The news & observer., 1905-12-20
TRIBUTE TO REV. j. \. WESTON
..plPsSed Are the Pure i'm Heart" Say
Those Who Knew His Life For
They Shall See God"
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Hickory, n. c., Dec. 19.-The clergy
and laity attending the burial of the
Rev James a. Weston, at Hickory.
n. c.. adopted the following minutes,
which they desire TO be sent to the
vestry of the parish of the ascension
and to the daily and weekly papers
and the church journals:
The Rev James Augustus Weston,
rector of the Church of the Ascension,
Hickory, n. c., Dean of the Morgan
ton Convoca..on in The Missionary
District OF Ashevil!e, Registrar OF the
District, a member Of the Council of
Advice OF the District and a member
OF tho Board of Managers of the
Thompson Orphanage and connected
WITH many other committees and or
ganiZations, religious and secular, died
December 18th, 1905, III Shelby, N.
c., where he had gone the previous
week TO attend Il meeting of the Con-
vocation. He was stricken with paral-
ysiS during the opening service just
after he had read his text: Except
We eat the flesh of the Son Of Man,
and Drink HIS Blood, ye have no
Life in You" 1t was to be a prep
arat.on for the Hoy Communion next
day.
The burial Office was said in the
Church of the Ascension at Hickory,
on Friday, the 10TH OF December,
1905, the nterment being made the
same day In Oakwood cemetery.
Mr.. Weston was born in hyde
county in 1888. He enlisted at the
beginning of the Civil War in the 23rd
North Carolina Regiment as a private
and served until the surrender. Pro-
rroted for galiantry several times he
was made brevet-colonel on the bat
t,,.lieIu post PRIOR to the surrender at
Appomattox.
I'm his first engagement he prom
ised God, if his life was spared, he
would devote it to His service, and
accordingly he was ordained deacon
and priest shortly after the wah by
Bishop Atkinson. After being assist
ant minister at Christ Church, Raj
eigh, n c., he served for severa. years
in Ienoir. Wilkesboro, and Happy
Valley Then for 30 years he was
Rector OF the Church OF the Ascen-
sion. Hickory. ~ c. He was a most
active and self-sacrificing missionary,
always known for his good work and
indefatigable labors. Mr.. Weston was
also known n his own state, the
Western States, and in France as the
author cf Historic Doubts Regarding
the Execution of Marshall-Nay.' In
the preparation or the great hlstofl-
cal work he twice visited France and
made extensive researches, all of
which justified the position he had ta-
Ken. s.
THE clergy and laity OF the church
approaching his career as soidler
and historian in the highest degree.
hold h;nl in greater iolT"r cnf love
for his labors as Il AoIu4cr OF the
Cross, loving pastor, modest pure
in heart and full OF Christian charity
and sympathy. He ministered with q
holy and devout zeal, 10 the lowly as
we'll as to others. following in the steps
of his Dear Master with the love of
a faithful priest. It can well be writ
ten of him, Blessed are the pure in
heart. Tor they shall Sc God.
"Walter Hughson. Alfred III. Stubbs.
A. d. Il. Meares. John c. Seagie,
Walter j. Smith, of the clergy: ID.
c. Pearson. Frank A. Clinard. of the
laity.''