Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-21
DEATH OF THE REV. THOMAS MAD.


hour yesterday morning. His disease
was aneurism of the abdominal aorta,
Selling him acutely about 8 or 8 O'Clock
Friday evening, and after severe
and repeated paroxysms of intense
suffering during the night, eliminating
in rupture a few hours after daylight,
and in death. His sons-Drs. 7. L.
and j. w. Maddin-were with him from
the commencement of his attack, and
he was also attended by daughter and
other devoted relatives Thus has sud.
denly passed away true patriarch in
Israel. Indeed, has this good man
realized the end Of life described In
Job: Thou shalt come to thy grave
in a full age, ike as shock of corn
cometh IN, in his season.
The Rev. DR.. Maddin was of Irish
ancestry, and was born in the city of
Philadelphia in the year 1876. He
obtained before eighteen years of age
the rudiments of an education which,
in the soil of a natively vigorous
and fertile intellect, was fully devel-
oped, and fitted him for the extensive
field Of useful labor-labor in fact
that he has so successfully filed for
more than half a century. Before his
maturity, he differed in religious views
with his father, and following his sa-
cred convictions of duty and conscience,
he left the parental roof, and turned
his steps enthusiastically, reaching
this place-then a town little above the
pretensions of a village-in the year
1917. Shortly after, but through pow
erty and many vicissitudes, he was ad-
mitted TO preaching license as 'cir-
cult rider of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, then having
church jurisdiction of the ter
ritory South of the Ohio and
extending to the Indian reservations
in Alabama and Georgia. He was first
assigned TO border duty and among the
pioneers and Indians; but in the year
1920, he was made the stationed preach
er at Nashville, and administered his
duties IN the tenement still standing
on Church street and adjoining the
UNION AND AMERICAN block. While
in this charge he was the virtual
founder of the Sunday-school in this
region, an institution and nursery of
all churches, which was then not only
unknown, but was the subject of preju-
dice among alldenominations. In this
department of the Christian work his
zeal never relaxed, nor did his arm,
though feeble with age, ever fail. One
of the last of his labors was Sunday
school founded at Arlington Chapel, in
this vicinity, and to this he was de-
voted.
In the work of the ministry of the
Methodist Church for fifty years, he
was conspicuous and signally devoted
Ii man ever had the commission from
on High, he had it. AS laborer on the
circuit; as preacher IN prominent sta.
tons in the conference; as Presiding
Elder of districts; as representative OF
general interests Of the connection by
Conference appointment; asdelegate to
General Conferences, hewas indefatiga.
bic, faithful, Jealous in the work, and
blameless in his life. The greater part
of his ministerial life was in the Ten
nessee Conference, comprising, until &
few years past, what is known as NORTH
Alabama. For three years, however
for special reasons, and to use his ad
mirable executive capacity, he wal
transferred and made Presiding Elder
of the Louisville district of the Louis
vile Conference.
At the session of the Tennessee Con
ference in 1869, he was passed to tn,
superannuated list, as one who hat
performed a life-work worthily. II
the autumn of 1870, he was appointed
to the chaplaincy of the Tennessee
Hospital for the Insane, and in this po
sition he was faithful, and abundant il
labors in all seasons-alike amiable
fervent and firm IN his mission. Il
this work he died. Before the write
of this tribute lies his sermon prepared
for to-day, and completed few hour
before his fatal attack, with this not
appended:
This 1 record as my belief, and
have been telling the people of it fol
fifty years, and each year has only con
frmed my growing belief. June Is
1874"
The text is from Rev. xiv, to ) In
elusive: ''And 1 looked, and 10, LAM
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him an hundred forty and four thou
sand, having his Fathers name WRITER
in their foreheads," etc.
For more than half n century tn
venerable deceased has been a pillar o
the faith; and, throughout the breadtl
of the Methodist connection, the intel
ligence Of his death will be receive,
with sadness. Though aged and feeble
his works will survive him; and tn
/ Church will feel "as when standard
bearer faintcth. "
The funeral services will take plac
at McKendree Church to-day at Pm
and will be conducted by Bishop Nc
Tyeire and other clergy. The remain
will be buried at Mount Olivet.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
OPENED IN FAYETTE-
1t Will be seen from the proceeding
published elsewhere that the negroe
of Fayette county have gone in to wi
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