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idence, and pastor of Hanks ' chapel, Mt. Zion, and Morrisville Christian churches, and was for two years county superintendent of schools for Alamance County, 1 880-1 882. In the latter year he was called to the pastorate of the Christian Church in Suffolk, Va., then in its infancy, with but 1 35 members and a salary of but $600 a year for its minister, without parsonage. For forty successive years this church has unanimously electer Dr. Staley its pastor, and what marvelous increase for the Kingdom has come during those years ! The membership now exceeds 1 ,000 and the annual offerings have grown from $1,1 00, forty years ago, to more than $31,000 last year, and their pastor is not the pastor of his own flock merely, but the spiritual leader of a whole city. Dr. Staley has never been a localized man. You cannot confine a man of his soul qualities and leadership ability to any parish. His labors in general enterprises are Her- culean in their impressiveness. For many years president of the Eastern Virginia Confer- ence, for thirty-four years president of the Southern Christian Convention, for twenty years a trustee of the Christian Publishing Association, always a member of the American Chris- tian Convention since its reorganization in 1 890, and chairman of the commission that brought about the union of the Northern and Southern branches of the Christian Church, member of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America since its organization, for one term its vice-president, and always serving on its important committees, ever giving literary addresses, baccalaureate sermons and special lectures before educational, literary, social, religious and commercial bodies — the mai ' vel is how a man can be so ready and reple ' .e in such diverse situations, and ever an electrifying, inspirational force. Dr. Staley has also written regularly and charmingly for the religious press. His weekly Suffollf Letter in the Cbrislian Sun has had as much influence in establishing that paper ' s reputation as Poor Richard ' s sayings did in the case of Franklin ' s famous Almanac. His book, too, The Minister, really the biography of his life ' s purpose and method, has taken high rank. Dr. Staley holds the A.B. and M.A. degrees from Trinity, the D.D. from Union Christian College, and the LL.D. from Elon. Dr. Staley was married to Miss Pattie Pearce of Franklin County, North Carolina, in 1879, a woman of rare devoutness, of Chnstian character and unalloyed devotion to her husband and the Church of Christ. She went to her heavenly reward in 1917. To their home were born three children, all of them graduates of Elon and all earnest workers in the Church of Christ — Mrs. T. F. Cheatham (Bessie), Miss Annie, who is her father ' s homemaker and helpmate in all good works, and Mrs. Ben T. Holden (Willie). Affable ever in social graces, interested in men and women rather than measures, a humanitarian in the true sense of that fine sentiment. Dr. Staley has enriched the sociely in which he has mingled by his wholesome appreciation of wit and humor, particularly wi! and humor in which he is the occasion of the merriment. Nothing dehghts his soul more than to pull one on himself, a grace that gives him a winsome charm in any social group. Carrying the burden of great responsibilitities, surrounded by men and women to whom his suggestions are wisdom and the bread of life, reaching out ever toward larger things. Dr. Staley has already labored beyond the allotted three-score and ten, but let us hope that this life of light and leadership may be spared for many years further of benign and helpful service. W. A. H.
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