Evening star., 1923-10-29
REV. DR.. CLARK DIES
AT THE AGE OF "a
Retired Minister of M. E.
Church Succumbs Follow
ing Brief Illness.

Rev. DR.. Lucien Clark, we'll known
retired minister of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. died Saturday
night at the family home, New
| lands street. Chevy Chase, Md, aged
eighty-four years. He had been Ill
| only a short time. Funeral services
will be held tomorrow morning at
| the family residence and will be pri-
vate. The body will be taken to
Mason. Ohio, the former homo of
DR.. Clark, for interment.
DR.. Clark was native Of Warren
county, Ohio, where he was born
January 25. 1889. During the pres
ent calendar year he and Mrs.
Clark celebrated the golden anniver-
sary of their marriage. He was or
dained a minister Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in 1857. at the age
OF eighteen, and for sixty-seven
ing the civil war he was chaplain of
one of the Ohio volunteer infantry
regiments at the front. During his
| long ministry he had served churches
in Cincinnati. Pittsburgh. Erie; Balti-
more and in the District of Columbia.
He founded and was pastor of the
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Chevy Chase, Md.
Rettres, Hut Is Recalled.
He retired eleven years ago. at the
age of seventy-three years, but in
1912 a body of Methodists of Chevy
Chase. Md. appealed to him to aid
them In the organization Of a church
In that section. He gladly took up
his work again and the congregation
was organized. the church built and
Dr.. Clark became the pastor. serving
without compensation until impaired
health forced him again to retire In
1920.
DR.. Clark was known from coast to
coast as a minister OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church. He attended regu-
larly the church conferences and was
heard on the lecture rostrum and
at chautauquas all over the coun-
to the literature of his church, writ
ing from time to time editorials and
other articles on all subjects in
which Christian people generally were
interested. He was graduate of the
Ohio Wesleyan University in the class
Of 1862 and for time was an assistant
editor Of the Christian Advocate, the
church paper.
He wae a pulpit orator of magnetic
power and eloQuence. The COM
municants OF his old church in Chevy
Chase. and the people in. that COM
munity generally, will miss his genial
presence and social intercourse as
both preacher and pastor. Socially
he was much sought and always
proved the life Of any gathering he
attended. He wa possessed of an
intimate fund of church history not
found in the books. personal expert
ence and stories of his personal
friendship with the leading men and
women of the church in his time and
others of prominence in other walks
Of life. He was possessed of good
business talent and whatever he un-
dertook in the name Of his church,
in a business way, always proved a
success.
DIR. Clark is survived by his wife,
son, Christopher Clark of Min
neapolis, Mimi. and two daughters,
Misses Alice and Ruth Clark Of Chevy
Chase.
A memorial service will be held
November IL at IL O'Clock at the
First Methodi-t Episcopal Church.
Chevy Chase, Md. Connecticut avenue
and Shepherd street, Chevy Chase
Rev. DR.. John r. Edwards. district
superintendent OF the Washington
district. will off1ciate. assi~ted by DR..
]. Luther Neff, pastor of the church.
This service will be attended by
many prominent members of the
Methodist clergy and others we'll
known in that denomination.