Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-11-22
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D,Ep-In this District, of Typhoid Fever, on
the 10Th inst, Mr.. WILLIAM B. Russell IN
the 36th year of his age.
The subject of this notice was born in Union
District, s. c., on the 9th of July, 1926. From
early childhood, he exhibited an amlablllty OF
temper and o thoughtfulness of mind which en-
deared him to his friends, and led them TO an
~ticipa,e for him q bright future, and q lite Of
usefulness. Nor were the fond hopes thus early
awakened, diminished by his department aud
progress in the country school, the Village Acad-
envy or the College Hall. Throughout his en-
tire course of educational training, his deport-
ment was characterized by q cheerful obedience
to authority, an earnest discharge of all the du-
ties assigned TO him, and an affectionate polite
ness in all bis intercourse with fellow. students.
The writer of this notice, as well as many others,
formed for him q strong attachment when at
school with him, which continued to the close Of
his life.
he possessed a mind of more than ordinary
capacity, and enjoyed fine opportunities OF men
tai training. Having completed his academic
course under experienced and successful teach
ers, he entered the South College, and, after the
usual course there, graduated in December
1854. He then, for a few years. devoted him
SELF to teaching. and his efforts in this depart
ment were eminently successful.
In selecting his profession in life, Mr.. Russell
made choice of the law, and having passed
through o thorough preparatory course of read
ding under the supervision OF Col. Thomas n.
Dawkips, he was admitted to the Bar in Decem-
Der 1859. Thus prepared by nature, and by
education, there seemed to open up before him
a bright prospect of honor anu usefulness IN the
world. But God, who doetb all things well, had
decreed otherwise, and he low rests in the grave.
MI -as;uo .nllano; n &c ,horo otar which Mr.
R. possessed. were, in early life, sweetened and
rendered permanent by divine grace. He was
by pious parents consecrated to God in infancy,
and was the subject Of many prayers; and God,
s'who heareth prayer" brought him, during a
season of revival, in September 1912, to see his
lost condition as o guilty sinner, and he sought
and found, in believing in the Lord Jesus Christ,
'.rbat peace which passeth all understanding"
He united himself with the Independent Presby-
terisn Church, and continued till the period Of
his death, to adorn the doctrines of the gospel,
and TO honor his Saviour by an exemplary Chris
tan department and conversation. His piety
was unitorm-not like the meteor which gives II
brilliant light for a time, and fades away, but
like the star which continues to shine with un
dimmed lustre, or the morning sun whose
light 'shineth more and more unto the perfect
day." His religious peace and comfort were
rarely interrupted ny QOuuto II ISdio, v - y
could say with Paul, "Ilive, yet not l, but Christ
liveth in me and the life which 1 now live in
the flesh, l live by the faith of the Son of God,
who loved me, and gave himself for me-"
During his last protracted affection his desires
and wishes all seemed TO be swallowed up in the
divine will. His extreme patience in suffering
was q subject Of remark, and Of establishment ~
those who Witnessed it but be fell; that the
Lord was his portion, and that "whether he
lived or died, he was the Loru's." He was per-
mitted, during all his sickness, to ''possess his
soul in peace" He calmly arranged his worldly
affairs, and ''set his house in order" To his
sorrowing friends, and to a neighboring minis
ter who visited him, he said Christ is precious
to my soul"-'My Saviour is with me, and l
know that he will still be with me, even though
walk through the valley and shadow of death"
Such was his sense of the presence and comfort
ing aid Of his Redeemer, that he requested to
have engraved, as an epltaph on his tomb, the
Psalmist's declarations in the 23rd and 4oth
Psalms, 1.-THE Lord is my Shepherd. A very
present help in trouble"
Thus whilst the hearts of his friends are made
to bleed by the blow which has blasted their
hopes and separated the loved one from them,
and whilst they mourn that his "sun has gone
down while it was yet day )" they nevertheless
rejoice in the assurance that it was the voice OF
his Saviour which called him away, to rest and
rejoice in the kingdom of God. What was our
loss is his great gain.
MAY the Lord comfort his bereaved and sor
rowing relatives and may this event be sancti
fed TO the salvation of many who knew him, and
lovod him in life. w. W. C.
On Saturday, 18th instant, Miss MARY PAT
RICK, aged about Is years.
On the 18th instant, Mrs. SARAH WARD, in
the Slst year Of her age, leaving an atectlonate
husband, and four children, together with a
large circle of friends, to mourn her loss. She
was q member of the NJ. E. Church and during
her short, but severe affection, she was sustained
and cheered by divine grace. And feeling her,
self ready and prepared to obey the summons
sCome up higher" she colud say with the Psalm
list, my flesh and my heart faileth but God is
the strength of my heart, and my portion for