The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-21
ST. PAUL'S RECTOR
HAD LONG BEEN I'LL
Inflammatory Rheumatism Fol
lows Recent Operation for
Appendicitis.
FUNERAL ON WEDNESDAY
Ministerial Career Marked by
Consecrated Devotion and
Earnest Work.
FUNERAL ON WEDNESDAY

After a ministerial career OF
more than n quarter OF a cen
fury. marked by a passion for work
constant and consecratcd effort. deyo-
ton with his heart to whatever his
hands FOUND to do, Rev. Robert Wright
FORSYTH, rector OF ST. Paul's Protestan.
Episcopal Church, died at the rect,rv
olS East Grace Street. at 0 o,c,oo,.
last night.
me end had been expected for sev-
erai days. a few months g Mr. For.
syth SUFFERED an attack OF appendicitis,
49, IN operation was performed. He
apparently recovered. and went aho,,t
MS duties, but was afterwards strickan
with infiammatory rheumatism which
af1ected his heart. @ 'S
Five Years with St. PauI,s
MIR. Forsyth had been a restden, -,
richmond only about five years. va
ms work as rector of one OF the In
nous and historic churches of the
United States had been one OF markad
success.
lie was born in Baltimore ffty-three
years ago. He received both an aca.
dem1c and ministerial education ~ ~.
Virginia Theological Seminary raay
graduating in 1854. HIS
nrst charge was at Liberty, nov Red
iord Clty, and after a period OF ser
wee there ne was called to Trinity
TnuI.h ~ Haltlmore. going thence to
TRINITY Church at Portsmouth ya
He resigned at Portsmouth ~ 80,
accepting a call to st. Matthew's q
large church in Philadelphia. where be
Iapored for ten years. He was ,ar,,
actlEely Identified there with the work
OF the brotherhood OF ST. Andrew, be-
ing CHAPLAIN or the Philadelphia coun-
ca. a snort time was then spent at
81. Pauls Church, Camden, N. J. on
posite Philadelphia. on the DaIauon
tiver. and Mr.. Forsyth was living thare
When called to Richmond. to hecnn,a
rector OF the church made famous hv
memories Of Davis and Lee. Hero 10
succeeded DR.. Robert Strange. who left
the parish to become Bishon or Ia :
Carolina. go"
In 1854 Mr.. Forsyth married Mis-
Maggie Smith, OF Fairfax county. Fo,r
children survive-Robert ". Forsvth
Jr.. Marshall Forsyth. Warner Lewis
Forsyth and Miss Charlotte Forsvth
Earnest IN All Things.
Many departments Of church work
received Mr., Forsyth's active support
ne was a. member Of the American
Sunday School Church Institute ana =,
the missionary COMMITTEES OF ,ha ~
cese OF Virginia. He took tile srea tos,
interest in all the organizat lions or His
church, including the brotherhood tbo
Sunday school and all rnissinno -,
societies. He travelled much abrnaG
and was generally regarded as a man ~
scholarly attachments. breadth ~
thought and OF vision. and Of earnaSt
urpose He mad and kent fricnds
ana was an active pastoral visitor -
OF recent years Mr.. Gorsyth bccom
an enthusiastic Mason, rarely mIssin~
a meeting Of his lodge. lie had reanh.
ca the fourteenth degree in the scot
tlsh Kite when stricken by Illness ana
was a master Mason IN tn. York Rita
~ a meeting several weeks ago ~
degree committee of Richmond Col
lcge recommended to tho hoard ~
trustees that the honorary degree 81
doctor Of divinity be conferred ,Inon
Mr.. Forsyth.
Plan for Funeral.
The funeral, which will be In char,ea
or Rt. Rev. Robert A.. Gibson. Rishop
Of the Diocese Of Virginia. viii prob
ably lake place tomorrow afternoon
though arrangements We're not COM
pletcd lest night.
Seats in the church will be reserves,
for ministers of all denominations
while the chanccl VIII be occupied nv
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