The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-26
TO BURY
DR.. HATCHER HERE
Love or otD con-
GRE,.ATIoN HOLDS IT THE
NERAL ARRANGEMENTS.
UNUSUAL ID EN O flo \


The unspeakable love and deFoaon
Of the members Of Grace-Street Bap-
tist congregation. among whom he
labored for twenty six years. has in
terfered with the funeral arrange
meuts Of Dr William Eidridge
Hatcher. who died suddenly Saturday
morning
As announced in The Nirginlan yes
terday it Was the plan Of the family
TO hold The funeral services a
o'clock TUESDAY afternoon, and to bury
the remains of the sainted minister
at Fork Union. within sight OF the
institution to which he has devoted
the past fifteen years Of his HE. FOL
loving the service at c2-Street
church yesterday morning, the CON
gregation held 4 meeting and APP
pointed a committee of three 10 wait
upon the family and urge them to
grant to the church he had served
SO long and faithfully the privilege
Of bringing to Richmond the remains
Of Or Hatcher for interment in
| Hollywood cemetery. The committee
was empowered to say 10 the family
that the church would bear all the
expense Of the funeral and burial
Committee Waits on Tamily.
The special committee, which vas
,.onafosed of John Z. Sayile, Frank
/ w brown ana w a. Harris, all
i deacons Of the church, left for FORK
Union Yesterday afternoon Al tate
! hour last night The Nirglnian learned
lover long distance telephone that the
/ committee had arrived, presented the
ma tier to the family Of ior. Hatcher
ana that decision would be an
inounced this morning.
Tine sudden death Of i1r. ltatcaNt
was the sole topic Of conversation IN
Raptlst homes yesterday and In many
pulpits .
tors arc out Of the city on vacation
but those who preached yest"FoaS
made touching references TO the ae-
,arfod In their sermons Special IN
tcrest naturally centered IN IN"
,.is.. 81 race-Street church. which
is ar present without a pastor rev.
T., WHIT 1sravnharn of West POINT TIA
na4ivo Of Richmond filled the pull
nit Mr.. Traynham wax both papt@ea
into the fellowship Of Grace ChaT<n
md or,lajned TO the ministry by 1T
Hatcher
PRAYER FOR Family.
Iu his PRAYER. MIR. Traynnam u@ue
feeling mention Of ~. Hatcher loi'g
md faithful service. and comInef'deoi
the stricken IA mily to the tenderest
mercIes Of Cod The sermon, based
ior Judges 3:31. treated Of the chafac-
tor ~ Sharngar. one Of Israels Judges
p ana showed that the text get him foFth
az a man having strength. energy
> conviction. courage. aud ahi'ity 10 u9t
tha means at his disposal, aud man
: rlIck 70 discern and to use oipoF'
tunities. --...,d
r He declared Dr Hatcher possessed
30 an eminent degree qualities tha'
t tnada Shamgar successful and famous
He gave to God and to the s,fF'C IS
men the distinguished ability VIII
which God had endowed him, and ltt'
~ in,uetlshable monument in tht
hfarts ana lives he had touched aho
blessed
q roito.yirg the sermon. the congre
ration voted unanimously 20 send
committed Of three to Fork Union e
urge the family to grant to the chuici
: the privilege of bringing 20 Richmond
!. tha remains Of Dr. Hatcher Tor ~
!, torment in hollywood cemetery.
pr Ri -MilBnRhaTn spoke or ~
Hatcher's long connection with IN
RaDtist foreign mission board, ant
stated that DR. Hatcher belonged L
:, tha denomination. and that the
= foreign mission board would love Z
:, add It's voice TO that of the church
= William T. Fnyson said the Bap
" fist state mission board, which n
represented. wished to join In the Pc
n tition. ,-.
Lieutenant Governor j. 7. Eilyso'
-%president of the board OF trustees
q Richmond college, and correspondent
- SECRETARY of the Baptist educatlo
:, Ioard Of Virginia, declared that bot
the trustees of Richmond college an
tba education board desired 10 sec
l. ond the request
Ia sympathy Widespread.
q kilograms and letters OF sympath
> continue to pour in ut Carehy nal
where the body Of the beloyed mir
500 lister lies in state. II was the e.
pressed wish of Or. Hatcher that u
= w. w Iandrum. of Louisville, an
Or Frost. of Nashville, promlner
members OF the Southern Baptist cor
vention and personal friends, shout
preside at his funeral and this wis
will be carried out whether the ~
neral he held ia Richmond or at For
| Union.
Rev. M Hatcher ana other mon
beers OF the family were greatly toncf
ed last night by the overture frol
the members of Grace-Street churc
|
lengthy conference. lasting until nea
" midnight, and at the end or II Nj
Hatcher announced that the decisio
of the family would be announced
| 10 o'clock this morning Arrang
ments that had been publicly ~
, nounccd were due largely TO sent
ment II was az president of Fol
Union academy that he had given II
last fifteen years OF his life. The j
: stitution waes hts pride and ity. ar
the interesting fact "a that during q
this time his work for the instit'
ton, which was most exactlng. W
given gratuitously, not only doll
of compensation having been recei
ed by him. although compensate
: was urged upon him, 1t seemed a
propriate to the family. therefor
that his remains should be buri
within sight Of the institution tn
he loved
~uddenne~s shocking.
The suddenness Of this good rasr
death which SO shocked Richmol
II Yesterday was rsth srN intensified