The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-06-23
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Bernard H. Nadal.
The Rev. Bernard II. Nadal, D. D.
Professor of Church History in Drew
Theological Seminary, Madison, n. j.
died suddenly ofapoplexy OF O'clock last
Monday morning. Hehad been in usual
health, and il IS not known that there was
any premonitiOn of his approaching end.
He died as Mr. BeeCher said that one
might wish to die, Zone moment in the
full enjoyment Of his faculties and the
next moment gone.
Dr. Nadal was born in the year 1915,
and became q preacher in the Methodist
Episcopal Church in 1885, having united
with tile Baltimore Conference. His early
ministerial labors lay in Southern Mary
land and the Valley Of the. Shenandoah in
Virginia. Here he gained fine reputa-
ton, us well for bis promising abilities as
for his genial qualities. =,
Young ,NRdal's early education had
been necessarily, somewhat limited, but
every opportunity for culture was sedu-
louslv improved. In 1947 he was appoint.
cd to the charge Of the church in Carlisle
Pa, the scat Of Dickinson College, then in
the days Of its greatest glory, under
young and enthusiastic faculty, whose In
flucnce was an inspiration TO the highest
Intellectual effort. This was the begin
ming Of Nadars true career. During his
residence in Carlisle, andwithout neglect.
ing any Of his pastoral duties, he pursued
the collegiate course Of study and was
regularly graduated with high honOrs.
The education received here was, how
ever, but the foundation upon which he
never ceased TO build; and 1t is probable
that no portion of his subsequent life was
less studious than that he passed in the
scholastic shades of the Cumberland Val.
ley; for many years he has been esteemed
one of the most literally cultivated and
largely informedmcn Of his denomination.
Soon after his graduation Nadal accept
ed Il proless0rship in the Indiana Asbury
University, and was accordingly transfer
red to one Of the Indiana Conferences.
While here he began to be iaV0raDly
known us u writer One Of his former
professors, DR.. MCC lintOck, having become
editor Of the Methodist Quarterly RecicD,
encouraged him TO cultivate his naturally
fine powers in direction where he be-
lieVed success to be sure. Nor was he
wrong in his estimate; there have been
few more charming esSayiSts than DR..
Nadal: and the Methodist Quarterly, rs
well as most of tho church papers have
frequently been indebted to him for their
sprightliest articles. -....-. I'D.
Having resigned his profcssOrship in
Indiana, he was transferred back to the
Baltimore Conference where he served as
Presiding Elder Of the Roanoke District,
in Virginia, and as pastor Of Foundry
Church in Washington. Hc was then
transferred TO the NcY York East Con.
ference at the request Of the Sands street
Church, Brooklyn, where he served the
disciplinary time. From here he went TO
tho First Church, New Haven, Conn. His
time there being completed, he was re-
transferred TO the Baltimore Conference
and stationed at Wesley Chapel, Wash
ington. At tho expiration Of his term
here, lie acCeptedan invitation from Trini-
ty Church, Philadelphia, and was accord.
ingly transferred to that Conference. of
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his death. -........,....
During his sojOurn in Philadelphia he
was elected a professor In Dickinson col
lcCe but never entered upon the active
duties Of the position. In 1867 he was
appointed professor Of historical theology
in the Drew Theological seminary, and
continued In this position until his death,
having also acted as president of tho in
stitutiOn since the deceaSe Of DR.. McClin'
took. He had been editor Of the New
York Methodist and a contributor to the
Methodist Quarterly R0ptc1O, and other re-
lgious publications, in which his ability
a. writer was shown to be equal to that
which was so marked in his spoken SER
mons.
Dr. Nadal was not only an earnest and
eloquent preacher Of the gospel, a fine
scholar and proficient Us teacher, but
was, besides, a genial, warm-hcarted friend
and pleasant companion, who was beloved
by all who knew him, old and young, and
whose death, therefore, has caused much
sincere regret and sorrow, which will
never find expression in public print or
speech While the church has lost u
highly valued and useful member and
ornament, society will mourn the loss OF
one of its most. esteemed and attractive
members, in tho death Of this Christian
gentleman. a .".... "."...