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ern education up to the time of his
death.
Tribute to DIR. Curry.
The following hymn was written for
the service in memory of DR.. Curry
| held by the Southern Education Con-
ference, Richmond, April IS, 1903 bv
Richard Watson Glider:
God of the strong, God of the weak.
Lord of all lands, and our own land
Light of all souls, from thee we seek
Light from thy light, strength from
thy hand.
In suffering thou hast made us one.
In mighty burdens one are we;
reach US that lowliest duty done
Is highest service unto thee.
Teach us Great Teacher of mankind
The sacrifice that brings thy balm:
The love, the work that bless and bind.
Teach us thy majesty, thy calm.
Teach thou, and we shall know, indeed
me truth divine that maketh free,
AND knowing, we may SOW the seed
Ihat blossoms through Eternity.
May SOW in every living heart
That to the waiting day doth one.
Not ours, o God! the craven part.
10 shut one human soul from hone.
Now, in the memory of thy Saint.
To whom thy little ones were dear.
Help us to toll and not to faint.
I'LL earth grows dark and heaven
comes near.
Isaac II. Tichnor, d. D., L. l.. d.
In the report of the Home Mission
Board a tribute was paid, in the open
ing pages, to the late Isaac T. Itch
nor, d. D., LII. D. The memorial was
in part as follows:
For the second time since its Ne
moval to Atlanta, the Home Mission
board OF the Southern Baptist Conven-
Ion Iaments the death of one of its
secretaries. Isaac Taylor Tichenor, for
eighteen years corresponding secretary
OF the board, and for nearly three years
secretary emeritus, after many weeks
OF sickness, passed to his reward Dec.
2. 1902.
"A great man has fallen on sleep
Inc board, as the custodians of the
convention, preserves with gratitude
10 COD the record of his monumental
service and inspiring example
Dr' Ilchenor, while a descendant of
Revolutionary stock, and naturally an
american patriot, was pre-eminently
a Southerner of Southerners. Few men
IN any sphere of activity, literary. pro
iesSlonal, political or educational, knew
MS native section SO well. With its
history, tradition, manners, customs.
peculiar traits and distinctive genius,
ne was intimately acquainted Its flora
ana FAUNA, soil and climatic conditions.
It's geography, its geology, its forests.
lts Mines its water power its undevel-
oped resources, its splendid possibili-
ties' many of which were unknown to
the quest of commercial enterprise. and
hidden even from scientific eyes were
grasped and appreciated by his keen
intellectual penetration. He foresaw
most of the wonderful Industrial
achievements OF modern Southern en-
deavor, saluted them from afar, pray
ed for their coming, and proclaimed
them the accessories of Christs King
dom. The South ever doomed before
destiny in the great republic, and di-
rectly related to Anglo-Saxon we'll
being the world over
DR.. Tichenor, during the years i'm
med1ately following the Civil War, was
the sturdy conservator of the Southern
Baptist Convention. In no spirit of
narrow sectionalism, but in absolute
JoANS " WHdI ne regarded the most
evangelical type of Americas denomi-
nationalism, he contended heroically,
and successfully, for the integrity of
our great representative body. With
the diplomacy of a statesman, the elo-
quence of an orator, the courage of a
hero and the devotion of a confessor.
he kept in the column of harmony all
the original Southern states. To DR..
Tichenor more than any other man.
perhaps, is due the solidarity of the
denomination in faith and practice
from Maryland to Texas, and from
Missouri to Florida. Besides, he is
justly entitled to be called the Father
of Cuban Missions
Or. Tichenor was the apostle Of CO.
ordination and cooperation. To his
superb executive mind is due the wen
system Of cooperating state
boards. DR.. Tichenor was without a
superior On the platform Of the con-
or in the pulpit, in his presen-
tation of the obligations, aims, methods
and results OF evangeliZation In eur