Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-04
HIS FATHERS STEAD.
nR. n. K. eLLYSON SUCCEEDED IN
MISSION WORK BY HIS SON. -
ofthe State and n Member OF
the Foreign Board.


General Association Of Virginia held an
interesting meeting Tuesday night in the
mission rooms Of the Second church.
The attendance was quite large, nearly
every member being present. Rev. DR..
George Cooper, the president of the
board, occupied the chair, and Mr.. G.
Harvey Clarke was present as recording
secretary.
DR.. Cooper made feeling allusion TO
the death of Mr.. Henry K. Ellyson,
for fosty-fve years the corresponding
secretary of the board, and Rev. Drs. j.
b. Hutson, W. W. Landrum, and John
Pollard, Jr., were appointed commit
tee to prepare suitable resolutions. They
soon submitted report, and after brief
remarks by DR.. Thomas, Mr. Jackson j.
Wood, and others the report was adopted
by rising vote. and it was ordered that
the resolutions be put upon the records of
the board and be published in the Re
Ugjous Herald and DISPATCH.
THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
They are "a follows:
Whereas in the Divine Providence our
hearts have been SO deeply panied by
the death of the honored and beloved
corresponding secretary of the State
Mission Board, who for forty-iive years
was the ruling spirit and guiding hand
Of its manifold interests, and whose
presence and counsel will be SO greatly
missed a:
!, Resolrcd, That in tho death OF
Henry K. Ellyson the board suffers a
loss which, without the especial mercy OF
God, cannot prove 10 be less than ire
parable. That we bear cheerful testi-
mony TO the unlailing promptness, the
untiring energy, the gratuitous service,
and the consummate wisdom with which
he discharged the duties of his RESPONSE
bic Office.
2. ReSolvs6, That earnest prayer
should be made to the Lord of the har-
vest that He would qualify by His grace
and mercy the man who is to take his
place, that the work so well and 50 long
carried on may not be hindered but con-
tinue to grow and extend.
3. RcsoiUed, That while humbly bow
ing TO the will of Him who doeth all
things well, we greatly mourn to lose
the invaluable judgment, the courageous
spirit, the sanctified sagacity, and abun-
dant labors Of our departed brother, and
that We shall come nearer repairing our
loss by a rededication OF ourselves to the
evangelization OF Virginia, which lay so
near his heart.
4. ResoiUed, That our tenderest sym
pathies go out towards his bereayed
children, and our prayer that their
fathers God may be their strength and
portion all the days of their lives.
HIS son CHOSEN.
1t was the unanimous opinion OF tho
board, and in that they but expressed
the views Of all of the leading men in
the denomination, that no one is SO well
qualified to fill the position of CORE
spending secretary of the board as VIII
liam Ellyson, Esq The board, there
FORE unanimously elected him by rising
vote to the position so long filed by his
honored father, and every member Of
the board present gave him his hand as
evidence Of his hearty cooperation and
assistance in the great and laborious
work it had just put upon him.
APPRoPBIATMG FUNDS.
The board then took up the ususl
work of making appropriations for the
year, and after spending somo time at
this adjourned over until Friday night.
The reports from ell the twenty-three
associations as TO what they need in their
respective fields were gone over IN a
cursory way and the board made the APP
priations for five. There will be about
seventy missionaries in the State this
year and about $4,000, or $1,000 less
than is asked for, viii be appropriated.
Mr.. j. w. Harris was appointed to
serve Dearfield and other churches in
Augusta county,
THE FOREIGN BOARD.
The Foreign Mission Board, of which
Professor Harris is president and Dr.
Tupper secretary, also held meeting
on Tuesday and elected Mr.. William
Ellyson d member of the board to fill
the vacancy occasioned by his fathers
death. This board has also adopted
resolutions Of sympathy and regret.