Robert Henry DAVIS

Obituary from The Missionary herald, Volume 95, April 1899, by American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, p. 162: Feb 20. At Milford, Delaware, Rev. R. Henry Davis, for nine years a missionary of the American Board in Japan. Mr. Davis was born in Delaware, August 28, 1844; was graduated from Amherst College in 1868 and from Bangor Seminary in 1871. After serving in the ministry in Hiram, Me., and Granby, Mass., he went to Japan under the American Board in 1878, where he labored at Kobe and Niigata till 1887, when he returned to this country. After a pastorate of several years at North Conway, N. H., he removed to Olivet, Mich., for the sake of educating his children. While on a visit at his parental home in Delaware he was suddenly called from earth. On the day before his death he took part in church services both in the morning and in the evening, delivering during the evening a very tender address to young people upon the need of waiting upon God and seeking the presence of his Spirit. The next morning he went into the presence of his Lord. Mr. Davis was an able and conscientious missionary, greatly respected and beloved by his associates, who will hear of his death with deep regret. He leaves a widow and nine children.

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