The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-07-12

Death Of Rev. Jno S. Martin.
A telegram was received hy Mr.. W. J.
Perry. of he Augusta National Bank, of
this place. on The 9,i. announcing that his
grandfather Rev. mo. 5. Martin. had died
the night prey ious. The Baltimore san, of
Monday referring to the sad event SAYS
The Rev Dir. John S. Martin, pastor of
st. Paul's M. L Church South, and one of
tne b 81 known ministers OF the Southern
branch If The Methodist Church. died at
the parsonage 1910 West Fayette' street,
al halt past eight o'clock last night. in the
73d wear of his age. While his death was
Il shock To his family, 10 Ills devoted con-
gregation aud TO his many warm friends,
it was not ilt expected, and this fact tenn
pered somewhat lis severity.
The first inroads were made on DR.. Mar
tin S strong and vigorous constitution while
he was plesla, ~ elder of the Winchester
district. III Virginia. TIVE Years ago, bat no
serious maiady was developed, and when
he came to Baltimore few mouths ago
the hope among his friends was general
that 10y relaxation from the very ardu Gus
labors 10 which he had been subjected he
would regain his former yigor and health,
but they were doomed to disappointment.
About seven weeks ago carbuncle
showed itself on his back. DR.. Jas. Bos.
ley was summoned, aid in few days the
learned divine showed marked signs of I'M
provement. He seemed to be well on his
way to recovery when the kidneys became
affected aud there were frequent hemmo.
rhages from them, which were finally
checked however, but the sufferer continue
to wear away under the strain. Drs. Alan
z. Smith, j. Edwin Michael, Jas. G. Lin
thicum and G, Chew held consultations,
but were unable to tell the exact nature of
the complication.
DR.. Martin married Miss Susan Ruff, of
Rockbridge county, Va, in 1888. Their
golden wedding was celebrated few
months ago. when congratulations poured
in upon them from every side for their at
tainment of such a ripe age, and the hope
was expressed that both would tie spared
many wears upon this earth. Mrs. Martin
and SIX children-live daughters and one
son-suryiye him. His son, Rev. Asbury
r.. Martin. is supernumerary of the Bal
timore Conference OF the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, and resides at Goshen.
Montgomery county. One daughter, Mrs.
Hattie Perry is the widow of Rev. W. w.
Perry and lily es in Stanton, Va. Anoth-
er daughter married Mr.. Bell, of Prince
| George s county, Md, and another is the
wife of Rev o. A, Hammond, formerly
travelling. but now a local minister. Two
Daughters are unmarried. A brother, Mr..
William Martin, now lives in Phi!adel-
phia. Thes4 relatives have been present
during his illness, and were with him in
his last hours. a large number of the
members of-St. Paul's were constant in
| their solcitude and administration.
John Satchell Martin was born Sept. I,
1915. at Alexandria, Va. His father, Thos.
| l.. Martin, born in n northampton. county,
| Va, was of Scotch descent, and his moth
er was Harriet. daughter of Robert
Lamph:er, CT Huguenot family. Both
his parents were Methodistg, and his
grandparents on his mothers side were
among the first Methodists i'll Alexandria,
and at their home were entertained Nc
Kendree, Roberts. George. and many other
early itinerants=
Young Martin was educated at the ia
nous institution of Benjamin Hallowell,
in Alexandria. He was converted in Au-
gust. 1882, when he was but sixteen years
DID, and three years later was licensed to
preached, and was received on trial into
the Baltimore Conference in March. 1885.
From that time until his death he labored
faithfully in his calling. and he has left the
impress of his life work in the Valley OF
Virginia. in Baltimore, Northern Viz
ginia and Southern Pennsylvania. where
be labored in every position, from the cir
cult with twenty light appointments, to
the past crate of. some small country
church: from the active ministerial life in
large city charge to the duties of pre-
S iding elder
Dr. Martin had filled nearly every impor-
tant appointment in the range of the Con
ference of " hich he was member ''But
his influence was felt in wider fields than
that comprised within the limits of the
Baltimore Conference. He was elected to
the General Conference which met III In
dianapolis. May 1856, and he was prom
inent member of all succeeding confer
ences; at Buffalo in 1860. New Orleans in
1866, Memphis in 1870. Louisville in 1874,
Atlanta in 1878. Nashville in 1882 and
Richmond in 1886. When DR.. Thomas
Osmond Summers died in the midst of his
duties at Nashville. Tenn. DR.. Martin.
who had been one of his assistants, sue
cPeded him as secretary of the conference.
| The two men had started in the work of
the Methodist ministry together, both
| having been received at the same confer
ence. and both had started together to the
| fields of their work in Virginia, though
their lives had passed in different paths,
| DR.. Summers travelling through Texas,
| Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee,
while Dr. Martin remained by his Balti
more Conference, so much beloved by,
him.
Although he had passed the allotted lin.
| it of human life, his constitution was Wig
erous. his spirits buoyant, his eyesight I'M
dimmed, and his mind as clear and COM
prehenslve in its grasp as at any time dur
ing his long life.wcrk. He was an ad
vanced thinker and posses sed the remark
able faculty of drawing lessons from current
events and applying them in the ministra-
tion of the Word. He was a careful reader
of the secular papers and cotemporaneous
history as given by the enterprise of the
newspapers. The stirring events and the
evidence OF popular unrest in the restricted
governments of the old world, the inVa-
sion of the dark continent by civiliZing
influences, the tottering OF thrones and
the amelioration of the condition of the
oppressed in whatever condition. were aptly