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Alexander?-Cloud: In New OrleanB,
La., Wednesday, June 12, 1912, by Rev.
Dr. George Summey, Air. Robert George
Alexander and Miss Anette Cloud, both
of Hammond, La.
Bryson?Street: At the residence of
the bride's parents, Conyors, Ga., Mr.
J. Hassell Bryson. of Mou-rville. S. C..
and Miss Bertha Mae the wedding
taking place at h?l* 'Mist three
Wednesday, June 5th, t>- officiating
minister, Rev. J. D. KeitfCrOwell?McGowan:
A* w*e bride's
home, Holly Springs, Mie_, June 11,
1912, by the groom's brother, itev. A. S.
Crowefll, Mr. J. W. Crowell, of Water
Valley, 'Miss, and Miss Margarette McGowan.
Denny?Mason: J Jfune 6, 1912, by
Rev. Emmett W. McCorkle, assisted by
Rev. J. J. Rice, at the residence of the
bride's mother, Mrs. -Mildred M. Mason,'
In Nicholasville, Ky., her daughter,
Miss Anne Browne Mason, to Mr. Robert
J. Denny, from Chattanooga, Tenn.
Jones?McCormJck: At the home of
the bride, Eufaula, Ala., June 12, 1912,
Rev. D. J. (Blackwell officiating, Mibs
Erin McCormick to Mr. James Harvey
Jones, of Jacksonville, Fla.
Legurde?Merkl: In New Orleans,
La., June 12, 1912, Mr. Morris Leonard
Legarde and Miss Lena Merkl, only
daiurhter of Mr and Mrs. John Morkl
Firebaugli?Mohler: June 11, 1912, In
the Bethesda church, Rockbridge Baths,
Va., by Rev. iEhrunett W. MoCorkle, Rev.
Robert McElwee Firebaugh, pastorelect
of the Presbyterian church of
Bennington, Oklahoma, to Miss Henrietta
Mahler, both from Rockbridge
Baths, Va.
Hood?Lilly: At the manse in Mt.
Pleasant, Texas, on Wednesday, June
12, 1912, by Rev. J. Q. Varner, Mr. R.
S. Hood and Mrs. Millie Lilly of Green
Hill, Texas.
Bern*?Alexander: At the home of
the bride's parents, Glenwood, Ark.,
June 10, 1912, by Rev. John T. Barr,
of Womble, Ark., Mr. Harry J. Renn,
of Memphis, Tenn., and Miss Emma
Alexander, of Glenwood.
Smith?Campbell: At Aberdeen, N. C.,
June 4, 1912, at the residence of D. J.
Campbell, father of the bride, by Rev.
J. (D. A. Brown, Rev. Letcher Smith,
of Fayetteville, N. C'., and Miss Mamie
A Campbell.
Talma go?Barton: In Newcomb
chapel, New Orleans, Wednesday, June
12, 1912, by Rev. I>r. W. McF. Alexander,
Rev. Franklin Crane Talmage, pastor
of the Presbyterian church of
Amite, La., and MIsb Natalie Hampton
Barton.
Whitmore?Rutherford: At the Presbyterian
church, Milford, Texas, June
5, 1912, by Rev. Henry C. Evans, D. D.,
Dr. Samuel Louis Whitmore, Asheville,
N. C., and Miss Claire Rutherford,
aaugnier ot air. ana aire. in. k.. numerford,
Mllford, Texas.
Brons: At Womble, Ark., June 5,
1912, Roy Brous, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Brous. He was just twenty-one
years old. His death followed a prolonged
attack of typhoid fever.
Cotting: In New Orleans, June H.
1912, Charles Chauncey Cotting, in the
seventy-fourth year of his age, a faithful,
prayerful, .Hfthe-glrlng Christian,
conscientious and consecrated. He was
for fifty-six years, 1>nokem only by four
years of gallant service in the Confederate
army, with the Jewelry firm
of A. B. Oris wold Company.
Killongh: At Prattville, Ala., April
30, 1912, John W. Killougb, In his seventy-second
year. He was a faithful
and consistent Christian, a kind friend
and a devoted father.
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THE PRESBYTER1A
"How blest the righteous when he dies, t
"When sinks a weary soul to rest." <
McLeniorc: At his home in Pratt- i
ville, Ala., May 28, 1912, Simeon D. Mc- i
I^emore, aged 51. Survived by his wife, 1
two children, mother, three sisters and
a brother, who weep not as those with- !
out hope. <
"Asleep in Jesus, peaceful rest,
Whose waking is supremely blest."
iui/vuruiii-K; ue ->iay zstn, at the
home of her parents near Middlebrook,
Va., Susan Alma McCormick, aged thirteen,
fell asleep in Jesus, after a lingering
illness.
"Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on his gentle breast"
JAMES DOUGLAS HAN KINS.
Near Keysville, in Charlotte county.
Va., on August 14, 1829, he was born;
in his home in Halifax county, Va.,
surrounded by his devoted wife, two
daughters and seven sturdy sons, all"
grown to manhood, on May 2, 1912, he
quietly passed to his eternal reward.
"Jim Hankins," as he was familiarly
known through the county in which he
spent nearly his entire life, and to
which he gave freely of his life's most
active and earnest endeavor in seeking
to serve his npnnlo in anv #>nnnr>;+v
which would further the general good,
was a large-hearted, generous-Bpirited
man of noble impulses.
To befriend the friendless, to lift the
fallen, to feed the hungry and to help
the needy gave him pleasure always;
but right royally did he indulge this impulse
in the days of his own prosperity.
He was twice married, his second
wife being Miss Nannie Lovelace, a
member of one of the largest and best
known families of Halifax, a family
distinguished for its pretty women and
itB handsome men. This true aud loyal
wife bore him nine children, all of
whom are members of the Presbyterian
church, and well equipped to render
the church and the world a great and
blessed service.
Mr. Hanklns was one of the prime
movers and chief workers in the building
of the Oak Level Presbyterian
church. To this work he gave freely
of his time and bis means; and when
in 1880 a commission of Roanoke
Presbytery organized the church, he
was made a deacon, the duties of which
office he faithfully performed for many
years, until he was elected an elder,
and so served till his death.
A good neighbor, a faithful friend,
a loyal citizen, an enthusiastic Mason
and an humble follower of Jesus Christ, '
he has run his race, finished his course,
and gone to receive the crown which 1
the Lord the righteous judge will give 1
to them that love and serve him.
"Inasmuch as ye have done It unto '
~? * * * *
uuc ui mc icaov ui mesti xuy oretnren
ye have done It unto me." T. S. W.
REV. ABNER CRUMP HOPKINS, I). P. 1
Son of Henry L?. and Amelia (Crump)
Hopkins, was born In Powhatan countv. 1
Va., October 24, 1835. He was graduated
from Hampden Sidney College m 1
1855; spent -two years in teaching; took
the full course in Union Theological
Seminary; licensed by Hast Hanover
Presbytery, April, 1860; and in the fall
of that year was called to the Martins- 1
burg church, where he was ordained
and installed December 6, I860*. He 1
married May 16, 1861, Miss Anne Pleas- 1
ants Atkinson, daughter of Rev. Wm. 1
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?i. AiiLiuouii, i7. I/, no uiea in v^nanestown.
"W. Va., December 4, 1911, on 1
the 50th anniversary of the organlza- '
tlon of the Southern "Presbyterian
Church, and was 'burled December 6, <
the 51st anniversary of his ordination ]
to the ministry.
His pastorate In Martlnsburj? was of 1
brief duration. Early In the sprln* of 1
1862 the town was entered by hostile 1
tropps, and his congrcjfetlon was scat- ?
tered. Compelled to leave, he entered '
? OF TH? SOOTH.
he Confederate service as chaplain, and
continued in this relation till the surrender?serving
in the Stonewall Brigade
under General Jackson, and later
in the 2nd Corps with General Gordon
It was as chaplain that some of the
most efficient work of his ministry was
done. His cool bravery in time of bat
tic, his signal indifference to danger
In the rescue of the wounded, his unremitting
attention, to both the temporal
and spiritual wants of the soldiers,
the cheerfulness with which he shared
in all their hardships, privations and
peril, endeared bim to them as an ideal
friend, and won for bim their profound
and lasting admiration and love. Nor
did their devotion end with the war. During
all his subsequent ministry demands
were made by these soldiers upon his
sympathy and service, to which he invariably
responded, regardless of cost i
to himself.
After the war closed he became pastor
of the Willis church in West Hanover;
but in a few months thereafter
ne was recalled to Winchester Presbyter
to succeed (Rev. W. B. Dutton, D. D.,
as pastor of the Charles Town church;
over which he was Installed December
9, 1866. Here the remainder of his
long ministry was spent, extending over
a period of forty-five years. This ministry
was distinguished as few others
have been, by an untiring devotion on
his part to the spiritual welfare of his
people; and rewarded, on their part,
by a loving loyalty to him that grew
in intensity to the last. Always faithful
to the truth, and always insisting
upon a Christian life In all members,
hiB own rectitude and purity were so
universally acknowledged, that even
when discipline was administered offence
was rarely taken. From a pastor
so resolute and just, and yet so
gentle, not only instruction, but rebuke
was rfipfilvflrt wHh moolrnooo ulo ?/.
bust sense, his manly spirit, his genial
temper, and above all, his unfeigned
godliness, entrenched him firmly in the
confidence and afTectlon of his people;
and the unbounded influence this gave
bim was scrupulously used in stimulating
them to greater zeal, and in
helping those In adverse conditions patiently
to bear their trials. It is not
surprising that such fidelity and wisdom
should be richly blessed in building
up a church, noted above most for
activity, order, liberality, and numbers.
The strong mental and moral characteristics
which (Dr. Hopkins displayed
as a pastor distinguished him also as
a Presbyter. With a mind remarkably
well-balanced and free from prejudice,
be weighed with candor every question
submitted to his judgment; and his decision
was rarely reversed. This judicial
temperament was recognized in the
Courts of the Church, and was often Invoked
In matters of special difficulty
and importance; and their settlement,
in not a few instances, was largely due
to the confidence reposed in his fairness
md wisdom. In his Presbytery, and also
In his Synod, he was for nearly a score
of years. Chairman of Home Missions;
the exacting and sometimes delicate
duties of which he discharged with
ability and success. For twenty-two
years he rendered valuable service as
a director in Union Theological Seminary.
In one conspicuous instance the
Q-eneral Assembly claimed his aid in
the adjustment of a much disputed and
disturbing question, that of "Retrenchment
and Reform," 3878-1882. His report
as Chairman of the Ad Interim
Committee ended the agitation. Ke
was seven times a Commissioner to the
General Assembly, and in 1903 its
Moderator.
Dr. Hopkins was eminently worthy of
.he esteem and confidence in which he
vas held. The meek simplicity of his
ife, the transparent beauty of his charicter,
his devout spirit, his freedom
rom anything sinister or insincere, his
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[June 26, 1912
love of truth, his sell-poise, his clear
thinking, his sound Judgment, his broad
sympathy, his unselfishness, charity,
candor and courage, justly ranked him
with the wise and good and great of his
generation. In all his relations in life
he had few peers and no superior in his
fidelity to their respective claims. x0
H 1| fV Vflfl notrlopfnifl 11 -?* *
?? -v0.vvnu, uungauon
evaded, no truBt betrayed. H1b motives
were never questioned, nor his Integrity
impeached. Deeply interested in
all that concerned his Church, he was
regular in attendance upon her courts,
and often took part in their discussions;?though
never for mere display.
His speeches were marked by a comprehensive
grasp of his subject, and by
a vigor of treatment born of sincere
convection. In the most heated debate
he preserved his equipoise, and defended
his cause with a resolution that never
faltered, and with a courtesy that even
rudeness could not disturb. With a
calm confidence in the soundness of his
own convictions, he was remarkablyconsiderate
of others, and would readily
defer to them when no principle was
at stake. Gentleness and will?qualities
ordinarily antagonistic, but in hiai
happily blended?were his dominant
characteristics. Yet his gentleness
never degenerated into weakness and
his strong will never inflicted a wrong.
He was a model of Christian manhood.
Inflexible in his maintenance of truth
and right, be rarely gave offence, because
"His life was gentle, and the elements
Were so mixed in him, that nature
might stand up
And say to all the world, "This was a
man."
An. yet only those of us who knew
him intimately can fully appreciate his
worth. The unaffected dignity of his
bearing, the sweet courtesy of his manner,
the warm grasp of his hand, his
winning smile, his kindly words, his
gracious spirit, will never pass from
our memory. His upright character,
his unblemished purity of life, his
singleness of heart, his lofty aim, his
resolute purpose, stamped him, in the
judgment of us all, as nature's nobleman?a
man without fear and without
reproach.
But his crowning excellence was his
simple faith in Christ,
This was the controlling element of
his being, and gave him his supreme
charm. He was an humble child of
God, with an overmastering purpose to
glorify God, in the ministry of His
Gospel. He entered that ministry with
an intelligent understanding of its holy
nature and solemn claims; and all his
powers were consecrated supremely and
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