This time, from the 1904 Universalist General Convention Board of Trustees report.
The Rev. Andrew W. Cross, of Riverside, California, died at Sierra Madre, May 20, 1904, aged thirty-two.
He was a native of England, and was taken to Scotland when a child. Coming to America, accepted at once its hopeful faith, and soon began to fit […]
Also from the 1902 Universalist General Convention Board of Trustees report. A bad year for Ryder, I think.
Rev. Willis W. Slaughter, of Bowie, Tex., was accidentally killed, September 19, 1901, nearly 29 years of age.
Mr. Slaughter was a young man of amiable character and good promise. He was a graduate of the Ryder Divinity School, […]
Given the news, and that today’s All Souls, I’d share what obituaries I found of young Universalist ministers.
From the 1902 Universalist General Convention Board of Trustees report.
Rev. Frances E. Cheney, of Saybrook, Ill., died December 13, 1901, aged 33.
Miss Cheney was graduated from the Ryder Divinity School in 1895, and soon after was ordained to […]
I’m sure praying for the dead is outside the norms of Baptist theology, yet I’ll remember the Rev. Kyle Lake in prayer.
He was thirty-three when he died on Sunday, and as the headline below suggests, was electrocuted in front of his congregation, University Baptist Church, Waco, Texas. Microphone. Baptistry. You can figure out the rest […]
