Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-19
HONOR DIR. BR0ADUS.
THE pApTIsTs or RICHMOND TO
HOLD A MEMORIAL SERVICE.
pr. Horc Pays n Beautiful Tribute
Ia the Eminent Minister ana
Tcachcr--The Furernt In b""'s-
vile on sunday nm Imposing One

a, the Baptist Ministers Conference
held at the Second church yesterday
morning, the death OF Rev. DR.. John a.
Broadus was officially announced ana
IL was decided 20 have a memorial ser
vice in hts honor AZ the First chureh
next Sunday afternoon az O'clock
Rev. Dr. Hatcher will preside; pr' .
c. Hiden will speak Of Dr. HroaduS az
a preacher and scholar: Professor ~ H.
Harris. OF Richmond College VIII SPEAK
OF the deceased as a teacher pr W W
Iandrum will represent the s'ih'""'.
students. and Or ". u. Thom"s' VI
Richmond College. will giye come account
u the closing hours IN Dr bro'u"S
life and Of the funeral, which ne "''e"u'
cd.
In nearly all Of the Baptist chnrches
IN s,.,asv and in some OF those OF
other denominations tender reference
was made 10 the death Of the distn-
su,shed preacher and educator ana many
,.rs,,,s wore on.rcd for the bereaved
family ana the seminary
Dr. Hoge on Dr. Brondus.
u, Ifoge'e afternoon sermon began and
cr-s.d with a beautiful tribute 20 the
memory Of John \. Broadus Indeed. the
whole sermon WAS memorial Of DR..
uroa1us Dr. HoFe began By saying that
while a. h.s work Saturday, preparing
for this service. "A message came 10 him
from the Religious Herald ONCE. an
nouuciug the death OF Dr. Broadus. and
that announcement so affected him that
he decided 90 make the death Of this
great man the subject Of his remarks on
this occasion Or IIoge then proceeded TO
give his estimate Of pr. BrOadu8. He
believed him the greatest man among
the Baptists ~ this country, and pr1ba-
by - the whole world Dr IiORs spoke
~ his close relations % and his great
admiration for Or Hroadus He never
preached in THE city that dld not hear %
Said The Doctor. unless ! was provi-
den,ially kept from being present. and !
always considered hearing him an event"
HIS ACCURATE SCHOLARSHIP
lie regarded Dr BrOhdus as the most
accurate scholar. in the matter Of church
literature. he knew. For twelve years he
bad met the deceased regularly once a
year al the meetings Of the International
Sunday School Lesson Committee and he
had said before that Dr liroadus was
worth all The rest ~ the committee put
together The members Of the commit
tee always stopped AZ the same hotel.
ana sat at the same table az meals in
order tina, they might keep in continual
contact The FIRST question with All tho
others was Is Dr. Broadus here?' and
when II was known that ne had arrived
there was ft'lins ~ profound satisfac-
ton. The C0mmitt,r knew that the work
would 20 on all right for DR. Br01dus
always had series OF lessons mapped
out in his mind. Dr. Hoge spoke of some
OF the writings q the deceased. especially
his commentary on the Gospel % St
Matthew. ana used this 10 enforce the
declaration that the death Of Dr BroaduS
involved a loss 80 the church universal
and that no one Denomination could dare
claim that the Bible was written for them
or that the dear sad cross belonged solely
to them.
NOT THE IMMATERIAL
The greatest things that God gave us
were not the immateriai Among his
greatest gifts 20 men was great m-n. 1t
pleased God 10 carry out his purposes
through great men. Or Hogc denied that
u was always true that when the work
man died the work went on. The work.
h. said. was frequently retarded. He dil
not think that Or. Broadus's place could
BE- hlle1 in general Christian work The
who had died during the last decade
whose places had not been filled.
The discourse ahouudel In beautiful
SMILES Following IL Dr. Hoge offered
very touching prayer. I'm which he men
TONED the hercayei family Of Dr.
Broadus the seminary with which ~ was
connected. and other Christian work with
which ne was associated.
The Funeral In Louisville.
night from Louisville. Ky. says:
The funeral Of Or John \ Rroldus
took place from the Walnut-Strcet Bap-
tist church yesterday afternoon IN the
presence Of the largest gathering that
ever assembled on sin'las occasion N
Louisville The church Is very large. hut
only n fraction n those VINO came were
able TO get inside. The crush was so
great that there came lclr being several
accidents.
The services were very simple UT. j.
VI Weaver offered the nrst prayer. AMI
pr j Il Sampcv. 81 The seminary. read
the fifteenth chapter of I Corinthians.
pr = H. Kerfoot. Of the seminary
offered prayer ana after The HYMN Dr
" II Thomas ~ Richmond. addressed
the congregation lie was followed hy
pr W II Whltsitt. 81 I've seminary;
Ir r. Eaton. who was Dr. Bruadus's
pastor: Dr. Charles r. Hemphill, 81 the
second prsshvtorian church. and Or. L.
: Henson. Of Chicago. The cortege then
moved 10 Cave I'M where the body was
buried In the lot purchased by the semi
nary for its faculty. and whore the late
President Royce AMI Professor Rash
Manly already lie.
Professor WhitSill VIII. In all proba-
bu1ty. be chosen president ~ the semi
rary He came here twenty years ago
~ the junior professor ~ the faculty.
Now ~ 10 the Oldest. lie "a professor OF
ecclesiastical history.