The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-01-20
REV FRANK BAKER HARVEY.

The following ttihute To the memory of
the late Rev. F,.nk y Harvey, son of the
late Daniel Harvey snd hror er OF Arthur
aad Daniel Harvey Of Cbilds. this county,
is taken lrnm tbe Xon Herald
Rev. Frank Baker Harvey was born III Bal
timore, Nj Aug. 4, 1867, aud died in Win
| chester, Mass. Nov Is, 1899
The quiet community OF Winchester, the
busy ministry Of our New England Confer
ence, aud il large circle OF loving friends in
| Maryland, rs well t"Lder household aud u
! loving church were greatly shocked 10y the
sudden death of our beloved Harvey.
childhood spent IN beautiful MARY land.
the blessed Influences of n Nj tnodisi home
and the benrdictiUl on his soul of au early
conversion at eighteen yea's Of age, added to
which were the advantages of an academic
training at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa,
all eliminating in his breathing the scholastic
and spiritual atmosphere of our Theological
School in Boston these things gave to the
Baltimore Conference, which he Joined in
1895, young man Of splendid temper. prom
ise and equipment.
Mr.. Harvey's first appointment was at
Brunswick, Md, to which place he took the
accomplished daughter OF our esteemed
preacher: Rev. DR.. j.. b Bates. In this rail
road center these cultured souls for Christ's
sake. by their aIIablity, tact and lovableness,
demanding OF them even at times real Chris
tian heroism, put Il religious impress on the
N, 70 H.,
transferred to the New England Conference
! and was stationed at Graniteyille. Mass.
where, rs was characteristic Of his work in
the South. he was n great blessing to his
people. Two years later he was advanced to
the charge mt Winchester. where he was so
successfully labOfing ut the time of his death.
Like the trees of his native country. he was
tall and graceful. In the pulpit he was
never careless, but artistic His natural dig
nifty would have offset somewhat even lesser
talent. He had II vol 20 that was charmingly
cadeIced and pathetic The music of the
Southern pine was in it. He had the fine
sensihility that goes to make winning
preacher. His gentleness was that of giant
hood. His tenderness, thoughtfulncss and
urbnnity We're ali so much II part OF him that
they were very forceful in his work. He also
hated the wrong aud could strike it with
masculine vigor. BE was slowly work ing
out an oratorical style in harmony with the
rhythm in his nature. Ia his sympathies and
services he was evangelistic. He was the
type Of young preacher to win young men,
for he was full of fun and yet of high nobility
in ideal and action. He left this impression
among our Methodist folk here in New Eng
land and in his native State his home coming
was the signal for tribute and enthusiasm
OF him, as one among our young preachers
you could say what Abel Stevens said of
George Pickering, "He was as clear as a
beam of the morning.
No young preacher ever went into n Gull
tured community and in six months time
took stronger hold upon the affections and
confidence OF the people. While devoted to
his own church, and loved rs much as Il
pastor could be loved by n single flock of the
size OF our church in Winchester, he has left
behind him the note of catholicity. He was
a sound man. He was Il safe man. He was
n gentleman. To seek to be popular in min
isterial life is to fail. To get it as the natural
sequence OF our temper and tact and talent
is worth au angels emulation.
Through this obituary a word of consola-
ton is extended to the family, consisting of
an aged mother, two sisters and two brothers,
of Childs, Nd, devoted members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and also to the
distinguished family of his wife, who have
and are serving the Church and State with
high honor, and especially to the devout and
cultured young woman who bears this awful
grief. o mystery! Blessed be God, the dark
hess surrounding such events is after all but
the night in which the stars are seen. GOOD
reigns.' We will wait. The morning cometh.
GEORGE ALcoTT PHINNEY.