Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-26
HONOR DIR. BR0ADUS.
Richmond People Unite in Memorial
Services 10 the Great Preacher.
rxcr,,.r>r ADDRESSES MADE.
nr. u,dcn md Laudrum, Fro
,cs.or Harris. and DR. '""""'
al, r,iouistic speeches on some
,,ot,rc Of the DiVinc's Li'c'

,.,,ist church sunday afternoon IN ho""'
~ Up John A. Broadus was p"p"-
. .~ood and a ercat man.
I'i "''"'' -, a,o1 the church.
The audience Wn'N" ''''0 ., Pan
though composed IN me ma" .''.
,efs embraced many members Oh Wv"
denominations. who honor tho eminent
..n,l,r prcachcr. ana educator III
r.,. ,,d arranged an Admirable pro-
N''''' c,,,, executed. The
fTamne' anu .,,s assisted
music. In which tht '"'' -
Nv Nr Uaddon : WatknS' "'' '"'
,,...,.,,,. .,,,co, and pathetic
a.. .,.,,,,,t rostrum were Rev
Se"''' %" Wv y.t.,3 Din. Lam
DIS. Hatcher ti''"' -, is,r,ie
drum, Tupper cooper i'"''''''
~, ,,,,lir.t.n and Rev. MessrS. Mef-
"''' An ~ these ministers
CT ""' ..~,.c.s which were
took part ~ ''' ,,.,c,,cr nre-
improesivc throughout ~ 81,
.tc4 and IN orcniuG the 'N''c'S'S '"''
.,..s O., explain the object oi
wa .,.,kcr was impressed
The fai"'i'"N' ~ snov-crowncd
IS the large "'''' - Iro,. Dr
hands u.r and Tom' d. "a, hoe,
Ir.t.us well. h3l he'i' MN az -,
m. cherished ia lh,i ''"'' - 49,.
,-i.tc o. ore OF Inc S.'"Pl'N,
,.,.-...t. ~ men. pr Hatcher i''ti','
e,.t-ft, O. the TACT that Ut bIo""us
f,st visit % Richmond was Just one Fc"i
ae, tn.s cay. when ne dcdcA'ed inc nv"
o,s.,.Sfrstt Baptist church.
As SCHOLAR AND PREACHER
T.. conclusion Or. Hatcher presented
go, rr ! 4 UiIcn. who spoke OF Dr.
t.'F .,b.l,r and p,tachcr. THE
d." ,, in Tho rhilosophical world
In mn, svmpothizc with the
49,. ,,,,.,,,.. a,c.r1uoircs on this
49,. 10 aoobtlees something
si'J'." "'' '-'. '.'...,,,,,,oI ,v its more
o. we IeN' aus Ni' ,...,o, Sor,c for,y-
s"''I an" '"'i'""' nIsbood in
five years ago o.I "S '"S 80 800 ~
O'"I ,,.,. .''| ,",irc,an. Major Edmund
T~o,,,. Who had evidently given trou-
.,, democrats across the Rapidan.
,.,,,,.,tr Tho great champions of
I,.,,,,,.,,v In INIT region were Governor
,,..,,t. S,,tth-"Fxtra Rillv" he was
,,-,t,,,ri,. .,u.t-one OF the adroitest p0li-
,sC.,,s a,l etumu-speakers that Viz
,,,, .,..r ,.,oduced. and old John $. Bar
- ..,... - "a. most splendid orators in
'.,.,. ,f,t,r Hroadus WAS not A pro-
- ,r1 pohodv ever thought
80, r,,tor and vet the two
t.',.,,tr ..r,c,kers found n hard
.-".Dt ..,,,. s,',i,st his main point-
o." 49, ",.il,s" IN tho country ueo-
'.....,,,tl.l on court-dav TO hear
.. r,rl,l,tes I, was largely through
,. t,o,,.r,o that Culneper. which was
.li',.o, c6untios was kent
.,.,6lv voting for Whig
90. oci.l,tI,re
va y, H'', ~ - p.,,,te,. and in
II, va q" III - 49,,
'"li""' '"N Wv "'''- -. &C., -,
nus hiN' 'i'' b, W. '0' - ~. ,,,,iah
lL' Fo'tI 10 III nm ,,,,,,',,
J am ashamed u say, VIZ FN'.' ,'N'', r,'.'
among cahHl"t''e "i an p'. -. ~.
Trends t'i'"n0Ir'o, 10y, Elm ,neo 1 Conn
wiz ne u I'%. d. e',' ~" .,,,d a.,
s'tl' hu' Ei'iNhI ,','a',
"HI wa '''''''. ~ 40 -
defeated ia any c"i'ef' '''"'' W. Pe'P'e'
As FATHER. LINE Sun
In John \. Eroadue's Sermons and
Addresses" We have some work of the
son 81 the old "yheel-horse Of whiggery"
I'm rulu.per and tho same vigorous com
mon sense The same absence Of mere
Jisnl.v the s,ua ip;uitive skill in put
,irg ,hinrs-au .o Characteristic Of the
C.thcr',,. striltnplv manifest I'm the
So, In m. address ON college Edu-
cation for AI.n If business" these quail
tt.s are rro-.mincntv displayed II is
l.v.uJ ali coulparis n the best discus
e.., ~ the subject that | have ever seen.
As a scholar pr. Eroadus was equally
DISTINGUISHED FOR breadth and for accu-
f,., ID. mover ceased To learn lie
r,,..,.d and tLir.t.I after more know
i.,,. ,Ct.r .r... emo from Germany.
80 o.. ,t, pr..l,,. ,,.., 60,
.,,,tn5 A. a ruril N his feet. diligently
studying the strange old tongue. for he
lal already seen that IT was the key
t. unlock the rich treasures hid away
90 tn" vaults of comparative philologY.
AMI II s'irr"l his scholarly soul 10 know
that DOW. Tor tn hrst time. NJ mad the
opportunity c" Income acquainted win
me 'il'I SISTER al every language spoken
am "ill''h lh cNi'lNdttI Ehrope-an-
ci."t any m"I'ih.
~ ~" ,'1nr"t SchoIar ne was
'T'.I,'"',Y "' -yil'",nl- ms intimate acc
c,a,i, 49, ..,,',r.,,,. fp,''S Vi
,..,,., ~, ~ NJ I'm
,.,,. ,,..,,,,t,,. Illtah, a., -, a..
,..,,,,,,.,.,,,, .,,.i,,t. ,'''' i,1u ''dt
after - l.ff 49,. hands ~ ~. ,,tr,o,
His simplicity was ncrbaps his most
marked Characteristic Even when
speaking or writing upon the most re- |
couiit- subjects. and for scholarly hear
ers or readers. me used plain English.
IN addressing an audience mt the mi |
Versity OF Nircir> he used scarcely q |
word that would puzzle the plainest
man. His splendid "Memoriar' of our |
hou0Tod oh professor. Gessner Uarri- |
son. is almost child-like in it's simplicity. |
and II is perhaps the noblest monument |
erected 10y son-in-low 60 his father |
in-law since Tacitus immOrtalized Agri- |
COLA
STOOD IN THE FIRST RANK
As d preacher Or Broadus stood in the |
very FIRST rank in his generation. His
cXegetical eensc was so far as I know
unSurpas sed As an cNpositorv nraacber
! have not known his equal Manv OF |
his published sermons are models of Mains |
taking and scholarly exposition: and vet |
they are singuarly free from dry, tech |
meal. professional details They DO not |
smell Of the lamp" but th- thoughts |
seem 10 how-and what Is better they do |
10" i.eH' 0ut oI 'he t'Nt III i's proper
' 'onie VI U'Vse sermons
NJ" coming hiehdeu from the
~ va 'uc sre"t pleaCher' Wheh ne was
III nIs osS' mood o'hers nave read In
p @nipnlr'' OF Ia newspapers as they nave
iPP""'c' III uA's ioil or announcer during |
enc idSt hltty-hNe years. but tho4gh
'"e """A sermons ana addresses zen
.u'p NY hai"s just Wh-n l was IN the