Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-07
SORROW At HIS DEATH
Entire Community Nouns Pass
ing Away Of Dr., Hoge'
FUNERAL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Complying With Ills Wishes, The Services
Will Be Most Simple
NO FLOWERS AND NO SERMON.
Rev. Donald Guthrie to Conduct the
Service, Assisted by other Presby-
terian Ministers-The Church OIL
GERS and Others Adopt Resolutions.
NO FLOWERS AND No SERMON.

very many, and his praises were on the
lips OF young and old. rich and poor.
Hundreds OF people crowded to the
house, where the remains still lie, TO ex-
press out of overfiowing hearts the vene-
ration. the regrets, the sympathy that all
must feel.
Telegrams of coincidence were received
by the family from all parts of the coun-
try. bearing eloquent testimony TO the
fame, character, and work of the pastor,
the scholar, and the friend.
The arrangements for the funeral were
perfected last night. The service will
be held at the Second Presbyterian
church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock,
and will be marked by the utmost sim
plicity. The interment will be made in
Hollywood.
LAST HOURS CALM AND SERENE.
DR.. Hoge's last hours were calm and
serene. He was so weak and low all day
Thursday that it was realized that the
end was close at hand. He slept ftfully
but was too weak to talk. Shortly after
o'clock at night his daughter read to
him the twenty-third Psalm. 1t was one
Of his favorte portions of the Scriptures,
and as she read the latter verses, Of
which he was particularly fond. his lips
framed the words they could not utter.
At 10 o'clock Mrs. Gillian left him fold
ing his hands upon his breast, and so he
fell asleep like a little child. He never
moved again and at twenty minutes after
yesterday morning his life went out with
a sigh. There was no struggle or move
ment. even when the end came at last,
and he lay with his hands clasped just
as his daughter had left them, his face
serene and smiling, grand in the awful
majesty of death.
His son-in-law, Mr.. NJ. NJ. Gillian, was
with him through the night watches.
and was at his side when he passed to his
reward.
The body has been prepared for burial
and lies in the front bedroom on the Sc
cond floor of the house. IL will not be re-
moved from thence until it is taken
to the church on Sunday morning, and it
will not lie in state, in Difference TO the
positively expressed wish of DR.. Hoge. At
his request, also. the announcement is
made that there are 10 be no flowers at
the funeral. The services, indeed, are to
be Of the simplest character for DR.. Hoge
had often insisted TO members of his fam
lily that there ought to be no parade or
display on such an occasion, and his chill
dren are careful that his wishes shall be
| duly respected. For years Dr. Hoge OPP
| posed glittering funerals, and for the past
| twenty years resOlutely declined to make
/ ot 4f 10 ~
done much to simplify funeral services in
| this city.
| The final resting-place Of Or. Hoge will
| be in the old part of the cemetery past
| the ravine. ana almost opposite the graves
| OF the presidents In this lot there now
| lie the remains OF Rev. DR.. William J.
J Hoge, brother of Dr. Hoge and his wife;
Mrs. Moses ID. Hoge, wife of the deceased.
! and the four children who preceded him
| TO the grave.
THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.
The funeral services, both at the church
and at the grave, will be under the direc-
ton Of the Rev. Donald Guthrie, who had
! been called as cO-pastor with DR.. Hoge,
of the Second church, and who will. at
some date in the near future be installed.
without further presbyterial action, as
pastor.
He will be assisted by Rev. j. Calvin
Stewart, of the Church Of the Covenant.
| and the Rev. James Cook, Of the HOge-
! Memorial church-both of which churches
are offshoots of the SecOnd-WhO will an
nounce and read the hymns; the Rev. Dr..
| WitherspOOn Will read the Scriptures OF
the Old Testament; Rev. DR.. Kerr the
Scriptures of the New, and the Rev. Dr.
Smith will lead in prayer.
The choir will sing appropriate process
sional and recessional hymns.
The other Presbyterian ministers of the
I city and the professors Of the seminary
will attend in a body. to pay the last tri-
butte of respect to the memory of one who
| was so intimately associated with each
| and all of them.
The elders and deacons of the Second
! Presbyterian church met at O'Clock yes
terday evening, and after adopting a
series of resolutions, undertook the ar
rangement of the details OF the funeral
services The Rev. Donald Guthrie pre-
sided Ii was decided that the funeral
should be held at o'clock on s--~ay
afternoon in the Second Presbyterian
church. 4 great number of applications
from various organizations wishing to be
represented at the funeral were received
| and considered. The conclusions arrived
at were that if one were recognized then
| all would be entitled to recognition, and
the church could not possibly accommo-
date all who would come In that way.
| The elders and deacOns say they Will be
pleased to see such committees, but they
| cannot undertake to reserve any special
space for them. They feel that DR.. Hoge
| belonged to the whole city, and they
could not. without deprivng many, make
| any special reservation for the members
Of the congregation even, and pews will
only be set aside for the members OF the
| family. the pall-bearers, the ministers oil
| the various churches I'm the city, and the
4 officers of the church There was some
| discussion as 10 whether or not admission
| should be by ticket, but the suggestion
| was not entertained, and II was decided
10 open the doors of the church at lSS
| o. clock.
| NO CHURCH SERVICE-PAIsl-BEA
ERS.
There will be no services in the churcn'
| either at II or at 4 o'clock, Tor IL was leil
| that such services would be 100 great
strain on minister and congregauoh.
AT the request OF the family the pah-
hearers. active and honorary VIII De the
| deacons and elders of the chrrch' Inc
| following Is the list;
Active Messrs. H. S. Hawes. A. C..
vounp e. ID. Taylor. 7. w. Pemberton'
lanes Lewis Anderson W. J. Blunt Jo-
| sonh prlddv and J. W. Lockwood
Honorary-Messrs. s. III. Hawes, Nj. 7.
clart George Gibson, W. I. Fitzgerald,
| polk Miller. Fred. w. Cone. w. w. Han