Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-14
HIS FOREIGN MISSION WORK.
Tribute Of the journal and Resolutions
Adopted by the Board.


Adopted by the Board.
The Foreign Mission Journal for
January, which is now in the hands of
the printer, contains an excellent edito-
rial on the death of Mr.. Henry Keeling
Ellyson. 1t says:
! Unbidden comes to the lips, after the
startling fall OF the good and great man
whose name neads these lines; How Is
/ the strong staff broken and tho beautiful
rod" How strong was he in convictions,
/ in character, IN conduct, in counsel,
/ in contest. In many trial. men,
| tai, moral. municipal, he stood to his pur-
poses and position like granite column.
| like the pillars Of Hercules, dashed against
/ bv Atlantic AID Mediterranean! And how
/ beautiful his countenance, his candor, his
clearness. his calmncs5, his courtesy, his
/ charity, his constaucvl The grand mag
nolia of the Gulf States. with its 0ak-llke
vigor and browning forescence, IS a tit EN-
| blem of this man Of God. of whom II 10 fifty
written: "All 70 that are about him be-
moan HIM; and all We that know his name
say: How is the strong stan broken and
the beautiful rod"
ACTION OF THE FoREIGN-NussION BOARD.
The Journal also Publishes the follow
ing, adopted by this board at the meet
ing held December I'd:
With sad and stricken hearts and yet
with reverent submission TO the Divine
will we record the death of a member OF
this board:
Hon. Henry K. Ellyson died November
q. 1890.
Our departed brother was greatand good
man and occupied prominent place IN his
community. His native city and his be-
loved State mourn their loss in him Of q
noble man and q valuable citizen. His
church, his Sabbath school, his college,
his denomination, feel that their great
leader has been taken away. The press,
the pulpit. and the proceedings OF many
local ORGANIZATIONS are full of eulOgiums
on his exalted worth and his benehcent
deeds.
We thank our God for all that our bro
Their was and for all that he was enabled to
do in all the various departments, secular
and religious. 20 which he gave his splen-
did powers. But II is ours TO speak of him
solely in his relations 10 this board and to
the cause of foreign missions. He was by
many years the oldest living member OF
| this board. HIS connection with II began
! in 1916, the year after its organization, aud
! continued without interruption % his
death. These forty-fye years of service Of
such a man could not but be fruitful OF
benefcent results to a cause into which he
threw all the energies Of an earnest, active,
and consecrated spirit.
To his rare business sagaclty was largely
due the early establishment of an official
organ for the board and the convention,
and he remained our faithful publisher un-
I'll his death.
lie was in 1853 the efficient secretary of
the convention. and in 1882 one of its vice
presidents. Though his forte was in plan
ming and acting rather than in speaking,
yet more than once on tho floor OF the con-
vention he spoke for foreign missions with
such power and effectiveness az have rarely
been elualled even in that body.
But it is rs member Of the board that
he has been of most value to US. Viewed
in this capacity he might well serve as o
model or ideal for Us all. Regular in at
tendance, we'll informed in the work. calm
and reverent IN spirit. quick in compre-
henslon, ready IN judgment, brief and
forcIble in statement, convincing in argu-
ment. eminently wise and practical in
counsel-he was ever ready to give the
board and its interests the very best ser
vice of ell his splendid abilities. he COM
bned in wonderful degree strength OF con-
viction with q readiness 20 yield TO others;
the ripeness of age and experience with the
ardor and enthusiasm Of youth.
He was, and had been for years,
the chairman of our Committee on FL
nance; and it was in this position that his
large business experience, his calm
judgment, his financial skill, and his un-
firing devotion TO the work best displayed
themselves. Who can tell what our board
owes to his clear head and bis consecrated
heart? Who can tell how our secretary
will miss tho tried counsellor, who was
never too busy for conference whose
hand never wayered, and whose faith
never faltered, though cloudsan darkness
enyironed our pata
Blessed be the memory OF our brother
May his bright example inspire ia US n
higher devotion to the cause he loved SO
well
GOOD PICTURES.
The minutes of the sixty-seventh an
nual session OF the Baptist General As
sociation Of Virginia, recently held at the
Leigh-Street church in this city have
Just been printed. The volume has as
frontispiece an excellent picture of Mr..
Ellyson. This will also be used in the
Foreign Mission Journal.