The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-02-26
Death of Rev. T. NJ. Kennedy, d. d..

OuT COMMUNITY vas oS"iISu va Ce"
dny morning last by the intelligence
spreading over the city that DR.. +. NJ.
Kennedy had died during the night, and
when the news was confirmed by inqui-
ry, q feeling of sadness seemed to take
possession of every heart, and to be ex.
pressed from every countenance.-
Crowds of his personal friends hastened
to his late residence on New street, to
gaze once more upon the face of their
friend, although cold in death, and to
mingle their tears with the bereaved
and distressed. Few men in Macon were
more beloved than this eminently Christ
ian gentleman.
The shock was more stunning from the
fact that on Saturday afternoon he was
upon the streets in his usual health, and
met many of his friends with that genial
flow of spirits and good humor which
made him one of the most companion
abe of men, and as late as five o'clock
was seen in company with some of his
ministerial brethren vending his way
homeward. In front of the Stubble-
field House he was met by his excel
lent wife with the carriage, and they
drove out to Vineville to her fathers.
Colonel Clisby, the senior of this paper,
The visit was unusually pleasant and
they returned home at night.fall where
the evening was spent with the family.
The Doctor seemed to enter into the
spirit of the children, it being Valen.
tines Day, with more than his wonted
fervor. At nine o'clock he suggested
that it was time the children were retir-
ing. and remarked that he would get
drink of water before going to his room,
and in the attempt he staggered some
what, arousing the fears of mis- wife, who
Immediately sent for physician. She
asked him what was the matter, and he
replied "Oh, nothing, 1 will soon be over
it, These were his last words, as he
sank back in his chair. CAPTAIN w. w.
Carnes was passing at the moment, and
hurried in to render assistance, but
it was too late. Other friends came and
did all that affection and medical skill
could do; but the enemy had stormed
the CITADEL and every effort to dislodge
him was futile. He fingered in state
of Inconsistencies until about fifteen
minutes after 5 o'clock on Sunday morn
ing, when the spirit took its upward
flight.
DR.. F. NJ. Kennedy was born in Colum-
bia, South Carolina, during the month of
February, 1884, and had but few days
ago celebrated his 4Gth birthday. He
was the son of Rev. w. NJ. Kennedy,
who, for long time, was prominent
member of the South Carolina Confer
ence of the Methodist Church. At the
age of 20 the son was licensed to preach,
and entered the South Carolina Confer
ence at the sessisn held in Columbia,
November Is, 1854. lie travelled one
circuit, and then spent seven years in
filling some of the most important sta
tions in his conference, number of these
years having been in the city of Charles
ton. And there, for FIVE years, he held
the responsible position of Presiding
Elder of his denomination, and rose. rap
idly to. distinction among his brethren.
He represented that intelligent body in
the General Conference of 1870, 1874,
and 1878, and with marked ability.
During the late war he donned the
grey, and, with his comrades, shared the
fortunes of the battle field as chaplain.
At the death of the lamented Doctor
Bonnet in October, 1871, DR.. L. II.
Myers, who WAS then editor of the South
ern Christian Aduocate, was elected to
the Presidency of the Wesleyan Female
College, and DR.. Kennedy was called
to take charge of that excellent Chris.
tian journal, and took up his residence
in Macon. At the General Conference
held in Louisville, KY, in 1874, he was
reelected editor, and filled that position
with credit and distinguished ability.
At the General Conference held in At
lanta in 1878, the Southern Christian Id
uocate was removed to Charleston, S. c.,
and DR.. Kennedy reelected to the editor
ship.
He had served his own conference for
four years as secretary and was one of the
assistant secretaries of the General
Conference in 1874.
During the General Conference at At
lanta, he was Secretary of the Committee
on Revirals. The documents before
this committee were go voluminous that it
required almost constant labor day and
night to keep the business up. DIR. Ken
nedy never tagged in the performance of
any duty assigned him. The Conference
adjourned the last of May, and he returned
to his home and made final disposition
of.the papers in his hands as Secretary,
preparatory to rest, before he would as
sumo editorial charge of his paper at
| Charleston. The incessant labor of the
past month was too Great strain upon
his nervous system, and just as he had
finished his work he was stricken down
with paralysis of his right side. Since
then he has been an invalid, although
sufficiently recovered to attend to bust.
ness, until this fatal disease terminated
his useful life on Sunday morning last.
DR.. Kennedy was man of ability. A
man whose convictions of right were deep
and frm-nothing could induce him to
swerve therefrom. He was sometimes
called abstinate, because he was so infiex-
ible in following out what he deemed 10
be right. He had high estimate of
honor, and felt contempt for anything
that was little aud mean. His convic-
tions of truths of Christianity were so
we'll fixed and steady that nothing could
shake his faith in them.
He was at all times and everywhere
the same conscientious Christian gentle
man. His friendship was strong and en-
during, and his benevolence was gener-
GUS and unstinted.
In the social circle he was at once the
center and the charm. Cultivated and
learned, he was ready to converse upon
any subject introduced. He was full of
anecdotes and humor, which were of an
elevated character, and few men ever ex-
celled him in narration Of the humorous
and the ludicrous. He was very careful
of the feelings of others and avoided
what he thought would cause tie slight
est wound. In short, he was highton-
ed, honorable, Christian gentleman, as
we'll as a faithful and honored.servant of
the Most High.
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