His sword was in his hand, "It was a two-edged blade, Of heavenly temper keen ; And double were the wounds it made, Where'er it smote between: 'Twas death to sin ;-'twas life To all that mourn'd for sin; It kindled and it silenced strife, "Oft with its fiery force, The alien armies low : Bent on such glorious toils, The world to him was loss; Yet all his trophies, all his spoils, He hung upon the cross. "At midnight came the cry, To meet thy God prepare!' He woke, and caught his Captain's eye; Then, strong in faith and prayer, His spirit, with a bound, Bursts its encumbering clay : His tent, at sunrise, on the ground, A darken'd ruin lay. "The pains of death are past, Labor and sorrow cease, And, life's long warfare closed at last, Praise be thy new employ; The tidings of his decease, as they were rapidly carried through the country, awakened deep and powerful emotion: for none had been more generally known, or more universally beloved. His death was felt not only as a calamity to the Church whose highest order he adorned, but as a loss to the Christian world. Meetings of the clergy and of the vestries of the Churches were held extensively, to adopt the customary resolutions of respect for his memory, and regret at his removal. And not only within, but without his Diocese, many pulpits and altars were clothed in the drapery of mourning. His remains, as we have before stated, were carried to Richmond, and there committed to their final resting place amidst the tears of his bereaved family and flock, and the heart-felt sympathy of the entire community. The vestry of his parish have caused to be erected over his grave a costly and beautiful MONUMENT TO BISHOP MOORE. The base of this monument consists of a piece of granite, on which is placed a block of marble chiselled into the shape of an antique sarcophagus, from the centre of which arises a pyramid, the whole attaining the height of sixteen or seventeen feet. On the eastern side of the sarcophagus is to be found this inscription: "RICHARD CHANNING MOORE, D. D. "He laboured faithfully and successfully in And Bishop of the Diocese of Virginia, "In the Convention that called him to the Episcopate, There were only 7 members." "At the time of his death there were 95 "He died in Lynchburg, Virginia, Nov. 11th, 1841, At the age of 79." On the opposite side is an inscription commemorative of Mrs. Moore. At the base of the pyramid, on the east side, is sculptured in bas-relief a cross, over a portion of which some drapery is hung, and on the opposite side an altar; on the northern side there is a representation of a Bible with the following inscription engraved thereon: "They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and they that turn many to as the stars for ever and ever." And on the opposite side a Prayer-book is represented with this inscription: "In the midst of life, we are in death." The character of Bishop Moore, in its leading features and most prominent traits, has been so fully developed in the preceding biographical sketch, that the writer deems it unnecessary to prepare a distinct and elaborate analysis of it, as a finish of the grateful task which is now drawing to a close. Yet is he unwilling to take leave of his subject without a brief glance at the character of his venerated friend as a man-a preacher-and a bishop. To a sound and well-balanced intellect, cultivated by a liberal education and an extensive knowledge of the world, he added such an amount of human learning as qualified him for the most acceptable and efficient performance of his professional duty. In him all the amiable feelings, kind sentiments, and tender charities of our nature were sweetly blended and being baptized with the spirit of the Gospel, and sanctified by the graces of devotion, rendered him a most lovely example of an affectionate and cheerful Christianity. Even to the last, though bending under the infirmity of years, his cheerfulness never forsook him, and he was the life of every family circle in which he was domiciliated, though but for a season. His was a character, which, while it inspired the reverence, awakened the love of childhood ;-while it commanded the respect, won the confidence of manhood;-and, while it awed the vicious, silently recommended to them the gospel he professed. As a Preacher, he was decidedly and thoroughly evangelical in his doctrines; tender, affectionate, and fervent in his spirit; clear, nervous, and perspicuous in his style; in his manner, eloquent and graceful, and pathetic to a fault. His orthodoxy was not like the brightness of a wintry night clear but cold. "He never dealt in the false commerce of a truth unfelt." He stood in the sacred desk under a full sense of the awful responsibilities of his high commission and, as an ambassador of Christ, breathing the spirit of the Master, as he wept over Jerusalem-with earnest, affectionate importunity exhorted men to be reconciled to God. He would have answered well for the original of the poet's sketch. "Much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, "By him the violated law speaks out The sacramental host of God's elect!" As a Bishop in the Church of God, while he was firm in the maintenance of her principles,-watchful against the admission of unworthy men to her ministry, and faithful in the exercise of her discipline, he was the farthest possible from a disposition to exercise arbitrary power, or "lord it over God's heritage." His pastoral crook was swayed most gently, and the Father predominated over the Judge. “He was so merciful as not to be too remiss, and so administered discipline that he forgot not mercy." By his kindness and love, by his fidelity and zeal, in the discharge of the highest ministry in the Church, he won the affections of the clergy and the confidence of the laity, and none could |