The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-03-20
A Great Man Has Gone.
Death of DR.. John A
BrOaduS at Louisville.

LOUISVILLE, March 16 DIR. John
A. Broadus, the eminent t~heologian,
died this morning at 3.45 o'clock,
thus ending the caree of one of the
most notable men in the South
1t was apparent for twenty-four
hours that he could not long survive.
During the past year his health had
not been as good as usual and in
January he spent three weeks in
Florida and returned much improved.
JUST at this time the extreme cold
weather reached this region aud as a
result Of the change from the mild
climate in which he had been So
journing Dr.. Broadus contracted a
severe cold. This developed pleu-
risy and also affected his heart.
The remains will be inferred to-
morrow afternoon in Cave Hi! Gene
terry. The services will be held at
the Walnut Street Baptist Church.
Dr.. VIM. D. Thomas, a member of
9he faculty of the Baptist College at
Richmond, will deliver the principal
address. DR.. C. E. Hemphill and
Dr.. T. T. Eaton, Of this city, will
also deliver addresses.
The Confederate Veterans Asso-
citation of which DR.. Broadus was a
member and the students of the
Baptist Theological Seminary, OF
which he was president, 275 in num-
Der, will march to the grave in a
body.
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
Dr.. John A. Broadus, president OF
the Southern Theological Seminary,
and the last surviving member of the
original faculty Of four famous pro.
fessors of theology, including DR..
James P. Boyce, Basil Marley, and
William Williamson, who founded
that institution, was born in Culpep-
per County, Virginia, January 9th,
1924.
He was of ancient Baptist blood,
the Broadus family being of Welsh
extraction, and the name was orlgl'
nally spelled Brodhurst.
The father of DR.. Broadus was a
leading Virginia politician, and was
a prominent member of the Virginia
Legislature for a number of years.
DR.. Broadus, after attending the
county schools, entered the Univer-
sity of Virginia and graduated with
great credit in 1850, taking the de-
gree OF a. NJ. Just after graduation
he was selected to teach in the Uni
versity, and in 1851 was made assist
ant professor Of Latin and Greek.
lie filled this position with decided
satisfaction for two years. Mean
while lie was pastor Of the Baptist
Church at Charlottesville, and decid-
ed to devote himself entirely to
preaching. IN 1855 he was induced
to become chaplain o. the University,
which position he filled for two years,
and then returned to the p~astorate.
About this time the brilliant and
wealthy young South Carolina
preacher, the Rev. James P. Boyce,
had graduated at Brown University,
Rhode Island, in 1871, and upon
being inaugurated as professor OF
theology in Furman University had
delivered a remarkable address.
Three Changes in Theological Edu'
cation,' and followed il up with an
effort to enlist others in founding the
system Of teaching at;erward adopted
by the Southern Baptist Theologica
Seminary.
DR.. Broadus heartily favored the
views Of DR.. Boyce, and united with
him in organizing the Southern Bap.
fist Theological Seminary, which first
opened at Geenville. 5. c., tie first
Monday in 1859, with four protes-
sors. James P. Boyce, chairman;
John \. Broadus, Wm. Williams,
and b. Manly, Jr.
There were twenty SIX students
and Dr.. Braodus filled the chair Of
~homeletics and Interpretation OF the
New Testament The fame of the
school spread rapidly, and the next
session there were thirty-six students,
but South Carolina seeded, the war
began, and DR.. Broadus became a
missionary chaplain in Lees army.
He always attended the Souther:i
Baptist Convention, and at its session
in May, 1868, at Augusta, Ga when
by the effort Of Dr.. Basil Manly, ST.,
a Sunday school board was establish
ed, DR.. Broadus, was made recording
secretary, his co~-protessor, Dr. B.
Manly, Jr., being chosen president.
The board was located at Greenvllle,
and soon DR.. Broadus was made cor
rosDon1iuU secretary From TINS