A funeral address, delivered on the twenty-sixth of May 1818, at the interment of Doctor James Tillary, late president of the St. Andrew's Society of the city of New York / by David Hosack, M.D. ... ; delivered at the request of the St. Andrew's Society.

  • Hosack, David, 1769-1835.
Date:
1818
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Credit: A funeral address, delivered on the twenty-sixth of May 1818, at the interment of Doctor James Tillary, late president of the St. Andrew's Society of the city of New York / by David Hosack, M.D. ... ; delivered at the request of the St. Andrew's Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It may be asked, had the deceased no failings r He had his failings, but they were of that minor character, that are inseparable from our nature :— He was human, and he erred. Let those who delight to dwell upon the shade of human character, search out the frailties of our deceased brother; for ourselves, we can shed the tear for his weaknesses, and abundantly rejoice at his numerous excellencies. Indulge me, if, before I close, I speak of his chris- tian virtues; they are a proper topic for a christian audience—they made up a large portion of his cha- racter, and they ought not to be omitted. On this momentous subject, he has not left the world to doubt of his religious creed. He has long, both in public and private, evinced his faith and his hope ; and has declared his firm belief in the great truths of the christian religion ; a belief arising not merely from those impressions which an early pious educa- tion leaves upon the mind, but from a careful exami- nation of the evidences upon which it has been em-