Daily Republican., 1883-06-25
FIT TIL EDITION
DEATH OF REV. DIR. MATI
Peaceful q lose Of an Evan.
Career - He Dies SuddenI,
Heart Disease.

| FeaceIuA ClOse OF 0n Eyen,s
Career = He Dies sudden,
| Heart Disease.
Rev. Lncius G. Matlack, d. D. p,.
OF Cambridge, Nd, NJ. L. ChurcL Y
late Presiding Elder of the Wilmha
Conference, died suddenly about ~
night on Saturday, after a brief lin
Of only a few hours of an a tiecti%
the heart.
He had not been In good heah
several years past, being at times IN.
pacitated from regularly, filling ali
appointments. Rev. DR.. Matlark !,
born in Baltimore, Md, April N
1916.
His mother having come from
Quaker family, had early instiled h
his young mind that love of liberty A
hatred of slavery which distinpn,S]
him in after life. In early life he \
moved to Philadelphia, where he
ceived the principal part of
education. In 1882, when
sixteen years Of age, he VI
converted and united with
Union N. r. church on North Foun
street. After filling several imporw
local positions in the church he v,
licensed a. a local preacher, and Va
recommended to the PHILADELPHIA A,
nual Conference for admission a,
regular itineran' minister.
One of the questions put TO applcs
in those days was Are you an ab
litionist ?" If the answer is in rba !,
firmative he was promptly reect4
Young Matlack had no hesitation
answer "yes," and was unauimouslys
fused admission. In 1888 the Nam,
ceremony was gone through with, aJ
he was again promptly rejected Th
action was followed by his expusp
from the Local Preachers Associate
of Philadelphia, because unacceptay,
as an abolitionist.
In 1889 the Quarterly Conference
Union church refused to renew HI
license, and the persecution against hin
became so strong that he was compelDd
to flee from Philadelphia to LoweN
Massachusetts,, where he fonnd a friend
in Orange Scott, and became a memb1
of the New England Conference in lsp
Twenty-One years of his itinerant IN
were spent in New England, New YaH
and the West. In 1843 he with Drama
Scott, assisted in organizing the eve.
leyan Methodist Connection, "and hete
came the general book agent, editor and
finally President at the general Conirs
ence in 1860.
At this time the war of the rebellin
broke ont. DR. Matlack had not to stu,
dy which side to take in the struggle
Inspired by the scenes of slavery b
had Witnessed in the streets and field,
Of Baltimore, and with the thrillnl
tales of slavery he had heard from til,
lips of his mother his mind was mad.
up. He entered the Union army al
chaplain of the Eighth Illinois cavaly
from the same State, and was mustera
as brevet colonel at the close of tho
war.
Speaking of this period D-. Matlact
in u review of his work entitled Amt
Slavery Struggle and Triumph in th
M. E. Church." says: "Three ycan
were spent in camp and field life; frs
as chaplain for less than year then
in the crisis following Gen. Mcclellan,
Peninsula Camp,ign, much of the fol-
lowing year was spent in givingmilitay
addresses in The State of Illinois, cd
rolling volunteers, and finally returning
tn the army a field officer of cavalry
Thence forward, until after the rebe lia
was put down, two years were filled U,
as subordinate officer, sometimes Il
command Of post or at the head of
regiment, and not unfrequently heading
a charge of cavalry in line of battle
and finally as Provost Marshal of 81
Louis city and twenty-five counties d
Missouri, with the administration d|
justice committed to my hands, en-
bracing all matters involving the rels
tion Of the soldier with the citizen, OIL
servants with their masters, and land.|
lords and soldier families who wes
tenants. The code of law to be ad.
was my own sense of equity
alone"
After DR.. Matlack's military work
was over, when the Union was saved
and slavery abolished, he again made
for admission to the Phila
delphia Conference in 1867, and he wa,
as unanimously adm tilted as he lad
been rejected in 1887. He was appoint
ed to Elkton charge, where he remained
three years. He was then transferred
to New Orleans in 1870 to organize the
Church at that place. Three years
later, 1873, he was transferred TO the
Wilmington Conference and took charge
of Grace M. L. church. where he re-
nIained but one year. While here he
Miss Stephenson, of Port De.
post, who with a son six years old, the
fruit Of the marriage, survive him.
In 1874 he was appointed o Middle.
town charge, where he served three
years. July 1877 he was sent to Bethel
charge, and remained there until 1879,
when he was appointed Presiding FL.
der of Wilmington district, and resided
in this city. His term expired last
spring, when he was appointed to Cam
bridge, Md, charge, where his labors
ended.
The last labor Or. Matlack performed
was on Saturday, when he visited and
prayed with colOred man under the
Nfh'tll't Va t'dt u. 1cSItTtldN COlUIth
minister from the town in which DR..
Matack died preached in Asbury pul.
pit, this city, in the Conference that in
1877 unanimously rejected him because
oi his anti-slavery ideas.
The funeral of DR.. Matlack will take
place Tomorrow CTuesdaN) about 4
o'clock, al Port Deposit, Md.
Al the preachers meeting this fore.
noon upon the announcement of Dr.
Ma1lack's death, Rev. II. II. Creamer,
pastor Of Scott NJ. l.. Church, offered the
following preamble and resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, In the inscrulahlc and
unerring wisdom of Almighty God, our
friend and well beloved brother, Doctor
Lucius Z. Matlack, has been removed
by death from labor to reward, there
tore
Resolved, That in the death of DR..
Matlack, oar hear 5 are deeply strick'
en. We recognize in him wise coun'
scIor, Il faithful friend, Jealous work
er, Il holy man, and a workman that
not to be ashamed of his work.
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