Excerpt from The Mitchell Family Magazine, Vol. 12: Genealogical, Historical and Biographical He died July 9, 1668, aged 42. His wife was Margaret, daughter of Mr. Shepard, his predecessor. His children were John; Nathaniel; Samuel, a graduate of 1681; and Jonathan, a graduate of 1687. Mr. Mitchell was eminent for piety, wisdom, humility, and love. His vigorous powers of mind were diligently cultivated; his memory was very retentive; and he had acquired much learning. He wrote his sermons with care and yet preached without notes, speaking with great majesty, and attaining towards the close of his discourses a fervency, which was most ener getic and impressive. His delivery awas inimitable. He was frequently called to ecclesiastical councils, and, pos sessing singular acuteness, prudence, and moderation, he was well qualified to heal differences. Attached to the institutions of the founders of New England, he frequently said, that if it should become a general opinion, that all persons, orthodox in judgment as to matters of faith, and not scandalous in life, should be admitted to partake of the Lord's supper without any ex amination concerning the work of saving grace in their hearts, it would be a real apostacy from former principles, and a degeneracy from the reformation already attained. He was faithful and zealous in the discharge of the duties of the sacred office. Beside his stated labors on the sab bath, he preached a monthly lecture upon man's misery by sin, salvation by Christ, and holy obedience, which was much attended by persons from the neighboring towns. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.