From.the Richmond Enquirer. ;
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Fromsfh Richmond Enqurer.se
s Yesterdays Petersburg Republican, contains a
lono and handsome obituary Of the Rev Andrew
Svme. D. D., the father of the Editor OF the fe-s
leysburg IntelIigencer. This venerable man. 10


whom so many of4our citizens are lndepted lot
their education and moral training, died on Sulc.
dav the 9th instant in the aeinety.secoDd year OF
his aoe. His solemn and warning voice is no.
longer heard in the Old Brick Church in Blan.
ford. whose uncovered walls still resist the band
of Time. We extract from the beautiful tribute
of the Petersburg Republican a sketch OF the lie
and death of this good old man. the actor in so many
interesting scenes long since passed away


"'The death Of the oldest citizen in our town,
the oldest minister in our Commonwealth, and
one of the best and purest men that ever lived,
is no common occurrence, no ordinary occasion


1t sweeps over the heart like the dry winds ofthe
desert, and stills the soul with its awful solemny
The young, the middle aged, the old may die,
and be buried and yet others may rise up and
take their places and all be bright and happy
again But when the man Of four score years
and ten the holy Patriarch, dies, his children look
around in vain for one to fill has place. Such
is our condition now. Doctor, or as he was more
generally known by all, .Parson Syne, is no
mefel He was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland,
in September Of the year l754-between the years
1890, and 180O he came 10 the town Of Peters
burg, where he resided till the day of his death


AS a Teacher, he was Industrious and useful; as
a Pastor Of the Protestant Episcopal church, he
was af1ectionate and kind as Minister, he preach.
ed the squire doctrines ofthe religion of Christ -
and as a Citizen. he was esteemed and beloved.
Enemies, he had none; and the meurners who
will this afternoon attend his body to its last rest


ing place, will testify to the number of his friends
Solemn, but triumphant occasion The devoted
servant Of God, who has, for nearly half centu-
ry, been engaged in preaching archabie rich
es 10 sinful world-whose vocation was to com
fort the distressed, to strengthen the weakminded,


to minister out of the treasury of his Master unto


the necessities of the poor, to rebuke the proud to
alarm the wicked, to encourage the Responding,
to console the dying-in word, TO be all things
to all men'-ths holy man has at last been called
upon TO give evidence Of the reality and to enjoy
the triumphs of that faith which he has preached
unto others; and now, that same voice from
Heaven which St John heard, speaks unto those
who mourn the loss of our venerable fellow-citi-
zen, saying, Write, from henceforth blessed are
the dead who died in the Lord even So saith the
Spirit /; for they rest from their laborsP"