REV. ROBERT C. HUBBARD

Reverend Robert C. Hubbard, a much loved former pastor

of Liberty, in Appomattox, peacefully entered into rest

on August 22d at the home of his sister, Miss Alice Hubbard.

Mr. Hubbard was born fifty-eight years ago in Halifax county,

Va. He was educated in Richmond College and Louisville

Theological Seminary. For some years he was pastor in Kentucky

where he met iwth splendid success. About twenty years ago he

came to Virginia and was pastor in Halifax county, Newport

News and Liberty church of Appomattox. He remained here seven

years, resigning on June 1, 1914, to accept~ call to Hereford

[Hertford], N. C. After one year of service there ill health

forced him to resign and he returned to Appomattox, making his

home with his sister. In April, 1918, he became pastor in • Norton, Va. Five months later he had a paralytic stroke and

again returned to Appomattox, where for the last two years

he bravely made his last fight.

Mr. Hubbard was a man of exceptional pulpit power. His

sermons were far above the average and large crowds always

attended his ministry. During his pastorate at Liberty many

were added to the church and gifts to missions and benevolences

largely increased. The seed sown by this faithful man of God

doubtless had much to do with the' erection of the magnificent

new building two years ago.

Brother Hubbard is survived by three sisters, Mrs. J. w. Downey, Woodland, N. C., Mrs. J. L. King, Windsor, Va. and

Miss Alice Hubbard, of Appomattox.

A great and good minister of the gospel of Jesus is gone,

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ROBERT C. HUBBARD ----2

but his work abides. He will long live in the hearts and

lives of those who sat at his feet and heard the unsearchable

riches of Christ. Though dead he yet lives.

RELIGIOUS HERALD

September 12, 1918

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HUBBARD, ROBERT CLARENDON, Ghent, Ky.---Born, Farm, Halifax

Co., Va.; Stud. R. C. Va.; S.B.T.S., Ky., 1891; Lie. Aug. 21,

'81, Mulberry Ch., Va.; Ord. Apr. 30, '88, Roanoke Pres.

Asso.; P. Mulberry, Millstone and Edge Hill, Va., '87-88;

Jeffersontown, '89-90; Sanders, '89-94; Bramlette, '91-94;

Whites Run, '92-94; Cynthiana, '94-98; Ghent, Ky., '98---.

BAPTIST MINISTERIAL DIRECTORY

GEO. W. LASHER, EDITOR

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