -amenity of his temper, the suavity of his manners, and his persuasive -eloquence, he gave a strong support to all important measures, and did -much to preserve peace and unity. He delighted to attend and sustain -all our social meetings. And when the aid of the brethren was needed, -he was a powerful helper. In expounding the Scriptures and giving the -word of exhortation, he was mighty. And how shall the void be filled? -Of late he often expressed his grief to me, that his feebleness -disabled him from attending our evening meetings. May his mantle fall -upon his surviving brethren! If beyond the sanctuary of domestic grief, -one place more than another feels an aching void, it is the sanctuary -of God! If any beyond his own desolated fireside have cause of weeping -and lamentation, I more! He was peculiarly fond of the society of -ministers, and far and wide enjoyed their confidence and esteem. His -influence and opinions were highly valued by them. To his own pastors -he was ever a stay and helper, doing his utmost to promote their -usefulness and salutary influence, as my brethren who have preceded -me will bear me witness. And in these things, with which a stranger -intermeddleth not, they alone can fully appreciate my meaning. - -For the bereaved and estimable lady, who is now suddenly left solitary -after having been so long cheered by his presence, and the helper of -his joy, this occasion has the deepest, tenderest interest. It is our -hope and prayer, that in this sorrowful crisis she will be supported -by that gospel which she has so long received, and which was the -sufficient stay of her departed husband in the still more trying hour -of death; and that she will be enabled so to improve this melancholy -dispensation, that it shall work out for her a far more exceeding and -eternal weight of glory; and that when her summons also shall come, -she may go to her rest as a shock of corn ready in its season. Great, -peculiar mercies are mixed in this cup of affliction. Indeed, all -that in the character of her bereaved husband which renders his loss -peculiarly great, is of God's peculiar mercy. - -Let me exhort this church and society, together with his public -associates, professional brethren, and personal friends, particularly, -and all this great assembly generally, to lay this dispensation to -heart. It is a great, a solemn, a mournful event. How are the mighty -fallen! The fathers, where are they? One of our strong pillars is -shattered and torn from underneath the temple. He must be scarcely a -man who is not softened and humbled by it. As human helps fail, let -us go to the Lord Jehovah, in whom is everlasting strength. Although -men die, he ever liveth; and because he lives, his church shall live -also, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Let us then -be moved to especial and extraordinary prayer, that God would supply -what he has taken from us. "Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth, for -the faithful fail from among the children of men." It is exhibited as a -sign of a degenerate and sinking race, to be unaffected by the deaths -of God's servants. The prophet sounds the alarm, because the righteous -perisheth and no man layeth it to heart. Let then those that survive, -ponder these things, and be subdued and chastened. Let them consider, -that to them are now passed the burdens and responsibilities hitherto -borne by God's servants, whom he has taken to their eternal rest. -Let them manfully, and in dependence upon God, meet the crisis, and -discharge the high trust he has confided to them. Let them put their -two talents to use, and he shall give them other two. Let them come -up to the help of the Lord, the help of the Lord against the mighty. -And the set time to favor Zion will come, because his servants take -pleasure in the stones and favor the dust thereof. - -Let me speak a word to those who are without that faith, and rejecters -of that Savior, which were the support and solace of our venerated and -deceased brother, in his dying hour. With all his vast endowments and -resources, his possession of all worldly good to which human ambition -aspires, he counted all but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of -Jesus Christ. He deemed man in his best estate to be altogether vanity. -If he then dared trust no other foundation but Christ crucified, -received by faith, and honored by a holy life, HOW SHALL YE ESCAPE, IF -YE NEGLECT SO GREAT A SALVATION! - -FOOTNOTE: - -[A] Hon. Roger Sherman. - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's Death disarmed of its sting, by Lyman H. 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Atwater - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most -other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Death disarmed of its sting - A tribute to the memory of the Hon. Roger Minott Sherman, - being the discourse preached at his funeral, January 2, 1845 - -Author: Lyman H. Atwater - -Release Date: November 12, 2020 [EBook #63724] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEATH DISARMED OF ITS STING *** - - - - -Produced by Charlene Taylor, Martin Pettit and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="center"><img src="images/titlepage.jpg" alt="title page" /></div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[Pg 1]</a></span></p> - -<p class="bold">Death disarmed of its sting.</p> - -<h1>A<br /> TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY<br /> OF THE<br /> <span class="smcap">Hon.</span> ROGER MINOTT SHERMAN,</h1> - -<p class="bold">BEING THE<br /><br /> DISCOURSE PREACHED AT HIS FUNERAL,<br /><br /> January 2, 1845.</p> - -<p class="bold space-above">BY<br /> LYMAN H. ATWATER,<br /> PASTOR OF THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN FAIRFIELD.</p> - -<hr class="smler" /> - -<p class="bold space-above">NEW HAVEN:<br /> PRINTED BY B. L. HAMLEN.<br /> -———<br />1845.</p> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[Pg 3]</a></span></p> - -<h2>DISCOURSE.</h2> - -<hr class="smler" /> - -<p class="center">1 <span class="smcap">Corinthians</span>, xv, 55.—O death! where is thy sting? O -grave! where is thy victory?</p> - -<p>This triumphant ejaculation, which Christ hath made the property of all -dying believers, implies that death may lose its sting and the grave -its victory. And whence comes this change in the issue of the conflict -which man is ever waging with death, and in which death is the natural -conqueror? How shall we account for this transmutation so strange, -so wondrous, so heavenly, by which this most resistless, relentless, -unsparing conqueror, is itself made to die, is swallowed up in victory, -and at the very moment of seeming to crush its victim, translates him -to an endless life, gilds him with fadeless glory, transports him with -the fullness of joy evermore, and crowns him with an immortal diadem?</p> - -<p>Our answer is found in that record which God hath given of his Son, -who hath brought life and immortality to light. "Thanks be to God who -giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ," who has made the -sublime annunciation on which all human hope depends. "<span class="smcap">I am the -resurrection and the life; whoso believeth on me, though he were dead, -yet shall he live.</span>"</p> - -<p>Since then, death, through the wondrous work of Christ, may be disarmed -of its sting, and the grave robbed of its victory, let us for a few -moments consider more precisely<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[Pg 4]</a></span> <i>in what way, to what extent, and with -respect to what persons</i>, this comes to pass.</p> - -<p>1. In the verse following our text, the Apostle declares, "the sting -of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law." Hence it is -something wholly distinct from the mere physical pangs of expiring -nature, or the instinctive dread and abhorrence of its own dissolution -which it ever cherishes. This dread of self-annihilation is a property -of life itself, which is in its very nature a ceaseless effort to be, -and to avoid non-existence. Irrespective of sin or holiness, penalty or -rewards, whether the death of the body be, or be not regarded as the -only and certain passage to a perfect and blissful state of existence, -it is in itself what we instinctively dread and shun. Like pain, we -avoid it if possible. We never choose it as in the least desirable for -its own sake; although we may cheerfully submit to it as we submit to -bitter drugs and burning caustic, because without it, we cannot escape -the pains of earth, or reach the bliss of heaven. In this light the -Christian may desire death, because to die is gain, and he desires to -depart and be with Christ which is far better: but not because it is -in itself lovely, or otherwise than grim, ghastly and terrific. This -natural aversion to the physical pangs of death, therefore, is not its -sting, since it is a part of our sentient nature, and still cleaves to -Christians as to others.</p> - -<p>But <i>the sting of death is sin</i>, i. e. the violation of the law of God -and consequent subjection to its tremendous penalties. Thus "the law -is the strength of sin," so far forth as it is a sting. Now death is -the penalty of sin, its wages, "it passed upon all men for that all -have sinned;" even death temporal and death eternal, the death of the -body and the death of the soul. And unless its nature and power as a -penalty be annulled by faith in him who <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[Pg 5]</a></span>conquered it, the sting of -death lies in this, that it is not merely a <i>natural</i> but a <i>penal</i> -evil, not the mere dissolution of the body, but the entrance of the -soul upon the merited woes of the second death; not the mere end of -life, but a transfer to the pains of eternal retribution. It is the -law, the violated, threatening, immutable law, that invests sin with -this fearful power. Viewed in this light, the only light possible out -of Christ, death indeed has its sting, which no tongue can tell or mind -conceive.</p> - -<p>We see then how this sting is removed by Christ. He took it upon -himself. Sin is its cause. He bore our sins, was made under the law, -became a curse, suffered and died, the just for the unjust. He thus -discharges the demands of the law against the believing. What then if -the wages of sin is death; is not "the gift of God eternal life through -our Lord Jesus Christ?" What though death in its original nature, be -the first, stinging, insupportable stroke of God's wrath revealed from -heaven against all unrighteousness? We are delivered from the body, the -substance, the sting of this death, thanks be to God, through our Lord -Jesus Christ. "His blood cleanseth from all sin." Whoso believeth on -him "shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto -life," for he is "not under law but under grace."</p> - -<p>2. Let us consider briefly the extent of this deliverance. It is -perfect. It is co-extensive with sin and all its dismal fruits; if sin -abounds, grace doth much more abound. The destruction of sin, involves -the removal of all its direful effects, the whole ghastly retinue which -it brings with it. Christ the second Adam restores us to the primeval -perfection, glory and bliss, which we lost by the apostacy of the -first Adam. The parts of this restoration are successive and gradual, -so that it is not wholly consummated, till<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[Pg 6]</a></span> the body is raised and -glorified at the last day. But it is wholly and forever secured by the -first act of true faith. For we are "justified by faith." And whom God -justifies, them he also glorifies, and none shall be able to separate -them from his love or pluck them out of his hands. With respect to the -condemning or penal power of sin, deliverance is perfect at the moment -of our union to Christ by faith, and ever afterward: for there is "no -more condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus." Whatever sorrows, -sufferings or calamities visit the believer, they are not a part of the -curse and penalty of the law. They are chastisements sent in fatherly -love and faithfulness, and not in vengeance; not willingly, but for our -profit; for the very purpose of promoting our deliverance from sin. As -to sin itself, at the new birth, it receives a mortal blow, by being -subjected to a reigning principle of holiness, which is then born into -life, and is ever waxing stronger and stronger until death, when it -extirpates the last remnant of sin, and the spirits of the just are -made perfect in holiness. Although ever dying, sin is never perfectly -extinct in this life; it is the heaviest burthen under which the -believer groans in this tabernacle; its end is the sweetest part of the -deliverance which death brings with itself. With respect to the body, -it is not freed from the pains and infirmities in this life, which -belong to its frail and perishing nature. Nor does it escape death. It -is not renovated and glorified till the last day, when the archangel's -trump shall wake from the grave its slumbering tenantry, the dead shall -be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed; "our vile bodies -fashioned like unto Christ's glorious body, according to the working -whereby he is able to subdue all things unto himself." But at death it -sleeps in Jesus. Its pains are forever ended. The disembodied spirit -is already glorified<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[Pg 7]</a></span> with Christ in Paradise, awaiting its reunion to -the glorified body. Thus death has lost its whole sting: nay, it is the -birth-throe of an endless, glorious and blissful life. There the wicked -cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest, undisturbed by the -slightest annoying sensation. They shall hunger no more and thirst no -more, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. "Blessed are -the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth, yea, saith the Spirit, -that they may rest from their labors, their works do follow them."</p> - -<p>3. And who receive this stupendous deliverance? To whom rightly belongs -this strangely rapturous outburst, which sheds a halo of glory even -over sepulchral darkness? I answer to those who die in the Lord; i. -e. to those who are joined to Christ by a living union. This union is -constituted by faith, which lays hold of and rests upon Christ as he is -offered to us in the gospel, and gives us an interest and participation -in all the benefits of his salvation. "He that believeth on the Son -hath everlasting life"—he shall not perish or come into condemnation. -The just are saved by faith through grace—they walk by faith—they -live by faith, and overcome and triumph by faith. Without this faith it -is impossible to please God. Unbelief is a rejection of Christ; he that -believeth not is condemned already.</p> - -<p>But since there are divers sorts of faith on which men rely for an -interest in this inestimable boon, we must distinguish that which is -dead and spurious, from that which is living and genuine. Omitting much -that might be said on this topic, I will only observe that true and -saving faith shows itself in correspondent works, in a life of holy, -conscientious obedience to all the requirements of God. Without such -works, faith is declared by the Apostle to be dead.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[Pg 8]</a></span> Ye are my friends, -says Christ, if ye do whatsoever I command you. And any other faith -than that which leads us to walk in all the commands and ordinances of -the Lord blameless, gives no warrant for the triumphant exclamation, -"O death, where is thy sting! O grave, where is thy victory!" But he -that truly believeth, though he were dead, yet shall he live, and in -his dying moments may with truth adopt the words of Simeon: "Lord, now -lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word, for -mine eyes have seen thy salvation."</p> - -<p>The full and well-founded conviction that death has lost its sting -and the grave its victory, with respect to our deceased, beloved and -revered friend, whose breathless body now lies before us, chiefly -assuages the grief produced by this melancholy dispensation of divine -Providence. It has diffused a sensation of gloom, as wide-spread as -his honorable fame. But we sorrow not as those without hope. He ended -a consistent and exemplary Christian life, with a serene and peaceful -death. After a life in which his piety had been known by its fruits, -and when the signs of death were stealing upon him with an unexpected -and surprising rapidity, he assured me that in the prospect of a speedy -dissolution, he felt supported by the consolations of that gospel he -had long professed, and that he rested calmly on that Savior, who had -ever been, and now seemed peculiarly, his only hope. And when the -dying hour came, he seemed free not only from the mental sting, but -the physical agonies of death. There was not a pang, not a struggle, -not even a motion of a muscle, beyond the mere gasp of expiring -nature. So wholly had death lost its sting. It was good to be there -notwithstanding the gloom: to see the venerable servant of God calmly -and placidly falling asleep in Jesus, "quite on the verge of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</a></span> heaven." -"Mark the perfect man, behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace."</p> - -<p>It is due to the occasion, to present such a sketch of his life and -character as the time will permit.</p> - -<p>The Hon. Roger Minott Sherman was born at Woburn, Mass., May 22, 1773, -and was the youngest of six children of Rev. Josiah Sherman, then the -Congregational minister of that place. His father was in the fourth -line of descent from Captain John Sherman, who emigrated from Dedham, -in England, to Watertown, Mass., about the year 1635. He was brother to -the Hon. Roger Sherman, who was one of the signers of the Declaration -of Independence, and raised himself from a humble condition to a -celebrity for statesmanship, that brightens with the lapse of time. -The mother of Judge Sherman was Martha, daughter of the Hon. James -Minott, of Concord, Mass., one of the distinguished men of his time, -and in the fourth line of descent from George Minott, who was born in -England, was one of the first settlers of Dorchester, Mass., and a -ruling elder in the church in that place thirty years. Owing to the -disturbances produced by the Revolution, Judge Sherman's father removed -in 1775 to Milford, in this state, and was for some time pastor of the -second church in that town. He thence removed to Goshen in this state, -and was pastor of the church in that place several years. He finally -removed to Woodbridge, near New Haven, where he preached the remainder -of his life, and now lies buried. Of his children, the four oldest were -daughters, the two youngest sons. They are all now dead, Judge Sherman -having been the last survivor.</p> - -<p>In 1789, at the age of sixteen, Mr. Sherman entered the Sophomore -class in Yale College. Six weeks afterwards his father died, leaving -no property, since his <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</a></span>income, like that of most ministers, had been -barely equal to his current expenses. He was thus deprived of the -means on which he had relied for defraying his college expenses. But -by the kindness of his uncle,<a name="FNanchor_A_1" id="FNanchor_A_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_A_1" class="fnanchor">[A]</a> who received him into his family and -rendered him other important aid, together with his own exertions, he -was enabled to go through the academic course. He kept a school in New -Haven during a considerable portion of his two last college years, and -at the same time attended regularly all the exercises of his class, and -graduated with a high standing. He then took an academy in Windsor, -and commenced the study of law under the Hon. Oliver Ellsworth. He -afterwards took a common school in Litchfield, and continued the study -of law under the Hon. Tapping Reeve. In March, 1795, he was appointed -a tutor in Yale College, and instructed the class that graduated in -1797, at the same time pursuing his professional studies under the Hon. -Simeon Baldwin, who still outlives his pupil, and is here to attend his -burial. In his own class in college were several distinguished men. -The class which he instructed also numbers several eminent names. In -the office of tutor he was peculiarly successful. Instead of relying -on official authority or magisterial airs to gain an ascendency over -his pupils, he rather won their respect and esteem by the ability and -faithfulness of his instructions, the benignity of his manners, and the -justness of his discipline. His extraordinary power of disentangling -the intricate, mastering the profound, and making the obscure plain, -combined with a rare faculty of expression, must have rendered him a -most able and brilliant instructor.</p> - -<p>After holding this office somewhat more than a year, he resigned it, -and in May, 1796, was admitted to the bar in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</a></span> New Haven. He then -established himself as a practicing lawyer at Norwalk. On Dec. 13, of -the same year, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Gould, daughter of -Dr. Wm. Gould, then of New Haven, previously of Branford, sister of -the late Judge Gould of Litchfield, who after a happy conjugal union -of forty eight years, near half a century, is still spared to mourn -his loss. They had but two children, twin sons of high promise; but -by an inscrutable Providence they were cut down, and as we trust, are -sleeping in Jesus. In 1807 he removed to this place, where he has since -resided for a term of near forty years; and has become so identified -with all our social and public interests, that there is no sphere in -which his loss will not be deeply and intensely felt.</p> - -<p>Mr. Sherman had not long pursued the practice of law, before his -powerful intellect and untiring industry raised him to that high -eminence in his profession, of which he had already given promise. He -realized the most sanguine anticipations of his friends. As a jurist -he had few equals, and scarcely a superior in the country. While -he most excelled in handling abstruse, mazy questions of law, he -maintained the very first rank in whatever belongs to his profession. -His legal knowledge, his logical skill, his high persuasive powers, his -commanding eloquence, his unwearied industry, his faithfulness to his -clients, gave him the highest success and celebrity in every department -of legal practice, attracted to him an overflowing business in this and -other counties of the state, and often led to a demand for his services -in great cases in other states. Seldom does the bar suffer the loss of -so distinguished an ornament.</p> - -<p>From 1814 to 1818 Mr. Sherman was a member of the upper branch of our -state legislature, in which he <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span>distinguished himself by his thorough -knowledge of the laws, policy and institutions of the state, his -mastery of all subjects under discussion, his high power in debate, his -assiduous attention to business, his patriotic devotion to the welfare -of the people. Though among the younger members, he rose rapidly to an -ascendant influence.</p> - -<p>In 1814, he was chosen by the legislature of this state a delegate to -the convention of the New England states, assembled at Hartford, for -the purpose of devising measures suited to the exigency into which they -were brought by the war. This is not the time nor the place to discuss -the merits of that convention. This however is undeniable, that New -England sent to it her choicest, most gifted, trusted, and honored -statesmen; and that whatever impartial history may say of the wisdom of -the movement, it will pronounce their intentions pure and patriotic. -It is proof of the estimation in which Mr. Sherman was already held, -that he was selected to bear responsibilities which New England would -confide to none but her most tried and able men. In this galaxy of -eminent statesmen he shone as elsewhere with his own peculiar lustre. -Of the nature, objects, and doings of the convention, he has given a -detailed account as a witness in court, under the responsibilities of -an oath, which has been published to the world.</p> - -<p>From 1818 to 1839 he was almost wholly devoted to his profession, and -held no public office, except that he was occasionally a representative -of his own town in the legislature. He was not however without interest -in, or influence upon, the legislation of the state. He originated and -drafted many important laws, which have become inwrought into her fixed -policy. Most of these have reference to the administration of justice; -tend to abridge<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span> the cost and delay involved in vindicating our rights -at law; and to abolish cumbrous formalities, which defeat or embarrass -the attainment of justice.</p> - -<p>In 1839, he was chosen Judge of the Superior Court, and Associate -Judge of the Supreme Court for the revision of errors in this state. -This station he was preëminently fitted to adorn. He brought to it -rare legal learning, logical acumen, expertness in the practice of -law, unbending integrity, untiring industry, a commanding person, -a dignified and courteous address. I need not say that he filled -the office with honor to himself and advantage to the state. His -written opinions in the Court of Errors, published in the thirteenth -and fourteenth volumes of the Connecticut Reports, will speak for -themselves; and, alas! are the most important monuments of his great -intellect which he has left to posterity. In May, 1842, he resigned -this office, on account of ill health. Since that period, he has passed -his time chiefly in domestic retirement, as increasing infirmities have -increased his need of those genial supports and solaces which can only -be found in the bosom of home. While his body has been gradually giving -way, his intellect has wonderfully retained its pristine clearness, -vigor and elasticity. It has scarcely been affected by the decays of -age. To the last, so far as he had the power of articulation, his mind -appeared to seize all subjects that came before it, with its wonted -grasp. After a short illness, which reduced him more rapidly than the -worst fears of his friends, he died, Dec. 30, 1844, at the age of -seventy one years and seven months.</p> - -<p>I will now attempt a brief delineation of his character.</p> - -<p>His intellect, as has been already implied, was naturally of -extraordinary power, invigorated by thorough discipline, sharpened by -constant exercise, well stored by laborious<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</a></span> research, and polished -to a classical finish by the study of the finest models. To these -high inward endowments, he added a noble person, a voice of uncommon -compass, clearness and melody, a free and graceful elocution. Hence -he was not only a powerful reasoner, but a powerful orator. His mind -was clear, capacious, discriminating, comprehensive. Nor was it -fitful in its vigor, now breaking forth in meteoric brilliancy, and -then sinking into dullness and indolence; but it had an iron patience -and perseverance, and was ever active, ever buoyant. This trait it -possessed in a most extraordinary degree. It never seemed to flag or -shrink from exertion, or lose its elastic vigor under any degree of -bodily exhaustion or pain. There was no web of sophistry, no covert -flaw or labyrinthine maze in an opponent's argument, which it would not -readily detect and expose. And in constructing a positive argument, his -method was logical and direct. Starting with some principle or fact -which none could dispute, he would evolve from it link after link, -till the conclusion which he sought to establish, before it was looked -for, seemed fastened as by an adamantine chain. Above all, his mind -loved clearness, and abhorred all obscurity and mist. He delighted to -make things plain himself, and was impatient of all transcendental and -dreamy speculations in others. He had great confidence in the power of -truth and argument, and that what he felt to be true himself, he could -make appear so to others. This gave an ardor and enthusiasm to his -pleas, which was one great cause of his success. Nor were his studies -and attainments exclusively professional. He was largely furnished with -liberal knowledge. He was well versed in theology and metaphysics, and -peculiarly fond of the exact and natural sciences. He was familiar with -the science of government and political economy, and whatever<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span> it most -concerns a statesman to know. Nor did he neglect elegant literature. -This various knowledge he made tributary to his profession, in cases -that could be illustrated by it, and sometimes astonished and delighted -his auditors, as he poured forth its treasures.</p> - -<p>But our venerable friend and brother was not only a great, he was also -a good man: good, not merely according to the standard of worldly and -fashionable virtue, but according to the Christian and evangelical -code. His extraordinary gifts and endowments, the great fame and -influence which they won for him, were strictly subordinated to moral -and religious principle. "What things were gain to him, those he -counted loss for Christ: yea, doubtless, and he counted all things but -loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus our Lord."</p> - -<p>He united with the church of Christ in Yale College at the age of -twenty two, when he was tutor, and for nearly half a century has -adorned the doctrine he then professed. As to his religious principles, -they were those of our Pilgrim Fathers, in which he had been educated. -He loved and revered the Puritan doctrine and the Puritan character. -Nor did he adopt his principles merely from traditional authority or -hereditary attachment. His great mind could receive nothing for truth, -without inquiry and evidence. So thorough had this investigation been -on his part, that there were few abler theologians than he, even among -the clergy. Hence he was intelligent, earnest and steadfast in his -religious opinions. Without bigotry, with the most catholic spirit, -with hearty love for all of every name who love the Lord Jesus Christ -in sincerity, he was himself a Congregationalist and a Calvinist of the -school of Edwards, Dwight and Scott. These views he adopted because he -believed them to be taught in the Scriptures, and to accord with his<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</a></span> -own religious experience. He felt that by the grace of God he was what -he was. He was a man of prayer; and he prayed with all prayer, in the -closet, the family, and the Christian assembly. He had great confidence -in its efficacy, and believed the promises made to it.</p> - -<p>He was clothed with humility, that most fundamental of Christian -virtues. Indeed his modest, unassuming, unobtrusive spirit and manner, -impressed all who became acquainted with him; it made his greatness -still greater, and lent to it its peculiar charm, its crowning glory.</p> - -<p>He maintained the strictest integrity and uprightness in all his -public, private and professional transactions. He scrupulously adhered -to truth, fulfilled his promises, abstained from any which he could not -fulfill, would not sell his conscience for office or emolument, and -discouraged what seemed to him to be groundless litigation.</p> - -<p>He was remarkably kind and benevolent in his disposition, and free -from the malevolent passions. He was mild, courteous, and benignant -in his deportment, compassionate and tender towards the unfortunate -and distressed, condescending and affable to all—not appalling even -the humblest. He lent a charm and a dignity to the society in which he -moved—of which he was always fond—which he illuminated and enlivened -by his capacious mind and his high conversational powers. Nor will it -be deemed an improper invasion of the sacredness of domestic grief, if -I say, that he was a model of parental and conjugal love, tenderness -and fidelity.</p> - -<p>Mr. Sherman always cherished the strongest interest in promoting the -cause of pure religion and sound morals. He gave to it the benefit -of his extended influence, his persuasive powers, his liberal -contributions. The cause of evangelical missions received his ardent -and constant<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[Pg 17]</a></span> support. He plead with great frequency and eloquence -in behalf of home missions, being persuaded that the welfare of -our country and the permanency of its government, depend more on -Christianizing the people than on the devices of statesmen. He was -among the earliest and most powerful advocates of the temperance cause. -He was deeply interested in the welfare of the colored people of this -land, and their relations to the well-being of this country and of -Africa. He believed the Colonization Society to be the best medium of -blessing the African race in this country and their own. He was grieved -that it received so feeble a support from the Christian community. He -had of late deeply interested himself in the cause. He had called the -attention of clergymen to it, as he had opportunity. He was exceedingly -anxious to attend the recent meeting of Consociation in Southport, for -the purpose of laying the subject before the ministers and delegates. -He had prepared himself to start; but found himself so ill that he -was obliged to desist. From that time he sunk rapidly, and before the -lapse of a fortnight, was released from all further earthly toils and -responsibilities.</p> - -<p>As an upholder of good public objects, a counsellor and adviser in -private and public affairs, Mr. Sherman was much resorted to from this -parish, town and vicinity, and indeed from a still greater distance, -and from wider spheres. In this respect his loss will be, to human -view, irreparable. But in his own church and society, it will be most -directly and intensely felt. They were dear to him as the apple of his -eye, for he preferred Jerusalem above his chief joy. He was ardently -devoted to its peace, welfare, and enlargement. While he gave it a -large pecuniary support; yet this was not the most <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</a></span>important of the -services he rendered to it. He was an invaluable counsellor. By the -amenity of his temper, the suavity of his manners, and his persuasive -eloquence, he gave a strong support to all important measures, and did -much to preserve peace and unity. He delighted to attend and sustain -all our social meetings. And when the aid of the brethren was needed, -he was a powerful helper. In expounding the Scriptures and giving the -word of exhortation, he was mighty. And how shall the void be filled? -Of late he often expressed his grief to me, that his feebleness -disabled him from attending our evening meetings. May his mantle fall -upon his surviving brethren! If beyond the sanctuary of domestic grief, -one place more than another feels an aching void, it is the sanctuary -of God! If any beyond his own desolated fireside have cause of weeping -and lamentation, I more! He was peculiarly fond of the society of -ministers, and far and wide enjoyed their confidence and esteem. His -influence and opinions were highly valued by them. To his own pastors -he was ever a stay and helper, doing his utmost to promote their -usefulness and salutary influence, as my brethren who have preceded -me will bear me witness. And in these things, with which a stranger -intermeddleth not, they alone can fully appreciate my meaning.</p> - -<p>For the bereaved and estimable lady, who is now suddenly left solitary -after having been so long cheered by his presence, and the helper of -his joy, this occasion has the deepest, tenderest interest. It is our -hope and prayer, that in this sorrowful crisis she will be supported -by that gospel which she has so long received, and which was the -sufficient stay of her departed husband in the still more trying hour -of death; and that she will be enabled so to improve this melancholy -dispensation, that it shall<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span> work out for her a far more exceeding and -eternal weight of glory; and that when her summons also shall come, -she may go to her rest as a shock of corn ready in its season. Great, -peculiar mercies are mixed in this cup of affliction. Indeed, all -that in the character of her bereaved husband which renders his loss -peculiarly great, is of God's peculiar mercy.</p> - -<p>Let me exhort this church and society, together with his public -associates, professional brethren, and personal friends, particularly, -and all this great assembly generally, to lay this dispensation to -heart. It is a great, a solemn, a mournful event. How are the mighty -fallen! The fathers, where are they? One of our strong pillars is -shattered and torn from underneath the temple. He must be scarcely a -man who is not softened and humbled by it. As human helps fail, let -us go to the Lord Jehovah, in whom is everlasting strength. Although -men die, he ever liveth; and because he lives, his church shall live -also, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Let us then -be moved to especial and extraordinary prayer, that God would supply -what he has taken from us. "Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth, for -the faithful fail from among the children of men." It is exhibited as a -sign of a degenerate and sinking race, to be unaffected by the deaths -of God's servants. The prophet sounds the alarm, because the righteous -perisheth and no man layeth it to heart. Let then those that survive, -ponder these things, and be subdued and chastened. Let them consider, -that to them are now passed the burdens and responsibilities hitherto -borne by God's servants, whom he has taken to their eternal rest. -Let them manfully, and in dependence upon God, meet the crisis, and -discharge the high trust he has confided to them. Let them put their -two talents<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</a></span> to use, and he shall give them other two. Let them come -up to the help of the Lord, the help of the Lord against the mighty. -And the set time to favor Zion will come, because his servants take -pleasure in the stones and favor the dust thereof.</p> - -<p>Let me speak a word to those who are without that faith, and rejecters -of that Savior, which were the support and solace of our venerated and -deceased brother, in his dying hour. With all his vast endowments and -resources, his possession of all worldly good to which human ambition -aspires, he counted all but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of -Jesus Christ. He deemed man in his best estate to be altogether vanity. -If he then dared trust no other foundation but Christ crucified, -received by faith, and honored by a holy life, <span class="smaller">HOW SHALL YE ESCAPE, -IF YE NEGLECT SO GREAT A SALVATION</span>!</p> - -<div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTE:</h3> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_A_1" id="Footnote_A_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_A_1"><span class="label">[A]</span></a> Hon. Roger Sherman.</p></div></div> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's Death disarmed of its sting, by Lyman H. 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