The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-03-04
IMPRESSIVE.
We're the Last Rites Over the Re-
81 fains, OF the, Veteran Preacher.
q All that Was Mortal Of Rev. Nelson
aBrnstt Laid to Rest i'm the :
Presence Of Hundreds Who
L: / Had Known ana Low -
=. ~ ~. cd Him. N..:'.t l.: e..

al; OF the late Rev Nelson Barnett.
whose death was announced in, last
week's Advocate. was held this after
noon at, 2, O'Clock at the First Baptist
Church in the presence of an Inn
j mense concourse of people. Scores
( or persons were unable to gain en-
trance to- the, auditorium and had
to be seated In tho basement room. ;;
Impressive and beautiful" were the
services. On the platform sat sew
eraI Of the, leading ministers from
Ohio. Kentucky ana W est Virginia.
In the audience were people from at
$ least dozen points In these states.
/ TN The right of the ministers lay the
body or; their former associate rest
|, ing I'm a handsome couch caskst with
thia arms crossed and holding in2one
hRnd a small: bible From.,a hiEf,
metal stand dropped a canopy, part
%ially drown back and revealing ,athe
open casket. The familiar form of
the good man. had every appearance
ESSof. ones enjoying a quiet >slSmber.
- Arranged about the casRet was.a
Perfect bower Of. flowers: = 8 Among
these: were several costly <dasig ns
sent BY various religious oraafsiza-
lions: The family and relatives roc-:
cu9led the. first three front; 7pews.
( A host of borrowing friends He'd, the
/ entire space beyond. The scene was
one not soon TO be forgotten: <r,--h p
I. ;. While very impressive, the services
were vet simple quite befitting the,
simple life OF the, departed. Select
music was rendered ~ the choir
under the direction Of the organiat
e. A. Whey. One of the. hyrnns'
sung was II am going hofec" a favo-
rite Of the dead minister. Rev. IS.
"A: Thurston.' Pastor OF the Sixteenth
Street Baptist Church, read an. ap-
Epropriate Psalm. Rev. O. p. Wright
pastor. Of; the Fourth Street. Bop
list Church at ironton, O.; offered
q; touching prayer and J. w. Scott,
EQf thAsh high school, read the, obituary.
Then Rev" 1:.',,V.: +Bfyant, DaSsstl85r' and
lifelong friend. of REV: n. f3afnetf,
taking for his text II Samuel 3::$8
KNOW We not that thege Is "a prince
and great man fallen this day in
Israeli" delivered what was cbnced-
/ ed to, be one of the most eloquent
sermons over the departed that was
ever heard in that church. =. he
traced the life OF the departed Up
j from the slave plantation in Virginia
with it's extreme hardships after the
war and followed mis- career Dis
preacher, organizer, citizen, husband
and father declaring him to have
been a leader of noble qualities and
a IMAM Of great parts. After this
splendid eulogy, resolutions Of re-
ispeots were read BY Rev. r. b: w.
|: Meadows on behalf Of the ministers
and deacons union of the Mt, Olive
Association, by Deacon Ed. HoPeIl
|son behalf Of the Paint Creek Baptist
Church or Gallipolis, O., by Deacon
c.. H. Patterson on. behalf Of the
Ashland, KY, Baptist Church and
also, by representatives from I, the
Fourth Street, ind Tried Stone Bap-
tict churches of 1ronton, @. A. very
pretty Incident Of the funeral was
/ that Of several little girls bearing
tribute OF love from the First Bap-
fist Sunday School = .>,aj,
+ The Arrangements we're, ali, care
fully planned and carried out with
the greatest precision notwithstand-
ing the great cfowd Within and with
out the church. The. vast assembly
told Enthusiastically by their. PRESENCE
and their sorrowful countenances
and subdued silence in what high
esteem and affection they held this
pioneer preacher. Though that
voice which has carried the gospel
to thousands OF souls Is now tiushed
In death it's influence will tell in the
lives Of the coming generations here.
For >"To live in hearts we leave be-
hind, Is not to die" Hundreds fol-
Flowed the body to Springhill Gene
tary where the ceremonies were CON
| icluded and the body left to sleep in
I istiwindowless palace of,rest TIL the
day of final 1resurrection. r ~
The pail bearers were selected
| from among the deacons OF the two
Baptist Churches, the honorary pail
bearers bong T. w. Wilkins, W. o.
James, r. A. Woodson, and J. M.
/ Mickens; and the active pail bearers
| Spencer, J. Lewis, Henry, Burks, w.
T., Smith, j. II. Dickerson, Peter Bell
band Richard Taylor. -,
ID" Rev. Nelson Barnett first saw the
light Of day in Buckingham county.
| Virginia in 1912 and departed this
| life Thursday morning February %,
In his sixty seventh year. He was
the son of Eliza and Bergman Bar
nett and was the next youngest Of
seventeen children, all of whom ex-
| cept one brother Jackson and one
sister Lucy are now deceased. Rev.
Barnett spent his early life as a
slave on the Virginia plantations,
/ subject to all the evil influences
which accompanied that institution.
Some Of his brothers were sold down