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Excerpt from Memorial of the Rev. John Knox, D.D ON Tuesday of last week, (january the Rev. Dr. Knox who had been engaged in pastoral visitations, on reaching home in the after part of the day, passed out Upon the back piazza of his house, which is inclosed with swinging blinds, reaching nearly to the oor; and in some way unknown, he was precipitated from an open lattice into the yard, a distance of five or six feet. He struck with his head upon the agging, and was taken up insensible, indicating that a severe concus sion of the brain, if not a fracture of the skull, had taken place. The report of the melancholy casualty spread, as sad news al ways does, with great rapidity, and the utmost anxiety was felt in this city and elsewhere to learn what the result of the injury would prove to be. The worst apprehensions were soon realized. In spite of medical skill and the tenderest watchfulness of Christian friendship, Dr. Knox lay until Friday afternoon last in the thrall of approaching death. From the time of his sudden fall, up to the moment of death, he gave but little evidence of consciousness. When first placed in bed, he answered two or three questions intelligently, and was heard in gentle and broken words to say, Jesus, have mercy on me but very soon he seemed to hear no sound the accustomed voice of loved ones who surrounded him brought back from his lips no response. In the grand and solemn intercourse of his soul with God, he found no place nor ability to talk with friends. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."