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Doremus-Joyiier: At the home of the
bride's parents, Rev. J. M. Williams,
on August 31, 1911, Mr. Ogdm Doremus,
of Franklintou, La., and Miss Hattie
Joyner, of Pinecliff, La.
Senl-Plaiiche: At tlie Southern Hotel,
tovington, La., on September 1, 1911, by
Rev. J. \V. Williams, Mr. Fyler C. Seal
of Franklintou, La., and Miss Adolphin
Planche, of Bogalusa, La.
Fridge-Marshall: At the home of the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. n. i".
Fridge, of Ellisville, Miss., August 23,
1011, by Rev. E. B. Witherspoon, assisted
by Rev. Charles Oberschmidt, of
Corsicana, Tex., Mr. J- H. Marshall, of
Atmore, Ala., and Miss Alice Fridge.
Lassiter- II irks: At Newport News, Va.,
September 2, 1911, by Rev. I)r. K. T.
Wellford, Joseph C. Lassiter and Miss
Annie D- Hicks, both of Newport News.
Va.
Beatljs!
Htpplienson: At the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar A. Stephenson,
near Meadowdale, Va,. on August 2S,
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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I'KWr'ftFilMFK It. I lllFiv.t iv.i.
Resolutions adopted by session of College
Cburcli, Hampden-Sidney, Va.,
August G, 1911.
1. Whereas it 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, always 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, Re It Resolved: 1. That
while we bow in reverence and subaiis
sion to tlie will ot mm \vino uoeui an
things well," we are humbly and deeply
grateful for the consolation that we
need not sorrow as those 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 puri?~i
?a ?ftf n,rwi
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and that we will cherish his memory
and strive to copy his virtues.
And 5. That we extend our heartfelt
sympathy to the sorrowing widow, brother,
and other relatives, with the
prayer that the God of all consolation
mtav bind up their hearts and speak
peace to their souls.
Ashton W. McWhorter,
Rev. W. J. King, Clerk.
Moderator.
JAMES McGOYERN.
Resolutions adopted by the Session
of Aekerman Presbyterian Church.
Ackerman, Miss., August 27, 1911.
Whereas, Dr. James McGovern, who
was called to his Heavenly reward on
the 15th day of August, 1911, was a
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 Cod.
'2. That, as his separation from us
follows so soon after that of Mr.
Moore, we feel that Cod 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,
and sanctify the lx>rd Christ in our
hearts.
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, lie 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 emulate.
5. 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.
fi. That The Plaindealer and The
Tribune of our city be requested to give
this document a place in their columns,
and that it be submitted for publication
to the Christian Observer and the
Presbyterian of the South.
J. M. C. Johnson,
Rev. R. W. Meoklin Clerk of Session,
(pastor), Moderator.
THOS. 1). EVANS.
Thos. D. Evans was born November 1 \
1?42, of We.sh parentage; united with
X'.;\v Concord Churca af the age of 16;
was ordained an elder May 20, 1900 in
tliis clinch, where his honored fatlie"
had served :n the 3iinc capacity for
many years, and fell asleep on Friday,
January 20. 1911 at his home in Campbell
county, Va-, as pea. ei'ull/ as a little
thi'd. On November CO. 1S70 he was
married to Miss Nancy May "Wood who
with eight children survive him, rs
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 10 his
country, and faithful to his God. Me
found much pleasure in havng with him
his children and his little grandchildren.
He served wth valor in the war (51-64,
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 enjoyed
the service any more than he, no
one was any more ready to lift up his
voice in prayer at her meetings than heOn
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 mis conn 01 our uiiuiui, ??
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 rommunty that we might be able to
say of them as of him "Blessed are the
dead which die in the Ix>rd henceforth;
yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest
from their labors; and their works do
follow them."
A FRIEND.
V N OF THE SOOTH
AN A W'K E CI ATI 0 N.
William Dana Taylor, u noble man of
Cod; and on of tile foremost civil engineers
of the day, fell asleep at his
home in Chicago, 111., on Saturday,
August 2G, 1U11, iii 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
.-iiiiuiimu i uiyiecnmc institute, t orneu
and Chicago Universities, and attained
eminence in his profession. President
McK'inley, during the Spanish-American
war, appointed him a captain of the
Third United States Engineers, from
which lie 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 Louisiana 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 Civil 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 Txjuisiana State
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man and endeared hmself, both as instructor
and friend, to a very large circle
in the University, and in the 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 gentleman,
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 pilgrimages
and will sustain them.
J. Y. ABUT SON.
Bake Charles, Tja., A\ig. 31, 1911.
MRS. MARY TICKNOR HA ZEN.
Born at Prattville, Ala., January 33,
1838.
Departed tails lite at boh 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;
constructed cotton gins, built mills for
grinding grain and for the manufacture
of cotton goods. They were afterwards
the original promoters in the development
of coal and iron mining in the vicinity
of Birmingham.
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Bhe whs educated at boarding schools
in .Mobile, Ala., and Hartford, Conn.,
having graduated at the Hartford Female
Seminary in 1S54.
She was married in 1S">7 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, lmt having
been called to the ministry, became
pastor of the Presbyterian church.
There the children of the fnniilv three
sons and four daughters, were born.
In 1877, at the instance of prominent
business men throughout the Gulf
State, who appreciated his business
ability, Dr. Hazen was called to the
secretaryship of Publication in the f y
Southern Presbyterian Church and in if
this position he served the Church With j I
signal ability for th*" uexi twenty-five iJ
years until his death,
During all these years Mrs. Dozen'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 Richmond
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, and ever
devoting her time and energies to the
welfare of others. Two years ago lier
health failed, but her interest in the
great cause to which she had consecrated
her life remained unabated.
She 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 graeiouslv guided
nnd anotninoa br?r hnnnv nnd fruitful life.
By A. T>. Phillips, T>. D.
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 she 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 se
creis 01 prevailing prayer, in wnicn sne
found daily 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 the
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