Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-16

| Noncure d. Conway and extensively pub
iiahed in this country describing Dr.
Hore's appearance and the effect OF .
epeech he delivered In the council, especi-
nilv the impression produced whom he
spoke OF the old Bible, which ono OF his
4 family ancestors, fleeing from persecution,
had carried to Holland-the Bible often
wet with the salt spray of the sea and the
saIt tears OF the sorrowing cziles, its leaves
yellow with age, aud the names in the
| family register faded and dim, but bright:
A. the speaker believed, in tho Book OF
Life.
SOUTHERN CIVILIZATION.
He was also delegate 10 the meeting Of
the Evangelical Alliance. which met in
| New York in 1873. in which he mado an
| address in vindication OF tho civilization
of the South. Also TO the Alliance OF me
| Reformed Churches of the World, which
met in Copenhagen in 1884, where he made
an address which obtained for him an IN.
yitation 10 visit the Crown Princess OF
Denmark at the palace. =,
He was sent az q commissioner to the AL
Eance of the Reformed Churches when
convened in London in 1883, and the sun
| ject of his speech before that body was
| 1.-THE AntagOnisms OF Society and how 10
Reconcile Them"
His last mission of the kind was .. few
weeks ago. when at the Conference OF tho
Evangelical Alliance in Boston he deiivered
! q speech which was pronounced Dy the
press of that city to have been one OF the
most effective of all that were made ~
that meeting. and extracts from which
have been frequently published and COM
mented on by the newspaper press.
HIS CHURCH.
The church of which DIR. Hoge is pastor
| WINS dedicated in 1913 and was enlarged
\ 4 al an.
| men reared and trained in it a large num-
| Der have entered the Gospel ministry
| The Fourth Presbyterian church OF tins
city was colony from DIR. Uoges church.
and another is soon to be organized
| in connection with the old Market.
| Hall mission. This has been one OF
the latest and most successful enter
priscs Of DIR. Hoge's life. About
| four years ago he commenced services
| in the spacious hall over the Old market.
and il was success from the first. Inc
size OF the congregations have been limit
| ed only by the size of tho hall; flourish
| ing Sabbatb-school has been established,
Bible classes, weekly lectures. itatlons
| from house TO house, and all the agencies
| by which the temporal and spiritual good
OF the people in that part of the city could
be advanced have been employed 30
large did the work become that Or. Hoge
found it impossible to continue to preach
three times every Sunday and personally
to satisfy the requirements OF two congre-
cations, as he wished to do, and In conse,
quence the Rev. l.. Ii. Turnbul was calico
as an assistant 10 DIR. Hogc. his chief charge
being the ld.Narket Hall mission. No
better choice could have been ma de
and under Mr. 1urnbull's active and eiil-
Gent ministry the work Inaugurated Tour
years ago is now in state OF great pros
perlty with tho most encouraging pros
poets for the future.
As Preacher.
DIR. Hoge is thoroughly orthodox. No
member of the Westminster Assembly
was more so. nor more devoted 10 the
PRESBYTERIAN poiity. but he has nothing OF
the narrowness of a sectarlan. HIS Chris
tianity is broad enough to embrace all
who love Christ. As a consequence he Is
beloved and admired by all denominations,
and members of other churches are con-
stantly found among his congregations.
His success as preacher Is due to
variety of causes. all of which conspire to
make him great pulpit orator. His pro-
found Christian experience and his
thorough knowledge of the human heart
enable him 10 suit the Gospel message to
every class of sinful humanity.
HIS mind is eminently logical, but ms
reasoning is oyerlaid with an exquisite
rhetoric, which. while it dotracts nothing
from its strength. imparts to 1T a never
failing charm.
A ripe scholar. he enriches his Discourse:
with treasures gathered in every field OF
knowledge, but whatever passes through
the mint of his mind comes out impressed
with the stamp of his genius. His unerring
Judgment and taste enable him to select
for his quotations the best thoughts of the
best authors. and his illustrations beautlfy
while they illumine his subject. He keeps
Ill Il. - and n
recognizes and attacks the multform foes
OF pure Christianity whetherthey be open
or covert.
HIS DESCRIPTIONS.
Or. Hoge excels in his powers of descrip-
ton. With few bold strokes aud with
the hand Of an artist he brings out his pie
lures with wonderful distlnctness and
power, and adds the shading with a deli
cacy of touch which bespeak the master.
He speaks without manuscript, and this
gives full play to a voice and action which
are exactly suited to be vehicles OF his
eloquent thoughts. He fixes the atten-
ton OF his audience with the first word he
utters and thoroughly commands it to the
last, while he pursues the grand truths of
revelation with power, q ,pathos, and
freshness of statement peculiarly his own.
In word his preaching satisfies both the
intellect and the heart, however enlarged
they may be.
No more conclusive evidence of his power
as an orator could be given than the eager
ness with which the people among whom
he has always ministered crowd to hear
him. They never tire of his preaching,
and no stranger who may occupy his pull
pit, however great his reputation, can
draw the extraordinary congregations of
the pastor.
DR.. Hoge possesses the accomplishment
not common with fine speakers OF being
also fine writer. and as such earned
wide reputation during the five years he
was associated with DR.. T. V. Moore in
editing the Central Presbyterian. His dis
courses when taken down as he delivers
them without manuscript are finished
specimens OF compositions. and could
hardly be more admirable were he to write
them out before delivery.
AS CONFEDERATE CHAPLAIN.
During the first year Of the civil war DR..
Hoge was q volunteer chaplain in the Camp
of instruction Camp Leo, where the Ex-
position buildings now stand. he preach
ed to the soldiers two or three times
week without disseminating his services IN
his own church. In 1864 he ran the block
ade from Charleston and went to England
by way of Nassau. Cuba. and st. Thomas
to obtain Bibles and religious books for the
Confederate army. Lord Shaftesbury. the
president of the British and Foreign Bible
Society. gave him hearty welcome, and
invited him to make an address to the So
ciety in explanation of the object III his
mission the result was a free grant of
Il. 600 Bibles, $4,000 Testaments, and go
600 portions of the Scriptures (single gos-
pels. epistles, &C., IN black, glazed covers,
with red edges and rounded corners,
Just what was most convenient to
put in the soldiers pockets, in all worth
about $4,000. DIR. Hoge remained during
the winter in London experimenting their
shipment bv the blockade-runners to the
Confederacy. He also obtained a large
supply of miscellaneous religious books
adapted to camp life, which were sent over
in the same manner, and most of them
came in safely. On his return from Eng
land he delivered an address at an ami
versary of the Virginia Bible Society in
st. Paul's church to one of tho largest au-