Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-11-29
THE REV. JUDKINS' MEMORIAL


day evening November 1lth, 1919
marked the scene of Il sad and solemn
occasion when the Salem Baptist
Church held Il memorial service i'll
honor of its late pas or Rev X. G.
JudkinS, ID. d., who departed this
life August 9th, 1919. Long before
the hour arrived for the opening Of
the services members and friends
were vending their way to the church
to pay their last tribute Of love and
respect to their much loved pastor.
AS the hour was approaching the con
grcgation sat in absolute silence,
while the organ pcalcd forth sad
strains OF music. abr. ID. l.. Cosby
by EXl'rcSidcnt Of the Baptist Min
listers Conference OF the STATE OF n.
j. acted as Master of Ceremony.
Opening hymn: My Days Are
Gliding Swiftly By Scripture Lesson
The "u;n psa:m. Dr Cosby; Prayer.
Nj. T.. Mickcns and Miss FELTON,
uhc ORGANISM sang Il Duet, "Abidc
With Me" 1t was sung with much
feeling and reached the hearts of its
hearers. rs we listened to the soft
stra;rs of music, Little Miss Gerald
the late II. G. Judkins. Mr.. Edward
Reeves, Il devoted friend Of the pas
tor, Il faithful member, Il very promi-
| rcnt business man presented the por
trait to the church. Deacon Myrick,
on behalf of the church, received the
same Both of these brethren made
very timely addresses bearing on
| their love for the pastor, his great
worth, and how all had benefited by
| his activities. Mrs. T. B. Thomas
| with Il heart bowed in sorrow, and
| with tear dimmcd eyes delivered the
biography, closing with n short poem
! dedicated to the pastor. Mr.. 4. l..
Ramsey then sang Il solo, "What Are
, They Doing In Heaven Today?'
, which brought tears anew.
The master Of ceremonies next pre-
| scented DR.. J. b. Pharr OF New 1lav-
on, Conn, who delivered a mastcrful
culogistic grafton. We were at loss
| for words Of Justice to render DR..
| pharr fos his most excellent culogy
of Dr.. Judkins, DR.. Pharr, being a
| claSSmate of DR.. JudkinS, followed
! him in culogy from the Virginia I'm
| ion University to Fredericksburg, Va.
then to Montgomery, Ala, and back
to Jersey City n. j. as pastor of Sal
en- Baptist Church. Words fail us
| when we try to express how perfect
| ~ he portrayed the life and charac-
| ter Of this Fallen Prince in Israel
| the late r. G. Judkins. DR.. w. f..
| Graham OF Philadelphia, former pas
! tor of Rev. JudkinS spoke OF him as
, pastor and preacher. DR.. Graham he
gan his remarks by saying that DR..
! JudkinS was his son in the gospel
and he always referred to him as
such even in his correspondence. He
told of his early passionate iii Fred
ericksburg, Va, OF his uni ing the
two factions into which the church
had hccn divided for years, and thus
! establishing peace, and how that
! this spirit for peace grew and grew,
and was so prominent in trying to
cement the great National Baptist
Convention factions. DR.. Whitfield
along with DIR. Graham represented
The Philadelphia Baptist Minister'S
Conference. DR.. Whitfield also deliver
cd Il very excellent address on the
life of Or. Judkins in which he com
bincd all Of his qualities.
III. IL. n tsOoJtI oi 'itlciHoi, IN.
j., spoke Of DR.. JudlljnS as 4 friend
| to all DR.. Cooper emphasized his he
ing special friend TO ministers, to
the great and small to the high and
! the lowly. Among the many true state
! mems made by Dr.. Cooper was, that
Or. JudkinS did not cvadc the rank
est expression Of his opinions. when
| he felt that principle lay at the
| foundation os his views. Rev. p. G.
James of Jersey City led the two min
ute addresses. followed by other min
listers. Mrs. r. f.. Henderson, presi-
dent Of the Woman'S Auxiliary to
the New Jersey Baptist State Convcn
ton and Mrs. NJ. Vaughn, National
made very timely addresses on DR..
JudliinS' worth to the State Of New
| Jersey. Then followed the heads of
the church auXiliarics \ solemn dig
nifty marked the occasion. Thus, as
the women left the tomb Of the Saw
Tor in fearful sadness. so left we the
! church with realization that it
| would be we'll for us to contemplate
this remarkable life and discover
what were the elements entering in
TO il, made it so strong, so symctri
cal. so sublime.
The services closed with the hymn
| "NOw The Day Is Over" DR.. Whitfield
: pronounced tho bencdiction.