The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-13
DEATH Of DIR. CURRY.

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s;SInnlio view in the death OF the Hon. = .
ID. N. Curry. Distinguished as q speaker
& writer educator and diplomat, he was
less remarkable rs arhetorlcla'n Hlhl'' %
& NJ man OF earnest purpose, solid attain
= ss Snents and excellent poisc. Withal ne
sS1Yas Arm in the principles that no heio'
vet conservative and tactful. He hao
\ ,,11,g,,ch learning gathered from tho BOOKS
but equally as much gathered RON ON
men.
4TIe was studious and observant always
md. having had rare opportunities LOT
converse with the leaders of thought IN
Iris and other lands, he was one OF the
test.,nformed publicists Of our day And
q from his storehouse of knowledge nc
nrew ut will and readily to brighton his
conversation. to give grace and force TO
I his oratory or to illustrate his writings
Born in Georgia In 1926. serving as
private in the Mexican War. three times
elected to the Alabama Legislature and
twice a member OF Congress- from that
State, his life wns full. of activity before
the Civil War, and his later years showed
II no diminution in his industry or zeal. Hc
was elected to the Confederate House of
REPRESENTATIVES and came with that body
from Montgomery to Richmond,
Already he was man of note and his
4 service here was marked by that dill
q Eence and devotion to matters great and
! small. which, guided by a wonderfully
I fine mind, made him the great and use
ssful man he was. His congressional la
/ 15ors we're incessant and Understandable
Z Confederate Congress was nearly always
In session-but he found time to give
4 come months gallant service to the Con-
i,federacy as Northumberland under
3 General Joseph p. Johnston. And here
s1n Richmond It, was destined that lie
should marry and make his home for
many years. & III
8 AT the close Of the war IN 1865 Dr.
Curry entered the Baptist ministry, bu.
our recollection Is that no never ac
copied a pastoral charge. though many
(. were offered him. Sometimes, however,
I he acted as a supply.
His attention was largely given to the
cause of education, and he served in the
y highest stations at Howard College,
Alabama, and at Richmond College. and
Slater educational funds. He was also
president of the Foreign Mission Board
,f the Southern Baptist Convention. His
activity extended. too, to the field Of au-
lhorship. and he wrote Constitutional
Government III Spain and Gladstone
and many magazine articles. IA
In 1885 the Doctor was appointed the
United States minister to Spain. but re-
signed in 1855 to resume his educational
= labors. Last year he was the special
representative Of this country at Madrid
upon the occasion of the coronation of
The King.
Our relations with Spain being none
= Of the best. the President rightly thought
that our interests at Madrid could not
possibly be conflded to shrewder or mora
wisely diplomatic hands than DR.. Cur
ry's
Dr. currys life was busy one. He
did prodigious amount Of work, and
lid 1t conscienuously and we'll Tho
great success that he achieved and the
7se he was to the world was not wholly
lue to his great capacity, but were much
hded by his rare tact and systematic
Methods of work.
He dies lamented as a good and pure
man. an exemplar of Christian life, and
deserves to be classed among the emf
J bent Americans of his day.