Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-01-12
DEATH OF DR.. H0GE.
The Eminent Divine Passed
Away Friday Morning.

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Away Friday Morning.
, Richmond, Va, Jan DR.. Nose
D. Hoge, the we'll known and eminen
, Presby terian divine, died at 220 thi
, morning.
, DR.. Hoge was one of the Oldest an(
most distinguished divines in The
South. and with but few exception.
he was probably the best known minis
ter in the country.
DR. Hoge was born in 1918 in the
county of Prince Edward, in this
State, and is descended on bis father s
side from ancestors who emigtated
from Scotland and settled in Frederick
county i'll 1876 on the domains of Lord
Thomas Fairfax His grandfather
was DR.. Moses Hoge, president of the
Hampden-Sidney College, and one OF
the most eminent Presbyterian minis
,ers of Virginia.
John Randolph says in one of his
letters that the grandfather of the
subject of this sketch was one of the
most eloquent men he ever heard in the
pulpit or out of it. DR.. Hoge had
three uncles who were ministers of the
gospel. These were Dr. James Hoge,
of Columbus, o.; John Blair Hoge, of
Richmond, and Samuel Davis Hoge.
professor of natural SCIENCE in the
Ohio University at Venice.
On his maternal side, DIR. Hoge is de-
scended from the family of Lacy's who
em1grated from England to Virginia
in early colonial times. His grand
father on this was the Rev. Drury
Lacy, d. D.. president of Hampden
Sidney College.
DR.. Hoge's ministry began in Rich
mond, and he probably held the pas
torship longer than any other minister
In the country. For nearly So years the
deceased was continuously the pastor
of the Second Presbyterian church of
this city.
In February, 1898, DR.. Hoge cele-
brated the 6ftieth anniversary of his
correction with the Second church.
The occasion was one the most event
full in the history of the Presbyterian
church of this city. He received let
ters and kilograms from distinguished
divines, men Of letters and distin-
guished statesmen fram all parts of the
country, and many Of the leading cap
1tals of Europe. On the occasion of
this semi centennial celebration, min
listers of all denominations, including
Rabbi Calsch, occupied seats in the
pulpit and took part in the ceremonies.
For number of years the dIstin-
guished divine made annual trips
abroad for recreation and health. His
longest absence on any of these was
during the year of 1880, when he visit
ed Egypt and Palestine, returning
through Bulgaria and Hungary by
way of Rustchuck and Bucharest.
DR.. Hoge was considered one of the
most powerful and attractive pnlpit |
orators in the South, and possessed |
the accomplishment, toe, not common
with fine speakers, of being a great
writer.
He was full six feet in height and |
straight, 1.-THE, with not pound of |
surplus flesh, and until recently he was
q man of robust health.
He was one of the greatest admirers |
Of Stonewall Jackson, and was the ora
tor IN the unveil1ng of the statute to
that distinguished Confederate hero,
in tha Capitol Square, in October, 1878
During the civil war DR.. Hoge was
q volunteer chaplain in the camp of |
instruction here and preached to the |
soldiers two or three |
times a week. In 1862 he ran the block
ade from Charleston to England and
1000 pounds worth of Bibles,
testam ents, and other religious publ
CdllOu6 lOl tllC use vi tuC dl L Ht-
were free gift of ardent and vigorous
champions OF the Southern cause. He
was for time a great he crseback
rider.
The subject of this sketch was often
sent as representative of the Presby-
terian church to gatherings of that
denomination in this country and
Europe. He was the delegate to the
alliance of the reform churches of the
world, which met in Denmark. He was
sent as commissioner to the alliance
of the reform chuI ches which convened
at London in 1885, His last mission
of the kind was about eight years ago
when at the conference of the Evan
gelical Alliance in Boston, he deliv-
cred speech which was pronounced
by the press of that city to have been
one of the most effective of all that