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Dorenius-Joyuer: At the home of the
bride's parents, Rev. J. M. Williams,
on August 31, 1911, Mr. Ogden C. Doremus,
of Franklinton, Da., and Miss Hattie
Joyner, of PineclifT, La.
Seal-lManche: At the Southern Hotel,
tovington, I>a., on September 1, 1911, by
ftev. J. W. Williams, Mr. Fyler C. Seal
of Franklinton, La., and Miss Adolphin
Planche, of Bogalusa, La.
Fridge-Marshall: At the home of the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F.
Fridge, of Ellisville, Miss., August 23,
1911, by Rev. E. B. Witherspoon, assisted
by Rev. Charles Oberschmidt, of
Corsicana, Tex., Mr. J- H. Marshall, of
Atmore, Ala., and Miss Alice Fridge.
Lasslter-lflcks: At Newport News, Va.,
September 2, 1911, by Rev. Dr. E. T.
Wellford, Joseph C. Lasstter and Miss
Annie D. Hicks, both of Newport News,
Va.
IBeatfjg
Stephenson: At the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar A. Stephenscn,
near Meadowdale, Va,. on August 28,
1911, Miss Susan Stephenson, a worthy
young Christian.
Dudley: At his home near Hightown,
Va., on August 30, 1911, Mr.
Frederick W. Dudley. A consistent
member of Pisgah Church.
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Resolutions adopted by session of College
Church, Hampden-Sidney, Va.,
August 6, 1911.
1. Whereas R has pleased our Heavenly
Father to remove from our midst our
co-Presbyter and friend, Ruling Elder
James R. Thornton:
2. And whereas for years he was an
honored and faithful member of this
Session, alwayB zealous for the King's
business, and studying earnestly the
peace of Zion?, as well as a conscientious
and devoted member of College
Church:
3. And whereas we are desirous of
bearing testimony to his Christian character
and example, and of placing upon
record some expression of our high esteem
and unfeigned affection for him:
Therefore, Be It Resolved: 1. That
while we bow in reverence and submission
to the will of Him "Who doeth all
things well," we are humbly and deeply
grateful for the consolation that we
tiJW>A tint BATrnw na thnsp who have no
hope:
2. That In the death of Professor
Thornton the church has lost a faithful
and efficient Presbyter and a consecrated
member; and that we, as a Session, shall
greatly miss his sober counsel, sound
advice, and godly example in all our
future deliberations and undertakings:
4. That we gladly and heartily bear
witness to his pure and exalted character
as a man and as a Christian,?a
character adorned by many beautiful
virtues, and, above all, wonderfully purlfled
and ennobled by the Grace of God;
and that we will ch'erltfh his memory
and strive to copy hils virtues.
And 5. That we extend our heartfelt
sympathy to the sorrowing widow, brother,
and other relative?, with the
prayer that the God of all consolation
may bind up their hearts and speak
peace to their souls.
Ash ton W. McWhorter,
Rev. W, J. King, Clerk.
Moderator.
JAMES McflOYERN.
Resolutions adopted by the Session
of Ackerman Presbyterian Church,
Ackerman, Miss-, August 27, 1911.
Whereas, Dr. James McGovern, who
vniB called to his Heavenly reward on
the lWh day of Augutft, 1911, was a
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THE PRESBYTEKli
Ruling Elder In this Church at the time
of his death,
Therefore, Resolved: 1. That he was
"a prince and a great man of Israel,"
(the Church); a good citizen; and a
child of God.
2. That, as his separation from us
follows so soon after that of Mr.
Moore, we feel that God has a controversy
with our Church, and we do
hereby call upon all of our members
to ponder prayerfully these marked
Providences of our Heavenly Father,
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hearts.
3. That the seat of our lamented
brother In the weekly prayer meeting
and in the Sabbath school, being now
vacant, as it rarely was before his last
illness, he will be most sadly missed.
4. That his Christian humility and
his abiding trust in Jesus are graces
which all the members of our church
should covet and emulate5.
That a copy of these resolutions be
transmitted to his bereaved wife and
children, with assurances from the
Session of the tenderest and truest
sympathy with them in this the hour of
their sore trial.
6. That The Plaindealer and The
Tribune of our city be requested to give
this document a place in their columns,
ami ibn.t It hA snhmlttpd for niihllcntlnn
to the Christian Observer and the
Presbyterian of the South.
J. M. C. Johnson,
Rev. R. W. Mecklin Clerk of Session,
(pastor), Moderator.
THOS. D. EVANS.
Thos. D. Evans was born November 1\
1842, of We.sh parentage; united with
N-.iw Concord Church a* the age of 16;
was ordained an elder May 20, 1900 in
this chrrcb, where his honored lathe"
bad served :n the same capacity for
many years, and fell asleep on Friday,
January 20. 1911 at his home in Campbell
county, Va-, as pea.efully as a little
chi'd. On November 30. 1870 he was
marrieti to miss i\ancy May wooa wno
with eight children survive him, .us
follows: Thomas William, Jessie Davis,
D. Septimus, H. W. Grady, Mrs D.
Hugh Booth, Mrs. Emmett Tweedy, Mrs.
John E. Hunter and Miss May.
Mr. Evans was a man of many noble
traits; a lover of his home, true to his
country, and faithful to his God. He
found much pleasure in havng w it.h him
his children and his little grandchildren.
He served wth valor in the war 61-64,
enlisting in "Appomattox Invincibles,"
Company A, 44th Regiment, Va. Vols.,
serving the four years without receiving
a serious wound.
But truest and best of all was Mr.
Evans' character revealed in his love to
his church." For eleven years a ruling
elder in his church he never shirked his
duty in this capacity. No one ever eninvnH
tV?a oorvico onv mrtro ifhflii Via no
one was any more ready to lift up his
voice in prayer at her meetings than he.
On the Sabbath before his death he was
called upon at the Sabbath school to lead
in prayer and It seemed that the very
prayer revealed the fact that the man
was nearer his God than ever before and
he was,?only five days away from Father
and Home. 'He was always ready to
represent his church at Presbytery and
oftentimes his face beaming with humor
was seen at this court of our church; as
well at the meetings of Synod.
Would that we had more such men
whose silent and pure influences might
live in the hearts of their children and in
the communty that we might be able to
say of them as of hdm "Blessed are the
dead which die in the Lord henceforth;
yea, salth the Spirit, that they may rest
from their labors; and their works do
follow them."
A FRIEND.
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AN APPRECIATION.
William Dana Taylor, a noble man of
God; and on of the foremost civil engineers
of the day, fell asleep at his
home in Chicago, 111., on Saturday,
August 26, 1911, in the 53d year of his
age. Interment at his old home, Montgomery
Ala. Professor Taylor was born
in Montgomery, Ala., was prepared for
his chosen work, civil engineering, at the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Cornell
and Ohieago Universities, and attained
eminence in his profession. President
McKinley, during the Spanish-American
war, appointed him a captain of the
Third United States Engineers, from
which he resigned at the close of the
war, and at the time of his death was
chief engineer of the Chicago and Alton,
and Toledo, St. Louis and Western
Railroads.
He was for some time professor of engineering
in the Ixmlsiana State University
at Baton Rouge, and later of
railroad engineering in the University of
Wisconsin, and was a member of the
Western Society of Engineers, American
Society of Oivil Engineers, and the
American Railway Engineers Associaton.
These are all honorable distinctions
and are mentioned as evidences of
his noteworthy ability. Our acquaintance
with Professor Taylor was during
his connection with the Louisiana State
University. There he was a very useful
man and endetared hmself, both as instructor
and friend, to a very large clr
cic m tne university, and in tne city, to
whom the news of his death will bring
very genuine sorrow. Soon after coming
to Baton Rouge he united with the
Presbyterian church by letter from the
Presbyterian Church at Auburn, Ala.,
where he was a ruling elder. He entered
into all the work of the church,
was made a ruling elder, was most helpful
to the pastor, and also was a very
efficient teacher in the Sunday school.
He was a very lovable man, genial,
cheerful, sympathetic and liberal. He
was an honest, upright Christian gentlemain,
and his loss was very keenly felt
when he left us. We loved him and esteemed
him very highly. Prof. Taylor
was lovely in his home, and greatly
loved his home. He is survived by
his widow and six children, to whom
he has left the godly Inheritance, "a
good name rather to be chosen than
great riches." We extend to them our
sincere sympathy, and commend them
"to the God of all Grace and the God of
all Comfort," their father's God, who
sustained him through all his pilgrimncm
onr3! will onntnln thorn
J. Y. ALLISON.
Lake Charles, La., Aug. 31, 1911.
MRS. MARY TICKNOR HAZEN.
Born at Prattville, Ala., January 23,
1838.
Departed this life at Bon Air, Va,.
August 11, 1911.
The memory of this interesting, admirable
and eminently useful life will be
sacredly cherished by all who knew her,
and will be treasured as a priceless heritage
by her children, two sons and two
daughters, who survive.
The parents and other relatives of
Mrs. 'Hazen were pioneers, who opened
up the section of Alabama in which she
was born, to manufacture and commerce;
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grinding grain and for the manufacture
of cotton goods. They were afterwards
the original promoters tai the development
of coal and iron mining in the vicinity
of Birmingham.
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She was educated at boarding schools
in Mobile, Ala., and Hartford, Conn.,
having graduated at the Hartford Female
Seminary in 1854.
She was married in 1857 at Columbia,
Conn., to James K. Hazen. Immediately
afterward they established their home
at Prattville, Ala., where he was for a
time engaged in business, but having
been called to the ministry, became
pastor of the Presbyterian church.
There the1 children of the family, three
sons and four daughters, were born.
In 1877, at the instance of prominent
business men throughout the Gulf
State, who appreciated hil business
ability, Dr. Hazen was called to the
secretaryship of Publication in the / s
Southern Presbyterian Church and . in I
this position he served the Church with J
signal ability for tbr next twenty-five i
years until his death,
During all these years Mrs. Har.Cn's
skill and efficiency in the management
of family and household affairs, together
with her sympathetic support in her husband's
professional duties made possible
his remarkable success in placing the
publication work of the church on its
present stable and prosperous basis.
In 1885 the family removed from Rich- *
mond to Bon Air. Here in the midst of a
happy home life, Mrs. Hazen was interested
and active In local and general
church work, giving generously to the
causes of the Church, conducting a Sabbath
school for colored people, end ever
devoting her time and energies to the
welfare of others. Two years ago her
health failed, hut her interest in the
great cause to which she had consecrated
her life remained unabatedShe
loved devotedly the church which
had been founded and nourished under
Dr. Hazen's ministry and was never absent
from its meetings except when considerations
of health or special duties required
her presence at home. To the
last she retained her characteristic
spirit of cheerful interest in others and
unselfish devotion to their happiness.
To the last she maintained unswerving
zeal for the Master that she had so long
served and who had so gracionslv guided
and sustained her hapny and fruitful life.
By A. L. Phillips, B. B.
Early on the morning of Friday, August
11, 1911, Mrs. Mary Tlckner Hazen,
entered upon her eternal rest in her
home at Bon Air, Va. She was the
wife of Rev. James K. Hazen, D. D., for
many years the distinguished Secretary
of Publication of the Southern General
Assembly.
Having given her whole heart to Jesus
Christ early in life, she served him
with keen intelligence and unfailing
zeal throughout her long life.
Mrs. Hazen was an uncommon woman.
By inheritance r>he came Into
possession of the best traditions of New
England Puritan love of knowledge and
culture and of the purest spiritual
ideals. She was a most deligent student
of God's Word and spent almost
her last strength searching it for meat
for the children of the Sabbath School.
By long experience she knew the secrets
of prevailing prayer, In which she
found dally delight, and through which
she brought upon herself, upon her
household and upon the local church
as upon the Church at large multitudes
of blessings.
She was a diligent and careful reader
of the best religious books and was
widely and accurately informed about
the current life of her Church. Her
clear intellect thus informed was th#?
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