The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-01-27
Communicated.


Among the frequent announcements
of deaths, among our citizens, it will be
with sorrow that many will learn of the
death of Mr. MYRoN w. Stafford, who
died of Typhoid Pneumonia, at Union
town, KY, on the 10th ultimo, in the
5lst year of his age. Mr.. S. was ruling
Elder in the Walnut street Presbyterian
Church, this city, and with which he was
still in connection at the time OF his
death. He was born in Cambridge, Yer
mont, in the year 1872; graduated at
Middlebury College in 1899; spent the
following year at Andover Theological
Seminary, and then came to the West
and spent year in Lane Seminary, at
the time when DR.. Lyman Beecher-"the
father of the Beechers was at its
head, and thereafter was licensed to
preach the gospel. But after laborlng
as missionary in Union county, Ky,
having a voice but little fitted for public
| speaking, and being of infirm health, at
the solicitation of many of the citizens of
Morganfeld, he took charge of the
Academy at that place. Continuing IN
this POSITION 1Or sUuU six yours, he re-
moved to this city and engaged in the
work of teaching. He is doubtless remem-
bered by large number of our citizens,
who, within the last six or eight years,
have entered upon the active duties Of
life; among whom may be mentioned
Col John Foster, Lieut. Col Shanklin,
] Commissary Jas. L. Orr, and others.
These can bear testimony to his fine
scholarship and his great excellence as
a man and christian. In 1853, Mr..
s. again returned to Kentucky, but be-
ing greatly attached to Evansville and
its citizens, he cherished the expectation
that he might return and make his home
permanently amongst us. This hope,
| however, was to be crushed. ne died
as he lived-a Christian His last mo-
ments were beautiful epitome of his
life. His sun went gently down, in a
calm, clear, cloudless sky.
The last number of the Cincinnati
Christian Herald contains tribute to
his memory, of which we copy the clos
ing part Who, upon reading it, does
not feel like exclaiming, "Let me die
the death of the righteous, and let my
last end be like his!
When told it was the opinion of his
physician that he could live only few
hours he received the intelligence with
perfect composure, saying, The viii of
the Lord be done He talked with each
member of his family, and then with all
present in the room. He said, | wish
to leave my dying testimony to the bless
edness of The Christian religion To a
person present, who was supposed to
cherish sceptical views, he said, No one
can convince me-the whole world can
not convince me-thut there il no reality
in religion Christ appeared very pre-
cious. to him. To young person pres
ent he said, will you not love my
Savior? can you help loving Him. %
manifest in the feshl' 90, what conde-
scension!' Who shall separate us from
the love of God?' Abiding to the
affections through which the family had
been called to pass, he said, But our
light affection, which is but for mo-
ment, worketh for US far more exceed
ing and eternal weight of glory
4" To friends who called to see him
during his last day. he said, I'm going
, home! m going to die to-day; and
this with as much composure as he
would have spoken Of some pleasant
journey The last words he ever uttered
, were, The will of the Lord be done on
earth as it is in heaven; and having so
said, he fell asleep"
Thus star by star declines.
Till all passed away.
As morning high and higher shines,
To pure and perfect day;
Il sill sta in nio