Christian Theology - Media Sabda Org

Irish Academy,—member of the American Antiquarian
Society,—member of the Geological Society of London,—member of the
Royal Asiatic Society, and member of the Eclectic Society of London.
But, in a letter to his friend Mr. Drew, he piously observes: "Learning I
love,—learned men I prize,—with the company of the great and the good
I am often delighted: but, infinitely above all these and all other possible
enjoyments, I glory in Christ,—in me living and reigning, and fitting me
for his heaven."
To slavery Dr. Clarke was a most determined foe, considering "it and
all its appendages the first brood of hell." In politics he was a whig; but
he very seldom looked over the pages of a newspaper. I was with him
when be read the "Voice from St. Helena;" and shall not soon forget the
terms in which he spoke of the treatment of the exiled emperor, and of the
manner in which the last war was conducted. On several subjects both
civil and ecclesiastical, which of late years have created no small stir, he
wrote to me with the utmost freedom. These letters, for reasons which
need not be mentioned, are not published in this memoir of my dear and
venerable friend, whose face I shall see no more. To say that I esteemed,
admired, and loved him, is saying but little: for my esteem, and
admiration, and affection were such as I never felt for any other man; and
I am constrained to add,
"Take him for all in all, I ne'er shall look upon his like again."
He was a burning and a shining light; and thousands for a season rejoiced
in his light. He suffered, from the shadow of death, a momentary
obscuration, and now appears in that region where "they that be wise shall
shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to
righteousness as the stars for ever and ever."
END OF THE LIFE.