Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-13

REV. ROBERT NELSON, ID. ID.
We'll ~ his written and cxt.rnporane-
Gus speech. declared him to be "A
| scholar OF rar" CIVILIZATIONS Thcs.
GIFTS and requirements gave him
/ much % his gica, influence Tor good
IN China. where. whether In his own
! tongue that h- knew nud loved anu
used ever a. something too sacred to
! hc married In auywisc. "r in the diff
! hcui; speech .: a foreign PEOPLE
! which hc had mastered. lie was know n
and honorcd for his "lpqucnce
| TN" years OF stuiy at Alexandria
were ever ones of delightful memory
! 10 Dr Nelson OF them h. always
I spok. with love, and for the sem
! mary his devotion ANA LOYALTY deep
! cn.d as II" grow older. Ther" ne
| became imbued with the doctrines OF
/ the church taught by bishop
/ Meade and by those who. WITH that
| great champion OF truth. conba,cd
| without compromise what seemed
, u them Ia u. error and false
/ doctrine. rh. doctrines ;hcn
| learned and strengthened oy
| subsequent thought and study,
were held by DR. Nelson throughout
| his life. not with Intolerance or per
sonal antagonism 20 those with whom
| he disagreed, but with fidelity to-
| what he believed 20 b. true as ;tught|
by the Hible and h.id - he true by,|
the church. In no sense :, cpntroycr-
s.aiist. yet he ala not fail TO pro-
| claim ihc truth a. ne saH IT, All =
this flowed naturally from h!o in
! hcrit-I disposition To stand ias,
| vvhcr" duty placed him. from the in
, Nu-nc- %: mis- training under bishop
Meade and from his thorough study OF
each question which seemed 20 him
| Fundamental IN Ills ministry.
! The activ. ministerial life OF DR.
! Nelson began as assistant to DR.
Heur! johns. Al Christs Church. Bal
timorc. Thence he was called TO Lat
| inner Parish Lexington. Va. There
| he soon became known for picty.
| Ecnticncss. invahiencss, cloqucncc
and power for good. Al this time
/ began mis- married life. OF that Ike
his letters and journals tell. q; It's
| sweetness and help to him, OF the
| JOY and comfort that came to him
| through that sacred relation FOR near
l. thiriy-sevcn years. he speaks in
[, words OF simple and profound beauty.
October &c. lS+S. ne and Rose Points.
daughter OF James and Elizabeth
| Stevenson Points, were married ~
! stanton soon thereafter these two,
| with common purpose and consecra-
ton. offered themselves to the board
| OF foreign missions for the work in
| China.
WORK In China.
| This was before our day OF speed,
| ease ana luxury in travel DAILY &C
| ccptcd -, this work, MIR Nelson. his
| wife. with Il hoy then about two years
| old, and II young colorcd nurse, Mar
| tha---she is worthy OF honorable men
! ton for courage and fidelity in times
or great trial-and in company with
| John Points. who died in 1860. 's
! rector of old St. Johns. Richmond.
| a brother OF Mrs. Nelson! and Clevc-
land Keith. later 10 die hercicaily on
! a burning vessel, sailed from Boston
July so. 1851. in the bark Oriental
i, was little vessel Of 700 tons bur
then. under the command OF good
Captain Frank Dale" The voyage
| VAS memorable.
| Mr. Nelson's ,.aily record tells of
| the events OF those five months our
| ing which no land was touched.
| There were storms and other hard
ships. all bravcly and safely endured
There was the tragedy OF a stu
horn infant. with no skilled phEs'-
clans Offices. The young husband
did what his fine intelligence and
| courage and laymans knowledge
! suggested The beloved wife lived.
The little body OF the child was
| buried in the ocean, in latitude a.
Grees, Al minute" south; lohEitM NE
% degrees. IS minutes west. INC
written record is as faithful to de;
| tail as the captains log ana as lull
OF interest as an epic.
Day. 1851. Bishop Eoone, the elder.
only death ended Veterans Of sis.
ter communions were there to gree;
| the young miss ionarics. No sectional
lines; no denominational differences
| divided in those days the Gospel
messengers VIZ, VILLAINS; such men as the the
man. in 1929: s. Wells Williams. in
| 1898. the great scholar Ii; s inoloSy:
NJ. T. Yates. in iSia. scholar and
the Baptist mission; Joseph Edki;rs.
| In 1913. and many others of like
greatness !ncludin" Rev. Walter
| Lambeth. father of bishop Waiter r.
| Lambeth. OF the Methodist Church.
who spoke here recently. DR..
Nelson walked in close friend
ship and unity of purpose. I, was
| solid front that the Gospel army in
China presented in that day.
Until 1881 DR.. Nelson continued to
] be identified with missions In China.
complete record n thnt time. They