The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-06
He Won Fame as an Author as Well as
Worker In ths Religious Field.
SPOKE ON MANY NOTABLE OCCASIONS
Presided a, ihs Dinner Given Count Do Lssssps
stNsw York, and Welcomed Arohdsaoon FanH
on Behalf Of American Clsrgymsn.

New York, June 6.-The Rev. DIR.
Richard Salter Storrs died last evening
about Z o'clock at his home In Brook
lyn. He had been in feeble health for
several months. His death was due to
a gradualtexhaustion of vital force.a
not to any specific cause. Since Sunday
he has been sinking more and more i'm
TO a condition OF Inconsistencies. Rich
ard Saltcr Storrs was the third OF his
family 10 bear that historic name.
both his father and grandfather hav-
ing been the Rev. DR.. Richard Salter
Storrs. His great grandfather, Rev. DR..
John Storrs. was the pastor OF church
at Southold. Long Island. going thither
from Connecticut where he was born.
Later he went to Mansfield, Conn,
where he died In 1870.
The preparatory studies of DR.. storrs
were pursued at the Monson Academy,
Massachusetts. and he was graduated
from Amherst College I'm 1899. the
youngest member Of a large and brill
liant class. After leaving Amherst he
entered the law Office of Rufus Choate.
where he remained two years. When
ne, was 20 years old he gave up the
study OF law and turned his attention
toward ministry. entering the Andover
Theological Seminary, from which he
graduated in lS45. Ills first pastorate
was over the Harvard Congregational
Church of Brookline Mass. where he
remained one year. He was ordained
on Oct. 30 1S45, and In November, 1886,
he was called to Brooklyn.
In 1s4S DR.. Storrs was known at home
and abroad AZ a Brooklyn pastor.
His parish was by no means limited
TO Kings county. His voice was fire.
quently heard in the pulpits Of this
city. on its lecture platforms and at it's
prominent dinners. When De Lesseps
was to be welcomed with a dinner. at
Delmonico's by the people OF New
York, DIR. Stcrrs was asked to preside
and give the opening words OF welcome:
when Archdeacon Farrar was to re-
ceive- the hundreds OF c'ergymen who
were eager 10 meet him DIR. Storrs was
requested TO be their Spokesman: the
centennial Grafton in the New York
Academy of Music in 1876 was given by
him. His theme was THE Rise OF Con-
stitutional Liberty and his treatment
of IL was philosophical in character. be-
ing devoted largely to, the argument
that the declaration of independence
was but another version OF the Magma
Charta.
Besides his numerous lectures. SER
mons and addresses, DR.. Storrs pub
lished many books. Among the earliest
the best known are Graham Lectures.
on the Wisdom. Power and Goodness
of God as Manifested in the Constitu-
tion OF the Human Soul and "The
Condition of Success i'm Preaching
without Notes He also prepared a
report on the revision of the English
editions OF the Bible undertaken by the
American Bible Society. THE Early
American Spirit and the Genesis OF It,"
"The Declaration OF Independence and
the Effects OF IT," John Wycliffe and
the First English Bible" Recognition
Of Supernatu-al in Letters and Lie, e.
"Naniiness i'm the Scholar and THE
Divine Origin of Christianity Indicated
by It's Historical Effects" arc some OF
his later publications.
In 1881 when DIR. Storrs had COM
pleted the 35th year OF his pastorate,
the CONGREGATION gave him $4,000.
DR.. Storrs married daughter Of
Francis jerks OF Boston on Oct. 1.
1s45. They had three daughters one
Of them being the wife OF the Rev. f.
u. Coe Of the COLLEGIATE Reform Church
and another a wife of Philip Wash
burn.
The degree of n. u. was conferred
on Dr. Storrs by Union College in 1853
end bv Harvard University in 1859.
Princeton gave MIN the degree OF LII.
II. in 1874
In person Or. Storrs was large tall.
stately: in manner dignlfied and polite:
in intercourse With his tried and trust
ed friends cordial and In social life
genial and often witty and humorous.