The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-11-23
THE REV. r. c. HOLIAND
DIED WEDNESDAY
Was Gallant Soldier, Able Minister
and Active in Missionary WOrk.
Once Studied Law.


The State.
The Rev. Robert c. Holland, D. D.,
one of the most prominent leaders o.
the Lutheran church in the South,
died late Wednesday afternoon at the
Baptist hospital, where he had been il,
atcut ten days Recently he became
i'll with typhoid fever, developing pneu-
monia also
The funeral services will be held in
the Lutheran Church of the Ascension
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock The
funeral party left over the Southern
railway at 425 o'clock for Salem, Va,
where interment is to take place. The
body will remain at Hill Crest, his late
residence in Eau Claire, until the hour
for the funeral Thursday afternoon.
He was about 75~years of age. DR..
Holland was the son of Capt. R. H.
Holland and was born at Mt. Tabor,
Augusta county, Virginia, in 1910,
near the original location of Roanoke
college, from which institution he was
graduated after its removal to Salem,
Va.
Upon the outbreak of the War Be-
tween the Sections he volunteered in
Fickett's brigade under Longstreet
and Lee. He was brave and gallant
soldier and served with distinction as
a private He was wounded at the bat
t.e of Manassas in 1862. He was
more severely wounded in Pickett's
charge at Seminary Ridge in the
battle of Gettysburg. He was captured
ll ,E.a.led prisoner until Decem-
-, So rs wounds necessitated
(; MS parole, and he was transferred to
the hospital at the University Of Vir-
g:nia. where he studied law. But the
.1 - C tie university was interrupted
by the appearance of federal troops
Howe er he practiced law short time,
but subsequently relinquished this pro-
fession and began the study of the
ministry.
Served Many PastOrates.
He was ordained in 1868 and MS
first pastorate was the Oldest Luther
an congregation in the South-Rebron
church, IGadison county, Virginia.
Thence he became pastor of ST. Pc
.er's church, Shepherdstown, W. Va.
hFrom ,Shepherdstown he was called to
become vice president Of Roanoke col
lege as the colleague of the Rev. Dan
lei +. Bittle, D. D., the founder of the
institution. In connection with his Of
tice rs vice president he also filled the
lair of ancient languages and liter
irure. 1t was during this period in
his life as an educator that he particl-
pated on October II, 1879, in the in
auguration ceremonies of DR.. Julius D.
Dreher, who succeeded to the Office as
president of Roanoke college after the
.!eath of DR.. Bittle.
Again entering the active work of
the ministry, he accepted a call to St.
Johns church, Martinsburg, W. Va,
which he served until the call came
to him to become pastor of st. An
drew's church, Charleston. Thence he
was called to st. Marks church, Char
lotte n. C.
While serving as pastor at Char
lotte in 1904 he was elected member
Of the board of missions of the United
Synod of the Lutheran church in the
South. The board elected him as its
president and he performed the ardu-
Gus and responsible duties Of the Office
in connection with his pastorate at a
time when the home and foreign work
of the synod was conducted by one
board Four years later, when the
work was divided, he was elected pres
ident of the board of foreign missions.
Several years ago he relinquished en-
tirely the duties of the pastorate and
devoted his whole time to the presi-
dency of the board of foreign missions,
removing from Salem, Va, to Colum-
bia and making this city his head
quarters.
An Active Mission Worker.
No minister of the Lutheran church
in America was more earnest advo-