REV. B. F. BRADFORD

An Honorary Degree Conferred

 (Nov. 1885)

   The many friends of the Rev. B. F. Bradford will be glad to learn that the Trustees of Drury College, at Springfield, Mo., by an unanimous vote of the Board, at a recent meeting, conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity.

   All who best know Mr. Bradford, will regard this proceeding on the part of the Trustees of that Institution, as a fitting act of recognition of the acknowledged ability and worth of this devoted and excellent man and minister.

   To the members of the Congregational Church and Society of this village, whom as Pastor, he has so faithfully and acceptably served for several years, this intelligence will be specially gratifying, while to the Reverend gentleman himself, this mark of well deserved distinction, must prove peculiarly gratifying, from the fact that his life-long friend and co-worker in the ministry, the Rev. Dr. Morrison, has become the successful President of this College, one of the younger, but among the most flourishing Institutions of learning in the West.

NOTE:  DATE WAS HAND-WRITTEN ON THE ARTICLE.