The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-30
NOTED MISSIONARY
D. DIES | AT HI. POST
Rev. Dr.. Geo. Boardiila1l Taylor
Passes Away After Long and S#.#
Fruitful Career.
KNOWN K, Y y THROUGHOUT LAND
Was y; IS Chaplain ii Jackso11's Corps
Author All and Prominent Fig
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11re all Denominations .s
{}SSs NORMA lion was received In Rich
s1nond yesterday OF the deathSof thu
\ lev. Dr. George Boardman ylor iii53
II ONE. Italy, where for thirty ro,lss
years he ahaG been a missionary Of the
Il southern Baptist Convention. r II n
Y news of DR. Taylor's death will be re-
7aceived ithS profound sorrow64ti in ia IL
3s l3apt list circles and In other deno,ninas
5}tionSI IN which sheSWas almost equally
well Known. An International charnc3
ter he was beloved I'M the land of hi [,
work and his DEATH, as lie was In tn u
~ land Of his birth and his young man
hood. HI, s8s 81 q e n S$
s Native of Richmontl. s
ID p r.58sa85s ' TAYLOR was q native Of
A 1Fs ilcl1mond. where he was born De-
celnber q, $40. He was the e eldest
L son s. Of the Rev. James B. Taylor, a
distinguished minister of this city,$pa
y tor OF Grace Street and Second Baptist
Churches, and first Corresponding Sec
i ctary . & the 1 Foreign Miss lon Board
Ely the Southern Baptist Conventions
4 George 3. TaSl WAS educated at Rich.
X mond 81 College and the University OF
sSssSN irginia,8in he latter Of which insti-
8 ions he took a. three years course.
Al ter, his graduation he became the
81 tirst pastor OF Franklin Square Baptist.
II Church., Baltimore. Md. From sBalti-3
more he went to Stanton, where he
& took up the pastorate of the Stanton
Il Baptist Church. During the Civil War,
3 he ed as chaplain inEb Jackson's
"A Corps, in which lie served through the.
3$t four yearss' course of the strife. In
4 1863 he became tho chaplainof the UNI
sve-sity Of Virginia. Vi ~
\ II Back to Virginia.
is5s s In later y ears when his work had
B brought him FAM and he was more
q widely known he received the degree
WI of Doctor of Divinity from Richmond
Ss& college and from the Univcrsity4$of.
~ Chica go In ] 35S he was married to
Miss Susan Spo tswood Braxton, great,
HI granddaughter of Carter BraSton, one
Y of the Virginia 81 gners ofFthe Declara-
#s ion Of independence. 5t5 "a
Gil In July S73, he became missionary
Sso of the Southern Baptist Convention to
rs Rome, where lie soon became one Of the
81 prime movers in planting the seeds Of
Il Ills aith&inSthatBcity and where lie SUI
the building Of a Baptist
s chapel. III His Iarduous work in the 1tal-.
5sS an a capital recessitated a long rest,
IN. ana lie returned to his native shores,
coming back ~ to Virginia, where he
Il again identified hi1 self with Virginia
4 the second time chaplain of the Uni
sssv ersity OF Virginia. After: his f two
NH ears rest here, he returned again to
@ lily, where he remained and labored
( Until his death. III rs
Besides being a noted clergy IMAM, d
ssSsk Taylor: achieved prominence in3literature.
s.ss He was theauthor Of anumber OF books
q such as 4 1.-THE Oakland Stories, '''92'''Wal-
Mi ter l0nnis, II a story founded Son@the
If early Virginia Baptist history; 1The
$5S Life and Times of James B. Taylor"
8 his fatller, and II ia ly and the Italians"
BBs 5sS an autograph copy Of which was pre-
M scented to the King and Queen Of
8 Italy 81 Nj ore re cent? " he issued a book
on systematic The ology,,'' swritten in
58f italian for the use OF the native stu
Ss dents. The book was dicated to: y r.
3sg r. j. bingham, Secretary Of the For
IA tci gn sion Board.
Dr. e aylorS Is survived by four chill
MY dren-two dauE hters. Mrs. 4 FIR. Whit
whose husband is also q mis-
I$S5 ssionary = In Rome and Miss Mary Ar
gyle I Y ylor, and two sons, the Rev
.1sS$ & Gorge Braxton Il Tn ylor, Of lIollins
s#S a.. and DR.. Spotswood Taylor, a sur.
S3358 geon in the United States Navy. lie
Ssss$ also leaves two brothers, Dr. James #l3
u or. Of ;1OO1 West Grace Street. this
3s3$f city. and dr.. Charles L. Taylor, o1
5sS Wake Forest, N. G.. RI & 55f I'll sI. S s
Speaking zfof Dr.. Tnylor's missionar
I3SS work, Rev DIR. lam II. Smith, ed!
4 1orial secreAasH Of, the Foreign Missio
5 Ss BOARD off, he~sourtie Baptist conven
~ ton, said yesterday: IN 3 al i,
The Baptist people of he who'll
q Ri Southland and many others In this an
lss8 other lands will hear with sorrow q
3SaEtlle death Of our veteran missionary
sssa88 Il tally, DR.. Taylor was appointed b
&55 the Foreign Mission Board on Mare
ssS 35y1S73, | o take charged this difhcu
s;@s icld. For nearly thirty-fve years Il
has labored faithfully and successful.
10 him, more than 40 any other pei
ss son. belongs the credit OF tho success
" hichE the work has attained. lie too
ii ~ charge soon aftcr8.the work was star
sss ed, and j t has steadily grown from tt
is8s5j arrival Of DR.. Taylor till the presen
ss s ..rhere lad at that time been tro,
gsfSS bles In tlie Church at Rome, and thel
Ffssr5 - as urgent need Of an American mi
Bg5ssS sionary of piety discretion, abilit
8s{35t q nd business qualifications. It Naa !
So casy task to quiet the troubles ira
,sss8G native preachers, organize undiscil
sS3ssss lined churches, foster the work alreat
sf5325 begun, and press forward into ne
fields. But Or. Taylor seemed pee
Sliarly adapted for this work. and Il
thirty-hve years Of faithful, u-tiril
4sS8Ss and successful effort have fully just
> So
gss5 5sss Nj si I2vnnEclistic Work. I
4 ~ III or many, years he did evangelist
sgs} work, visiting and preaching in Eve
S$Sf part Of Italy. Most Of the native pa
6.955i tors were won@throughs his efforts. s
lIected trained and directed by hi
He was alone in the field for ma
SSSE wears. Thensfor sixteen years lie "
5ssS ably aided by. DR.. j ohm II. Eager. "
rave up the work in 1896. Four yea
Sat err the board appointed two talent
we'll equipped young men to relic
81 him OF many OF the heavy burde
I. ss These were DR.. DIG Whttingh
& 81 who i married DR.. Tnylor's daught
,,SFtsS and Dr. Eyerette Gill.
M .Only year ago our mission "
greatly llonored in the selection OF
Taylor by the British and Foreign BIZ
Society as one of five men to rev
Sls ton Of the Bible, VIII
ssSs has been a standard among evange
s$s g$ Gals III. Italy for 800 years. and
Sfs entered upon the work with JOY and {