, 1896-02-22
TIE LATE ARCHDEACoN CAsrELL
(Demerara ArgOsy 25h JAM

Jews SOL dDIohu JIldC N6IeIaDle AICHucACOu
Castell had been found drowned in the
Serpentine, London, after several days dis.
appearance from his relatives. When the
Archdeacon returned to the colony from
leayo of absence, in the autumn, it soon be-
came painfully apparent to those in daily
contact with him that his mind was not at
rest, his usual elasticity Of mind and body
having given place to long spells Of despon-
dency, d ring which he would often say that
his work in his colon y WAS at an end. and to
8 state Of physical inertia which he accounted
for BY some more or less imaginary injury he
had received during his stay in England,
His ft~ Of mt ancholy could not be relieved,
except for a passing minute by the kindly
rallying of the friends who were interested
IN his condition, and at last it was resolved
that he must return to England, there to
stay until he was compile tely rest red to
health. Soon after his arrival there, lie was
examined by two experts in mental disorders,
who stated that his mind was upset, and that
he would require a long spell OF rest Lefore
the intellect would become as strong as 1t
used 20 be. This was the latest news his
friends here received Of him, and although 1t
could not prepare them for the unexpected
and awful tidings which Saturday brought,
it enabled them 10 account for what other
wise would have been the mystery Of his dis
appearance from his residence. Until fur
Their news arrives, amy incidents connected
with his death beyond the simple solemn fact
that he was found drowned, can only be
matter Of conjecture, but surely conjecture
Of the kindliest and most charitable cast. In
his premature, distressfnl and tragic death,
Georgetown has lost one of It's most prOmi-
nent citizens, and one of the most devoted of
those whose sacred duty it is to minister to
the spiritual wants of the people. and advance
their moral, mental and physical interests.
By exEortation from the pulpit and the plat
form by conversation with those who were
sCk, with those who were well, with the
%surrowful and with the happy. with rich and
with poor, weekday and Sunday; by tho
sxtmple of a life of unsullied purity, his
habits being exceedingly simple and quiet;
by his personal efforts to organise and keep in
action schemes for the intellectual cnttIlain-
ment of the people,-his life from day to day,
from year to year, was an unceaHirg il fuence
for good, the moral elevation # those
around him being his one grcaC de ire. From
1878 to1895, with very few intervals Of rest,
he carried on the pastoral work Of the large
and p~opulous district Of st. Philips, much of
that time under q weight Of anxiety regard
An& IL lnLC GOAOIl WI VI liO AlltICJF
which he found when he took up the In
cumbenoy, to be in what, to another man,
would have seemed q hopelessly entanglod
condition. lie lived to see the debt cleared
off, thanks to the generous support his ex-
%ertions received from a congregation second
to none in Georgetown for intelligence and
power, and the Church is now in possession
of a fine large school house and congregations
al hall,-a meeting place for the many sub
aidiary organisations which his fertile brain
had called into existence, for the instruction
or entertainment of young and old, male and
female. The memory of such a pastor de-
serves 10 be held in veneration by his people,
oven by those who at times have had to
vince under the rebuke which he was never
slow in delivering when occasion called for
It. a quickness of temper, almost to the ex-
tent of a failing, being one of our deceased
friends characteristics. In social circles he
was a favourits; and everywhere throughout
the city, we might say, the colony, he was
known personally, OF by his euviable reputa-
ton. II is diAtressful to think Of his sad
mysterious death, and of the cruel obsourity
that cIouded his active intellect during his
later days, and ultimately destroyed it,-of
the agony he must have suffered while the
truth was forcing itself upon him that his
DAVIS of usefulness were at an end and nothing
left for him but a place in the worlds lum-
her. room.-he to whom active earnest work
had been the greatest pleasure of life. He
has left behind him a record of services that