Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-14

OF WORK.
work, pointed him out as eminentlv ftte,
10 undertake the unravellng of a mos
complicated state of affairs.
When DR.. Hazen took charge of IN,
once a very heavy debt rested on IN,
cause of publication. With rare busi
| ness tact he has brought order ONT q
/ cnaos; and though the Church has con
! IIouted less generously TO publication
.hah 20 any of the other schemes of II,
peneVoient work, he has returned TN,
| IulI amount Of the Churchs benefaction,
III donations for its Sunday schools II.
! poorer churches, and colportaee vvorl,
mas made the business self-supporting
| ana not only liquidated the whole debt
Dut reported to the last General Assem-.
Dly assets to the amount of Sill. O32.2S.
IN 1913 the Southwestern University
at clarksville, Tenn, conferred on him
the degree of ID. u.
Dr. Hazen Is still faithful to his min
istenaI VOWS. and breaches as occasion
oHeIs. AT Bon Air, pleasant place OF
IesIuehce Tor many of the businessmen
OF Rlchmond, seven miles distant on the
Southern railroad, and where he has HE
home, he has been instrumental in main
ON MINISTERIAL EDUCATION.
Rev. Joseph II. Lumpkin, of Memphis
Tenn. who is secretary OF the Commit
tee on Ministerial Education. will report
on that work. He was born I'm Rome
Ga, and was graduated with the degree
OF b. y. from Davidson College. He also
studied at New College, Edinburgh. Scot
land, and was ordained in November
nv ha
was pastor at Senatobia, Miss, from 1887
to 1891, and was pastor Of the Third
Presbyterian church Of Memphis, Tenn.
from 1891 to 1897. He became assistant
secretary OF education for the ministry.
September l. 1897.
Mr.. Lumpkin is a man Of excellent
Judgment and great energy. His work
mas been productive of much good for
the cause he represents
COLORED CHARACTERIZATION.
Rev. d. Clay Lilly, of Tuscaloosa Ala,
Will report on the work OF colored evan
geliZation, of which committee he is Sec
Rotary. Upon the resignation of Rev. \.
l.. Philips. ID. d., a [ the last meeting
of the assembly, as secretary Of colored
eVangelization, Rev. ID. C.. Lilly was APP
pointed to this office
Mr.. Lilly had succeeded the late Rev.
Or. Z. "A. Stillman as pastor I'm Tusca-
loosa, Ala, and this fact of itself was a
suggestion. The suggestion was acted
on, and the selection has proved a most
happy one. His presentation of the cause
at the various synods which he attended
commanded an apparently universal COM
mendatlon as clear, earnest, strong, and
iorcefui. His enlisting the aid of other
ministers TO write articles for the cause
mas been very effective. His assistance
In adjusting "a difficult case between the
committee and the Synod of South Caro-
ma was judicious and very helpful His
deep interest in the cause is manifest in
his attention to the needs of the colOred
pastors, for whom he has secured already
some valuable helps, and also by having
in his own church mission school for
colored people.
The cause which he represents is now
relieved of a debt that had encountered !
II for five years, and stands before the |
church solid as justice itself. 1t is grow
ing in its hold upon the conscience and |
the interest OF the Church.
Mr.. Lilly has given his services to the |
Church without pecuniary remuneration.
For this he richly deserves the thanks |
or the entire Church.
OTHER PROMINENT MEMBERS.
Other prominent commissioners are |
Rev. w. Hugh Murkland, d. D., of Bal |
timore; Rev. w. y. Scott. ID. D., of Gal,
weston. Tex; Rev. j. III. McNeely. d. D., |
Of Nashville, Tenn; Rev. John +. Cannon, |
-. d., of ST. Louis; Rev. James Parker, /
ID. d.. of Knoxville, Tenn. Rev. F. ID. |
Stevenson. ID. D.; Rev. T. II. Law. d. d.. +: |
Rev. j. III. Nall. ID. d., of New Orleans; |
Colonel w. r. Lyman. of New Orleans; |
Judge Buchanan. of Lexington, Va; John |
Barrow, Esq. of 81. Louis; j. p. Edmund-
son, ESQ.,. of Memphis, and c. G. Varne-
doe Esq, of Georgia.
The Committee of Arrangements, or |
which Rev. r. Il. Kerr, ID. d., pastor of |
the First Presbyterian church. Is chair |
man. has labored must successfully In |
making preparations for the reception andl
OF the visitors. A very |
attractive programme has been arranged. |
AND ALTERNATES.
Following is a complete list of the COM
missioners and alternates who are ex- |
pected To be present at the assembly. |
There will be an equal number OF minis
,ers and elders, the larger presbyteries |
having two of each. while the smaller |
)nes have one OF each. The list OF alter
mates is also given. The ministers, COM
nissioners, and alternates from each |
synod are given first by presbyteries
md then the elders and alternates In the |
same order:
Synod OF Alabama. ministers: East
n Hazen, Richmond. Va:
alternate. j. ]. Vol. Opeika. North Ala
Dama--I. s. Handley. Birmingham; ]. G..
5nedecor, Birmingham; alterpates, ]. II.