Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-12

PersOEai Sketches.
Among The ablest Of the delegates in
attendance upon the Baptist convention
which adjourned yesterday, we find
three Memphis ministers, well known
far their zeal and higher attachments.
Nevs. @. a. Lotion, I. t. Tichenor and
). r. Graves are the gentlemen referred
-or sud We need not say to the readers
o' the APPEAL, by whom they are so
well known, are every way worthy the
enc0miums sh0wered upon them In the
following sketches, taken from the
Charleston NslC8 and Courier:
REV. G. A. LOTION.
Rev. g. A. Lotion, pastor OF the First
Baptist church OF Memphis, Tennessee,
was born in Pamela county, Mississippi,
December ., 1889, and now, at the age
81 thlrty-tve, Is one OF the first in stand
-ug among the present generation If
young ministers. The war found I,;no
student a. Mercer university, Geo,fuia
20 which his parents had rerooyad'
Joining the army be served all lhronUh
the var though twice discharC,ed for in.
aulI.y, aud finally surrendered as ooD-
,siu ot B4rnes's artillery, Ieyden's bat
t-ii'Ii Il AlpOmAttOX Courthouse, on
tue hinth oi April, 1855. He was in va.
Ii'us cam mpalg2s IN Virginia, Georgia,
Nehlucky ana East tennessee; was in
Iueuy I'i, o-'Sea ana Charges; had horses
killed ugder him, bu' was never yvon,,d
et. After the war IIe reviewed his sind.
les privately whil. teaching school en-
isreu upon the pT actice Of law At Ameri-
Gus Georgia. 'ghere he first began 10
I4eAcA 70 country churches, and was
ordained uscember %, 1867. He was
1@"su 70 We care OF the Dalton, Georgia.
cuurchi January, 1870, from where ne |
removed 70 Memphis, Tennessee. i'm |
June, 1872, st the call Of the F,rst Ron-
H5s Chdrch OF that city. Since he 1
LOOK charge OF il the church hos |
'ou@ed Ia numbers and prospeTed mu.,b |
"lnerWlse. During the fail of IS72 |
Nhen the cholera and yelioW-feyer i'm.
V&ded the city, he remained az his nosr
fah3ring day and night, oftAD visiting
MY or sixty persons 5 day, ondremsin9
lAs up al night For thirt. days
l.il- con 'inued, ne burying not less than
,.i' y -H'e victims OF TIE fever. At
lengyh he was smitten down bnt ra-
covered after twenty po davs Illness
He frstjoiued the Ne .tbodist chnrcb at
SEsrrzviie, Georgia but wss Ied N in.
vest gSte BAPTIST e1timeuts by reading
t.e IteeE Iesp .lnent, hy q sermon Of
heN. A L. SpLidiHg's, on a Bsptismal
"ecS7igi' on :. beautiful Sabbath after
Ii"0a' ~ - ltember, 1859, near Month
ol.Io' .' a 5oFSia country village, became
~ e. 81 20 Baptist views, and Joining
tLe 2ec'1n Baptist church at Atlanta,
y 4s OS p ized by Rev. J. T. Clarke, in
-. 80 ID Der, 1888. In 1854 he was mar
5.el - Or. William T. Brsntly to Miss
= = Martin who has proved a faith
~ helpmate 10 him. In person he is
Ea'i and handsome, OF graceful carriage
ana a14bie mien, He is 3 fine speaker,
"i extraordinary Intellectual powers,
anu good scholar, but mainly self
-lituIei' As preacher he takes high
lh' ana is one OF the foremost in ad-
EAcaiug the interests Of southern Bap-
lists.
REV. /. I, TICHENOR, DID.
Dr. i. I. Tichenor is a Kentuckian by
blILh' AT nineteen he emigrated TO
AlissFsslppi, being at that early age al
eco lelt minister, already ordained.
employed for while as missionary, he
yesame successively pastor Of the Bap-
.,st churches at Columbus, Mississippi;
tdohtgomery, Alabama, and other places.
= ;, os7>ssse1 OF vivid imagination, great
nOsncy, much tenderness Of heart, and
great natural eloquence, his mental abil-
lty enabled him 10 rise at an early period
20 the top rank of Baptist ministers.
lie served the church at Montgomery,
Alabama, for many years, and soon after
tAe war was called to the charge of the
flTst Baptist church in Memphis, Ten
nessse, where he remained tive or three
years, removing to Alabama in 1873,
Ap)n being elected president of the Ala
DANA state agricultural college st Au-
burn, which position he now wOrthiIy
nils. While IN Memphis he was presi-
dent 0i the Suuday-school board OF the
Southern Baptist convention. Though
ne has been married three times, he is
H Il yet fifty ye2rs Of age. AS platform
peaker be hos no superior, saving In re-
gard 70 his voice, which has been affect
ed by = bronchial disease. His early
opportunities for an education were linn
tied, but bis extraordinary mental pow
els aid uatursl capacity for imbibing
knowledge have enabled him to sur
Mount al difficulties and take rank
gmp8g the best read. He is a clear, close
thinker and q logical Teasoner, and
blessed with wonderful analytical pow
Dr-. With a temperament Of great smia-
b.lity, ne is nevertheless q man of great
Drmness sud decision Of character.
When the tOcsin Of war sounded he
Joined the army, and, as chaplain, par
took freely Of its dangers and hardships.
There are few ministers more beloved
IN the denomination by their congrega-
ions, or who command higher degree
OF respect aud esteem among their
srqusintauc5s and friends, than DR..
I.sueDDT.
REv. j.. R. GRAVES, LII. D.
Ina session Of the Georgia Baptist
convention before the late war, Joseph
r Brown, then governor Of Georgia, in
speech before the convention, upon the
obligations Of Bsptists to give to the
world q pure biele literature, said:
There is one man who has done more
than any fifty men now living 10 enable
the i sptists Of America to know their
own history snd their own principles,
suu TO make the world know them and
tnst man IT. the brother on my right
boWing 10 the editor of the Tennessee
BdDfisi, who was present. Our sketch
Iu av give some idea OF the truthfunegs
~ the distinguished speakers assertion.
Z C. Graves the son Of q French
Huruenot, who fed 10 America, and
,yh .-a ancestors mostly perished at the
revocation Of the edict OF Nantes, settled
in Chester, Vermont, where, on the
tenth Of April, 1920, J r. Graves, the
future champion NJ extreme Baptist
We've, was born. His mother was the
grand daughter OF distinguished Ger
msu physician and scholar named
Schneu. he is :he youngest OF three
children, Il e. Crave, LII. D., presi-
dent Of Mary Sharpe college, Tennessee,
being his brother, and Mrs. L. Marks,
wife OF Professor w. p. Marks. superln-
teuteut - public schools, Edgeviiie,
Teaus--ss. Hf5 sister. His father died
81 denly when be was but three weeks
g.a and though + partner in large
rC-rcsrUle house, the business
was 80 closed up by the surviv-
ing partner that but little was left