Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-06

| Hoge standing In MS oahe. p.t,
4 against dark background o. sv
,'sneIiing was about TO read the Scrip
] ,ure Lessons. strong light from Two
| brown-shaded lamps bathing the desk,
picture was presented which might lug
| ees, a Rembrandt--a picture In Ire, az
onv rate which a painter might reaoiy
transfer to canvas.
! Socially. DR. Hoge was most enkas-
ing person. He was Enthusiastically hlsh-
| bred He would be picked out In mul..-
tude as a gentleman. sincere oeho,
crat and punculious person OF 'he o'u
schooI he was afable and at home IN any
son,ai gathering. whether In court
atrcIea abroad. high political or military
circles at home. or in the modest. humble
walks ~ life. In a public speech not
roarv wears since he said the only aris-
,ocrscv which he recognized was lhat
| founded on brains and public service.
SOME LUMINOUS DISCOURSES:
Tbose who had listened to pr. hose
| during the past thirty years olteh reie,
! IN certain OF his luminous oiscoui'
when he seemed full or divine aina s.,n,,
ga certain of his pathetic talks, wheh
an1 n,r,sic sounded in the tones OF his
toe. discourse, for example such as
he delivered with startling power many
| ,,sars ago from the text The Kingdom %
| cod Is within YOU; or a discourse OF a
| dtffarent kind delivered on a dreary' sour
| less day. from the text, we nave Pipes
INTO Won and We have not danced
wa have mourned unto you ana ye
have not lamentsd." the former striKins
Iv brilliant and aninating the id
ter a classic-a prose poem ase ',.,,'.
| 10 a minor key. The soleinh -.o,.Ss
TO tho unconverted, the pioph,e.'ic ,Oo,o,,s
~ wisdom TO the church, and the gIaciyua
| Vi .-,,o.hy and consolation that
have fallen from his lips, can never never
be forgot. ,,.o.o ,nourn-
o., oddreeees Ike sobbing threnodles' ue
I,vered with almost measured c""' ~
80 tbe occasion OF state funerals
iost address OF this character was ma
over the bier Of United states Se1,a 1e,.
vance in the Senate champeI' l.7o1
! dent cleveland and his cap'heI a-,,,,rds
! the obsequies, and some tlIi'e tIa,,s,s per-
! The President spoke or DI' -,o.si,,a
~ sno 800 and profoundedly impIes9,, ~
| s+yIe oe a funeral orator. AiI'o 80 80
| 49, ,of.y and elaborate orauons the -
hitch viii probably live Iohbe"' -
rrtnted mage and in the memory VI -. Ill
Tho heard It was that on s,ao m
TaoIson delivered TO throhg a' III" 80,
selling Of the bronze mohuine". - obIess
w, s,s,,are in 1875. 1t was matcili'9S
effort. nc well asaD.
, ~ t,,,. he never attached the LII II. 10
,a,,,e He was the only man IN inns pa
80 the world perhaps, VINO hao 49,
Vi seD II "a" He received the degree
IN n from Hampden-Sidney years ago ago
"a from princeton University IN 1870
anu WAS 4 HARD WORkbR.
During the years or complIct' "a toer
mr. Uoees health and strength hau ~
wonderfully spared, despite mos -.
80 anooInt of work. Besides the per
s.-,.nca ~ almost innumerable, but
attan unnoticed pastoral duties nS
rre,rbed regularly twice on Sunday IT.
a,,nntlv the third time In some olnsi
ehrrch than his own. and every W.
soe1o,, ,ight. often was found ofhcld'lns
| a. funerals and marriages. at'enIc
-, hoard and committee meetings. ue-
ii,.orod lectures addresses, and sermons
~ snaciaI occasions in different parts
20 ~ country. and conducted vast COZ
rosnondence. Indeed, he dlsuhg uIs"oT
himself almost as much as WIitoi -,
notes and Ietters-a difficult art-aS 81 ~
| rreocbinp His graceful notes are "
| many hands as precious treas,aIs'
once models and memorials.
WHERE HE DID HIS WORK
0r I1ooe,s residence Is at the norlheas.
oar,or Of Main and Fifth streets on 10y
od,otning his church. The house was lons
s.oors 400 the home Of Major GbDoh'
revolutionary soldier. who lea inc W
iorr hone at stony Point 1t is a -FOUR
story brick. with spacious back poicrv,s
from which the James river Is IN pam
yiew as II winds through ferule low
lands and fringes Of WOOD uhti ~ -
annears beyond historic DreWry 5 Dun Dun
The Doctors study was In the haii-l 80, 80
OF the second floor. He was lale VOL I'll Iii
IN tho far hours Of the night wheh can
49,. M longer rang the door-bell; wneh
tbo hurry of travel was over; wheh q
snIern hush held the city and the people
,roro in dreamland, he was wont 10 81,
avn 10 study and find that quet anu
Dri,acv denied him in the day; but wha'
= wonderful he seemed to rise win ule
- A. any rate about O'Clock
~ r,igbt have been seen on morse
hock galloping along country ro"u9
or through by-paths in the "oous'
drinking in inspiration lot tnOsS
soul-refreshing thoughts that iiiuili.is -
his discourses. These were MS sluule9 ~
riotrres az the sun dawning upon the
aarth. of birds beginning their morning
carols and Of the music ana perluin9
tho. come from nature when the murlnur-
INC brooks first break the days silence
and the dew lies sparkling upon lh1
prass-studies which were used III some
glorious thanksgiving to the Loro, or ~
vords of comfort 10 those who mac
, strayed into the despond OF SIN
l. was. indeed. as comforter that Dr
Hoge greatly eNcelled. HIS Illustration
| core from the Bible and from nature an.
his language cooled the aching heart ah'
Z refreshed the fainting wayfarer. I'M,
ability TO comfort was one or MS grea
Gifts and he could exercise II In glNlhs
ON. a hvmn. in selections from Scriptures
in prayerful petitions, In sermons an'
= in his quiet talk-no matter whether AZ
met one in the crowded streets OF IL
the dim Hight of the sick room.
: DIR. Hoge possessed the Accomplishment
not common with fine speakers, OF oelns
also fine writer. and as such, earned
! fine reputation during the five years N
5 was associated with DIR. T. V. Moore il
= editing the Central Presbyterian.
= HIS FAMILY.
DR.. Hoge married April 10. 1874. Miss
Susan Wood OF Prince Edward county
The good wife, who was so long the jol
of his life, died in this city twenty-foui
wears afterwards. -Four children survive
G him. DR.. Moses ID. Hoge Jr, who hat
an extensive medical practice here, Ii
his Oldest son, and Mr.. Hampden Hog
e is in business IN New York city. Hi
e Oldest daughter, Mary r.. is the wife o
> NJ. NJ Gillian Esq, attorney at law
I ! in this city. She was active I'm ASSISTING
e her father in his work. and Miss Bess
e l., Hoge. the youngest child. was hi