The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-24
Death Of Rev. J. l.. Reynolds, ID. ID.

The following notice OF the death OF Rev.
DR.. Reynolds will be read with painful in
terest by many people in Richmond:
The announcement in our. telegraphic
columns OF the death Of this distinguished
scholar and divine will be startling and
painful tidings to our readers. without dis
tinction Of class or sect. Very few men
have been more honored and beloved in
South Carolina than Dr.. Reynolds; not one
has borne a more interchangeable reputa.
ticn for all that marks the highest type OF
the Christian gentleman.
DR.. reynolds was the son of George F.
Reynolds, Esq, and was born in Charles
ton the 18th Of March, 1872. He received
his academic education at Charleston Col
lege, from which institution he was gradu-
ated with one Of the highest honors OF his
class. His theological course was taken at
the Newton Seminary lin the suburbs Of
Boston, perhaps the oldest and most famous
Of the Baptist Theological schools in this
country. Returning to this city, he married
Miss Charlotte Smith, the accomplished
daughter OF Benjamin Smith, Esq, and
sister OF DR.. J. Lawrence Snlth, the emf
nent scientist, now Of Louisville, Ken
tucky. Immediately after his marriage
III. MY HUNS SClllCo III SoioAADlN b'
pastor OF the Baptist church in that
city. A few years later he was elect
ed president OF Georgetown College,
Kentucky, and from that place removed to
Richmond, Va, to serve as pastor OF the
Second Baptist church. His next position
was that in which he became most widely
known, and spent the best years OF his life
a chair in the Faculty Of South Carolina Col
lege. For nearly twenty-five years the
handsome, intellectual face and courtly
manners OF DR.. Reynolds were familiar in
those classic halls, and hundreds Of men
who read these lines will have tender memo.
ries revived OF the genial and elegant Latin
professor OF their colIege-days. At a com.
paratiyely recent period DR.. Reynolds was
transferred, in accordance with his own de.
sire, to the Chair OF Moral Philosophy, in
which he continued until the glory departed
from the college, and, like his honorable col.
leagues, he was compelled to leave it in the
hands OF the spoier.. ...r.g -
After year OF much-needed rest he ac-
oepted the professorship Of Latin in Fur
man University, at Greenville, and here mas
closed so suddenly his most valuable life.
The particular circumstances OF his death
have not yet reached us, but we are inform
ed that he had recently appeared! to enjoy
unusually good health. He died in Green
Vile yesterday. morning at 8 O'Clock, OF neu-
raIgia of the heart r..-- - ..-,,4,.. 49,
DR.. Reynolds was one Of the nloSt ac-
complished scholars OF our State, and q
preacher OF marked ability. AS writer
be was singularly graceful and beautiful.
In the Baptist denomination he was recog-
nlzed as one Of the foremost men, and bis
brethren delighted to do him honor. The
urbanity of his manners and the kindness
of his heart won the love Of all with whom
he associated, and these traits were nowhere
more manifest than in company with the
lowly and illiterate.
We are sure that we utter tue sentiment
OF the old faculty and students OF the South
Carolina College, and, besides, of q multi
tude OF good men aud women throughout
the State, when we say that deplorable
loss has befallen all our religious and edu-
;cational interests In the death Of DR.. Rey-
nolds. Charleston paper.