Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-04-23
Rev, VIM, X. Munsey. D. D.

This gifted brother having accepted a u
unanimous call to the Secretaryshipof the For
eign Missionary Board, will open the cam
paign by short tour, beginning with New
Orleans and up through several points in the
South again to Baltimore. He will preach
in New Orleans, as will be seen by his an
nouncement in this paper, on the 18th in
slant. A brief notice of Bro. Munsey, in
this connection, is but an act of justice to
him and of duty to ourselves. He came to
Central Station more than year ago in
great weakness Of body. At first it was
predicted that his wonderful pulpit efforts,
by exhausting his vitality, would narrow if
not destroy his usefulness for pastoral work.
This was mistake more faithful, indie
fatigable pastor was not found in the bounds
of the Conference. Above all, be exhibited
organized power of no common order. He
found the Church deeply in debt and weak
in membership, and left it financially re-
licved and with the membership doubled
having retained to the last crowded congre-
cations. In fact, his latter ministrations
were ovations, and no Church in the city
could have contained the people who at
tempted to hear him. The writer has been
associated in the same Church with Bro.
Munsey, and must say, in all truth, that his
quarterly reports, always made in writing,
were incomparably the best he ever saw or
heard of in our experience as Methodist
preacher of more than thirty years. Wenot
only refer to the form Of these reports in
their condensed fullness, but also to the
amount Of work set forth, as most thorough
y done for the Church in all its departments.
We did at one time seriously propose to pub
fish in our columns one of those reports IS a
model for our brethren. We may with the
permission of the brother, do so in soma fin.
ture issue.
We feel the better satisfied to part with
him because we know that the Church at
large will be the gamer by our loss. We
hazard the assertion that the work of the
Board will take new and practical form in
his hands-that he will inau gurate system
long needed, by which our foreign missions
will grow and prosper. AS practical man
we endorse him as having few equals in any
church of the land. The South gave him
to US at an important crisis we now part with
him to the South with our prayers and love,
hoping that his health may i'm prove and that
he may long live to do his Masters work a.
a powerful evangelist. Of his character and
powers in the pulpit, it is difficult for us to
speak to our distant readers. Suffice it to
say that the people of this city rate him far
above the reach of common penegyric-his
church has attracted the representatives Of
science and literature without precedent
members of other denominations have throne
ed It's seats, the highest and the lowest, even
men unaccustomed to Church attendance,
hanging on his lips as mighty preacher of
the Gospel To appreciate Dr. Munsey he
must be heard often, his variety is astonish-
ing both as to style and matter-but above all,
he is loved for his great simplicity which has
won him the confidence and love of all who
know him. May the God Of our Fathers go
with him and give him great success =
Bait. Episcopal Methodist,