The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-17
IN MEMORY
OF DR.. CURRY
Eloquent Sermons Preached
in Savannah by Our Pastors
WITHSTAND HAWTHORNE
The Former Paid Touching Tribute TO
Late Dir. j. m. Curry and Latter
Spoke in Memory of Or.
Isaac r. Tichenor.

rho storms which deluged Savannah
while the Southern Baptist convention
was in session there, and later zen III
cIopdburst form on the city of Jackson
vile, also had its effect on the teleslapn
md mail facilities, and in consequence "
part of the full reports OF the CONVEX.
ton dongs prepared ana loi wa ueu ~
hing IN In transmission, For instance,
Al. reports of what was done on last
sunday failed to reach here IN tilhe io1
the proper edition of the paper, ana tiie
same being good Sunday reading mate,
and In good keeping condllioH, WHY "oiu
over until to-day.
Last Sunday was the stormiest Gay VI
the entire session Of the convention, ana
several of the appointments FOR services
were cancelled necessarily. However, Wy
aid of cabs and umbrellas, inc People
1lccked to the churches, the pulpits or
most OF which were filled by Baptist d.
vines.
The committee that arranged the ser
vices for Sunday demonstrated. now inc
eternal fitness of things can be made 70
1T on any and all occasions by appoints
ing the Rev John William Jones, D. d..
OF Richmond, to preach in the afternoon
to the Confederate veterans and the IN
mates Of the Soldiers Home This SER
vice took place at o'clock III the TRINITY
lutheran Church, and was attended by
thc Old gray coats and about six hundred
other Interested listeners. Tho doctor
preached doctrine he so much loved,
his theme being Tho Christian Character
OF Stonowall Jackson
PJJLPITs IN HOTEL PARLORS.
The rain fell in such torrents all day
Il was simply Impossible for all the peo-
ME- especialy the ladies'. to go to churcn,
and so improvlsed services were held IN
most of the hotels. Rev. DR.. a. u. owen,
of Portsmouth, preached IN the morning
parlors Of the DeSota. In the afternoon
q half dozen sweet singing young men
gathered around piano In the rotunua
Of the same hotel and commenced TO sing
hymns. Soon they were surrounded ny u
large crowd of people. many OF whom
TONED In the singing, sand DR.. Owen. who
happened TO DO In the crowd. was called
on to pray Soon DR.. Willlngham, secrc-
tary of the Foreign Mission Board, was
seen In the crowd. and he was asked TO
make talk; Foreign MISSIONS IS az
ways DR.. Willingham's theme. and on 1t
he spoke most eloquently. When ne was
through an Alabama well to do merchant
OF the Baptist faith. walked up 70 the
doctor and handed him $500 Tor foreign
missions. This was followed by other sub
scriptions and more than enough was
raised to support one foreign missionary
for year The singing and praying fol-
lowed for quite n while. Religion and q
spirit of missions pervaded the very air
all around and about tho convention.
MEMORIAL SERVICES.
The principal feature OF Sundays SER
vices directly under the auspices OF the
convention were the memorial services In
the afternoon In honor of Rev. DR.. Isaac
r.. Tichenor and Rev, Or. j. l., NJ. Curry,
two distinguished former members of the
convention, who have died since the last
years session, DIR. Tichenor was for
many years the secretary of the Home
Mission Board, and died in the harness.
At this memorial service. which was held
IN the Wesley Monument Church (Metho-
disD most eloquent tribute was paid to
the memory of the deceased secretary by
the Rev. DR.. ]. p. Hawthorne, of Rich
mond.
The address on the life and char
acter Of DR.. Curry was by the Rev.
history Of Rehm a1 p coieso. eAufe'
DR. Whitsi,s's was an eloquent % en- md
man and as q Baptist, but. in the opin-
ion Of the speaker s Curry vas greatest eat,
Along this line he said:
We are proud to lnscribe the name
OF Curry IN our guild Of teachers, His
princers in every other sphere. and he
among 4lc foremost here. The, quail
field are well worthy of attention -
In the first place, he, possessed a mas
Elve character. great man Is the high
est gift of God. A great man is OF more
value in. tho professors chair than a
great scholar. The moral element is
art. In the lecture hall the man Cur
~ lowered, ,aloft. Ills form and pres
enos his history and sentiments his
and thrilled the hearts of student youth.
They glassed themselves in the mirror
of his personality and plumed themselves
for brave achievements.
He possessed good learning, His an
pearance marked n new era in Alabama
politics the era of the thoroughly equip
ped college-bred politician and it was
greeted with sincere pride and great
hopes, In the Congress OF the United
States he had shone with distinction
In n company of men who were destined
for great deeds and triumphs. 1t goes
without saying that he was shining
light in Richmond College. where he