{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3440", "width": "2028", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Glass\\nBook i_", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "A\\nSKETCH\\nTHE LIFE,\\nLAST SICKNESS, AND DEATH,\\nOP\\nMBS. MJ1BF JJ13STE GROSVENOR\\nLEFT AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE\\nLATE HON. THOMAS P. GROSVENOR.\\nAnd I heard a voice from Heaven, saying unto me, write,\\nVom henceforth blessed are the dead who die in the Lord; even\\n;o saith the Spirit; for they rest from their labours, and their\\nworks do follow them. Rev. 14\u00e2\u0080\u009413.\\nBALTIMORE:\\nPUBLISHED BY CO ALE AND MAXWELL\\nWm. JVooddy, Printer.\\n2817.", "height": "3356", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "68886\\nDISTRICT OF MARYLAND, si\\nBE IT REMEMBERED, that on this twelfth day\\nof June, in the forty -first year of the Independence of\\nthe United States of America, Edward J. Coale and\\nNathaniel G. Maxwell of the said district, have depo-\\nsited in this office, the title of a Book, the right\\nwhereof they claim as proprietors, in the words fol-\\nlowing, to wit:\\nA Sketch of the Life last sickness and death of\\nMrs. Mary Jane Grosvenor, left among the papers\\nof the late hon. Thomas P. Grosvenor.\\nIn conformity to an act of the Congress of the Uni-\\nted States, entitled An act for the encouragement of\\nlearning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and\\nBooks to the Authors and proprietors of such, during\\nthe times therein mentioned: 5 and also to the act,\\nentitled, An act supplementary to the act, entitled\\nan act for the encouragement of learning, by secur-\\ning the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books to the au-\\nthors and proprietors of such copies during the times\\nthe rein mentioned, and extending the benefits there-\\nvu to the arts of de signing, engraving and etching\\nhistorical and other prints. 5\\nPHILIP MOORE,\\nr Clerk District Maryland,", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTION,\\nThe following correspondence will show\\nthe manner in which the editor became pos-\\nsessed of the manuscript of the following\\nwork, and the views and expectations which\\nhave induced its publication. The first letter\\nwas addressed to the editor, by the person\\nwho committed it to his charge; the second is\\nthe letter of the editor, to the Right Revd.\\nBishop Kemp, and the third, his reply.\\nShould it be supposed by any, that a piece\\nof this character, w r ritten under feelings and\\nimpressions produced by the peculiar situation\\nof Mr. Grosvenor, should never have seen the\\npublic eye; the editor has this apology to of-\\nfer, that in the opinion of many friends\\nwhose judgment he highly respected, the pub-\\nlication was calculated to be extremely use-\\nfaL", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "Juse, isir\\nMY DEAR SIR,\\nThe interesting and instructive\\nmanuscript, herewith sent, was found aiming\\nthe papers of our dear deceased friend, Gros\\nvenor, left by hirn in the office of his friend,\\nMr. Llvermore. In his last illness, he gave\\nit to the friend in wham there is ever y rea-\\nson to believe lie most confided, for the\\nlast five years of his useful life. Having anx-\\niously sought after, and found the paper, where\\nhe was directed to look for it, that friend has pe-\\nrused and re-perused it again and again, with\\nfeelings he has not attempted to describe^ In\\nthe fullest persuasion, that its publication will\\npromote the cause of religion generally, and\\nadvance the interest of the church in this\\nstate particularly, where our decease", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "VI\\nwas so generally known and universally be-\\nloved, I must beg the favour of you to place\\nit in the hands of our good Bishop for exami-\\nnation, and to be guided altogether by his\\njudgment in the nnal disposal of it.\\nAs there is no copy, and the owner values\\nthis production more than all the speeches and\\nother publick and private writings which may\\nbe found among Mr. Grosvenor s papers, let\\nme beg of you to be careful of the original,\\nand to return it safe, if the excellent Prelate\\ntherein named, should decide against its pub-\\nlication, Believe me to be\\nYour friend sincerely.\\nMr. C-\\nEx. Revd. Sir,\\nThe enclosed manuscript, from the pen\\nof our late most estimable friend, the horn Mr.", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "vn\\nGrosvenor, you will find to be a brief sketch of\\nthe life, last illness and death of his amiable and\\npious consort. He presented it to a friend, a\\nfew days before his death; and it has been plac-\\ned in my hands, with permission to publish it,\\nshould it meet your approbation; indeed if this\\n.condition had not been enjoined, I cherish the\\nmemory of both Mr. Grosvenor, and his lady,\\nin such affectionate regard, that I would not\\ntrust my own judgment on a subject so deli-\\ncate and interesting, and feel happy in having\\nit in my power to be advised by you, who\\nwell knew them, and had an intimate know-\\nledge of their high attainments in mental and\\nchristian acquirement. Some time before the\\ndeath of Mr. Grosvenor, he had read much\\nof Christian Theology, and particularly on the\\ndivinity of our Lord; had it pleased God to\\nhave prolonged his life, he would doubtless\\nhave become one of the most zealous, able and", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "distinguished advocates in the cause of our\\nHoly religion. The manuscript exhibits the\\ncharacter of his mind on this subject, and it\\nmay have an important, impressive and salu-\\ntary effect on those who read it. Perhaps with\\nsome it may tend to lessen the great repu-\\ntation Mr. Grosvenor acquired by his pre-\\neminent talents as a statesman; but, whether\\nsuch detraction merits your consideration, you\\nwill decide. I shall be thankful to you, for\\nyour answer, on the subject as early as yeu can\\nfeonvenieutly favor me with it.\\nWith perfect respect,.\\nI ftp, Rt. Revd. Sir,\\nYour much obliged.\\nAnd obedient servant,\\nBt.Sev.St.Mmp.", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "IX\\nDear Sir,\\nI HAVE perused the sketch of the life\\nof Mrs. Grosvenor, with great gratification; and\\nI am persuaded, that it cannot be read without\\nwarming the heart and improving the best\\nqualities of the soul.\\nIt certainly will be viewed as a rare, and\\nhighly interesting piece. An affectionate hus-\\nband delineating the character of a beloved\\nwife, tracing her religious progress through a\\nseries of disease, rapidly advancing towards\\ndissolution; marking her struggles to overcome\\nthe world and all its vanities; treasuring up\\nevery pious expression; and distinguishing the\\nvarious steps by which she advanced to that\\nconfidence and love, which cast out fear; this is\\na work in which no heart can fail to take a\\ndeep concern. Here is portrayed, with a\\nmasterly hand, the influence of religion and", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "the triumph of faith; here is exhibited that\\nelevation of soul, which resignation to the will\\nof God, and confidence in the atonement of a\\nRedeemer, alone can beget.\\nWhen we viewed Mr. Grosvenor, as a man\\nof talents, he secured our esteem. When we\\ncontemplated him as a distinguished states-\\nman, standing in the foremost rank of politi-\\ncians, he excited our admiration. But now when\\nwe follow him to retirement, and see the effu-\\nsions of his heart, after the loss of a beloved\\nwife; when we perceive the tenderest sensi-\\nbilities mingling with a high degree of re-\\nligious affection; he gains our love, his\\ncharacter acquires a new cast, and becomes\\nhighly interesting; it strengthens the senti-\\nment, that without religion no character can be\\ncomplete, nor any human being altogether\\nhappy.", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "Whatever allowances, some may deem ne-\\ncessary to be made, for the glow of a lively\\nfancy, in the situation of Mr. Grosvenor, when\\nthe following work was written; yet to the sub-\\nstantial correctness of the descriptions, I can\\nbear testimony. I administered to Mrs. Grosve-\\nnor, most of the ordinances of our holy religion,\\nI confirmed her, I married her, I admitted her to\\nthe Lord s Supper, and I attended her in her\\nlast illness. She possessed a mind, clear and\\ncapacious, a heart highly susceptible of re-\\nligious impressions. In all our conversations\\nduring her last and painful sickness, she marJ-\\nfested correct views of the plan of salvation,\\nand an implicit reliance upon the blood of\\nChrist for pardon and happiness. While I\\ncould at first perceive the struggles of her\\nmind to overcome the world, and yeild up her-\\nself to Godj before the scene closed, every", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "Xll\\nthing of the kind disappeared, and she was tru-\\nly resigned and tranquil.\\nIn this sketch, the young lady will see, how\\ntransitory and evanescent all temporal amuse-\\nments, and enjoyments are! how soon the\\nbrightest prospects may be obscured! and that\\nin religion, and in religion alone she can find\\nsafety and consolation!\\nI am, c.\\nMr. C J AS. KEMP,", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "SKETCH\\nOF\\nTHE LIFE,\\nLast Sickness, and Death of\\nMRS. MARY JJJYE GROSVENOB.\\nIt has pleased the Almighty Father to re-\\nmove from this world, in the morning of her\\nlife, this young and lovely woman.\\nThe ways of the Almighty are past find-\\ning out.\\nAs a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord\\nour God chasteneth us, that he may humble\\nus and prove us, to do us good at our latter\\nend.\\nOn our knees, then, let us devoutly kiss\\nthe hand that presses us down, saying, The\\nB", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "14\\nLord gave and the Lord hath taken away;\\nblessed be the name of the Lord.\\nYet on her interesting life, on the pious\\nresignation which accompanied her pro-\\ntracted sickness, on the firm hope, and even\\ntriumphant Christian confidence, with which\\nshe met the King of Tcrrours, the mind lin-\\ngers with melancholy delight, mingled with\\nemotions of the keenest anguish for her loss.\\nA short sketch of that life, that sickness, and\\nthat death, may solace her surviving friends\\nand do justice to her memory thou God of\\nall Grace, vouchsafe that the example here dis-\\nplayed may encourage the strong in faith t#\\npersevere, may sustain the weak in a course\\nof piety, and lure the infidel from his hope-\\nless wanderings to the path of faith, hope,\\nand happiness which the religion of Christ\\npoints out to the miserable children of mor-\\ntality!", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "1?\\nMrs. Grosvenor was the only daughter of\\nthe late Alexander C. Hanson, Esq. Chancel-\\nlor of Maryland. During her very infan-\\ncy he began to form her mind on the\\npurest model, to enrich it with various litera-\\nture; and to plant deeply and durably there-\\nin the seeds of virtue and morality. -In this\\nendearing work he was powerfully assisted\\nby her mother, a woman of rare excellence-*\\nTo those who knew the late chancellor and\\nhis lady, his diversified talents and excel-\\nlent principles, her virtuous mind, and sound\\njudgment, it is not necessary to say that\\na mind like that of Mrs* Grosvenor, docile,\\nbrilliant and strong, under their skilful cul-\\nture, was reared rapidly to maturity\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 And\\nhappy for her was this early and rapid pro-\\ngress in every mental endowment.-^For at\\nthe age of fifteen began the real sorrows of\\nher life\u00e2\u0080\u0094 she lest her father.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In the ensuing.", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "16\\nyear her mother, (on whom now rested all\\nher remaining hopes of earthly happiness)\\nbroken hearted, followed her husband to the\\ntomb.\\nOf the state of Mrs. Grosvenor s mind, up to\\nthis period, of her views of religion, of her par-\\nticular studies, and indeed of her general\\npursuits, I have but a very imperfect know-\\nledge\u00e2\u0080\u0094Certainly she had read extensively\\nand advantageously; and under the direction\\nof her father, had attempted branches of lite-\\nrature not frequently cultivated or deemed\\nappropriate to her sex Certainly her life\\nmust have been correct, and her disposition\\naffectionate, for she was esteemed and loved\\ntill her death by the friends of her early\\nyears.\\nNow at the age of sixteen she was left in\\nthe City of Baltimore, a new and strange\\nabode, without friends and guides of her own", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "17\\nsex, without property, without eVen common\\nacquaintance, a young, refined and artless\\ngirl to the sole care of her two brothers\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nNeither of them had attained the age of\\ntwenty-ane years Baltimore was the focus\\nirf pleasure and of business\u00e2\u0080\u0094 They were\\nijoung and gay, engaged in the bustle of life,\\nlend of its pleasures, immersed in its busi-\\nness, and intent on building up their own for-\\ntunes, which they were left to perform with\\ntheir own hands\u00e2\u0080\u0094However kindly disposed,\\nand most kindly disposed they certainly were,\\nhowever affectionately they loved her, and\\nmost affectionately they did love her, and\\nhowever willing to cherish and console her, it\\ncannot be conceived, that thus situated and\\nengaged in such constant scenes, they could\\nbecome either judicious consolers, or appro-\\npriate guides, to her young mind, through the\\nflaaz^s of this wicked world\u00e2\u0080\u0094For a long pe-", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "is\\nriod she had few, if any, female associates ol\\nher own age, with whom her soul could hold\\nfriendly communion Perhaps it was fortu-\\nnate for her that she was doomed for a season\\nto solitary affliction Perhaps it was the kind-\\nness of her God which compelled her thus early\\nto serious reflection to resort to her own\\nmind for support\u00e2\u0080\u0094 to fly to Him for succour\\nand consolation We may indulge the belief,\\nthat in this solitary and sorrowful period, %vere\\nsown those seeds of Grace, which though bu-\\nried for a season, sprouted forth, and in after\\nyears flourished like the green bay tree, and\\nfinally produced the richest fruits of humility,\\ncharity, and vital piety.\\nThe tenor of her life for the five or six suc-\\nceeding years, is not particularly known to\\nme She certainly was disposed to solemn\\ncontemplation she was constant in the\\npublick worship of God, according to the", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "A9\\nforms of the Church to which she belonged.\\nShe continued to reside with the one or the\\nother of her brothers in Baltimore\u00e2\u0080\u0094 she at\\nlength mingled in the society of her sex\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nand no doubt was immersed in those plea-\\nsures which eminently pertains to that so-\\nciety in the place of her residence.\\nI have heard her regret this period of her\\nis thrown away.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 For if she did not live\\ny.iihout God in the world, the world and\\nits frivolous amusements stole too much of\\ntime from more solid pursuits and ration-\\nal and religious studies.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Gay, innocent and\\nanimated, fond of polite amusements, and\\nished by a society, in which, by her bril-\\nliant mind and accomplishments, she was well\\nqualified to move, it is not wonderful that she\\nyielded to its impulse, and swam rapidly\\nalong the current of fashionable pleasure.\\nBut blessed be God; die was not suffered to be", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "20\\ncarried on to the ocean of eternity, thoughtless,\\nsecure and unprepared for the interminable\\nvoyage.\\nIt was in this period of her life that she\\nmet those excellent friends of her own sex\\nwith whom she formed those affectionate inti-\\nmacies which continued unbroken and undi-\\nminished to the hour of her death.\\nI have heard her express the liveliest gra-\\ntitude toward Mrs. Home, of Baltimore, who\\nearly after the loss of her mother, when she\\nwas young and lovely, and almost without a\\nprotector of her own sex, sought her out in\\nher retirement, took her kindly by the hand 1\\nand directed and supported her trembling step?*\\nMay God reward her disinterested kindness!\\nMiss Sophia Rogers, Mrs. Didier, Miss Di-\\ndier, Mrs. Mary Prtrad, Mrs. Rebecca Bmitfc.\\nMrs. Wether strand, and Miss Margaret Smith,\\nof Philadelphia, and Miss Murray of West ri-\\nI", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": ";2i\\nver, she loved with an ardent and rational af-\\nfection.\\nFor Mrs. Murray of West river, Mrs. Ro-\\ngers of Greenwood, and Mrs. Smith of Balti-\\nmore, who expired a few weeks before her-\\nself, she always professed and felt the warm\\naffection of a daughter.\\nMrs. Caroline Donaldson was a chosen\\nfriend of her bosom; one whom her whole heart\\nloved, and her whole judgment approved.\\nHer cousin Mrs. Magruder, of Annapolis.\\nwas an early, dear and constant friend.\\nHer two sisters, the wives of her brothers,\\nheld the place in her heart of sisters indeed\\nMrs. Rebecca Hanson, at whose house her last\\nsickness commenced, evinced her affection, her\\nsisterly affection, by all that the kindest at-\\ntention, vigilance and sympathy could bestow.\\nAnd Mrs. Priscilla Hanson, to whose house\\nshe was removed early in her sickness, and", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "there continued till her death, watched over\\nher sick bed with more than sisterly tender-\\nness, was constantly her soother and comfor-\\nter, and daily and nightly assuaged her pains^\\nby the most endearing kindness and sympa-\\nthy.-\u00e2\u0080\u0094 While both hanging over her dying bed*\\ncomforted her in her last agonies, and wept\\nher final departure and followed her lifeless re-\\nmains to the tomb of her fathers.\\nBut above all, her cousin Mrs. Alexander, of\\nBaltimore, was one whom she most loved\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nshe, and she alone, could fill that aching\\nvoid in her heart, produced by the death of\\nher mother\u00e2\u0080\u0094 she was the beautiful model, upon\\nwhich Mrs. Grosvenor strove to form her char*\\nacter as a woman and a Christian. And she\\nwas at once the affectionate friend of her bo*\\nsom, the maternal monitor of her life, her\\nfriend, her pattern, and her guide.", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "^3\\nSurely no time could be thrown away m\\nwhich the friendship and affection of such\\nwomen were firmly and durably obtained*\\nAbout the age of twenty-two her mind be-\\ncame more seriously impressed by the great\\ntruths of religion, and she began solemnly t\\ninquire what she should do to be saved. I am\\nnot positive that any particular events in her\\nlife produced this important improvement in\\nthe solemnity of her mind but I believe the\\ndeath of a dear and pious friend, Miss Lydia\\nSmith, whose sickness and sufferings were\\nprototypes of her own; by whose bedside\\nshe constantly watched, during a protracted\\nperiod of suffering and decay, and whose last\\nmoments she helped to cheer and console, to-\\ngether with the pious example and conversa-\\ntion of Mrs. Alexander, with whom she was\\nintimate and whom she loved with an affec-\\ntion, elevated and ardent* combined to revive", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "M\\nher early impressions of religion, and te rouse\\nher mind to the vast importance of immediate\\npreparation for death and eternity.\\nThis important change in her mind, had,\\nhowever, for a considerable time, but little\\nvisible influence upon her life and actions.\\nIt was not evidenced by any particularly\\ngrave deportment; nor by any apparent gloom\\nor despondency; nor hj abandoning the cheer-\\nful pleasures of society; nor yet by withdraw-\\ning from those polite amusements which are\\nthought by the world to be appropriate to her\\nage and sex. But her leisure hours were de-\\nvoted to serious studies\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I believe, from her\\ninfancy, she had never failed to approach the\\nthrone of Grace both morning and evening,\\nBut now, she wrestled with her God more\\nearnestly\u00e2\u0080\u0094 explored the original corruptions\\nof her own heart more vigilantly\u00e2\u0080\u0094searched\\nthe book of life more frequently, and became", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a225\\ndaily more importunate with her God to guide\\nher steps in the right way.\\nIll this situation she was when the writer\\nof this sketch became acquainted with her in\\nthe summer of 1813 she then appeared to\\nthe world sociable and cheerful, and even gay,\\nBut a nice observer could then discover in\\nher countenance a deep shade of solemn re-\\nflection, and in her conduct a disposition bent\\non serious tilings, a soul in pursuit of vast\\nand eternal objects.\\nDown to the winter of one thousand eight\\nhundred and fifteen, she continued in this\\nstate of mind, making constant efforts to ab-\\nstract her inclinations from temporal vanities,\\nand to devote herself to the service of her\\nMaker She was not weary in well doing\\nshe fainted not, and in due season she reap-\\ned a full reward. Gradually she became en-\\nlightened in the great truths of Christianity;", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "26\\ngradually, she received the illuminations of\\nDivine Grace; gradually, was her soul filled\\nwith love to her Redeemer; gradually, were her\\naffections weaned from earthly objects and\\nfixed on heavenly. She had no mystick\\nflashes of conviction, no sudden illuminations\\nof the spirit, no miraculous warnings or pas-\\nsionate extacies by which her soul was in-\\nstantaneously renewed. Hers was the work\\nof earnest and devout prayer, of tearful and\\nagonizing contrition, of solemn reflection, of\\nheaven directed meditation- she asked and\\nit was given her\u00e2\u0080\u0094she sought, and she found-\\nshe knocked and it was opened unto her she\\nasked in prayer, believing, and she received.\\nShe advanced from knowledge to knowledge,\\nfrom grace to grace, until we have every rea-\\nson to believe, she became as perfect in her\\nRedeemer as her fallen nature would perniit.", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a37\\nDuring this winter she was not wholly\\nweaned from those polite amusements which\\nfashion sanctions, although she cannot sancti-\\nfy Yet she preferred the society of serious\\nfriends\u00e2\u0080\u0094 she sought the sober fire side circle\\nrather than the gay drawing room and the\\n60cial parlour she preferred to the crowded\\nball room she mingled little, very little, in\\nthe pleasures of fashionable society.\\nNot that abstractedly considered,she deemed\\nthem criminal.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 But she doubted whether\\nthey were objects worthy the pursuit of beings\\ndestined to eternity whether they were con-\\nsistent with that improvement of the few\\nhours of our earthly pilgrimage which the\\nScriptures enjoin; and whether their tendency\\nis not to counteract that blessed spirit of\\nGrace which is constantly striving with man\\nCertain it is, that in her own case she felt\\nsuch to be the fact.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 They had ceased to give", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a38\\ntier pleasure and she had long ceased to\\nhiingle in them, but when solicited and urged\\nby her friends, Now that she became con-\\nvinced that they were wrong, the case was at\\nonce decided. While enjoying her usual\\nhealth, she resolved to abandon them wholly;\\nand she assured the writer of this, that she\\nwould never again be present at a play or a\\nball\\nAlthough at the time residing in Baltimore,\\nthe scene of her youthful pleasures, surround-\\ned by her gay and early friends, tempted\\nconstantly by those pleasures in full view,\\nand daily importuned +o taste them and al-\\nthough she had often said that such had been\\nher attachment to those amusements, that she\\nonce thought it impossible to abandon them,\\nyet, they became less than nothing, when\\nplaced in the balance against what she deem-\\ned her duty, and having resolved entirely to", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "29\\nrefrain, she evinced the solid foundations of\\nher piety, by never, in the slightest degree\\ndeviating from her resolution.\\nYet she shunned not the society of the\\ncheerful and gay companions of her youth-\\nNothing of moroseness, or gloom or misan-\\nthropy was visible in her countenance or de-\\nportment. On the contrarj r her progress in\\npiety, by mingling a little gravity with her\\nnatural vivacity, by spreading a shade of se-\\nriousness over the playful sallies of her ima-\\ngination, by gilding her conversation and her\\nconduct, with sentiment and virtue almost\\nunalloyed, rendered her more attractive, more\\namiable, more lovely and more beloved.\\nIn March last (1815) she was married\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nHer character as a wife is known but to tme\\nin this world.\\nShe was capable of that deep, generous.\\nself demoting sentiment, which, in retirement,,\\ne2", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "30\\nsprings amid mutual charities and mutual\\npursuits, links itself with every interest of life,\\nand twines itself even with hopes of immor-\\ntal happiness. She was a wife but nine months,\\nfive of which were passed in sickness, and in\\nsuffering. Bnt if the tenderest sensibility of\\nsoul, the purest and warmest heart a sound\\njudgment, a disposition sweet and placid, a live-\\nly and playful wit, a firm, constant, self devoting\\nattachment, knowledge various and elegant, a\\ndelicacy which almost shrunk from observa-\\ntion, an enthusiastick love of domestick life, a\\ndeep and solemn sense of religion; a know-\\nledge of ail her duties, and a soul intent upon\\ntheir full performance could render the con-\\njugal state happy; her husband must have been\\nhappy. He was happy while she enjoyed\\nhealth; he was tortured by her sickness and\\nagojiies.", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "si\\n0! may the same Almighty hand, which has\\nso heavily pressed him to the earth, raise him\\nfrom the death of sin, enable him to imitate\\nhis beloved wife in the hour of sickness and of\\ndeath, and finally join her again in those ce-\\nlestial mansions where there is no more sick-\\nness or pain.\\nShe lived and died a member of the Protestant\\nEpiscopal church, under the guidance and sanc-\\ntion of the Right Re vd. Bishop Kemp, of Balti-\\nmore. She received the holy communion early\\nIn the last spring, and endeavored to ap-\\npropriate to her soul the body and blood of her\\ncrucified Redeemer. With what indescriba-\\nble emotions did I witness the humilityj the\\ntrembling anxiety, the agonizing contrition,\\nthe holy awe with which she partook that\\nhighest and most awful sacrament of our\\nholy religion. At that moment, bowed to the\\ntv earth- she seemed to surrender her soul", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "32\\nand body to the great duties of Christianity;\\nund finally to consecrate her whole heart to\\nthe service of her Divine Master* Salvation\\nbecame, henceforth* the great end of her life;\\nthe great, but silent duties of religion the\\nmeans by which that, end was to be attained;\\nthat end she henceforth pursued without de-\\nfieciionj those means she continued to practise\\nwithout weariness.\\nIn June, she was affected by a severe cold,\\nand accompanied by coughing, wandering\\npains, and the expectoration of a very little\\nblood. The physicians considered the affec-\\ntion temporary and not dangerous. The cold\\ndisappeared, but the cough continued not ve-\\nry serious, and the pain occasional, but not\\nviolent. Dunns: the month she left Ealti-\\nmore, on a visit to her brothers on Elk Ridge.\\nAlas, she left it never more to return.", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "While residing at Belmont, her cough be-\\ncame more violent, the pains in her sides and\\nbreast more frequent and more acute Her\\nhealth rapidly declined Eminent physician*\\nwere called in. They considered her situation\\nnot alarming nor dangerous, and prescribed a\\ncourse for her relief which was strictly pur*\\nsued\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It was thought best to spend the\\nsummer in travelling\u00e2\u0080\u0094 -And in a few days she\\nwas about to depart on a tour through the\\nnorthern and eastern states It was believed\\nthat such a tour, would restore her to per-\\nfect health.\\nOn the eleventh of July, she went to dine\\nwith her brother Charles a distance of four\\nmiles Her spirits and health had been un-\\nusually low for several days preceeding But\\non this day her usual flow of spirits returned.\\nShe seemed revived, and at dinner was cheer-\\nful, and evesi lively A few moments after", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "she had dined a deadly sickness came upon her.\\nAn hemoptysis immediately ensued, and she\\ndischarged from her lungs a large quantity of\\nblood With much difficulty the hemorr-\\nhage was staunched But in a manner which\\nthreatened every moment a return.\\nPhysicians were instantly sent for in all\\ndirections; but from some fatality, or rather\\nfrom some mysterious cause, Providence so\\ndirected that not one could be procured\\nNor could every exertion provide medical at*\\ntendance before the succeeding morning.\\nThe night was very tempestuous And I\\nwatched over the lovely and patient sufferer\\niii a state of anxiety not to be described-\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nNever, never will the emotions of that night\\nbe erazed from my memory Unable to\\nspeak, not daring to move, every moment\\nthreatened with a recurrence of the hemorr-\\nhage, which in the absence of medical assjs-", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "tance it was almost certain, could not again\\nbe staunched, and which if not staunched\\nmust soon terminate her life, she lay in de-\\nvout resignation, patiently awaiting the morn-\\ning About two o clock at night, the blood be-\\ngan again to flow with a violence that threat-\\nened instant dissolution\u00e2\u0080\u0094- Every instant a\\nslight hectick cough cast forth a torrent of\\nblood. Every effort to check the torrent was in\\nvain.\\nIt was a heart-rending scene never to be\\nrealized by any but those who beheld it At\\nlength by opening veins in her arms and per-\\nmitting the blood to continue flowing; the\\nhemorrhage from her lungs ceased, leaving her\\nfaint, exhausted and almost in the arms of\\ndeath During this terrible scene, she, with\\nus all, believed herself dying Even then she\\nseemed prepared for the awful change, and\\nwas th\u00c2\u00a7 only person in the groupe who was", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "86\\ncalm and collected I am gone/ 3 she once\\nsaid in a feeble but firm voice, and clasping her\\nhands, she raised her half closed eyes to Heav-\\nen, with an expression^ such fervent devo-\\ntion and sweet resignation, as I never witnes-\\nsed in any one but herself,\\nA bilious fever succeeded, which for twen-\\nty one days raged with a fury beyond the con-\\ntrol of medicine\u00e2\u0080\u0094 At length it subsided\\nand symptoms of a phthisis pulmonalis appear-\\ned Her disorder soon assumed the defined\\nshape of a consumption. From the first she\\nhad been unable to stand or move from her\\nbed, but in the arms of another\u00e2\u0080\u0094 For five\\nmonths, pains the most acute and tormenting,\\nwere her constant attendants Throughout\\nher whole system, day and night, rarely with\\nthe intermission oi a moment, never of an\\nhour, her pains and agonies were almost in the\\nextreme. At length her life alter quivering", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "long in the socket was suddenly extinguish-\\ned\u00e2\u0080\u0094And that soul which had long been fa-\\nmiliar with death, and had long rested on faith,\\ntook its flight from a world of suffering, to min-\\ngle with congenial spirits in the new Jerusalem\\nabove It now remains to view this lovely\\nChristian in sickness and in death And, 0!\\nblessed Redeemer, who didst fill the soul of my\\nbeloved Mary with faith, hope and charity, in\\nthe agonies of sickness and of death; inspire\\nme with a proper spirit to set forth the piou?\\nexample of my beloved wife, in a manner\\nw r orthy of the great and solemn scene!\\nA writer of some celebrity has said no\\nspecies of reputation is so cheaply purcha-\\nsed as death bed fortitude: when it is fruit-\\nless to contend and impossible to fly, little\\napplause is due to that resignation which pa-\\ntiently awaits its doom,", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "If applied to that fool who hath said in his\\nheart there is no God; let us eat drink and\\nbe merry, for to-morrow we die; if applied\\nto the hardened reprobate whose soul is cased\\nin iniquity, and whose conscience is seared\\nas with a red hot iron; or to that cold blooded\\ninfidel who spurns the blood of a Redeemer,\\nshed on the cross for him, and who never once\\nreasoned of righteousness, temperance and the\\nj udgment to come, the remark may sometimes\\nprove true- But surely he must be mad, who\\ndignifies the death bed lethargy or such an one\\nwith the name of fortitude, or patience,\\nor resignation. No, it is that horrible calm\\nwhich, cold, dark and heavy, spreads its benum-\\nbing influence over a soul in which every ray\\nof joy is extinguished, over which unmixed\\ndespair presides Call it not fortitude. It\\nis damning, lethargick insensibility or silent\\nhelpless despair\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Different, far different is", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "S9\\nthe condition of him who believes the book of\\nlife who acknowledges its sound truths, and\\nfeels at the hour of death, that he is just ap-\\nproaching, naked and alone, the judgment seat\\nof the Almighty.\\nTo him who believes that man, unconvert-\\ned, unregenerate man, is the child of inevita-\\nble and eternal perdition, who knows that re-\\npentance for sin, the Grace of God and a\\nholy life are indispensable to salvation, who\\nbelieves that a just God will judge the dead\\nand that as death leaves him, so that judgment\\nwill find him; him, who on his death bed with\\nthese views of the eternal world, and is\\nyet conscious that he has not one of these in-\\ndispensable requisites to plead at that awful\\ntribunal to which death is even then dragging\\nhim, is patient resignation, is death bed\\nfortitude, easy? Conscious that the hour of\\nprobation has been thrown away, feeling that", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "40\\nthe summer is past, that the harvest is ended,\\nand he not saved, the very conviction that it\\nis fruitless to contend, and impossible to\\nfly/ 0! how must it agitate the whole frame,\\nhow must it overwhelm in distraction every\\nfaculty of the mind? how must it steep the\\nwhole soul in the very essence of agony? At\\nsuch a moment, and with such a man is the\\nbubble reputation 55 to be sought? is death-\\nbed fortitude to be easily purchased? no\\nthese paltry trinkets of a vain world vanish\\nlike the visions of insanity\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The mind is en-\\ntirely occupied in the view of the eternal\\nworld\u00e2\u0080\u0094the soul shrinks in agony from the\\ngulph which yawns to receive it and its last\\naccents are heard invoking mercy\u00e2\u0080\u0094 or are\\nvainly spent in calling on the mountains to\\nhide it from the face of him who sitteth on the\\nthrone, and from the wrath of the Lamb: for\\nthe great day of his wrath is come, and he is", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "41\\nnot able to stand. no it is that man that\\nhath a conscience void of offence, that is in\\ncharity with the world, that is purified from\\nall stains in the blood of the Lamb, and is in\\nclose union with his Redeemer, such, and\\nsuch only, is the man who wishes not to fly*\\nbut to the arms of his Saviour, who wishes\\nnot to contend, but for a crown of righte-\\nousness -whose death bed is crowned with\\nfortitude, who purchases reputation ea-\\nsily, who, not only, with patience and re-\\nsignation, but with holy hope, confidence\\nand triumph, awaits his eternal and happy\\ndoom.\\nMrs. Grosvenor during the dangerous pe-\\nriod of her fever, had appeared calm and re~\\nsigned to death\u00e2\u0080\u0094 she expressed her firm reli-\\nance on the rich grace of her Redeemer, and\\nI have no doubt then possessed a reasonable\\nreligious and holy hope of- salvation\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nd 2", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "4\u00c2\u00a3\\nher affections were not wholly weaned from\\nall earthly objects when the violence of her\\nfever abated, she was removed to Belmont\\nHere she apparently began to recover and\\nthere were great hopes of her restoration to\\nhealth\u00e2\u0080\u0094 she herself joined in, and was cheered\\nbv that hope.\\nShe had just entered into a state which she\\nimagined would afford her all the happiness\\nof which she was capable on earth her fond\\npartiality, and her lively imagination, paint-\\ned to her virtuous and affectionate heart,\\nyears of love, tranquillity and usefulness\\nwhich she delighted to anticipate, and which\\nshe still hoped to realize\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Yet amidst the\\nmost fascinating dreams of earthly affection\\nand happiness, when she constantly prayed\\nfor her recovery she never ceased to breathe\\nforth in humble submission not mine but\\nthy will be done. Her Christian education", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "43\\nwas not yet entirely completed in the school\\nef suffering Hence she still felt her affec-\\ntions returning to the dear objects of earth-\\nshe still rejoiced in the hope which was en-\\ntertained of her recovery. This flattering\\nhope was like the last gleam of the setting\\nsun, streaming over the hills and vallies a few\\nbrilliant and transitory rays and leaving the\\nearth to darkness and to night.\\nHer disorder became an inveterate con-\\nsumption, attended by all its worst diagnos-\\nticks. Henceforth it never for a moment yield-\\ned to the efforts of her Physicians Physi-\\ncians who combined profound knowledge of\\ntheir profession with the liberal, warm and\\ntender sensibilities of men. A settled con-\\nviction that her disorder would rapidly run its\\ncourse and terminate in death, now took pos-\\nsession of her mind yet that mind was un-\\nshaken by the conviction she became, in-", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "3eed, more earnest and constant in prayer\\nand praise, and her only solicitude was to\\nimprove the remaining hours of her life to the\\nGlory of her Redeemer, and to her own sal-\\nvation. Often amidst the agonies of pain have\\nI heard her bless the name of her Maker for\\nallowing her even a protracted life of suffer-\\ning. Often hath she poured out her soul in\\nthanksgivings for the severe but healthful dis-\\ncipline which her soul was receiving from his\\nhand. Her Christian conversations were daily\\nand nightly. But it was for about three hours\\nin the middle of the night that she was gene-\\nrally most free from pain and then it gene\\nrally was that religion formed the topick of\\nthose interesting conversations -they turned\\nfor the most part, upon the habits and conduct\\nof her life\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the present state of her departed\\nfriends, the religious condition of those who still\\nlived\u00e2\u0080\u0094the rich Grace of the Redeemer, the", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "45\\ninfluence of Christianity on the heart and\\nlife on preparations for death and eternity-\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nthe exercises and emotions of her own soul\\nin prayer and worship her feelings and\\nviews in relation to the world she was about\\nto leave and in contemplation of the great\\nand awful change which was rapidly approach-\\ning. These conversations are imprinted on\\nmy memory they have made an impression\\non my heart never to be removed. But I can*\\nnot bring myself to detail them\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I should\\nweaken their force and do her memory\\ninjustice. As she approached nearer her end 3\\nshe seemed to become more and more calm\\nand familiar with Death she frequently con-\\nversed on that event with all the serenity,\\nsolemnity and fervour, which always marked\\nher conversation on any religious topick\\non one such occasion she was asked whether\\nshe felt prepared to meet her God; whether", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "46\\nshe could fly to the arms of her Saviour with\\nhope and confidence of happiness. 0 yes,\\nshe said, such are my feelings now I think I\\nhave taken a final leave of this world I think\\nnothing could induce me to wish again to\\nmingle with it.\\nIt is long since I have prayed for my re-\\ncovery It seems to me that all I now want\\nis to be present with my Redeemer Yet she\\ncontinued after a short pause It is an awful\\nmeeting, and well may the purest saints trem-\\nble at the thought of it -To enter undisguised\\nand alone in the presence of the great God\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe just, omniscient, offended, insulted, Al-\\nmighty Judge of heaven and earth\u00e2\u0080\u0094- To be\\nviewed by Him To be judged by Him!! 0!\\nwho is without sin? Who shall be able to\\nstand? None, none but those whom a merci-\\nful Saviour shall support. 0! blessed Redeem-\\ner, on thy cross, on thy blood, on thy body, are", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "47\\nplaced all my hopes in that awful hour\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sup-\\nported by thy Almighty arm, I can meet death\\nwithout fear I can pass through the dark val-\\nley without fainting I can enter into the pre-\\nsence of my judge with hope and confidence\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nFor thou, 0! blessed Saviour, hast washed my\\nsoul in thy own blood hast satisfied the\\nclaims of divine justice, hast interceded with\\nthy Father and my Father, and hast procured\\npardon for my sins After a pause of a few\\nminutes spent in silent meditation, she con-\\ntinued Yet may I not deceive myself?\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nWhen the final struggle approaches, may I not\\nfaint? May I not shrink from the awful trial?\\nShe was asked whether she had examined her\\nheart deeply, and the foundation of her faith\\nand hopes vigilantly? And whether she had\\nany reason to suppose that they were built on\\nsandy foundations? She replied, It is the\\nconstant business of my lingering life to ex-", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "48\\namine and search my affections; I have en-\\ndeavoured to correct all enthusiasm and to\\ncheck and chastise my feelings\u00e2\u0080\u0094 With the\\nmost earnest prayer I have daily endeavoured\\nto explore my heart and affections. But the\\nbook of truth assures me, and I know, that the\\nheart is deceitful above all things and despe-\\nrately wicked! And I sometimes tremble at\\nthe bare possibility that it may elude my search\\nand deceive me to my ruin\u00e2\u0080\u0094 0! she continu-\\ned, pray for me that my Heavenly Father may\\nnot suffer me to be deceived. I have no rea-\\nson to suspect that I am deceived. On the\\ncontrary I have the firmest reliance on the\\nmercy of my Gracious Father. I have the\\nmost undoubting hope that the cross of my\\nRedeemer hath subdued my heart. Yet pray\\nfor me that I may not be deceived. And\\nconstantly pray that the holy hope and confi-\\ndence which now consoles and cheers my heart", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "49\\nmay continue to support me that it may in-\\nspire me with confidence and triumph in the\\nhour of my dissolution then I shall neither\\nfaint or shrink from the trial for then I shall\\nfear no evil; pray for me that my Gracious\\nFather may enable me in my last hour, to show\\nyou a good example of Christian hope, confi-\\ndence and joy 0! she concluded, had I\\nworlds I would freely give them to know what\\nwill be my views, hopes, and feelings in the\\nlast hour of my life But God is good, merci-\\nful and true. He will not abandon me then-\\nHe will sustain me for I have no other hope,\\nno other consolation\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hath he not said I\\nwill never leave thee, nor forsake thee. By\\nfrequent conversations like this she taught as\\nfrom the grave the great lesson, that all reli-\\nance for salvation, is in the rich, unmerited\\nmercy of the Redeemer.", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "50\\nRecurring on one occasion to the even is of\\nher past life, it was remarked to her, that her\\nlife had been uncommonly innocent and vir-\\ntuous, and that this must be a subject of great\\ncomfort to her in her present condition.\\nShe said she hoped it was true, that from her\\ninfancy she had endeavoured to shun positive\\nsins and wicked pursuits she had generally at-\\ntended the publick worship of God and had not\\nneglected the duties of private devotion and\\nas Ions as she remembered, had been inclined\\nto do good and useful actions, rather than use-\\nless and evil ones\u00e2\u0080\u0094Certainly, she said, tin*\\nreflection was consoling and precious to her-\\na consolation she would not barter for worlds-\\nYet, she said, her hopes of forgiveness and\\nsalvation were none of them placed on tins\\nfoundation\u00e2\u0080\u0094Her motives, even is the most\\nvirtuous actions, had not been pure\u00e2\u0080\u0094The glory\\nof God. the lore of her Saviour, obedience te", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "51\\nhis will had not been her motive No, her ac-\\ntions would not bear the scrutiny of that All\\nJust Father who cannot look on sin with the\\nleast allowance and whose indispensable requi-\\nsition is My Son give me thine Heart, How\\nmuch of the feelings of this vain world had en-\\ntered into all her best actions! How much preci-\\nous time had she thrown away on the vanities\\nof this world!\u00e2\u0080\u0094 How many opportunities of\\nserving and worshiping her Heavenly Father\\nhad she neglected! How often had she resist-\\ned the suggestions of the Spirit of Grace stri-\\nving with her and urging her to enter on the\\ngreat work of salvation! How often had she\\npractically said to that holy spirit go thy way\\nfor this time; when I have a convenient sea-\\nI son I will call for thee! 0 no! she continu-\\nal ed the catalogue of my sins is endless my\\nlife would justly subject me to eternal pun-\\niflnuent\u00e2\u0080\u0094 for I have constantly rebelled against", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "02\\na tender, long suffering, Gracious Father\\nBut blessed, forever blessed be his great and\\nholy name he hath promised a way for my re-\\nturn to his arms\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It is the blood of the Lamb,\\nslain for the sins of the world, which alone\\ncan blot out my dreadful transgressions and\\ncleanse my soul for Heaven What unspeak-\\nable grace, what incomprehensible love is this!\\nThat the only Son of God should leave the bo-\\nsom of his Father to bleed and die, that rebels\\nmight be restored to innocence and salvation;\\nO how do I now wonder, that with a full\\nknowledge of all this kindness, this voluntary\\nmercy, I could for one moment continue in-\\ndifferent or obstinate, that I could refrain\\nfrom throwing myself into the open arms of my\\nblessed Saviour, my dear and precious\\nhusband, look to that glorious and mer-\\nciful Redeemer\u00e2\u0080\u0094 See what he has done\\nfor you Can you resist his mercy and his", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "km-; Can vou bear to think that the Son\\nof the Most High God shall die in vain for\\nvuii? embrace his mercy\u00e2\u0080\u0094accept his love.\\nhow will t ou rejoice when you arrive at the\\natata in which I now am, if you now receive\\nliiiu m your God, your Saviour, your all\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It is\\non his free and rich grace, on his blood alone\\nthat any soul can rest any hope of salvation\\nHow do they deceive themselves who think that\\na life of common morality can atone for sin, en-\\ntitle them to mercy and salvation, or even fit\\nthem for the pure and holy joys of Heaven.*\\nShe then expressed fervent gratitude for\\nthe Christian lesson, which she had been told\\nthe most Rev, Arch* Bishop Carroll, had, a few\\ndays before given to the world on this subject-\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nA friend spoke to him of his blameless life\\nand useful actions as a strong ground for hope\\nand confidence. He pointed to the cross he-\\nfore him and solemnly replied, there is the", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "on 1 j foundation of any hope and coniidtnce-\\nof salvation that I possess.\\nIf, she said, a man like Bishop Carroll, deep-\\nly learned in all the doctrines of Christianity,\\nof a life, pure as human nature can attains\\nendowed with all the moral and social virtues\\nabounding in charity, of unquestionable piety\\nwhose good and useful actions were almost as\\nnumerous as the moments of his life, was found\\nwith the publican to cry God be merci-\\nful to me a sinner; if he was driven to the\\ncross as his only refuge from eteh t miserv.\\nwho shall be so madly presumptuous as to re!\\non his own virtue, his own innocence, his own\\nmerits for salvation? She earnestly hoped\\nthat this humble and Christian example mi.\\nbe widely spread, that it might help to rouse\\nfrom their fetal security all those, who proh\\ning the name of Chris much on\\nir moral virtues for happiness, I", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "them 10 bring their own reward in a future\\nworld. About a fortnight before her death\\nr. Kemp visited her for the last time. He\\nconversed freely with her, prayed with her, and\\nfor the last time administered the sacrament\\nof the holy supper. what a visible consola-\\ntion to her soul was this visit and this holy\\nsacrament.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It must afford that kind and ex-\\ncellent Prelate the purest joy to know that he\\nwas the instrument in the hands of Providence,\\nto fill with comfort and holy confidence the\\nsoul of an expiring Christian Under all her\\nsufferings she had strove to imitate the holy\\nApostle of the Gentiles Her distresses\\nabounded she seemed to be pressed above\\nmeasure. The flesh was weak; and in the\\nearly part of her sickness groans and tears\\nwere forced from her by the agonizing pains\\nwhich racked her frame\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Yet even then she ac-\\n(edged the band of her gracious Father", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "56\\nwho inflicted them; declared them mere mil\\nand less than nothing, in comparison with\\nwhat her transgressions merited. As her sick\\nness advanced, though her pains increased, her\\npatience and resignation increased; and she\\nbore them without a murmur and almost with-\\nout a groan She wished to come out of the\\nconflict not only as conqueror, but more than\\na conqueror through him who loved us; 5 for\\nshe reckoned that the sufferings of the pre-\\nsent time were not worthy to be compared\\nwith the glory that shall be revealed*\\nAfter the last Sacrament, I have remarked\\nthat a superiour resignation, calmness, hope\\nand confidence were visible in her conduct\\nand conversation. No doubts or difficulties\\ndisturbed the serenity of her soul\u00e2\u0080\u0094 she knew\\nthat her last hour rapidly approached. Sue\\nlonged for that hour. Yet she resigned fa^ef*\\nself wholly to the will of her God; and tl\u00c2\u00a7V", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "57\\nwill be done, mingled with all her sufferings,\\nall her prayers, all the emotions of her soul.\\nDuring her sickness I read to her a literary\\nwork, called Discipline A book, which,\\nthough published in the form of a novel, is fill-\\ned with the most elevated strains of moral\\nprecepts, and the most lively models of Chris-\\ntian examples. Little could that excellent\\nwriter suppose, when she was drawing the fol-\\nlowing portrait of death-bed piety, resignation,\\nand confidence, that her picture would so soon\\nfind an original in almost every line and fea*\\niure:\\nHer malady had now assumed a shape\\nwhich announced to all, that she had but a few\\ndays to live. She was fully conscious of this,\\nYet no expression of impatience betrayed her.\\nFor more than four months, I scarcely quitted\\nher bedside, by day, never by night. During\\nthe latter days of this protracted suffering,", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "58\\nthough her pains were constant and beyond\\ndescription dreadful, neither cry nor groan\\nescaped her. Often have I wiped the big drops\\nof agony from her forehead; but she never\\ncomplained. She was more than patient; the\\nsettled temper of her mind was thankfulness.\\nThe decay of its prison house seemed only\\nto give the spirit a foretaste of freedom.\\nTimid by nature, beyond even the usual fear-\\nfulness of her sex, she yet endured the most\\nagonizing pains, not with the iron contumacy\\nof a savage, but with the submission of a filial\\nlove. The approach of death she watched\\nmore in the spirit of the conqueror than the\\nvictim. Yet she often expressed her willing-\\naess to linger on, till suffering should have\\nextinguished every tendency to self will n\\nhelplessness should have destroyed every yes-\\ntige of pride. Her desire was granted. IJer tt\\nalg brought with them an infallible token th t", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "59\\nf they came from a Father s hand. For her char-\\nacter excellent as it had seemed, was exalted\\nby sufferings; and that which in life was lovely,\\nwas in death sublime At last the great work\\nwas finished. Her education for eternity was\\ncompleted; and from the severe lessons of this\\nland of discipline, she was called to the bound-\\nless improvement, the instructive knowledge\\nthe glorious employment of her Father s\\nc house. s\\nOn Saturday evening the second day of\\nDecember she was visibly sinking late in\\nthe evening she appeared to be dying she\\nprayed devoutly, and she was supported by her\\nGod. About midnight she revived, and she pour-\\ned forth praises to God, that he had vouchsaf-\\ned his merciful support to her soul at the\\nI awful moment, when she believed she was\\nabout to appear at his tribunal. During the\\nSabbath she was almost constantly in prayer", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "60\\nand. thanksgiving. On Sunday evening it be-\\ncame almost certain that she could survive hut\\na few hours. She was conscious that the\\nmorning sun would rise in vain for her. About\\nnine o clock in an agony of pain, she said\\nsad hours seem long; but I am ungrateful\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nthese hours are given me for further prepa-\\nration.\\nShe dozed occasionally; and when awake,\\nprayer and devotion were her constant, but\\nsilent employment. About eleven her breast\\nbecame dreadfully affected. She was asked\\nif the usual application of a blister should be\\ntried for her relief:\\nI have been considering that 5 she replied.\\nIt is too late.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1 am certain there cannot be\\ntime allowed me for the application to produce\\nany relief.\\nIt was indeed too late. Her only relief was\\nnow to be found in another world. Her only\\nphysician was the Great Physician of soul?,", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "61\\nThus she continued until about two o clock,\\nwhen her breath became short and laborious,\\nand her speech a little indistinct. About half\\npast two, death had seized her. She was now r\\nstruggling in his arms. She seized the last\\nmoment allowed her, and with a look and tone,\\nwhich evinced hope, confidence and holy tri-\\numph, which proved that her earnest prayers\\nfor support in her dying hours, were heard and\\nanswered; she exclaimed, God bless you all\\nGive him thanks that he has enabled me to set\\nyou this example.\\nThese were her last words. Not one struo*-\\ngle, scarcely one convulsive spasm was visible.\\nfp A smile of triumph lingered on her face.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nIt was the beam of a sun that had set. The\\nsaint had entered into rest.\\nSuch was the end of this young and lovely\\nwoman. It was a happy and glorious death.\\nIt was a triumphant appeal to all whether our", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "62\\nblessed faith, brings not comfort unspeakable;\\nbut how strong, how suitable, how glorious its\\nconsolations are, no one can ever know, until,\\nlike her, he is bereft of all others, and like her\\nfinds them sufficient when all others fail.\\nIt is possible that the following description\\nof the mind and person of the lovely woman\\nwhose life, sickness, sufferings and death, are\\ntoo feebly sketched in the preceding pages y\\nwill be too highly coloured. It cannot be\\ndoubted that affection holds the pen. Yet I\\nshall speak of her as she appeared to my judg-\\nment as she now exists in my heart.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I speak\\ntoo, what I religiously believe, as in the pre-\\nsence of my Maker.\\nThe face of Mrs. Grosvenor was not beauti-\\nful according to the popular estimate of beau-\\nty. Her features were not perfectly regular,\\nnor did the colours of the lily and the rose\\ntningle among them in profusion. Yet her", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "63\\ncountenance was fine and interesting-~Her\\neyes were of a light blue, large, and beaming\\nwith sensibility and intelligence-*-The whole\\nof her countenance was so lighted up by her\\nsoul\u00e2\u0080\u0094 its expression was so tempered with\\nmildness and spirit, meekness and dignity,\\nvivacity and thoughtfulness, that, though her\\nface and features were not regular and beauti-\\nful, yet they posssessed something more stri-\\nking more interesting, more dignified and de-\\nlightful.\\nHer person was delicately formed\u00e2\u0080\u0094of more\\nthan common height and sufficiently symme-\\ntrical. Her air was easy and graceful, though\\nmodest and a little reserved, Her movements\\ncorresponded to her person they were light\\nanimated and elegant. But it was not\\nher face and person, prepossessing as they\\nreally were, it was her ftrong and brilliant\\nmind, her virtuous and affectionate heart.", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "64\\nwhich fascinated the love of all who knew her;\\nperhaps the world contained not one mortal\\nthat wished her ill in life\u00e2\u0080\u0094 She had not one\\nacquaintance but mourned her sickness and\\nprayed for her happiness in death. This uni*\\nversal esteem of her acquaintance, was not\\nacquired or retained by any artificial method\\nIt was the natural consequence, of that bene\\nvolence and charity of heart, which wished\\nwell to all human kind\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and of that sensibili-\\nty and sympathy of soul which directed her in\\nall her intercourse with the world. Her mind\\nw r as vigorous and rich Her powers of reason-\\ning were strong and accurate, and her judge-\\nment was cultivated, clear and sound. Indeed\\nall the faculties of reason and judgment were\\nmature beyond her sex and age. But an ima-\\ngination excursive, brilliant and lofty, was the\\npredominant characteristick of her mind She\\nloved to give it ample scope-\u00e2\u0080\u0094 to soar on its", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "bo\\nwings through ideal scenes, through untried\\nbeing and other worlds. It would have been\\ndangerous, if it had not been directed by a\\npure taste, cherished by the strong arm of rea-\\nson, and regulated by virtue, morality and re-\\nligion. She had wit in no ordinary measure.\\nIt never was seen to flash upon the world-\\nBut those little friendly circles which she\\nmost loved can never forget, that playful fancy,\\nand delicate raillery with which she enliven-\\ned conversation and rendered domestick scenes\\ndelightful.\\nShe had an absolute passion for poetry\u00e2\u0080\u0094and\\nwas familiar with the great masters of song,\\nwho knew to strike those strings of harmony\\nwhich vibrate strongest on the human heart*\\nA soul, attuned to harmony, tremulous as the\\nshade of the light, quivering aspen, and deeply\\nsensible to grand or pathetick images, aided by\\na retentive memory, had stored her mind, with\\nf 2", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "66\\nalmost every passage in her favourite poets\\ndistinguished for elevated thought or elegant\\ndiction. Her knowledge of history was accu-\\nrate and sufficiently extensive. She was tole-\\nrably versed in the science of Ethics And\\nshe had read attentively the best Christian\\nworks in our language.\\nWith these mental and moral endowments,\\nshe did not strive to shine in the world beyond\\nthe sphere of her familiar friends She had\\nnone of that paltry ambition for publick ap-\\nplause or admiration, which sometimes lead^\\nfemale votaries to show off their accomplish-\\nments, at the expense of retiring modesty\\nand female decorum She made no parade\\nof her talents\u00e2\u0080\u0094 On the contrary, she shrunk\\nfrom observation and except among her\\nimmediate friends, was a listener rather\\nthan a talker.", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "67\\nShe possessed by nature, even more than\\nthe usual timidity of her sex Yet in the du-\\nties of life and religion, she was resolute even\\nto bravery She had no affectation of tender-\\nness and delicacy Yet the very fibres of her\\nsoul trembled with disgust at any thing really\\nindelicate or indecorous And though she\\nshrunk not from loathsome scenes to which\\nher duty called her; scenes which would have\\nshivered to atoms, the nerves of many a fash-\\nionable fair one Yet she never stepped be-\\nyond those rules even of arbitrary origin, which\\nthe general consent of the Christian world,\\nhas imposed on the conduct of her sex.\\nYet the riches of her mind were not folded\\nin a napkin\u00e2\u0080\u0094nor were the virtues of her soul\\nhidden under a bushel.\\nHer correspondence was extensive; and she\\nwrote in a style of elegance and Kvelittess", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "68\\nformed on an excellent model.* The infan-\\ntile minds of the little children who were pla-\\nced near her, received from her mouth early\\nThe following obituary notice of Mrs. Magruder\\nher relation and friend is subjoined.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mrs. Magruder\\ndied of a lingering consumption in October, 1814.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nShe was the daughter of Dr. Phiiiip Thomas of\\nFrederick county, Maryland, and the sister of John\\nHanson Thomas and Mrs. Alexander of Baltimore.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe two former died in May 1816.\\nDeparted this life on the 2Fth of October, in the\\nS7th year of her age, after severe and protracted\\nsuffering, Mrs. Rebecca B. Magrudeh, wife of Alex-\\nander C. Magruder, esq.\\nIn vain shall the pen of affection attempt to deline-\\nate the character of this excellent woman, or to de-\\nscribe the agony of those afflicted friends left to\\nmourn her loss.\\nIn her death her sex has lost one of its brightest\\nornaments. She possessed a mind enlightened and\\nelevated a heart sincere, generous and expanded.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nFew have lived, in whom were so carefully and softly\\nblended, useful and shining talents, with gentleness,\\nmeekness, humility, piety and modesty. In the rela-\\ntive dutie-s of life, as daughter, wife, mother,", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "69\\nlessons of knowledge; early impressions of\\nvirtue and piety Servants in those families\\nwhere she resided, even the sable children of\\nand friend, these qualities shone with peculiar lustre;\\nand in all these characters she has left an example\\nworthy of universal imitation. May that bright exam-\\nple never cease to impress the heart and influence\\nthe conduct of her who offers this tribute to a beloved\\nfriend.\\nIt was the will of Heaven that an aged father should\\nsupport in his feeble arms the sinking frame of his\\nbeloved and expiring child. May the merciful God,\\nwho tempers the wind to the shorn Lamb, grant him\\ngrace to bow and to kiss the afflictive rod.\\nAn adoring husband has beheld her, on whom rest-\\ned all his hopes of temporal felicity; her, who like a\\nGuardian Angel, had pointed to virtue and to peace;\\nwho had imparted consolation, and love and joy,\\nsnatched from Mm in the meridian of life. But she is\\nnot lost to him forever- Even now, while her frail\\nbody sleeps in the grave, soaring on wings of Christie\\nan faith, he may behold her in a robe of celestial glo-\\nry, alluring him to join her in a brighter and a better\\nworld.", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "70\\nAfrica received frequent lessons of religion,\\nand portions of the word of God from her\\nlips.\\nShe had little to bestow in Alms; but that\\nlittle contributed to moisten the parched lips\\nIt is an awful thing to die;\\nYet the dread path once trod,\\nHeaven opes its everlasting portals high\\nAnd bids the pure in heart perceive their God-\\nBut for the four little cherubs she bequeathed to his\\ncare and affection, this would seem a dark and cheer-\\ness wilderness But while he\\nMarks with nature s peerless grace,\\nTheir blossoms blaw,\\nHappy to see them fill the place\\nOf her awa\\nHe will forget the ills of life, and in the performance\\nof his lonely duties, he shall find his reward.\\nAn affectionate sister, too, is bereaved of the sole\\ncompanion of her youth, the early, constant, enlight-\\nened, faithful friend of her bosom. Do thou, O God,\\nsupport the mourners in this hour of affliction, and\\nconvert this severe temporal chastisement to their\\neternal good", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "71\\nof the indigent sick, to sustain the broken\\nspirits of the virtuous poor. To the extent of\\nher limited means, and throughout the sphere\\nin which she moved, she was constantly scat-\\ntering benefits and consolations.\\nO many were the wretches, steeped in\\npoverty and in suffering, who invoked the\\nblessings of Heaven upon her small, but kind\\nand discriminating charities not for her chari-\\nties only, but for her frequent visits to their\\ndesolate abodes, for the timely assistance\\nwhich her own hand had rendered and the\\nreligious consolation which her soothing ad-\\nmonitions have administered How many\\npillows of sickness and agony has her own\\nhand smoothed? Over how many beds of death\\nhas she watched, relieving sorrow by her\\nsympathy, attuning to heaven by her persua-\\nsions, assuaging even the agonies of death by\\nher kindness and consolation?", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "Perfection is not given to mortals\u00e2\u0080\u0094Yet\\nsome are blest, with purer, kinder, more virtu-\\nous souls. And if ever there was a mere\\nwoman whose life and death were models\\nworthy of universal imitation, this was that\\nexcellent woman.\\nI appeal to those who knew her intimately,\\nwho could understand her affections, whose\\nminds were sufficiently elevated to hold com-\\nmunion with her soul She was lofty, yet\\nmeek; patient and cheerful; affectionate, brave,\\nfaithful and pious; a pillow formed to adorn\\nand support the temple of this life s happiness.\\nOf her piety in life and in death, I have\\nfully written I have nothing to add. It was a\\npiety built on the deep foundations of faith,\\nhope and charity It was rational, fervent and\\nhabitual It was such a piety, which rendered\\nher lovely in health, which supported her\\nfragile frame, through five months of agony", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "rendering her soul always resigned, generally\\ncheerful which enabled her to smile even in\\nthe face of Death, and bore her in triumph\\nfrom his iron arms to life and peace eternal\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nAs descriptive of her life, I would add the\\nfollowing beautiful lines:\\nPlayful and artless, on the summer wave\\nSporting with buoyant wing the fairy scene\\nWith fairest grace adorning; but in woe,\\nIn poverty, in soul subduing griefs,\\nIn patient tending on the sick man s bed\\nIn ministerings of love, in bitterest pangs\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nFaithful and firm; in scenes where firmer hearts\\nI Have cracked, still cheerful, and still kind.\\nIn relation to her death and present state,\\nmay I not, without presumption, apply the\\ntriumphant language of holy Paul:\\nShe hath fought the good fight, she hatli\\nfinished her course, she hath kept the faith;\\nhenceforth there is laid up for her a crown of\\nG", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "H\\nRighteousness, which the Lord, the Righte-\\nous Judge shall give her at that day; and not\\nto her only, but to all them that love his offer-\\ning/\\nIn the firm belief of this* I sorrow not for\\nher who is asleep, as those who have no hope;\\nfor I believe that Jesus died and rose again;\\nand even so, them also, which sleep in Jesus,\\nmil God bring with him.", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "APPENDIX.\\nThe Editor presumes the reader would be\\npleased to receive at least a brief account of\\nthe authour of the preceding pages.\\nThe Hon. Thomas P. Grosvenor survi-\\nved his amiable and pious lady, about fifteen\\nmonths. He was of a strong constitution\\nand generally enjoyed excellent health until\\nabout two months before his death, when he\\nwas attacked (as was ascertained after his\\ndeath) with an enlargement of the heart, of\\nwhich disease, he died on the twenty-fourth\\nof April, 1817. in the thirty-eighth year of his\\nage. He was a native of Connecticut, and\\nwas educated at Yale College, under the\\ndirection of the late Dr. D wight. Durins: the\\nlast five years of Ids life, he was a distinguish", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "76\\ned Representative in the Congress of the\\nUnited States, from the state of New York.\\nAfter his marriage., he commenced the prac-\\ntice of the law in the city of Baltimore, where\\nhe already ranked among the most distin-\\nguished members of the bar. As a mark of\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2heir high respect for his memory, on motion\\nof General Harper, the Court adjourned the\\nilrst day after his funeral to hold a meeting,\\nat which the judges, by invitation of the bar,\\nattended, when the following resolution was\\nunanimously adopted:\\nResolved that the members of the Balti-\\n**more bar, as a mark of respect for the vir-\\ntues, character and talents of their departed\\nbrother, the Hon. Thomas P. Grosvenor,\\nand their deep regret for his early loss, will\\n-wear crape on the left arm for one month.\\nFor a further account of this estimable man,\\nthe fallowing obituary, ascribed to Paul Allen,", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "Esq. is republished from the Federal Repub-\\nlican and Baltimore Telegraph.\\nIt is with no ordinary sensibility that we\\ncommit to our obituary the name of the\\nHon. Thomas P. Grosvenor, He died at\\nthe seat of the Hon. Judge Hanson, in the\\nthirty-eigth year of his age. During the\\nlast session of congress, he was seized with\\nan affection in his chest, which was thought\\nby the physicians to be desperate aud malig-\\nnant. Nevertheless, hopes were entertained\\nfrom the excellence of his constitution, that\\nhis life might be still spared to his country\\nand to his friends. These hopes gained ad-\\nditional confirmation from the protracted\\ncharacter of his malady, until a very short\\nperiod before his decease. In the midst of\\nall these fallacious hopes, the disorder sud-\\ndenly took a more violent turn, and in a very\\nshort period put an end to his existence.", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "78\\nVery imperfectly indeed would those es-\\ntimate the qualities of the deceased, who\\nform their judgment from his public services\\nalone. The features of his moral character\\nwere not distinctly defined when seen by\\nthe blaze of publick admiration. He was\\nonly recognized there, as the intrepid defend-\\ner of the people s rights, which he maintained\\nwith an ability, firmness and constancy, pro*\\nportionate to their own importance, and the\\ndanger to be apprehended from their viola-\\ntion, Yet here amidst ail these party storms\\nof debate, one feature of his character was\\nplainly discernable; politics with him posses-\\nsed nothing of its usual grovelling selfish-\\n-ness\u00e2\u0080\u0094 his hostility was on a large, manly\\nnoble, comprehensive scale his genius was\\ns seen and felt as a publick man, guided by\\npublick motives, and governed by a sense of\\npnblirk duly, and not as a ruthless, persecu-", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "19\\nting, personal opponent at the conclusion\\nof the debate, when with an honest fidelity\\nas a publick servant he had discharged his\\nduty, he could take the most violent of his\\npolitical opponents by the hand, and indulge\\nin all the flow of cordial affection. We hope\\nthat this example, set by one of the leaders\\nof the federal party, will be remembered and\\nimitated by both parties.\\nBut we repeat the remark that this trait,\\nbeautiful and luminous as it is, was not the\\ndistinctive trait of the character. It was\\nthis: in the hour when the strong and impe-\\nrious claims of publick service were satisfied,\\nwhen he was no longer a publick man, when\\nhe was left to the guidance of his own heart,\\nall these high qualities retired from the gaze.\\nMild, accessible, communicative and urbane,\\nhe was then only distinguished by superiour\\ncourtesy, frankness and intellect. We", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "were suddenly surprized by strong and mas-\\nculine combinations of thought, splendid and\\noriginal views of publick men and of publick\\nmeasures, and those all presented with such\\nease and familiarity, with such simplicity of\\ncharacter, so void of all ostentation, or parade,\\niC that we were delighted, entertained, and in-\\nstructed without being ourselves sensible of\\nthe obligation. He threw off the splendour\\nof his publick reputation, and approached in\\nthe guise and character of a friend on equal\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2terms. On this point we can speak with\\nfeeling and with emphasis, and hazard no-\\nrthing in the assertion, that a stranger who\\nhad read the publick papers, and had acci-\\ndentally conversed with the deceased, de-\\nlighted, astonished and instructed as he\\nwould be, never would for a moment believe,\\nthat his sociable, frank and communicative\\nguest, was the orator who on the floor of", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "81\\ncongress had so often electerized the house\\nof Representatives. In short, this peculiar\\nchange of character from the high and intre-\\npid to the more amiable, frank and pleasant\\nqualities, formed the peculiar chai acteristick\\nof the deceased. His private conversation\\nwas, as Burke says, the green on which the\\neye reposed after it was withdrawn from\\nhis splendour. We observed the muscular\\nlimbs and proportions of the giant, while\\nhe appeased himself to slumber, unconscious\\nof his strength. It is an undoubted fact,\\nthat neither the politicsil friends, or the\\npolitical enemies of Grosvenor,are sensible of\\nthe full weight of his character; but death\\nis a melancholy teacher.\\nWhen these great and distinctive points\\nof character are stated, all the common rela-\\ntionships in life may be inferred. If the\\ndarkness of political controversy was only a", "height": "3152", "width": "1885", "jp2-path": "sketchoflifelast00gros_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "8\u00c2\u00a3\\ncloud transiently passing over a sunbeam\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nif every thing beyond was green, beautiful,\\nand luminous, it is surely unnecessary to say\\nthat in the calms of ordinary life, his orb was\\nlovely and serene: it is unnecessary to say\\nthat his heart was the repository of all the\\nbenevolent and generous affections. Nor\\nshould it be forgotten that in his last sickness\\nhe added to these brilliant lights of charac-\\nter his testimony to the truth of the gospel\\nHe gave his testimony to these awful truths\\non which our present and eternal felicity is\\n^dependent. The language of the reverend\\ngentleman who attended him in those awful\\n^moments was this I was delighted with\\nthe interview, and gratified to find Mr.\\nGrosvenor perfectly at home upon religious\\nsubjects, and so well prepared. 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