The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-10
Rev. Raimond Garcia de ovies

Rev. Raimond Garcia de Ovies
 The Mobile Register recently pub
 lished the following interesting sketch
 of young minister who will preach in
 st. Johns Church on the Evening of
 March 26:
 Rev, Raimond Garcia de oyies, of
 St. Andrews. Birmingham, who preach
 ed the Trinity Lenten sermon on Tues day evening in Mobile, is an excep- tionaI man of his years in the church
 His brief career has combined the pie
 turesque and the practical in equal de- grees; and he has probably done more active and real work than any man
 of his date.
 MT. de Ovies, as his name indicates,
 is Spaniard by descent. his father being Count Louis de ovies. who was on the stan of Don Carlos in his move ment for the throne.
 The Count married an English lady and the young son was to have com pleted his education in Massachusetts with no reference to his present sacred office But the coming preacher had ideas, as we'll as a will of his own. He had been thrown with Episcopalians and had heard of St. Luke's seminary in its sequestered mountain perch; and of its learned and lovable dean, William Porcher DuBose. So, after canvassins all points of difficulty he came South some ten years ago.
 Count Louis made no active objec- ton to his sons choice of church and teacher; he merely declined to assist Il in any way. The youth entered St Luke's proved himself gifted. versatile , and earnest. He had. besides faith clear critical faculty, delightful voice and singularly clear and vigorous die ton, all aided by handsome and expres- sive personality and a magnetism al. most resistless. He became marked and talked of man in the class of 'o2 and in the autumn of that year BishoI Thomas F. Gailor, of Tennessee, sent him to reinstate the tagging mission of the Episcopal Church at Winchester in that state.
 50 effective and resultful was his
 work there that Bishop Beckwith asked for his transfer to Sheffield to build | the new church edifice, long expected there. There MT. de Ovies earned higt repute, both as preacher, worker ano | missionary. When the church fund was assured and the work done, the young pastor was transferred to the new fielc of Ensley, for its deep p1oughing. 50 throughly was this done that iti echo crossed to the South Highlands of Birmingham, and the managers oi he St. Andrews Mission there invited
 e Ensley missionary to deliver 8
 s les of Sunday afternoon addresses & Yective were they that a call was , a,is- Cor MT. de Ovies, the mission de-
 ve into a church, and he is now
 s- 7 v, with a growing congrega- t.4 demands the speedy enlarge ai-r. building.
 ,ummer of 1903, Rev. de Ovies arded for constancy and devo;
 4 different sort, by his wedding
 h, lovely and popular belle of the uni
 .ersity. In his first year ne had me' 1 her, and mutual love resulted. Sht | was a schoolgirl at Fairmont, he { penniless theolog. without living 1T sight Natural obstacles rose between t: pair, but they we're patient ant | true.
 After his ordination and employ l ment in the better work of the diocese he married the beautiful Miss Bessie DuBose, at the old chapel, to the envy Of many another man who assisted. His wife is the daughter of Treasurer Rob ert DuBose and a niece of Rev. ". F l DuRose, of Sewanee. She is a helpfu pastors spouse and gifted with tho | friends making attribute.
 1.-TWO children bless their union, boy and a girl, of whom parents and parist
 are proud There is but one reason why
 their entry into real life, score oi wears hence, may not be from bishop palace. That is the young rector's ab' solute burial of personality in his work