The last hours of the great Archbishop Whately are a brilliant
testimony to the simplicity of his faith and complete devotion to
Christ.
To one who observed his sufferings and asked him if he suffered
much pain, he said:
“Some time ago I should have thought it great pain, but now I
am enabled to bear it.” His intellect was unclouded by illness.
He could think and speak. Some one said to him, “You are dying
as you have lived, great to the last.” The reply was, “I am
dying as I lived, in the faith of Jesus.” Another said, “What a
blessing your glorious intellect is unimpaired.” He answered,
“Do not call intellect glorious; there is nothing glorious out
of Christ!” Another said, “The great fortitude of your character
supports you.” “No, it is not the fortitude of my character
supports me, but my faith in Christ.” (Text.)
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