The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-05-11
M0REH0USE COL
LEGE,
REV. HENRY LYMAN MORE
HOUSE. D. D., PASSES AWAY. :

Atlanta, Ca, May Especial to
the Globe. DIR Henry Lyman More |
house died Saturday, May 5th. DR.. !
Morehouse was born in Stanford, N.
Y, October O., 1884. The first years
Of his service were spent in the min
istry sate various places an the East
and West, and since that time and
fo1 about forty years he has been con
stantly in the service of the Ameri-
can, Baptist Home Mission Society.
Immediately after the beginning of
his. connection with the Society. he
deybted special attention to educa-
tiOnA work among, the Negroes CT
the South. n .-, Sc. .,.te.-.
The mere facts. of the life Of DR..
MOrehOuse give only a faint impress
sion OF the unique place he holds in
the hearts of Negro Baptists of the
South and of Baptists throughout the
country. He has ever shown himself
a man Of vision and true statesman
ship. He carried with him a wis
dem and hope that ever inspired his
associates. His kindly spirit and
great fact have accounted for his un-
usual success in dealing with the
difficult problems Of Negro education.
With full faith in the future he has
ever champioled the cause of those
for whom he labored. Of such a
mould was the man whose very life
has been an inspiration and a benc-
dictfOn. and whose name is now the
emblem Of all high purposes and no.
HE resolve for every man who en-
tiers MOrehouse College. 49,. ~
We lament the passing of this
great soul-the man after whom our
institution is named, the man whose
life and character we strive to emu
late as ideal for Greater Morehouse."
The following resolutions have been
passed by the teachers and students
Of the College
RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, 1t has pleased our Heav-
emily Father to take unto Himself our
beloved friend and brother, Henry
Lyman Morehouse, and
Whereas. We realize that in the
death of DR.. Morehouse, who served
The American Baptist Home Mission
Society for nearly forty years, the
cause of Missions and Education
loses a wise counsellor a great
hearted benefactor, and faithful
friend, and
Whereas, We remember that
throughout his eighty years of serv-
ice DR.. Morehouse has labored I'M
tiringlv for the good of his country
for the advancement of the Kingdom
Of Christ, in sturdy pioneer effort in
the West, in the making of great
plans for the BAPTIST denomination
and in work for the Negro as for all
other struggling peoples, eevr prov
ing himself Christian statesman
and far-seeing patriot; now, there,
fore, be it
Resolved First. That we, the teach
ers and students of Mcrehouse Col
lege, in chapel assembled, do hereby
express our great sense of loss in
the death of the man whose name
cur institution bears, and who has
given it so much of it's best tradi-
ton;
Second, That WEE realize that not
only our college, and not only Negro
Baptists, but humanity at large has
Host n friend;
Third, That we here highly re-
solve to emulate this noble Christian
example, and to seek eevr to give
our best to God, to our college, and
our native land. 4 Gr rla, !
For the faculty e aa.c "a |
;" John Hope, President.
BENJAMIN Brawley, Dean.
+, s. Fl. Archer.
For the students tr-
gsru J, b. Nance, Pres. Y. NJ C. A.
s1 f., R. Richards. '.t
]. P, Barbour.