The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-04-13
Death OF r. 3. G. Howell, DID,
From the Nash Vile Union April TIN.

s This aff1ictive event, for some time immi-
nent, occurred on Sunday at noon. The spirit
its tabernacle Of clay, ascended to the pre-
sence of his Maker in company with the
prayers ofsthe CONGREGATION whose dey6tions
he had SO long led. The time was fit, and the
deeply impressive, recalling to the mind the
text Of the last sermon of the deceased minis
ter: Finally, brethren; farewell. Be per:
feet beeof good comfort; be Of one mind;
live in peace !, and the God of love and peace
shall be With you =
DR.. Howell was a native Of North Carolina
and in the sixty eighth year Of his. age. He
was in the ministry for forty three years, first
after his ordination at Norfolk, Va, whence
he came to this city in 1885, where he Iabored
for fifteen years. In 1850 he accepted call to
Richmond, Va, and was pastor of the Sc
cond Baptist church in that city until re-
called TO his former charge In Nashville In
1857, where he con tinued in service to the Pc;
| stricken with paralysis, under which he gradu-
ally sank. For q number of sessions he was
president of the Southern Baptist Conven ton, ).
and at the, time of hiss death was one Of It's
vice presidents. He had filled also the post
OF vice president Of the American Baptist His.
torical Society. He was member OF the
Tennessee Historical Society, and president Of
the Board of Trustees of the Asylum for the
Blind. He was also one Of the leading spirits
and, in eonjuction With Maniy, Jeter, Fuller;
and others of the prominent ministers OF the
Baptist Church, impaired to the disciples OF
that faith the enlarged and liberal views
which have made their foreign missionary e1-
forts so successful. F'4.~@
His first published work, entitled the
"Terms of Christian Communion,n was is-'
sued in 1874, and was repu blished in En- gland, I,
In l545 he PREPARED work for the Baptist
Publication Society, on the 90 'Deaconship:
It's Nature, Qualifications, Relations, and Du-
| ties" 1.-THE Way of Salvation" " was his next
work, which also ran through several edi-
tions, and was very popular with readers OF
religious literature. a small work, entitled
| The Evils of Infant Baptism - followed,
which was strictly denominational in It's cha
racter, we believe. "The Cross" written In
1864, was published by the Southern Baptist
Publication; Society at Charleston, and the
Virginia Baptist Sunday School and Publica-
ton Society at Rich mond. 1.-THE Cove
nants," published by the same Societies, was
written In 1856. -.
Besides the published works of DR.. Howell,
| he has four works in manuscript, upon which
been bestowed. They are: :" The Early Bap-
lists of Virginia. dedicated -to Archibald
Thomas, Esd; and written in 1857; ''The
Christology of the Pentateuch," as developed
| in the Covenants, which was written In 1903,
and is an enlargement of and intended to
supercede the work entitled "The Cove
| nants i" " a Memorial of the First Baptist
Church of Nashville from 1920 to 1868, writ
| ten in the latter year, and is lucid and inte'
resting history of this church, and is dedi-
Gated to the memory of jeremiah Yardeman,
James Whitsstt and Garner McConnico, pio-
neers in Tennessee g The Family" written
| in 1865. and dedicated to IL memory OF Rev.
| John E. Dawson, of Alabama, and is an en-
| largement of series of lectures delivered by
| the venerable author some years ago at a
1 course of regular winter lectures, in which
/ the most eminent scholars in Nashville took
part. 81. .~.... ... .-..- ..... --.
4 ,o%T o1r
bian College, District Of Columbia. He was a
man of decided ability, extensive erudltion,
and unblemished plety. His sermons were
| weighty and impressive, and his writings are
! acknowledged as. standard authorities. HIS
| influence in the large and powerful connec.
i'tion of Christians to which he was attached
| was Justly great, and was manifest in the pull
| pit and at the council board. His style OF ora
| tory was peculiar, and, to those who hearo
/ him for the first time, not always pleasing
1 but his thought was lucid and the matter
solid, and his efforts were often truly eloquent.
The high order of talents eYinced in his minis
trations, and the marked uprightness OF his
character, won the admiration and love OF his
pastoral charges to an unusual degree. In his
| DEATH the Southern Baptist Church sustains
| the loss of one of it's shining lights, and this
| community one of Its brightest ornaments.
| In every walk Of life he was the good man.
suare and dignified in his intercourse with hls
| fellow men; secluded from all secular works
| foremost in charitable enterprises; tolerant
and liberal in his views; firm in doctrine
and jealous in the cause of truth. He filled
the full limit of a well-spent career in the
| highest Of human calings, and has gone c
| his rest universally lamented
| The funeral ceremonies will take place to.
day, his successor, Rev. DR.. Skinner, and the
i clergy of other denominations, officiating
/ His remains will be inferred at Mt Oliye1
| with Masonic honors, and under the direction
of the Nashville Commandery of Knights
I-Templar.