Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-28
HE WORKED FoR MISSIONS.
Service on tho state and Foreign Boards
of His Church.

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'association with Mr.. Ellyson in the mis-
i sion work Of the Southern Baptist Con
Evention eminently qualities him to speai
| of the services of the deceased in tha
9iicld, said
i "H. X. Ellyson was the Oldest mem
Hber of the Foreign Mission Board Of th'
3SoutheTn Baptist Convention located Il
this city. lie became identified promi
snently with the board and It's Interests
K the year after the organization OF The
in 1916. Immediately afte
a the organization OF the body, represent
8ing the missionary work of the BaptiSt'
3 OF the South. the question Of an organ
for the convention was moOted. The
matter was quickly solved by Mr.. Ely
son assuming the work Of publishing, a
his own expense, a monthly magazine o.
stwenty-iour pages, with the name OF tht
ES1uthCrn Bdptist Missionary Journal
1.-THE promptness and boldness OF thli
faction was characteristic of his early
4 manhood, and indicated one Of the s.
zcrets Of his ever-successful career. Anc
2worthy Of note is it that. under the skill
@ful management OF Mr.. Eliyson, the
received in lS47. this higl
Recommendation Of the convention: 1t has
proved a source of income 10 the trea'
suries OF the boards, and a most valuable
K sauxiliary to the cause OF missions.
SThis periodical has continued, under
eseveral names, and now flourishes as the
DIOrciQn Mission JOurHui, still issued 10y
( the DISPATCH press, and represents and
smoulds the missionary sentiments to
great degree of two millions OF southern
Baptsts. From the day that MIR. Ely
son became O member OF the convention
,and the board, in 1916, he was power
sfelt and confessed by oil.
/ MAN FOR GREAT EMERGENCIES, &C.
q "In great emergencies he never failed
Ito come forward In the vigor OF hi'
/ fidelity and in1exibility Of his persistent
&purposes. in May, lS49. tho Southern
= Baptist Convention, assembled in Nash
vile, Tenn, was broken up by cholera
in that city. In the same month the
!. body reassembled in Charleston, s. c.,
and Mr.. Ellyson was in his seat there.
!sNot only on the floor Of the convention
@was he heard with the profit that hii
wonderful common sense and busincs;
.sagacity impaired 10 his speech, but IL
private he made impressions in q Fa
4 ther's home which the writer knows tC
Z have endured and deepened for two
score years until the mind and heart
Impressed went to the abiding Fathers
lhome, into which the spirit OF our trans
lated friend has been ioyfully admitted.
Elm 1853 Mr. Ellyson was elected secre
tary of the Southern Baptist Convention
Z and filed the Office In n manner mosi
(. business-like and satisfactory. In 1885
Z lie was a member OF n committee which
? recommended that the organ Of the con
vention should have more editorial as
distance, and again in 1872 that it should
: have a distinct editor. This was adopt
ed by the convention, and is still The
.policy OF the convention. In the same
year MIR. Ellyson made q motion and ad
dress which resulted in a collection o
Z $500 for one of the boards.
! MS MASTER SPEECH.
a "In 1889 he was made vice-president o.
the Southern Baptist Convention. Tht
F greatest public efforts Of Mr.. EllysOn IL
1.-the convention were in 1889 in Memphis
Sand in 1882 in Greenville, 5. c. Botf
gspeeches were on foreign missions, anc
emade profound impressions. The lattei
yiwas, perhaps, the master speech of hi
iii @, and will never be forgotten by those
Swho heard il. 1t was so compact will
: facts and figures and delivered with sucl
ease OF manner, such force OF diction
and such clear and ringing voice that i
/ was titanic blow for the grand enter
paise he was advocating. But his chic
!, value was as q member of the board
s,So calm was his demeanor, so clear wer,
! his expressions, so sharply defined were
Z his opinions, so excellent his judgment
SO powerful were his advocates and de
{ fences that it is safe to say that IN III
I. history Of forty-five years the Foreign
Emission Board has had no member fol
S'eiiiciency and force superior to ii. IA
F3Ellyson.
ii WITHOUT A PARALLEL.
n "But invaluable as he was to this
board he was still moro valuable to th'
Estate Board Of the General Association
!. lof Virginia. For long, long years h'
was its secretary-most laborious, mos
lsagacious, most patient and persist
Eent-and without dollars compen
gisation. Whom his busy life in secular
&and church affairs is considered it i
tldificult TO find parallel in the histor.
K 'of public beneficence, with his assidu
3ous, protracted, toilsome, triumphant
3and unpaid secretaryship OF the Stat
Omission Board of the Old Dominion. End
&less instances of his wisdom and christ
illness in private and his power in publ,
Tmight be enumerated In connection
q with this great Office which he so great !
: honored. And how can he ever have al
equal successor? ? AS the years roll OF
his loss Will be more and more keeul,
realized But this missionary work wa
only one phase OF the life OF this well
rounded and truly great man. In all o
his other varied and muittudinous posi-
tions and Offices, secular and religious
he was equally effective and influential
Was there man his superior in our city
or state for probity, strength of charsc
ter, business capacity, usefulness, con
secration to the true and the right ? H'
was known 20 onr whole population, an,
.who, among our thousands, will not mis-
him sorely, either as n friend, an incor
ruptihle citizen, a business adviser, or
brother honorcd and beloved
RICHER BECAUSE re LIVED.
"The going TO glory of II. K. Ellysol
on Thanksgiving day IS suggestive no
only that his life was full OF praise I,
+, God. but that his life was an occasion o
/ unieiqned thankiuIness to God. Though
ten thousand hearts bemoan his de
parture, no Scripture conld be more ap
piopriate at his obsequies than th
&l03d Psalm. For more than forty year
our eyes have been upon the flow OF tina
s life which never varied in the course o
( manly, straightforward well-doing, ye
sever becoming stronger and deeper anC
wider in its current. A robuster
B sounder, more equabie, more equitabl,
Nnature it would be hard to find on on
s. globe. Our city and State, our countr,
eand the world are richer because OF th
slife OF Henry X. Ellyson. "