About eight o'clock
But all must be severed before the ruthless tyrant who conquers conquerers , and has justly been styled , `` the king of terrors . '' And so it was in this case . Nature yielded reluctantly every advantage gained by the fearful foe , 'till her energies were exhausted , and sinking down in quiet slumber , she yielded the contest without a struggle . About eight o'clock on Thursday evening , a heavy stupor came over him , and the fearful death-rattle warned us of the approach of the grim messenger . We watched his failing breath with agonizing emotions . But we turned from him one little moment , and when we turned again , the lamp of life was extinguished . O , the fearful agonizing cry that arose by that death bed , when we realized that the husband and father had passed away , forever away .