The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-10-23

Nalsbe Courier
rs st aom inutes q he Misslsslp-
fesbgtery, q Canton, 0o 4 1901
Tao Committee appointed to prepare q
a;r,,so So elation q the death Of the Rev
~ chamberlain, submitted the following,
which wa accepted and adopted VIZ
n The nntiliielt removal Of this lamented
Brother. By tie hand Of violence, We are
called IS mourn tie loss Of one Of our most
iaborious. self-denying and useful brethren.
Through lis nnweared efforts and self sac.
rifcine spirit, Oakland College was estab-
lished under our care, which conferred the
first literary honor ever bestowed upon any
one southwest of Tennessee. That honor
was received BIZ our present Vice Chancellor,
the Honorable James Nj Smylie At that
Institution, ten on twelve pious young men
have been whoIeyor chiefly qualified for the
Gospel ministry, and are successfully labor-
ING in the vineyard of the Lord About one
hundred more have been graduated and a
still larger number qualified for some Of the
learned professions and other useful occupa-
tons of life.
AS presiding officer Of the Institution, he
was skillful and sagacious observer ofhu-
man naturc-prompt in the discharge Of
duty-paticnt in the endurance of trials
persevering in the accomplishment of his
high and noble aims-paternal and affection
ate in government respected and beloved
by all.
Asa minister of the Gospel, he was wise
and iudicious counsellor Jealous and de-
voted friend of every benevolent object
designed to promote the welfare of man, and
an able and faithful expounder of the Word
of Life.
That such man should be murdered with
out cause, in open day, before@his own door,
and in the presence of his family, is one of
the inscrutable mysteries of Providence, to
which we must bow in humble submission,
feeling that we can only say cit is the Lord,
let Him do what seemeth Him good"
The Rev jeremiah Chamberlain, D. D.,
was born near Gettysburg, Penn, in 1875,
and consequently was in the 56th year ofhis
age at. the time of his death. lie received
his collegiate education at Dickinson College
Carlisle, in his native State, where it is be
lieved he experienced the renewing grace Of
God, and his theological instruction at Prin,
ceton Seminary, at which he was graduated
t in the spring of 1917, aud licensed by the
New Brunswick Presbytcry to preach the
Gospel. In the autumn of that year he was
commissioned by the General Assembly
Board Of Domestic Missions, and accompanied
the Rev. Sylvester Larned to New Orleans,
where lie arrived in january, 1918. After
few days, he proceeded to Mobile, where
he labored as amissionary during the winter,
and is believed to have been the first Prot
estant that ever preached in that city In
the Spring he returned to Pennsylvania, and
soon after was settled as pastor at Bedford,
in that State In 1922 he accepted an in
vitation to the Presidency of Centre College,
at Danville, Ky, and remained there until
/ December, 1896, when he removed to Jack
son, La, to preside over the College OF
Louisiana''at that place. Restricted in his
ministerial functions, and unwilling to remain
where he could not fully labor for the saliva
ton Of men, he resigned the Presidency o.
that institution in the spring of 1929, anC
began to reflect on the importance anC
practicability of Establishing College under
the care and supervision of the Mississippi
Presbytery, which atathat time, embraced al
the ministers of the Presbyterian Church
in the States Of Louisiana, Mississippi ane
the territory of Arkansas. The plan wa
matured and adopted in january, 1880; ant
/ in April following, DIR. Chamberlain com
Imeneed the obstruction Of the first pupils
preparatory to an entrance in Oakland Col
lege, whose site was then an unbroken fores
of timber. In building mp that institution
designed tobe a blessing to the youth in thi
part of the country, he has toiIed for NOR
than twenty years, with an assiduity Wl4so
few could have endured if willing to uldsl
take it. For all this toll, hardship aud sci
denial, for the welfare Of eur sons who Wi
! soon be called to occupy the places of stlei
fathers, this beloved brother has been X
: warded with the dagger of the assassin, with
out provocation, pouring forth his heart
: bloodup the spot eonseerated by twent
years service to the welfare Of our chiidre
land children's children
Shall we thus suffer his memory to peFis
t lin oblivion? Surely 1T would be moro be
E looming the Church and community to CRATE
: fully acknowledge their obligations to thi
f fdeyoted servant Of the Lord, by erecting
monument to his praise, and establishing
j fund for the permanent support of the Inst
81 tuition, to be called the Chamberlain Fund
: This, we trust, will be DONE
8 We desire to record our thanks to tn
3 Great Head of the Church, for SO long COZ
tinuing The. labors Of our beloved Chambel
j lain amongst u.s. and while We convey on
to the bereayed family, and frienC
. Eof the Institution, we would devoutly pra
that the bereavement may be sanetifed /
: all concerned.
t a. MeCOLLUNI, Moderator.
RI 7. Fl. CLELLAND, Clerk.
Attest; b. II. WILLIAMS, Stated Clerk.
: a NEW STATE.-The course of Empil
is onward that Of the United States, a
o though backaeard,s rs still onward; the tic
of Emigration rolls westward, and anoth,
new State is IN eInpryo By the late treat
with the Seesee-tran and Wah=paytoan banC
T Of Sioux indians, the United States obtai
i over $1,000, coo acres, lyingseast, of a lin
d drawn from the head waters of the Red Ri
: er of the North, to intersect the north we
h tern corner of the State Of Iowa. The I
g. dams are allowed. to remain on the land tg
IS years. For this cession they are to recei
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