The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-09-17
THE OLDEST OF
MISSIONARIES
Rev. Albert seagrave, Of Rangoon,
Burma, Who Visits Denison Last
Week, Long In the Service
FRIENDS PROUD OF RECORD
Rev. Seagrave Has Career in Baptist
denomination EqualIed by No One
- May Visit Denison Again

As noted in our issue of last week
Rev, Albert Seagrave, of Rangoon,
Burma, was j in It the city last Sunday,
the guest Of Dr., Robert, Plimpton and
wife. Rev. Seagrave spoke at. the
Baptist church Sunday morning and
also before the Sunday school and
Senior Union during the day. He is
now one of the oldest missionaries OF
the Baptist denomination in active
work. The older settlers of this coun-
ty we'll remember the twin Seagrave
boys, Alfred and Albert, who lived on
the farm in Goodrich township a mile
north of the present Woodruff farm.
Albert was always very thought ful
and earnest and it was not surprising
to his friends when it was learned that
he had decided to become a mission
AIRY to the foreign lands. He worked
hard for an education, took college
degree and answered the call to spend
his life among the Karens of Burma.
He was not the first on the field, to
this race of people who were found
exceedingly ready to embrace chris
tianity, but in the second group of
missionaries. 4Sft,}ttm
Rev. Seagrave put all the earnest
ness of his nature to learning the Ian
g4age and was SOON able; to 60 out
and preach for himself in, the Jungle
villages. His uprightnesssof' charac-
ter was quickly understood by 4 tie
natives, and he soonEhegan to have a
strong influence over them. He: was
married to a daughter 5if, d mission.
airy and so the whole drift Of his life
went toward the uplifting of the men
and women and children which he
learned to love-.
In time the Karen christians be-
came self sustaining and were ready
to make sacrifices OF money to give
their children a christian education,
and they felt that no person was bet
ter qualified to head the undertaking
than their beloved missionary, Sea-
grave. who came from Denison, Iowa.
Thus for many years he has been at
the head of a rapidly increasing in
power, educational undertaking at
Rangoon, Burma. There have been
at times 500 students, the larger num-
Der of whom came from the native
Villages and have to be given board
and lodging. The burden, of this school
did net come up to the capacity of
Rev. Seagrave for, work, and he in,
addition has had for many years the
superintendency of at Least one hun.
dred and fifty churches. This has re-
quireds long. and tedious journeys by
boats and through jungles year after
year When one saw him at Denison
this week and he appeared so
we'll and strong that it could hardly
he realized the many years of hard
work which he had undergone. s,,s,., an
Rev: Seagrave IS a Crawford county
product of which every churchman is
proud. He hasa career in the Baptist
denomination which, is second to no
man on the FIELD at the present time.
He will remain in this county until
spring and then return to Rangoon.
He has a son and daughter in this
country at the present time who are
fitting themselves for medical mis-
sionaries and: will spend some time
with them. The son is at the famous
Johns Hopkins university at Balti-
more, Md. Rev. Seagrave promises
that on his return trip westward he
will again stop at Denison and it has
been planned to make much of his
visit and to pay honor to one who has
done so much to honor Denison and
Crawford county in far off Burma.