The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-09-11
Rev. WIN. Henry Strickland.

eloquent and faithful minister of the
Baptist church, died ct the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Thos. Fulton, on
Friday evening, Aug. 9Th.
He was born near Lawrenceville,
in Gwinnett county, in 1899. Pos
aessed Of bright and aspiring mind
and natural thirst for knowledge,
his efforts took the direction Of learn.
ing and the acquisition Of an educa-
tion. During the time of his attend
ance at Mercer University he receiv-
ed most helpful instruction from DIR.
Crawford, the president, and the able
faculty then engaged in the institu-
tion. Equipped with tie culture
such instruction and association could
furnish, and moreover inspired by an
irresistible call to the service in which
his'lue was spent, he was ordained when
about twenty-five years old to the
ministry OF the Baptist church. His
first pastorates were in Gwinnett coun-
ty and afterwards for several years he
served the churches of Stone Noun
tain, Indian Creek and Decatur.
After leaving Decatur he was called
to deliver the sacred message of the
gospel to numerous churches in North
and South Carolina and Tennessee.
His last sermon was preached at
jackson Hill church in Atlanta, May
IL, 1901.
During the last three months. in
I,creasing fecbleness from frequent at
racks Of sickness gave warning to
watchful friends that his life work
was drawing to close. His love
for his diyinely commissioned work,
however, was unabating. He was q
man of great natural industry. Dur
ing the period Of his ministry he pre-.
pared and delivered 63O1 sermons, and
at the same time devoted cars for
his family, and attention to all social
duties, were not neglected. We re-
member and love him for many rare
and noble qualities, finding him al
ways cheerful and hopeful, showing
keen interest and ready unselfish sym
pathy in the joys and sorrows Of
! others.
During the closing years of his life
he suffered many heavy Affections
from the hand of God. The destruc
tion of his home by FIRE, the loss of a
brother and two sons, and then the
death Of a lovely and affectionate
young daughter, followed each other
in quick succession. Yet all these
trials served as renewed occasions to
exhibit the wonderful courage, hero
ism and endurance his character ever
displayed.
AS preacher he had, in a remark
able degree, the power Of fixing the
attention Of those who heard him,
causing him to be remembered and
loved years after by even tho little
ones Of the congregation. The charm
of heartfelt sincerity vas his. His
words did indeed seem to burn and
glow with the message his divine
Master gave him to deliver. The
listener was never troubled by find
ing in him any self consciousness of
vainglory, and his eloquence partook'
of the fervor and warmth of the feel
ing he had for his theme. All thought
OF self was swallowed up in the gran
deur Of the things that belong to the
kingdom Of Christ.
His Christian life and death furnish
the surest testimony to the value Of
the Christian religion.
What are "all the Kingdoms of the
earth and the glory Of them," what
are all worldly honors, what are
wealth, fame pleasure to him whose
life work was finer and more enduring
than any of these, and whose present
possession and reward dazzle the
mind with the radiant intensity of
their glory?
"tanding last Sunday morning and
gazing upon the still form and plauid
features Of our friend and brotherin
Christ. regret and personal bereave-
ment were lost in the thought of the
blessednesa and triumph Of his death.
1t was as if the flaming chariot de-
scended at the bright MONDAY hour,
as to the prophet Of old. bearing to
the soul of this ready and waiting
Christian, the invitation from the
heavenly court to- its last long glo.
rious fight.
And so after more than thirty.six
years Of almost unresting toll in the
ministry he entered joyfully upon his
citizenship in Heaven. Let us think
of these things, and take comfort