20 Jan. 1756, zu Peine im bisthum Hildesheim und starb den 11 August, 1811, seines alters 55 jahre, 1 monat, 22 tage. Innigst betrauert von seinen freunden und besonders von seiner gattin die ihm dies denkmahl der liebe setzt. Du liessest mich, doch bald siehst du mich wieder, Kein tod trennt die, die wahre liebe band, Translation. Here rest the bones of George Henry Repold. He was born, on the 20 of January, 1756, at Peine in the diocess of Hildesheim, and died, on the 11 of August, 1811, aged 55 years, 1 month, and 22 days; deeply lamented by bis friends and particularly by his wife; who erects to his memory this monument of her affection. Thou readest me now; but soon wilt thou see me again. No death can separate those, who are united in the bonds of true love. When the messenger of death shall approach to set the spirit at liberty, gladly will I extend my hand to thee. A short period only can separate us, and when I leave the body, thou wilt immediately recognise me. BALTIMORE, MAR. 938. To the memory of PATRICK ALLIson, D. D. founder and first minister of this church, who died, 21 August, 1802, aged 62 years. The gratitude and veneration of his flock have devoted this monument. Man, that is born of a woman, is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh forth, like a flower, and is cut down. He fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not. Lord, make me to know mine end, and the number of my days, what it is, that I may know how frail I am. So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Blessed be the God and father of our Lord, who hath begotten us again unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus. Christ from the dead. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. Then shall be brought to pass the saying, that is written, death is swallowed up in victory. Note-The foregoing is a copy of the inscriptions, which adorn and enrich a neat monu ment, erected to the memory of doctor Allison, in front of the pulpit, in the church where he officiated. His colleague and successor, the rev. James Inglis, D. D. paid a handsome and respectful tribute to his memory in a sermon delivered, 29 Aug. and founded on 1 Thes. 4. 13, from the manuscript copy of which the following characteristick sketch has been transcribed, at the request of the author of this Collection, for a place in his work. Approach, and look into the uncovered grave. Dissolution has begun its office. In these cold mansions, this mouldering cell, thou seest a body, once racked with disease, now yielding food to worms. Are these the relicks of one, who made a trade of wickedness, and declared hostilities against God? or, of a believer, a christian, whose life was a pattern of piety and virtue? Yes, this believer, this christian expires. Sprung from a man, whose disobedience entailed a patrimony of malediction on his posterity, he participates the universal destiny, dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return. What, then, shall be thy condition, in whom sin predominates? If the righteous scarcely be saved, wherewith shall the wicked appear? If the judgment of God begin in his own house, burn in his temple, strike at his altar, what shall be the fate of those, who know him not, and obey not the gospel? "The death of persons thus worthy of our esteem and love should awaken in us that fear, which may be introductory to a change of life, and ex Cite that grief, which is necessarily connected with repentance. Sorrow for the dead, therefore, originating in this principle, characterized by these results, is innocent and becoming; and so far am I from wishing to repress it, that I would be grateful to God could I make you feel all its force. I would carry you to the place of death, where sleep the relicks of your friends. I would remove the sod, that covers them, and expose the ruins of man. I would call on each to behold his wife, his child, his brother, his father. I would call on all to bend over the form of one, who devoted the years of a long and honourable ministry to your salvation. "Could I so soon lose the impression of recent events, christians, the habiliments of grief, by which I am surrounded, and the respectful solemnity, visible in every countenance, would remind me of the particular object, to which this service is consecrated. But a few days have elapsed since we were employed in performing the last offices for our reverend and beloved father in Christ, whose memory be blessed. No more is necessary to prove the veneration, in which his character is held, than the unusual concourse of men of all denominations, who attended his remains to the grave. That was the offering of general grief. This morning is devoted to sorrows peculiarly our own; sorrows, however, that hold no affinity to despondence, but harmonize with the brightest hopes of christianity. "It is my consolation that I stand not here to eulogize a character, which is appreciated by all; but to invite you to follow his example, that through faith and patience you may inherit the promises. To do justice to his merits would indeed require an acquaintance of an earlier date; information more extensive; a judgment more matured; and a tongue more eloquent, than mine. Expect not, therefore, a detailed enumeration, either, of his personal virtues, or, of his ministerial furniture and excellencies. Of both you are far more competent to form an estimation, than I, to whom, unhappily for myself, he was unknown, except by general reputation, until disease had impaired his strength and arrested his publick functions. "He was a native of the state of Pennsylvania. The era of his birth is fixed about the year, 1740. His early life discovered that vigour of mind, which distinguished its subsequent stages; and, during the course of a liberal education, he afforded ample presages of the eminence, to which heaven had predestined him. In 1760, or 61, he visited this place, and, in about two or three years after, renewed his visit as a probationer for the office of the holy ministry. His labours being acceptable, he formed a small congregation; officiating, for some time, in an inconsiderable edifice, to not more, it is supposed, than six families. The numbers shortly increased, however, to such a degree as to call for the erection of a new church; to which, at no long period after, an addition was made to accommodate the influx of worshippers. The augmentation of the society rendered it necessary, some years back, to erect the |