Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-06-29
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He took q great interest in
young mon and has been q power
full factor in shaping the lives and
careers of many of them. This il
more especially true of his work
with young men in the church.
He has trained and educated =
number of them who have entered
the ministry of the church and who
now occupy honored positions.
The two young men recently Or
dained to the priesthood, at St.
Luke's church had been under his
tutslage for some years and it
must have been q source of great
qualification to DR.. Murdoch that
he lived to assist at their ordina.
ton.
It was in his church relations
that DR.. Murdoch was pre-emi-
nent. The love which existed be.
tween himself and his flock was Of
too tender and sacred a nature to
be dwelt upon at length in cold
type, but this much may be said.
It rarely falls to the lot of .
christian minister to have the
stro ng, lasting hold upon the love,
affection and confidence of his
congregation, that the deceased
had upon his. He loved them all
with a love. which, while not
demonstrative, was strong and
deep and their attachment to him
Was sweetly beautiful. There ex.
listed q bond which death could
emily sever outwardly, for love and
rr~verence for this departed servant
of the Most High will remain
fresh in the hearts of his people
while they live, and will 60 down
. to generations yet unborn o. 9
precious and holy heritage.
There was probably no man con-
nected with the church who was q
more profound theologian than
DR.. Murdoch and the knowledge
of this fact was not confined to his
congregation or to his ministerial
associates in the State, but VAS of
wide repute. A churchman who
las resided in Salisbury for some
years, came here from . parish
over which there was . rector who
was regarded az one of the bright.
est and most scholarly men in the
church, in the South. The per.
son referred to had profited great.
ly by the instruction, the sermon,
of and association with his forme,
rector. When saying goodbye be
expressed regret at leaving the
ministrations of such Cd able man,
and the rector remarked to him
"You won't miss me long. You
are going to Salisbury, will be q
member of DR.. Murdoch's parish
and you will find him . theologi.
cal college in himself" And he
came about as near that a. men
get. A thorough knowledge of the
bible, q vocabulary of almost lin.
itless range, q master dislectician,
possessed of a mind which wss
both acute and profound, com.
bined with an intense spirituality,
placed him in the front rank of
the pulpit speakers of his day.
He had a wonderful mind and its
powers werea apparently inexhsust-
able. We often find speakers inthe
house of worship who possess eth
or the analytical or synthetical
quality of mind to a large degree.
Sometimes we find men who pos.
sess both in some measure, but it
is exceedingly rare that We have
the pleasure of listening to .
speaker who had cultivated both
these qualities to the extent Dr..
Murdoch had. 1t seemed to
be a matter of conscience with
him to always be at his best. No
matter whether he preached to .
crowded congregation at st. Luks's
or to only a dozen people at one of
the mission churches in the coun-
ty, he invariably gave his best
and he did it every time he preach
ed a sermon. He made no effort
at %oratorical display, was not elo-
quent in the popular sense of the
word, but how he could send homo