The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-02-14
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DIR. R. A. Young, who died Frida
at his home in Nashville, was born q
Campbell's Station. Knoy County. jar
23. 1924. the son of Capt. John C
Young, of the United States Army. /
August, 1912. he joined the Methods
Church, and three years later. at tn
age of 81, he was licensed to preac
and appointed to the cambridge circui
of the Holston Conference. In 1916 b
was transferred to the Tennessee Con
ference. Among his early charge
were Cumberland Iron Works
/ 1851; Columbia 1S4S-49; Hunts
vile, 1S50-51; Lebanon, 1862. Ii
1913 he was ordained deacon by
Bishop Paine, at GAINESVILLE. and elder
by Bishop Andrew, at Athens, Ala
in 1850. Without his knowledge OF
consent he was transferred to
the st. Louis Conference and
served the First Church at st.
Louis in 1S53-54. He then became
presiding elder of the st. Louis district
1850 DIR. Young returned to the Tennes-
see Conference and was stationed at
Lebanon. For three years he was
President of Florence Wesleyan Uni
verslty, at Florence, Ala, which insti-
tuition conferred upon him his d. d.
degree.
In 1854 he was on the Columbia sta
ton; then at Tulip-s,reet CHI UGH a
year, McKendree four years, and Elm
street four years. From 1874 to 1889
DR.. Young served as Financial Secre-
tary of the Board of Trust of Wander.
bilt. He served four years as Mis-
sionary Secretary. In 1879 he was
presiding elder of the Nashville dis
trict, served Carroll street, 1891 1898.
He was a member of every General
conference since 1866, and Secretary of
the Tennessee Conference from 1862 to
1881.
AT the time of his death he was
Secretary of the Vanderbilt University
Board OF Trust. and member of the
Executive and Finance Committees.
DIR. Young was also an able writer,
his more pretentious works being
chiefly books of travel or biographical
sketches. For the former he was espe
cially adapted, having travelled all over
Europe twice and having visited the
Holy Lands. His best known works
ale "Personages, celebrities and
Less, F" Ariel" 1.-TWO Thousand
Miles by Land and Sea, and ''Sketchy
Pages of European Travel
DR. Young in physique was one OF
the most commanding figures in Nash
vile, being six feet and seven inches
in height. His face was almost
equally striking, betraying force of
character, purpose and intellectual
T. F. Anthony. Elk Postmaster, of
Promise City. Iowa, says: II bought
me bottle Of Mystic Cure for Rheuma-
ism, andtwo does of it did me NOR
.ood han any medicine l ever tool.'
Sold ~ A. B. Rains. Druggist, Colum
)ia. l04-Sm |
Hiss Helen Hays Last Printed verse.
Miss Helen Hay has inherited much
f the literary genius Of her disting
Iished father, and her signature has
lot infrequently appeared in connection
With meritOrious verse in the leading
The last poem written by
or and printed before her marriage
ppeared in Harper's' Magazine. 1t
eads as follows:
ASHES OF ROSES.
IL my dead roses Now I lay them
here,
Shrined in beryl cup. The mys-
teries
OF their sweet hauntings and thei r
watcheries
re not more subtle than this Jewel
clear
re not more cold and dead. The
winters spear
Has fallen on their petals, once 80
wise =
With beauty; yet their joyous secret |
lies =
ill in their perfumed heart, su d
premely dear.
oses of Love! Time killed you one r
by one r
nd Knocked my pains as sad gathered
up
i the fair petals banished from the 7
Yet have conquered See the dead s
loves bless o
fe from my heart, which is their I
'beryl cup u
Warming the winter of my loneliness. o
A Smooth Race.