The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-20
QUIZ new MINISTERS
Sketches Of the Dlvines Just Sent to
Churches In This City and Section
BY THE LyACHBuRG CONFERENCE,
Hrief Histories of Theso Men of God
Their Personalities, Lives ana
Qualifications Rev. w. H. Ed.
wards Goes TO Row. Il. III. Rawlings
Charge. Centenary.

Now that the Methodist Conference.
now adjourned, has made its appoint
IiehtS, there is general discussion of
the changes made in the various charges
III .'nis vicinity. The only one in The
city OF Norfolk proper is that of Centen-
airy. Rev. MIR. +. II. Rawlings goes to
Gay Street Church Richmond which
ne supplied for the Conference year pre-
Vious to his appointment to Centenary.
and Rev. w. II. Edwards coming from
central Church, in Portsmouth.
REV. w. II. EDWARDS.
Mr.. Edwards was born In Fauauier
county, TINS State is graduate OF Ran
doip Macon College, where he spent four
years: He joined the Virginia Confer
ence i'll 1876, ana has since been rccoe.-
ni2ed power therein--an able speaker,
q faithful pastor, and an untiring work
er lie married Miss Cockerell, of Wi
comico, by the bay of the Chesapeake,
in Virginia.
REV. II. e. JOHNSON.
LeI<ies Memorial Church. in Atlantic
City Ward. receives in the place of Rev.
j. 7. Routten, one OF the most success
full revivalists and able preachers in the
Conference, Rev. Fl. e. johnson, who
comes here from Salisbury, Md DR..
Johnson filed DIR. Lambeth's pulpit at
Centenary for month while the latter
ago, and made many friends here dur
ing that time He was also pastor of
the dartmouth Avenue Church In Rich
mond, before going to Maryland.
REV. e. a. POTTS.
Rev. r.. y. Potts, who takes Rev. b.
NJ. Beckhams charge at Trinity, in
Brambleton, Is we'll known In this To-
caiity, having had charge of the Liber-
" Street Church i'm Berkeley last year.
He Is an earnest and devout worker,
and much beloved by his congregation,
which parts with him with great re-
gret.
a BUILDER OF CHURCHES.
Rev. J. g. Lennon. who takes charge
OF the Liberty Street Church, in I3erll-
ley. is familiar figure. having been the
pastor of Johnson Avenue NJ. f. Church
in Huntersville last year. He was Ii
censed to preach in August, 1877. in Mon
umental Church. Portsmouth, Va: was
local preacher of the North Bedford
charge in 1879. built the Union Church;
returned In 1850 and built Mt. Carmel;
ordained deacon in 1881, and sen: To Bed
ford Mission, where he rebuilt Mt. IIo-
reb and commenced a new church; 1852.
FcS Hill, repaired church; 1883. returned
to Fox Hill, built parsonage; 1854, Roam
oke Island and Dare, repaired Bethany
and Stumpy Point churches; 1856. or
da!ned local elder, and admitted to the
REV. G. H. RAY.
Rev. George H. Ray succeeds DR.. Ed
wards nj the Central Church in Ports
mouth. He is also we'll known here and
has many warm friends He was born
in the District Of Columbia October H.
1882. and is of English ancestry. He
Joined the ministry in 1853: was leceiv-
ed on trial in the Virginia Conference
during the same year He has held
many important charges. among them
Clay Street and Park Place, Richmonti
Fredericksburg Winchester. and Har-
fisonburg. In the fall of 1850 he was ap-
pointed Chaplain to Randolph Macon
College. Last year he was pastor OF
Centenary Church LynchburG. ana the
year before was at Chestnut Street NJ
II. Church. Berkeley. He has also served
one or more terms as presiding elder.
THE OWENS MEMORIAL.
Rev. j. X. Joliff's pulpit at Owens
Memorial, Portsmouth. goes to Rev. r.
T. Waierneld, who comes here a COM
parative stranger He is said to be
very promising divine, possessed OF an
and vast capacity for hard work.
FAIR EXCHANGE, NO ROBBERY.
In the loss OF DIR. s. S. Lambeth. who
goes 10 Bedford City, the good Metho-
dists of Chuichland and West Norfolk.
are sorely grieved, but his place is very
ably and satisfactorily filed by Rev.
Rober, Asbury Compton, A. NJ, of Ran
do,ph Macon College. He was born in
Granville county, y. c., May q, 1871,
the youngest son Of William Compton,
OF London England. He graduated in
1852, entering the Virginia Conference
the same year. Among the charges he
has held are the following: Amelia.
Bruins wick, and Lexington Circuits, one
year each a : helper; West Amherst Cir
cult; Coaifeld Circuit. Edcnton Station.
Liberty, three years: Cambridge, one
year; Smithfcld and Benn's, two years;
Central Portsmouth. two years; Lynn
and DanVillc. two years: Elizabeth City,
y. c., two years, and Louisa Circuit.
Last year he was at Mathews, Kappa
hammock district. He was married in
1873, in Liberty to Miss Mary j. Kesey.
REV. ROBERT r. BEADLES.
Rev Robert Il. Beadles, who goes on
the Norfolk Circuit, was born in King
william county, this State, January .,
1882. AS n preacher, he is unpretentious
We. replcte with thought and full of
grit. He shows at once that 1t Is his
aim only 70 ID good. lie was received
into the Virginia Conference on trial in
November, 1858. In 1858 he married
Miss Rebecca r. Holiday. of Spo,tsyl-
vania county. He has held many i'm
portant posts. and was chaplain of the
Fifty-ifth Virginia Regimen. Army oc
Northern Virginia. He has suffered
much from i'll health.
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