six o'clock in the afternoon
Such was Henry Hamilton , now eighteen years of age -- the pride of his family -- the favorite of all who knew him . The night of his return home , he became violently ill , and no remedies appeared to relieve his sufferings . I will not pain my young readers with a recital of his agonies . They were most intense ; and on the third day after he was attacked , at six o'clock in the afternoon , he went from an earthly to a heavenly home ; from the bosom of his mother , to the bosom of his God ! There were few intervals of sufficient ease , to allow of conversation . During these , he expressed entire confidence in the Saviour , and perfect submission to the will of God , though death then was most unexpected to him . He also expressed regret that he had done so little for God , and besought a friend who stood by his bedside , to be faithful to his Christian vows .