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fflhwiVotV) ,1«* prl'ptrioj for tk« prm, wm purchiMd ate considerable price by aome of Feint*! former friends, and auppraaacd. The first time M. Rbicow snw him, the was returning firOm meeting, end when nearly opposite the houie where he re. aided, a person who was alao passing observed with thoughtless eulgarity, that Paine looked like the deni—he waa not then in sight, bat a voice from the door replied if he only looked Hka him it would do. Bhe then perOeirhd that (he identical person waa at tha door, whieh before waa hid from their view by trees, and overheard thoir eon* versation.“During the time of Paine’s illness; M. Rotcow was unwell, and the physician who attended him wae called to her; she asked how Paine wae, the doctor replied, very ill—we (meaning tha physicians) think we have never seen auch a suffering object; but ha tells me to-day, added he, that hit bo* dilg distress is nothing compared to i that of hit mind. When she bad re*' covered she went to see him; in another• apartment, ahe found a French woman, who had accompanied him from Prance, wringing her handa a\id lamenting that• the had forsaken her husband, friends and religion, to embrap the principle! of Paine—that aha had spent three years in following him, but now he toldt her thoas principles would not stand,• and charged her not to build upon• them ; and now, saye she, 1 havanosb 1 to look to. Thera waa a statement inone of the newspaper* a few weeks pro. r vioua to bit death, that two clergymen ’ came to see him, and that he treated them very roughly. M Roscow asked him if it waa correct;—he told her it waa not, but that he had aeot for a eler* gyman, who came attended by a dee*. con or elder, and supposing Paine wish* t ed him to proceed in the usual manner,proposed prayer. Paine told him ho did not send for him to pray ,aa hedid not ’ conceive any form of pray or invented by man eould avail ; but that hit motive for sending for him waa for the relief of his owu mind, to correct an error, which he supposed him (the priest,) to be in. And then asked him if ho ' thought he was authorised by Cbriet to , preach—this offended the priest, end ho » withdrew. Paine remarked that ho I much preforred the prieat to himseifj I but fearing hit being in an error, might r be an injury to others. The last visit• she made him. on entering the door, ahe perceived him to be in supplication; she usually found him in prayer or, writing, and turning to go out; but hia i nurse spoke to him, and said there waa . a friend from Mr. tlicka come to cee• him. He paused end asked her to i, walk in ana come near him, saying, Ihope you are a friend to God and to Christ—and after another pause asked t her if ahe had ever read any of Paine'#• writings. She replied she had, when , she waa very young. He queried what she thought of them. She replied, a dost thou really wish to know what I• thought :* He replied, 1 trust you are 1 one who has bought the truth, end
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Gettysburg Adams Centinel
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Oct 20, 1819
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