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Singleton, Richard, mem. H. R. of s. c. St. Barthol.

Sparks, Alexander, Darlington,

Shetton, John, Goochland, Virginia,

Smelt, Mrs. Mary, Augusta, Georgia.

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Taylor, Hon. John, mem. H.R. of U. S. Columbia,

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Todd, General Robert, Lexington, Kentucky,
Todd, Doctor Andrew, Paris,

Todd, Rev. John,

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Thomson, James W. Raleigh, North-Carolina, Troup, Hon. Geo. M. mem. H.R. of U.S. Georgia,

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Vanderhorst, Richard W. member of the H. R. of s. c. St. James, Santee,

Venning, Nicholas, Christ-Church,
Vardell, Thomas, Charleston.

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Warren, Hon. Samuel, President of the Senate of

s. c. St. James, Santee,

Waddle, Rev. Dr. Moses, Abbeville,

Walker, Rev. John B. York,

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Whitner, Joseph, Pendleton,

Winn, Hon. Major General, member of the H. R.

of the United States, Winnsborough,

Wilson, Robert, sen. Indian Town,
Wilson, Robert, jun. ditto

Witherspoon, Hon. Robert, member of the H. R.

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Witherspoon, James Harvey, Lancaster,

Witherspoon, William, member of the Senate of

s. c. St. Mathews,

Witherspoon, Samuel, Duck-River, Tennessee,

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Witter, Benjamin, James Island,

White, John, Christ Church,

Withers, Frances, St. James, Santee.

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Youngblood, Capt. William, St. Bartholomews.

A FUNERAL DISCOURSE,

COMMEMORATIVE OF

THE REV. DANIEL M'CALLA, D. D.

LATE PASTOR OF

THE INDEPENDENT OR CONGREGATIONAL CHURCĂ,

IN THE

PARISH OF CHRIST'S CHURCH, (S. CA

DELIVERED ON THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY OF MAY, 1809.

BY THE REV. WILLIAM HOLLINSHEAD, D.D. One of the Pastors of the Independent or Congregational Church in Charleston

ZECHARIAH, i. 5.

"Your Fathers, where are they? And the Prophets, do they live forever.

THE fashion of this world passeth away: Like a vast theatre, its scenery is perpetually changing-One generation of men cometh on the stage after another: Every individual performs his part and makes his exit, and is seen no more. Melancholy reflection! We look back upon the years that are past, with regret, for those who filled their station with propriety; who were among the virtuous, the honorable, and the good in their day. They are gone down to the chambers of the dead; they have ceased from their labors and their prayers, from their works of piety and benevolence, and from all their schemes of usefulness in the world. We have lost the benefit of their influence, their living example, and their personal instruction. "Your Fathers, where are they? And the Prophets, do they live forever?

On such subjects as these, the mind naturally dwells, in the awful crisis of bereavement, when a holy Providence demands the surrender of our friends to his wise determinations. There is a propriety in considering them with attention, especially in the hour consecrated to the remembrance of departed excellence. If we improve them as we ought, we may derive from them, many useful lessons of instruction.

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others, who will either perfect the schemes we are engaged in, or disapprove and abandon them forever.

Wherefore then do we think highly of ourselves or of the little we can accomplish, in so precarious a condition, of so short a date! Boast not, O man! of thy works, or thy prospects; of thy possessions, or thy fame. Boast not even of to-morrow, which may never arrive to thee, or if it doth, may come to blast thine expectations, and disappoint thy most favorite wishes; to displace thee from the earth, and bestow thine honors and advantages on another.

Secondly. In another view of the subject, it urges the importance of sedulously employing the short period of our existence in the present world, in humble obedience to the will of God.

The longest life of man on earth is comparatively transient and momentary. But this short, evanescent period, is appointed for duties of infinite importance. It is emphatically styled a day; and an everlasting night succeeds it, in which no unfinished undertaking can be resumed, no errors persisted in till then, can be rectified, no pardons for unrepented disobedience can be obtained. Considering mankind as a race of moral accountable beings, this is the only season of probation and preparation for a better state hereafter. Viewing human nature as involved in apostacy, depravity, and guilt, it is the only opportunity for repentance and amendment, for recovering the lost image of our Maker, for attaining and improving in the virtues which alone can refine and dignify our nature.

And all this must necessarily be accomplished, and that speedily, if we would enjoy the hope of divine approbation and a blissful immortality.

Many arguments conspire to enforce the importance of attending seasonably to this consideration. We learn it from the irreversible law of our condition as the creatures of God. Every faculty of our nature preaches a strong obligation to improve our existence for his glory in whom we live and move and have our being; reason and conscience inculcate the duty with great emphasis: the influence of a ge neral prevalence of virtue in promoting the order and happiness of society, and the genuine satisfactions of a life of piety and goodness place it in a most impressive and interesting point of light. The sacred Scriptures also abound with arguments to the same purpose; and demand our attention to them in the most peremptory manner; they direct the consecration of our souls to the service of God, and enjoin

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