New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-11-28
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The Courier-Jomnal and the Commercial, O
Louisville, Kentucky, announce the death o.
the Rev. Henry Adams, well known and
universally respected colored minister, or
November Sd.
The Baptist PASTORS Conference met the
next day and adopted the following resolu
tions:
At a regular meeting of the Louisville Bap.
fist Pastors Conference, Monday morning
November 4th, the undersigned were ap.
pointed committee to prepare paper ex.
pressive of their respect and Christian regards
for Elder Henry Adams, late pastor Of the
Fifth-street colOred Baptist church of this
city.
/. We learn with sorrow that our faithful
cO-labOrer in the masters vineyard, after a
lingering illness, died at twelve O'Clock NJ,
yesterday, the Sd instant.
2. But few ministers among us of either
race have won for themselves better name
than has Elder Adams. With fair literary
attainments gained under all the disadvant-
ages of his peculiar condition in life, strong
native intellect, dignified person, conserva-
tive principles, blended with ardent unosten-
tatious piety, living faith, glowing zeal, I'M
blemished reputation, clear, sound judg-
ment, he was able, with the divine blessing,
to accomplish great good for his race in this
city and State.
3. His labors were begun here about thirty
years ago, under trying circumstances. The
number of colored Baptists then associated
in his church, in an out of the way place,
were few and feeble. But he lived to see the
fruits OF his labors in the growth of his own
church to membership of over one thousand,
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growth of six other prosperous colored Bap-
fist churches in the city, embracing alto
gether not much short of four thousand men,
bers.
4. 1t is thus Brother Adams has Justly
won for himself the honor of being called
the Al ostle to the colored Baptists of this
city.
S. To his very last hours, so long as he
could speak, he expressed his undying solici-
tude for his race, and his interest in the
establishment in this city of school for the
education and theological training Of colored
preachers.
6. We tender to his bereaved family and
church our unfeigned sympathies, and pray
that this deep affection may be blest of God
to their highest good.
The Courier-Jomnal contains the following
editorial notice of the worthy deceased:
"Rev. Henry Adams, pastor of the First
COlored Baptist church, Fifth street, between
Walnut and Chestnut, died yesterday. Mr..
Adams was one of the most worthy and re-
spected of our colored citizens. He was a
man of character and influence among his
people, and was noted for the prudence and
wisdom with which he exercised that in.
fluence for the benefit of the race. He was
born and raised in Georgia, but had been
pastor of the Fifth-street church for the past
thirty-five years, and retained throughout the
love and confidence of his congregation. In
fact his long passionate is an unusual and re.
markable testimony to his merit as a man, a
Christian, and guide. He leaves two
daughters and three sons, the daughters be.
ing teachers in the colored schools in the city
one of the sons school teacher in Arkansas
another going to school at Oberlin, Ohio, and
the youngest at home here. Mr.. Adams
church being under repair, the officers of the
Fourth-street Baptist church, feeling the
deepest respect for the exemplary life o.
their deceased brother, have rendered the
use of their church for his funeral services
The sermon will be preached by Rev. S. L.
Helm, pastor of the East Baptist church
who has long and intimately known the de-
ceased. Some time ago, George Brown, O
George and Dan's,' who was a parishionel
of Mr.. Adams, had an excellent portrait o
the venerable pastor painted by Prescott, an(
it was placed at Hagan's, and afterwards a
the Exposition, where the general attention
it attracted from the citizens of Louisville
was an additional testimony of the high re
gard in which the original was held"