Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-07
Mr. HYDE WILL CONE.
u, prtsbyisry Consents for Him TO Ac-
cpt tie Richmond Call.
HERE ~ Two WEEKS.
HI. initial ser"o" t" he 's"'"e"
.hc yoth-OutIine of His
left the Practice OF Law
r,tcr the Ministry.

,. es 10 Rev. Charles X. Hyde
-" ..,e becoming the next pastor OF
o. - PRESBYTERIAN church, in this
has been removed ana he VIII IN
'."' ,uo weeks take up the work oi the
.,.5 lanes Polk Cannon.
,,.nrhis Presbytery held meet
.,.rlav TO decide the question OF
He or not MIR. Hyde should be given
'.,seat of that body to come 10 hich-
"' and private telegram received
NV ,tscer Of the Third church last
" ,..,.ob, the welcome intelligence
Ne- ,s.. ,,.sbvtesy had released him, in
.,., ,hat bl might accept the ca'i ne
81 church was represented by rev.
woods. 10 whom an official letter
D'' chat Rev. MIR. Hyde be released
,.5 been sent.
",rsn Rev. Mr. Hyde preached here
dime ago the people were delighted
,s him. and there is great rejoicing
be- accepted the invitation Of the
l". o., become its pastor. He expects
'"-'~" ~ his first sermon here on Sunday
he 4.h.
rue NEW PASTORS CAREER
vr Hyde was born in lc5S, in
Marion county, Tenn, in the
seSr.' tbe beautiful Seoua Chic Var
a'"'' ,,ere the family lived until 1874,
Ns' NV removed to Chattanooga. His
VIZ" ,.,s the Hon. Atwood a. Hyde,
i.a.,.- of marked ability and high
"e- and his mother. who is sui
' ,,,s Miss Martha Ann Reeves. of
~~-,esesfer. Tenn. Mr.. Hyde's grand
l.ter the Rev. Jabez Backus HYDE,
.-'- presbyterian missionary to the
"-r. ~ western New York. and his
- snrvlving aunt on his fathers side
v.s Mary Hyde Rice-went out more
,t,n ffy years ago as missionary
...,.r I'm the Sandwich Islands. where
's. sim lives In her S)th wear. The dis
,'rotsshed theolog.ans, teachers, ana
.-.srhars the Rev. Drs. Backus. OF New
rr.isr5 were ancestors of Mr.. Hyde.
Nr. HYDE pursued his literary STUDIES
o.. ,he Cumberland University. Lebanon,
~,rn hut was compelled, on account Of
.,.gress 10 leave college in the middle
~ bis iunior year. He went into busi-
,s.s ana afterwards was In the service
n tho government in the Treasury De-
,arfmant az Washington. d. c. While
h washington he studied law In the
Columbian University. from which he
ras graduated. with the degree Of LII.
r I'm 1851. on examination before the
sYnrame Court Of the District Of Colum-
bia be received a certificate unon which
ha could be admitted TO practice in any
state Of the Union upon motion. He
entered into partnership with his father
and brother in Chattanooga.
SERVICE IN THE MINISTRY.
For years NJ Hyde struggled against
the conviction that he must preach the
Gospel After the dea = Of his father. in
1855. he determined that he could resist
the call no longer lie entered the min
isiry after private study and a very
brief term I'm the Union Theological Sem
mary. New York city.
Tie has been serving the Lauderdale-
Sueet Presbyterian church, Memphis,
Tenn. for nearly three years. He went
20 Memphis from "A pastorate in Nash
wills Tenn.
Mr. HYDE was married In January,
1o4 10 Miss Anne Rhea Bachman. daugh-
Ger Of the Rev. DIR. j. W. Bachman. who
f1r twenty-five years has been pastor Of
the First Presbyterian church, of Chat
tan00ga Tenn. Mrs. Hyde is of a good
ola Presbyterian stock. being a descend
ant OF the Rev. Joseph Rhea. Of Scotland.
Mr. and Mrs. HYDE have one child
John Bachman Hyde.