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an Unbeliever--but never was there a greater mistake.
He was a Christian and pious man (see letters in Box)
In a will written in great haste during the War in 1814
he says "First I recommenced my Soul to God in great
humility and hope thro' the merits of Jesus Christ for
Salvation." He seldom laid his head on his pillow without
addressing his prayers to the Almighty, and often entreated
me, not to neglect do to so, saying that if I did I should
repent it on my death bed. I often thought I should
live to see him in the Gallery of the Friends' Meeting.
But it was not to be--and he is gone to meet the reward
of his Virtuous intentions and Deeds.
This reverence and admiration for the Works of the Deity was unbounded
and his love of knowledge so great, that his expansive
Mind sought it in the Earth beneath and the Heavens
above, as may be seen in many essays left behind him
(On Comets to) The noblest animals and smallest insects
were objects of his research, and his philantrophy led
him to try to enlighten himself and others, and benefit all
by his Study and observation, and if he could not accomplish
all his ardent and benevolent sought to attain, he will