Jeremiah Lambe
Cincinnati Semi-weekly Gazette, Friday, 14 January 1876, page 8
DEATH
The first days of 1876 have witnessed the death of many men more
or less distinguished in various walks of life. Perhaps noene other of these
have exerted, in a quiet way, a more healthful influence on young men than
Jeremiah Lambe, who died in Newport Monday night, after completing seventy-six
years of life. Prof. Lambe was born on January 11, 1800. The day following his
death was not only his seventy-sixth birthday but the fiftieth anniversary of
his marriage as well.
He was in good health the day before Sunday, up to nightfall and preached the morning before the congregation of a new Swedenborgian church in Dayton Ky. At the close of his sermon he stated that he would choose as his text for the new Sunday the words, "This day shalt thou be with me in paradise." But within a little time he had himself departed. He complained of feeling unwell, after arriving home and toward night was much worse, his illness increasing upon him until he died.
Prof. Lambe was at one time a teacher in the several Mechanics Institutions of London. He had in frame, a certificate of honorary membership in the London's Mechanics Institution, dated February 28, 1831, in which it is recorded that he had delivered a course of lectures on grammar in that institution. On the title page of an admirable little treatise on grammar entitled, "The Westminster Hand-book to the Study of the Science of Grammar Exemplified in its Application to the English Language, by J Lambe," it is stated that he was some years a teacher of grammar and logic in the London Mechanics Institution and the Sussex Hall, and teacher of grammar rhetoric and logic of Westminster Institution from its formation in 1837 to the present time, the year 1949.
In the latter year he immigrated to Cincinnati and since that time has lived in Cincinnati or Newport all the time, known only to those who were attracted by similar tastes and who were kept within the circle of his friendship by the charm of an earnest, eloquent, and noble character. He was during all the years of his manhood a member of the Swedenborgian Church and the last day of his life was given to its service.