The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-10
CONF Err DEGREES / {:
ON MINISTER'S {: |; S
Many Bright Young Men Gradu-
tcfrom Union Theological
Seminary.
DR.. HOPKINS ABLE ADDRESS
Aged Minister Of West Virginia
Speaks Out Of Abundance OF
His Experience.

Tho closing exercises ut Union Theolog-
cal Seminary were held In Wnttss Chapel
ycstcrdny morning at II o'clock Judge
Geo r. Christian, representing tic board
or trustees III the absence Of President
Watts, presiding.
rho address to tho graduating class was
delivered by Rcv. a. G. Hopkins, y. D.,
OF Churlcstown, w. Va, IN aged nln-
lister, WHO spoke to the young men from
a life of abundant experience. lie en-
pllasizcu the Importance Of their rctlil2lhs
tile great responsibility which would rest
upon them as minister's OF the Gospcl. lie
urged them to cultivate a sense Of pro-
r,iety III preaching and IN pastoral work,
al d declared that decp humility was en-
stirely essential to Il successful ministry.
iii conclusion, the speaker insisted tlitt
oactFlnan should be Il close student OF the
E.blc, both ms to its thought and form
COZ expression, and that tho Gospel must
DO preached with simplicity and with uc-
gpcncencc upon the power OF the Holy Splr-,
1t for success. tt1
Degrees Conferred.
Judge Christian announced the names
OF the graduates and awarded the de-
erccs ana diplomas. Following are the
names of tho members Of the graduating
class, the degree and the college from
which they were graduated, their places
of residence, the fields Of <labor to which
they will 80 and the honors conferred
upon them upon this occasion
II. f. Beatty, A. b.. Davidson College,
Mooresvllc, n. c.; will go as mission
airy to Cuba; received the degree OF bach
clor Of divinity.
j. r. C. Brown, A. lib, Humpden- Sid
ncy College, Penn Laird, Va; field Of Ia
Dor not yet chosen; degree of 3.
Nv. r. Chichester, A. s., Davidson Col
lcge, Ashevllle, N. c.; aston ut Brcvurd,
n. c.; degree OF b. y.
a. N. Clarke, a. b., Hampton Sidney.
Danvllc, Va; assistant pastor First
Presbyterian Church I.ynchburg, Va;
degree Of b. y.
i. NJ. Evcrsolc, a. NJ. llalnpden- Sid
ney College; Rural Retreat Va; assist
mt pastor First Church, .Ashcville y. G.;
degree Of B. D.
Leroy Gresham A. NJ. Princeton Uni
ycrsity; Baltimore, Md; field OF LABOR
not yet chosen; degree Of b. l..
S. johnson, Alabama Polytechnic IN
stitutc; ,ruscumbia, Ala; pastor ~
Huntsville. Texas.
". S. Lee. 4. B., tIampden- Sidney
College; Crcwe, Va. pastor at l.mporla
and Lawrcncevillc. Va; degree Of b. p.
r. RI. McCaslin. p. S., a. b., MaryHille
College; Swcctwater, Tenn; pastor AZ
Cleveland Tenn.
I r, NlcFadycn, a. B., University OF
North Carolina; Clarkton, n. G.; pastor
Of Westminster Church, El Paso IeAas'
degree of B. D..
r. e. Rankin, A. r., University OF
North Carolina; diploma of graduation.
a. T.. Rhcn, A. NJ, Southwestern i'fes-
byterian University somervilie, Ienl','
pastor at Prairie ana sweet opi '''9'' 80
degree of B. D.
Rev. Yaklchi Sasakura, graduate or the
Presbyterian Theological Seminary Oh
japan; Nagoya. Japan; pastor OF halEah
Church. Yokohama, Japan
Tldcn Scherer, a. NJ, King College;
Nrion. Va; pastor Of Hosc Memorial
Church. Richmond. Va; degree of 3. ..
~. n. Scholl. southwestern Presbyte-
rian University; Birmingham, Ala; pas
tor at La Fayctte, Ga: diploma OF sradu-
alton.
ney College; IIarrisonburg. Va; pastor
at Brldgewater and Dayton, Va; degree
OF b. D.
W. L. West, a. b.. Eampden-Sidncy
College; Evington, Va; field of labor
not vet chosen; degree Of B. d.
A. w. Wood a. b., Hampden-Sldney
College: MoolUNd. ". Va. pastor at
Phllppi. ". Va; degree Of 3. D.
President Moore Speaks.
President Moore then spoke briefly TO
the graduating class, assuring them OF
his deep interest In and earnest prayers
for their success in their chosen calling.
Rev. Dr.. James =. Smith. representing
the Presbyterian Committee of Publlca-
ton, presented TO each member Of the
class volume of sermons by Rev. G. r.
Vaughan, D. d., a former professor in
Union Seminary.
DR.. Moore announced the result OF the
which has been vigorously
pushed during the past eight months. for
an increase In the endowment Of the SEM
mary. Tho result OF the work Of Rev
A. b. r. Gllmo,lr. financial agent. to-
ecthcr with twenty-five per cont. offered
in addition by Mr.. George w Watts. OF
Durham n. c., showed an increase OF the
cash endowment to be S3G, 900.
DR.. Moore also announced That ROY. y.
D. p. Glmour had been elected assistant
professor and field secretary Of the SEM
mary. The canvass for the further IN
crease OF the endowment will be pushed
until s75 900 has been secured.
The session Of l905-06 was then de-
clnred closed, and the next session OF the
seminary viii begin September 9Th next
Immediately after the close OF the COM
exercises. Rev. Newton Dom
aldson. D. r.. Of Huntington. W. va, mod
orator OF the synod OF Virginia, called
the synod TO order, Tho purpose OF lne
called meeting was to elect commission,
crs to represent the Synod at the Genera
Assembly TO he held in Grccnville, 3. ca
May Is,h in the appeal case OF lteV'
iJr, s. +. Laws, who has appealed 20 ~
asscmbly against former decision OF this
synod on the question Of polygamy IN inc
foreign mission fields, Revs. X, ", f!en-
Ing, y. D., Of I-ynchburg. and J. NJ. fra
ser of stanton. were chosen ana ''e
synod Immediately adjourned,
Good Time at Union.
Union Council, no. 81. ROYAL ArrhnuI',