The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-27

VII. 4AldLIa. ts3s
Rev. w. b. Rowaie paid a tribute To- the
memory OF Mr., Stewart.
The Conference sang the stanza eomn,enc-
ing q. '.3a s'.- 800 81 - ssE
q may tiun.ph 30
When all my warfare5 passed, ~
when Rers. L. s. Reed, presiding elder OF
the district; Jacob Manning, George w.
Langhorne, and IT., u. Drumwright passed
fitting eulogies on the life, and character of
the deceased. ss5z
The memoir was adopted.
BlassiDgame 81. johnson, bornin Charlotte
county Goth March, 1911. Converted In
childhood, but lost the evidence OF his accep,
tance. and remained away from God until lie
passed his majority, when he was reclaimed
and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In 1888 he joined the Virginia Conference.
and for thirty-four successive years was
actively and efficiently engaged in the min
istry. He cherished the doctrines Of his
Church, and faithfully and fcarlessly cx-
pounded them. He was q devoted Christian,
and laid his time, talents, and all that he had
on the altars Of the Churchof God. Spiritual
religion was subject Of daily conversation
with him. He was thrice married, and
leaves widow and three children. In June
last, after attending commencement at Ran
dolph Macon College. he was taken sick. On
returning home he grew worse, but sue.
cecded in reaching the house OF friend. q
few miles from his own residence, where he
died in June, 1872.
He assured his wife few hours before
death that his fears were departing and his
confidence increasing. He fell asleep COM
mcnding his family to God, and was buried
at the Mecklenburg parsonage.
Rev. Robert MichaelS passed q eulogy on
Mr.. johnson.
A stanza Of the hymn commencing
would not live always, ask not to stay"
was sung; when -
Rev. DR.. Bennett paid touching tribute
to the memory of the departed minister.
The memoir was adopted. te>
Charles ii. Hall, born in Fayetteville, n.
c.. April IS, 1881 died in Petersburg Au-
gust %. 1872. A prince in Israel then fell.
The child OF Christian parents, he was con-
verted in the thirteenth year of his age.
Graduated at Randolp Macon in 1858, and
! that year was received into the Conference.
In Danville, during the Conference, he
| asked and obtained a certificate of location,
| and shortly after was called to the pastorate
of an independent church in Baltimore.
There he remained three years, and in 1868
resigned his charge and reentered the Con-
ference. He was loved and honored by all
of his charges. Few ministers commanded
such universal admiration, esteem, and affec-
ton, especially among the citizens of Peters
burg.
He rose rapidly to distinction, and was
one of the ablest ministers OF the State. The
highest honors of the Church awaited him.
| He was !aboriouS man and hard student.
| Ii is believed his death WAS fastened by his
selfconsuming zeal. He WAS self-sacrihcing
| pastor. His sermons eyinced great research,
| originality, and earnestneSs as well as chaste
! elegance, In social life he was urbane, gen.
| tie, sweet in his spirit. The announcement
OF his sickness and death threw dark shadows
| of grief over thousands of hearts. lie died
at his post.
IDuring the reading of this report touch
| ing tributes to Mr.. Halls memory were paid
by the sobs and falling tears of his brethren
and friends in the audience, among whom
prevailed the deepest emotion.]
After reading the memoir, Rev. William
Z. Judkins delivered to the Conference the
dying message Of Mr.. Hall to his brethren,
which was deeply touching, invoking the
| plGStIlGe vi UOu W I'LL liIStIIs 4ha
| Judkins paid most tender, appropriate. and
earnest tribute to the character of the dis.
| tineuishrd divine who was SO dearly loved
| ing eulogies were also pronounced by Rev.
d. 2. Wills, presiding elder Of the Peters.
burg district, and DR.. l.. NJ. Lee.
The memoir was adopted, when the Bishop
made few remarks.
After the reading of Mr.. Halls obituary
the vast audience united in singing the beau
tiful hymn beginning with the lines
| I" Come. We disconsolate, where'er ye lanSush,
Come, and at G0d's altar fervently knetl y;
and after DR.. Lees touching remarks the
Conference sang the chorus,
so, may we meet in Heaven"
The interesting services of the memorial
occasion here terminated.
Rev. Starkc Jctt was yesterday granted a
location at his own request. BY some mad
vertance it did not appear in yesterdays re-
port in the Dispatch
Rev. Robert w. Watts offered resolu-
| ton requesting Rev. John D. Blackwell to
furnish for publication 4 copy of the excel,
lent discourse that he delivered at the open.
ing Of the Conference. The resolution was
unanimously adopted. r..--ra.
Bishop Paine is suffering from slight in
disposition, caused probably by oyerwork.
There is more difficulty in making the ap-
pointments this year than has been expo
rienced during the past decade. Almost
nothing has transpired, but it is generally
believed that every preacher in Richmond
will be changed in the upheaval. Rev. T.
a. Ware goes to Charlottesville, most proba-
bly,. The preachers wear good clothes and
smiling faces, but carry, generally, light
purses and anxious hearts.
Rev. Il. n. Slcdd has definitely declined
the invitation to Baltimore. II he goes now
it will only be in obedience to episcopal
authority. NEDETTE.
Letter from Petersburg.
| Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch]
PETERSBURG, November 26, 1872.