The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1863-04-15
OBITUARY.

on Tuesday the 7th inst, I5AACTUN-
NELL EsoR:, aged 95 years, month
and 10 days. -1E = q.
The subject of this notice was born I.
Dagsboro' Hundred of this County. on
the 18th of February 1868, and while a
youth was left to sustain a widowed mo-
Their, his father having died in the year
l776, after having been commissioned a
captain in the war of the Revolution.
Before he arrived of age he went to
Dagsboro' in this County, as clerk for
Gen. George Mitchell, and remained
with him and the Hon. William Hill Wells
until July 1907 when he was elected
Cashier of the Farmers Bank at George
,own, TO which place be removed in Sep
TENDER Of the same year and assumed
the responsible duties of that position
which he held with distinguished honor
to himself aud with entire satisfaction to
all interested in or connected in any wise
with the institution, until the LIST Of JAM
nary 1862, ut which time, from physical
inability arising from extreme old age.
be resigned that situation, and during
the intervening period he spsatlhis time
lathe quiet Tep5se Nlfie4hy q g5if sIfa rsss
full life entitled him to much sooner. /.
Death when it comes either to the
young or old generally has its terrors.
and 1t seems 10 be the natural desire of
mankind to live, but in this instance
pious resignation to the will of Proyi-
dence, long and exemplary life, true
christian and believer in the divine tea
chings of Saviour, the loss of all the
cherished ties which bind man to earth.
made him willing and even anxious for
the time to come when the Spirit should
depart to its kindred and 6s at rest with
God.
Among the papers laid away BY the
deceased and fonnd after his death the
following maxims together with the re-
marks of the deceased and Yulss were
discovered, and it seems to have been his
desire and purpose to live up to them,
and to those who were intimately ac-
quainted with him, his life bears EVIL
idence that the principles contained wei
rigidly observed.
"Ths following is taken from News
paper, and is said to be copied fI'om
manuscript found in the Pocket Book of
the lamented DIR. Reece who was Pro-
fessor of Theology in the Union Theolo-
gical Seminary in Virginia. The Ssnti-
meats are SO just, and accord so much
with my, opinion that l. thou ht vthey
were worth preserving, and oughtato be !
indelibly impressed on every rsflseting |
mind, and glad l should b. eoulSiI re-
duce them to practice. 1T.
''What resolve, that will endeavbr 10 /
do. To keep body under, and change
my Physical constitution; take food for
nourishment, and not for pleasure: take
no mere than is necessary, and be indiffer.
ont as to quality; sleep for refreshnsnt,
and not for indulgence; harden and sub
due my flesh by labor directed for tise-
'ul purposes; dress as oheaply as com.
ports with decency. To use as much of
ny property as can conveniently spare
or benevolent purposes; pay everything
owe as soon as possible; save all Lean
" simplicity ofliving and praeiioing self
'enial, and give all l can In the exercise
# sound discretion to objects of bsneys-
ance--nsver spare person, property or
equation if can do good.
As to my disposition and conduct to-
Tards others. -
LIST. Endeavor to feei kindly to every
ne; never indulge anger, envy or jssl-
usy towards any human being.
I'd. Endeavor to speak as ought to
ny and about every one, aiming in all !
hat l say to promote the comfort and
loral good of all my fellow creatures. {
As to my Creator, to endsavor to 6x {
lore deeply in my mind all the truth
rat can possibly discover respecting
i'm; and to feel, think and act, in every
aspect in correspondence withthat truth. &
Finaliy-Wheu ! have done all, 10 sc-