The Washington herald., 1911-06-15
REV. F. D. POWER
CALLED BY DEATH
Pastors Body to Lie in the
Church Tomorrow.
ELDERS TO BE PALLBEARERs
Services VIII be Conducted by Rev.
Earle WiIney-Interment in Rock
Creek Cemetery-Wife, Daughter,
and Nurses at Bedside when End
COmes-BOrn in Virginia

Funeral services for Rev Frederick D.
Power. pastor of the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church, who died at his resi-
dence. 1896 Irving street northwest, yes
terday morning, will be held from the
church in Vermont avenue tomorrow.
The body will be removed from the
residence to the church at 10 o'clock,
where it will lie in state until o'clock.
Services will be conducted by Rev. Earle
Whitley, co-pastor. Eight members of
the board of elders will be selected as
active pallbearers, and the remaining
members of the board will act as non
orary pallbearers. Interment will be In
Rock Creek Cemetery.
Dr. Powers death had been expected
for several days. On Monday morning
he began sinking rapidly, and physicians
gave UP hopes for his recovery. Death
was due to a complication of diseases
from which DR.. Power had been suffering
for the last two years. Gathered about
his bedside when the end came were Mrs
Power, Mrs. Sparks, a daughter, and the
nurses.
Native of Virginia.
Rev DIR. Frederick D. Power was
born in the tidewater district of Vir-
1851. He was the son of a physician with
a large practice in the region around
Williamsport.
DR.. Power was educated at Bethany
College, the alma mater of Champ Clark,
where, after his graduation, he occu-
pied the position of instructor for a
short time But DR.. Power soon en-
tered upon the work of the ministry,
Nd
charges around his home.
He was married to Miss Emily Ais e.
ton, of Fredericksburg, at whose home
Gen. KEEPER was nursed while wounded
in the war. and this bond formed q
strong attachment between the mem
bers of Mrs. Powers family, and made
the tie between DR.. Power and Gen
KEEPER Il lasting one.
In 1875 Or. Power accepted a call to
the charge in Washington, which he held
for so long a time, and where he exerted
an influence for inestimable good. Early
in his oastorate, and when only about
twenty-five years of age, he set about
the task of raising funds for the erec-
tion of suitable church to replace the
little frame building, which was so poor
ly suited for the growing need of the
congregation. To accomplish this, DR..
Power went out over the field, solicit
ing aid from other and stronger
churches throughout the country, and
was soon able to begin the work of
building the present church in Vermont
avenue. The old church was moved back
on Fourteenth street while the present
building was in course of erection.
Shooting of GRrheId.
1t was in the old frame building, on
the site of the present church, that
President Garfield worshiped, and in
which he might have been seen with his
wife and mother on every Sunday morn
ing while in :he city. This old building,
with it's lrw windows and the Garfield
pew near the window, offered, one Sum-
DAY morning about two weeks before the
tragic attack on President Garfield by
the assassin Guiteau, a temptation to
shoot the President while in church. 1t
was afterward learned that Guiteau was
prowling about there OIL that morning,
seeking a favorable opportunity to carry
out his horrid purpose.
The old Garfield pew was removed from
the little frame BUILDING and now occu-
pies a proud place in the new building.
An estimate of the work DR.. Power
accomplished in his thirty-five years of
active ministry may be based upon the
fact that in place of the little frame
building which he found as the only