Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-25
Or. CORNELIUS TvRee's DEATH.
An Eminent Minister, Writer Of Ability.
aDd'an Accommodated Gcp,tan.o

| and nm Accomplished Gentleman.
Rev. Cornelius Tyree. d. d., who died
! Wednesday at bIs home in Salem, Va.
| was preacher of remarkable gifts,
/ who for many years hao held proml-
| Bent places in tho ranks Of tho Vir.
/ cinia Baptist ministry. Though seventy
! seven years Of age. his pulpit minstra-
| tIons gave no sign of declining physical or
| mental vigOr. Live and sinewY in form
| clear. logical. and profound IN his mental
| activities; full of dramatic power and pas
| SION IN his delivery. he was preacher
sure 10 command public respect and at
| tentiOn wherever he appeared.
AZ the recent meeting of the General As.
| ISOLATION IN Norfolk he preached, by ap-
polntment, the introductory sermon, which
was subsequently published IN full by re-
| quest in the Religious Herald. Tho prOduc-
tion was highly credItable to the preacher
N every respect. Later on in the meetings
| Of that body he took part in several DIS
| cussIOns. When the subject Of State Mis-
slons came up, and Just after Professor
Charles l.. Cooke had presented his memo
rial tribute TO Alr. Henry X Ellyson. DR..
| Iyree took the floor and began 10 speak
tendeTly of his departed friend. Ii was IN
| tho course of that speech that. after u
slight pause, during which he seemed TO be
overcome by emotion. he said: " never
expect 10 attend another session of the
General Association The words wore
prophetic. though those who heard them
! hoped at the time that they had no special
| significance.
HIS LIES WORK.
At various times in his long life the de-
ceased had held important pastorateS IN
| Virginia. including terms of ministerial
| service ut Lexington, at several churches
| in Powhatan county, Bedford City, and
| Salem. He was pastor Of this last church
AT the time If hIs death. OF all his charges
this last was perhaps the most prosperous,
| show ug that he had not simply retained
| his mental yigOr in l. wonderful degree,
| but also his practical wisdom and admins
| tratIve ability.
! Beside ms work in the active ministry
| Or. Iyree was quite "a vOluminous writer
| Tor religious journals, and IN the course OF
| his lOag life was the author of number
of tracts and some books, al of which are
still valued highly as important and able
| treaulses.
The deceased was twice married. His
| first wife died some years ago. His second
| marriage was with Miss Abrams, 81 Pow
| hatan counCy, VINO with one child sur
wives hm.
10th OLD AND YOUNG.
! DR.. Tyrce was most genial and CON-
| pau,onahle in bis temperament, combining
in remarkable degree the ripened wisdom
| of age and the cheerful buoyancy OF youth.
| Wherever he went among the people OF
| his fifth, or for that matter among the
! people OF any faith who knew him, be was
| sure OF a cordial greeting.
His illness was Of brief duration, and the
news Of his death came with shocking and
| sudden surprise to ms hosts of friends in
! Virginia aud the South. He was taken
sick a few DAYS ago with the prevailing in
| fueuza. and later on in the progress Of the
| discaseit was complicated with pneumonia,
| which resulted Ia his death.
The services will be held this morning
| at II o'clock in the Salem Baptist church,
and will be conducted by Rev. Il. T. AGREE,
| Of EOanOke.