The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-25
IN BISHOP HAYGoOD'S MEMORY
IMPRESSIVE SERVICES AT IVES
LEY MONUMENTAL CHURCH.

Memorial Resolutions Adopted.
Addresses by Judge NacDoneII. DR..
J.W. Hinton. ID. d., and ;. ID. Adams,
Esq.
Memorial services in honor OF the late
Bishop Haygood were held at Wesley
Monumental church last night by the
Methodists Of Savannah.
The audience was a representative one
from all of the Methodist congregations.
Rev. J. II. Scruggs OF Trinity church pre-
sided. The opening OF the service was a
hymn by the choir. blessed be the Tie"
Rev. J. NJ Lovett, OF Grace church, offer
ed a fervent prayer. The choir chanted
''Au is Well" and at the conclusion Of the
chant. Rev. A. NJ. Williams read as a scrip
ture lesson part of 18th chapter of 1 Cor
inthians, touching the resurrection OF man.
Following the scripture lesson the choir
sang THE Half Has Never Been Told"
Hon. A. H. MacDonell. who was a stu
dent at Emory college under DR.. Haygood,
after briefly abiding TO the life and char
acter of the bishop. offered the following
resolutions:
Whereas The Almighty Father and
great head of the church has in His di-
vine providence, called from his life OF
activity and labors OF love, one Of the
I
Methodist church south, our beloved
brother and es teemed and respected
bishop, Atticus G.. -Haygood, IL is meet and
proper that these, the CONGREGATIONS Of
Methodism in Savannah assembled should
give some public manifestation of their
| deep sense of the magnitude Of the loss
which has fallen upon our church. Where
| fore, be il
Resolved, That in the death of Bishop
| Haygood the Methodist church has lost
| one of its most useful and distinguished
/ sons, a man Of virile and vigorous intel
/ lect, of deep piety and thorough consecra-
| ton, a preacher fearless and uncompro-
/ missing in the warfare against sin; a
/ champion for the truth and the right. a
/ workman of extraordinary energies and
| labors; an educator of the highest and
| most practical type; philanthropist Of
| the broadcast range: an author, whose
/ works will continue TO bear fruit unto
| eternal life in all the years to come, and a
| profound statesman In the church of
| Christ Above all, he was child-like
| follower of our Lord and Savior Jesus
| Christ and amid all the successive eleva-
/ lions which came so naturally to a man
| uniting such extraordinary labors to such
| great, solid and practical abilities. his
| highest ambition always was to lead
/ others to a knowledge of Christ In the
| death of such man the church sustains
/ loss which cannot be measured.
/ Resolved, second, That the sympathy
| of the Methodist church in Savannah are
! extended to his beloved family, to all the
! Methodist Episcopal church south, to all
| who knew and valued and loved him, of
| ana
that a copy Of these resolutions be trans
mitted to his family and published in the
| Wesleyan Advocate
Judge MacDonell spoke with much feel
| ing, and paid an eloquent tribute to the
man whose memory he revered
Rev. J. w. Hinton, d. p. followed
and truth" he said, ''of the ancient say
ing, None but an Apeles should paint
| an Alexander. DR.. Hinton reviewed
| Bishop Haygood's career as a preacher.
| a < a ed fOr n mi nd u he
| bency of the high office which he held
| during the last sixteen years of his life.
He referred to the fact that Bishop Hay
goods death came when he was yet in
the prime Of life, and to the great energy
to the close, Of, me Win Inn, it was a
Touching his connection with educa-
| tional work, DR., Hinton said He was
elected president OF Emory College, his
alma mater. at time when the college
was nearly dead. New life was at once
Impaired to the college and its course
T fa9 9es S,se up% snS Advance sipes
easily out of Haygoods energy
| and fine. gifts as a platform orator Here
he remained nine years working hard, but
this time he edited II addition to his col,
lege work the Wesleyayl~C hristian AdVo-
| cate-doing his work as editor in oxford.
| He went into other fields also. and sOwed
| and reaped literally He was several years
agent of the Slater fund given by phli-
| anthropist for the education of the south
| ern blacks. The fund was large, and DR..
! HaygoOd was the disbursing agent. This
| was a huge work, yet not too large Tor
this man. And may be this was his great
| est work; IL was truly great
| Abiding to his writings, DR.. Hinton
! said; His writings for the press were
FS9 a PaGe no ana man Ta Gyad ha9 wa no una
| He was man of great courage, daring
| to attack wickedness in high places, bold
| ly, almost rashly. He was a maker OF
| h9inR q nnfhOF
| of much merit"
DR. Hinton said he had not read all of
| them, but two of them he cordially in
dorsed. His Man of Galiilee" he said.
deserves to live and Will doubtless be
| classed with Broadus Jesus of Nazarah, .
and Deems, Jesus the Light Of the
In my opinion, said DR.. Hin
ton, the bishops finest book is
! his last, THE Monk and the Prince, "
This is able as to matter and finished as a
| work of art There is indeed a sort of
colloquialism at times that mars its
! beauty. This is a defect common in this
day, but which / can never relish. These
are mere specl1s, spots upon the sun,
never scanned with critical eye
| The bishop was not regarded as a man
| of wide and critical learning-he was a
| reader more than a scholar. Oratory
was his forte; he was ready for any occa-
sion and with great ease delivered both
| sermons and speeches. Largely COLO
| quail in manner there were times when
the eagle showed his pinions and rose to
| A gifted woman once said of Daniel
| Webster: "TIe was grander than any oc-
| casion." / can say of Bishop Haygood,
| said DIR. Hinton, that he was equal to
| any occasion he ever met. His gifts as
| a speaker were not superior to his pro-
| auctions by the pen. Such writing as he
| made may not go among English classics,
but they rank justly very high as exhi-
| billions of mind and culture. Tradition
and history will preserve his name and en-
roll it among the. highest of our men of
| might and merit. "
S. B. Adams Esq, made the closing adj
dress. when Atticus q. Haygood passed
| away" he said, 1T could truly be said
| that a great man has fallen in Israel.
| His had been always a forceful fruitful
| and illustrious life. He was manysided
man, and ii is, therefore, difficult now to
/ take in his entire character. His pro-
| portions, Intellectually and spiritually,
/ are too large for us to comprehend them
/ at our close proximity. / verify believe
/ that fifty years from now Bishop Haygood
4 will be regarded as a greater man than
| he is to-day, high though his estimation
| be among the brethren
THE church, said Mr. Adams has
/ had more eloquent men, because It has
been the church of George +. Pierce, of
| John Howard, and of others, whose elo-
| quence has electrified the entire country.
| We have had greater scholars from the
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