Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-07-28

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heightened gentleman of the Presby.
terrain faith and SO impressed himself
upon his youthful ward that he choss
him as his model, emulated his exam.
pie and held his memory in cherished
veneration to the end of his life. A,
seventeen years of age Mr.. Brunel
joined the Presbyterian Church of Sal
isbury, and in 1916 he was ordained a
ruling elder and continued to serve in
that capacity through the remainder
of his life. Ever active and useful in
its ecclesiastical courts his opinions
were often sought and always receiv-
ed with Difference and repect. The
family altar was established in his
household and he reared his children in
the nurture and admonition of the
Lord. His marriage was abundantly
blessed by a faithful, diligent and af-
fectionate wife, who bore him twelve
children, seven of whom proceeded him
to rest.
Mr.. Bruner died after a lingering
illness, March 23rd, 1890. His end was
peace. As he gently passed away-so
gently that it was difficult to tell
when life ended and immortality be-
gan-a brother elder by his bedside re-
peated the lines,
"How blest the righteous wben
be dies!
When sinks 4 weary soul to
rest
How mildly beam the closing eye,
How gently Leaves the extr-
mg breatb!"
His memory must ever shine out as
n of the purest, sweetest, best ele-
ments of the past. His character was
singularly beautiful and upright, and
his life an unwritten sermon.
He was emphatically a self-made
man. His learning he acquired by his
own unaided efforts, his property he
earned by the sweat of his brow and
his reputation he achieved by prud-
ence, wisdom and faithfulness in all
the duties of life. By his paper he
helped thousands of men to honorable
and lucrative office, but he never
helsed himself.
After the war he adhered with un-
wavering fidelity t o the Democratic
party which he believed was the only
hope and refuge of the true friends of
liberty anywhere in America; and he
1ever falrered in his allegiance TO those
,rinciples which he believed every true
Southern man should adhere to. Up
to the very last he was~unflinching
and unwavering in his love for the
South and in his adherence to the best
ideals and traditions of the land of his
nativity. At no time during his life
did he ever crook the pregnant hing
es of the knee that thrift might fol-
low fawning." In the very best sense
of the word, he was a Southern gentle
man of the Old School. The old South
and the new, was all one to him-the
same old land, the same old people,
the same old traditions-the land of
Washington, of Jefferson, of Calhoun
and Jackson, of Pettigrew and Fish
er, of Graham and Craige, of Stone
wall Jackson, of Robert E. Lee and
jefferson Davis.
He was honest and economical, al
ways living within his means. He was
not only honorable in financial mat
tiers, but the soul of candor and hon
esty in the expression of his opinions.
He did not needlessly parade his con-
victions of men and things, but when
he did express a judgment, it was an
honest mt 1t is probable that he new
er consciously flattered a man in his
life.
A man of great moral courage, he
did not fear to face and oppose able
and distinguished men if he thought
they were wrong. Though Eve a
neutral in politics, morals or religion,
but having strong party affinities, he
would still upon accession throw off
the francis of party and speak forth
his independent convictions. He did
not obtrude himself upon public not
ice and was willing to take the lowest
seat unless there was a call for his ap-
pearance. He dared more to satisfy his
own conscience and please God, than
to have honor among men.
The following from the pen Of the
late John S. Henderon is characteristic
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