Richmond planet., 1907-10-26
Rev. j. c. Lias, Pastor OF the Shiloh
Baptist Church. Moderator OF
the Piedmont District As
sOciation Is No More.

sociation il No More.
! That the deaths of great and use
full men should be particularly no.
! ticed is equally the dictate Of reason
and revelation. The tears of Israel
flowed at the decease of Josiah and
/ TO his memory the funeral women
/ chanted the solemn dirge But
neither examples nor arguments are
. necessary 60 wake the sympathies OF
i a grateful people on such occasions.
The death of a public man sur
charges the heart and it spontaneous
ly disburdens itself by a flow of sor-
row. Such was the death OF Rev.
J. G. Lias of Charlottesville, Va. TO
embalm whose memory and perpet-
uate whose deathloss fame we lent
! our feeble services. The man on
whom nature seems originally to
have impressed the stamp OF good
ness, whose genius beamed from
the pulpit with q radiance. which
dazzlcd and a lovclincss which charm
ed the eye OF all his fellow men.
To the exclusion OF every other
concern toward the evening OF his
life religion claimed his attention
This can he enrolled of him among
the archives OF eternity. l1mbos-
omed I'm the dust. which it cncloses.
the bodies of the redeemed rest in
( hope. on its top dwells the Church
OF the first born. who I'm delightful
response. with the angels of light
chant rcdeeming love.
on Thursday, October 18th. Old
Sol as ne stepped forth from his
oriental chamber everything in ma
ture seemed 20 have bowed In obed-
fence 90 the sadness of the occasion
AS the bells were being tollcd. large
crowds could be seen making their
way 90 the First Baptist Church
Long before service time the Church
was packed 10 its utmost capacity
60 hear the last OF Rev. y. c. Lias.
lhc services wcrc conducted by
' the pastor. Rev. r.. C. Quarlcs, ID. D..
who lined the first hymn. Servant
of God. Well Done. Scripture les
son. 9oth Psalm was read by Rev. r.
ID. Atkins. Tn. ID. a forvent prayer
was then offered by Rev. Hnliard
Johnson. The quartettc was then
asked to sing. I ann Passing Down
the valley Then Or. Quarles an-'
nounccd as q text - Timothy ith
chapter and 9Th verse.
an through the Doctors discourse
sparkling dew drops of thought,
glistcning with the orient tiuting of
0n aurora OF richest fancy. sparkled
here and there and made HIS effort
bask under one gorgeous rainbow OF
finest dicti0n. In The mafchless sym
motTy of his well rounded sentences,
in The exquisite tintings OF those
rare flowers of poesv which adorned
the sermon, one could but say truiy
Rev Lias was q good man.
After the sermon the congregation
sang. Sometime We Will Stand Be
fore the Judgment Bar Then Revs.
J. r. Johnson. Lee Jones. r. b. Har-
dy. 3. d.. Huliard Johnson. r. ID.
Atkins. Tn. d.. aud Rev. Conner
were called ON 20 say a word Each
speaker seemed seriously impressed
with the occasion. The funeral de-
signs were many and very costly
"But when the Sun in all his state
Illuminated the eastern skies,
He passed through Glory's morning
gate.
And walked in Paradise"
Rev. J. c. Las was born ira Abe
marie Co, Va. I'm 1865. He was ed
ucated at WaynesbOro. Va. and at
AAAN nam pun ANNWnAAAa A'ArAAAMNts
Hampton. Va. q From the latter IN
sitution he graduated with the
| honOrs OF his class. He was looked
upon as brilliant student He was
/ pastor OF the Shiloh Baptist Church.
Charlottesville. Va. at the time of
his death and also Moderator of the
Piedmont District Association. lie
was a member Of the st. LuKes, True
/ Reformers and other organizations.
| He leaves a wife. four children, six
brothers and one sister to mourn
| their loss.
When time having held in trust
for eternity the bliss and the bitter
ness OF Earth, its joy and It's sorrow
shall render up his dreadful seal and
his last shadow eclipse its waning
light; when invading ruin shah 20
abroad IN avenging visitation upon
the theatre of crime; when grave
and sepulcher, sea and desert, amid
the cOnvulsions of expiring nature
and the shock OF conflicting elements
and the dash OF ruined systems shall
burst upon the ear OF surrounding
solitude as the funeral dirye OF a
E solitude as the funeral dirge of a
dying world, we hope TO meet our
/ brother in the great beyond.
Respectfully yours.
] THOS. ID. ATKINS,
+ Reported by the request of the Ex-
I ecutive Board of the Piedmont Bap
tist District Association.
| Resolutions of coincidence in hon
or OF the Rev. ]. c. Las, passed by
the Executive Board OF the Piedmont
Baptist District Association OF which
the deceased was Moderator.
In that unceasing march OF things
which calls forward the successive
generations OF men TO perform their
part on the stage OF life, we at
length are summoned 10 appear.
Let the eloquent silence Of yonder
famous heights, let the columns
Y (which are there rising in simple ma