Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-08-20

Rev. Daniel Webster Hill. B. A.. b.
D., a native of Virginia. graduated
from the Virginia Normal and Cole
gate Institution. in the Spring of
, 1898, and was a diligent worker I'm
( the College V NJ. c. A" durine his
collegiate course.
In the Summer OF 1895 he found.
ed, with the aid of Air. r. y. Smith.
the church and the Excelsior Literary
Society of Hot Springs. Va. His stu
dent-missionary work resulted i'm the
erection of a new edifice for the Lord
called Smith Chapel This church.
house being free of debt was by Mr..
Hill dedicated to the Lord. August
1899. He took his first year in theo-
logy at Yale Divinity School New
Haven. Conn, in Fall of 1895 and
graduated from the Newton Theo-
logical Institution. Newton Center.
Mass. June. 1901. He was ordained
during session of the New England
Baptist Missionary Convention. held
at Bridgeport. Conn. June Is. 1901.
Rev VIM. +. Dixon. d. D.. then presi-
dent. Mr.. Hill and Rev. W. A. Howard
were ordained Jointly being the only
two candidates upon record ordained
its full setting. Mr.. Hill desiring n
more thorough preparation. took up
"A graduate course at the Union The
illogical Institution. New York City.
which he completed May 1902. At
the completion of his post graduate
course he was engaged by the New
York Baptist City Mission Society.
Grew. r. G. BOville. b. D.. then Sec
retary) 10 do mission work among
baptist Churches and to organize and
teach a vacation bible school. hav-|
ing the Abyssinian Baptist Church
(Rev. c. s. Morris, PASTOR as head
quarters. Out of ten churches the
Abyssinian was the only one repre-.
scented, and the first Ia which. during
the history of colored baptists in the
state of New York, such an organi-I
cation was ever instituted. Mr.. Hill
was the only colored man out of
thirteen student workers represent.
ing $4,000 Negroes of Manhattan.
He was appointed (January l9O3)
Missionary and Field Secretary OF
the Colored Baptist State Convention
of New York State (Rev. G. T. Walk
er, ID. D., l.. l.. ID. then president.
and Rev. l.. Joseph Brown. D. d.,
then Corresponding Secretary His
duty was 20 visit and strengthen fee
bic churches. institute Sunday-schools
where needed, and, in congested dis.
tricts, organize churches where
the work would warrant success.
July 1903 Mr.. Hill resigned the
above mentioned missionary work 10
accept the position as Financial
Agent OF the Howard Colored Orphan
Asylum (Rev. j. II. Gordon. Supt.D
There he made, as Financial Agent.
the record of restoring TO the conf
dence Of the public that once defunct
institution. Rev. Hill indeed during
his period of service booked more
engagements with churches OF all
denominations, white and cnlored, OF
Greater New York and vicinity and
various parts OF New Jersey. than
during any other period of the Asy-
lum. The Asylum. under the super
intendency OF Rev. Gordon. then re-
stored to a firm working basis Mr..
Hill resigned TO enter more fully into
the ministry. He was called Deem
Der, 1904, TO the pastorate of the
Shiloh Baptist Church, Jamaica, y.
y. Notwithstanding the field was
hard 10 develop. spiritually and nu-
merically. DR.. Edwin Richmond, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church.
(white), of Jamaica said: 1.-The field
was a hard one. yet Mr. Hill did a
good work during his time of serv-
ice"
Mr.. Hill resigned the church at
Jamaica and instituted a church Sep
TENDER. 1906. in East Brooklyn,
which he organized November. 1906,
and was named The Mt. Lebanon
Baptist Church. In this field Mr..
HIS love for God and humanity was
we'll tested, for he laboTed in the
above mentioned church four years
when the Lord saw fit to change his
field Of labor, then he received a call |
to the First Baptist Church, Milford |
Conn, and another 10 the church at
Hot Springs, Va, and the presidency
of the Clifton Forge Normal and In
dustrial Institute. Clifton Forge, Va. |
The latter church and school he &C
cepted and entered upon his work
June 10, 1910.
Mr.. Hill Is now, therefore, busily
engaged with the board OF directors
of the above named institution in |
planning the opening of the same
October 1, 1910. The location is well |
up in the bosom Of the mountains |
overlooking the city of Clifton Forge,
one of the healthiest To- !
cations for a seat of learning any
where in the State of Virginia, il |
not in the South.
The Advantage of Clifton Forge as
an Educational Center.
1. It's mountainous elevation, ly- |
ing between two lofty ranges of the |
Allegheny, makes 1t healthful and |
less liable To QarmfnaI diseases