to oill
spp
w;
J 4 i 5 ^
; 4 ?
iin;iii, i:!m!ii;ir with trom chikl-j Ohio l\aiiroad iii .vicAairv Coun
a. i‘.
I tv, \\i‘ passed to Corinth,
the moriiiiiw of' ihe 26th, we | Missis>ippi, thence on tlie Mis,'isippi
Sat 11!
mao ii'
llOi'SC ‘i
’vdaiicGtit Doctor SpaiS;-
riic use of his hoc crcain
i l)in>-(rv, and hiiuseif on
tali: i.u a!> ai>. Friend H. (J. Wi:; ■
o'ii’!)- affd ins son -foscnii. were mi tm
 K
tiic ai'(*;ins; sis miios t’l’oin home.—
Savannali and expeetetf
lo see oiir nnative', whom we
iev('r seen lieflrre, and a desire
■ wlioin Idnned oneoftlie main
s for onr leaving home.
Mit sixfv vearsam) a half bmth-
& (,'hai’lesioit I’oad, idiu'tv-tlirce miles
to iMenphis. Before leaving Savati-
nah onr nejihews James, John J.,
hoi’se hi'-k If'd the wav first to hi’oth- Vv'ednesdifv Kdh.
W
ere fiirnisiic'j
er Cii wrence Nfatrhews’;ind them to hv Mr. Winlairu vvitli horse and btip
lirothc!’ Andrews’. W> were trn'v ov ao-d vo^ie d ovn to i.is father’s.-
Reiirv E., tind Jo-eph B. Williams et’ad to meet with thes' tvv’o veterans
and A. it. lios.s presenttal me and of the hhiii —tlionrh in a fiir off
V ere ware iv
f fe was a- Xortli
welcomed there.—
Cai'oiinian ami an
wit(> eaeli with ii frihnf(> of atleetion ■ l;imt, who htid mo ,’ed from i\fart;n o ) aahoof mate of inin'i over fif'Ey
due, on the mother side, John j which will lie retaiist'd while we live Coiintv
manv vtairs airo.
anv
ditnis, stiaiek out from Wii-; |n rem'mbranee of their love and MHimds ■•allerj in to see t?s dunn>' the
I ami the home of ids vonth | kj,.,! o-a,-,] f,,,’ ns.
lis tiaaime in riie West.—
) Coiiniy-, d’ennessee was a
vav "if then and there he
«'i-o , 'in\' he sue.eeeded in
n • 1 he aoeiimnluted a iiand-
e (‘stao-liet’ore tile kite disasirous
ir, hnt til t swc‘pt the t>;reater por-
■ lon of it away. He cam* to see me
in North Carolina in 18J6 with Ids
«on, Daniel, and I flioimht to return
tlie visit m inv years liefori' his dt'ath,
but was hindirt'd until tint event
oeenred (December I860,) and them 1
aban lone! the i lea,. .But, for some
years past the desire lo visit his wid
ow and ehiidren ajipeared to strength
en, until it "as if..ally decided tiiat
in eiay 1874 I would see them if 1
could. Mis oldest son had also died,
so tiiat those surviving them were
itraimers to me bv sitrht—1 bad not
seen one of them,
A fie landing we made our way
slowly up town and were fir.-t seen
by our iiepiiew Josepii Biggs Wil
liam,-, vviio went -with us to his hroth-
er Jamc>^ Wi^
fonn!.' and
ibame.s am
This was the oldest son of
.and more* n'scmibling Idin in ^ize
than any other. Here we deposited
bage^age and made it head quarteivs.
Kested and mad('a'quaintaiiees this
day, with reiative.s and others. Con
tinued visiting and ibnning tiie ae-
quainlan(>e of our ’’datives for six
tkiys thereafter, including the widow
and ehilJ.ren, ami (diildrcar’s (-.hildren
O)'rnv frother. They lived '•■oth in
to’wn and in the country—were mer
chants, farmers, lawyers, &e.,
were all doing well and standing
liigli in society. Sister Catherine,
tiic widow, and all the eiiildren of
hi’otlu’r are now living witli their chil
dren ami one great-grand child, to-
getiier with the wives and husbands
of soii’C of them who mmdier forty
and we saw thirty-live of their mim-
her. We visited their dwellings,
stores, &(!., and became acquainted
with their respective conditions and
])Osition.«. Nearly all are profe.ssed
Christians and seemed to observe a
very consistent walk as such.
On Momkty night 1 endeavi'red to
preach ia the Methodist College
building, to a large and interested
cxingregation, al.so to a fall liou.se on
Sunday afternoon and Sunday night.
Wo regretted to part with our rela
tives so soon but time admonished
that we must be hastening on, and on
(lav at brorlicr Andrews’. He wa-;
''iVcdnesdav, June or I, reaidied | old and teeb’e and ab'e to labor bnr
Men.phis. Stopped at the !ione of; vea’v litih’. His wif’(‘ wn-^ :dso in
oin fri(>nd Mr. W’^m. H. To ar, for-[ feeb!.:'- Ix'airh. His two son- and
merlv of Goldslioro, X. Ck He ami | daught', I’s Timnmiing with him, wen*
wife and childi’.n gave ns a heartv ji 1 He; iealth and looked a.s ihoueli
welcome and we rested there fin the timv wci’C premiri’d fi>rthe .stei ri read
vi-;rrs a^-o^ ;n ([>,. town -tf M'illiam-
ston. In the afternoon hi' snpjilicij
n Ml lior--e and i)ug;>'v and gave
d !•>( tmm- to Fr'endsiiip fimrtten
(lav.
Thursday we went through
-ome part.s of the city making ae-
(piainttimte, etc, among i!;en Mr
M. t'. King and FIder Wilev W.
Sammons. Plider W. had come
from Hardinian County, d'enn., a'oout
sixty-idne miles to meet its. H(‘
stood l)v ns through the remainder of
the day and night. At niglit I tried
to jircaeh in a Missionarv dtlecting
House, that is ealied “The P^iist
B.ipti.st Cimreh in Memphis,” to a
good-sized ambenee. I'iie pasto-'^
Dr. Lofton, acted v(>ry eourt('onsly
towards U.S—opened and closed the
imaging witii sin.^ing, a a 1 m ui-
ifested the best of feeling. Tiiere
wereaiiout a dozen Old School Bap
tists pre.s('nt. I was introduced to
these after and hefore imaging, amone.
J. H.
1 Mav
oth.
am! neioi
known. We retiiniei
4'oler’s for the night.
Mr. Toler and Pllder Sammons kind
ly assi.sted ns with onr l)a',>'ga'’'e te
the office of the Memphis & Uttlr
Rock Railroad, where we h it tiiC
most of it and took ticdiets for Forest
ti(‘s of lifK Brother AiwKv.s’
meniliei’ship is yet with file (Jiureit
at . g t.ri’eei!, Marc'n Cornuy, of
which i have the past»»r:d care.
Sunday 7th. = 4Ve muained, at
briCiier .V xii’-ews’ till alKMU 2 F. M.,
when we rgra -ed onr stejis in the
diivigioii of Doigor Sparkman’s and
stoppl'd at the meeting honsi^ of onr
friend, the ?di.ssionarv Baptist, wliere
T (‘mti'avori'd to preach to 1 ho people
tliere assembled it 4 P. AL Notice
of it liad been given in the morning
part of the day In the neighborhood,
and (piite a mimbi'r turiu'd out.-—
These people (the»mem!>ers) .seemed
jo eat the words as they came out of
nr. menth, 'fhey aiipeared to be
fc'astliig indeed and some of them at-
feig('(l to tears. IMr. Ob.enshane,
tiu'Ir pastor, w’as In file pulpit with
i.'lie and -ef'med ('(luaily interesti'd.-—
‘ eifi.-edt t Ce ^ntei’, A,gf v ii.!i pipver,
- j \Ve hope mueb gi-od will re.sult from
iiom.-ei ves
to friend
nil", - uis.ant. We fimud tlx' w. y
■■'■'.mm. any fronUe. .f'alled on tlit'
'v.i_v see the widow ol .Josepli Re(i'
oick win wris file sister of Ivlr. J. ;S.
ierrell of Martin Coiintv. She'
qn.v' ag('d and had been a widow for
nyi.-nv vi'ars.
vv'ith lieir.
To Be
4'wo of'her sous we:e
C 0 n t i n u e d .
Fkbruary 5th, 187-L
llrotlier' P. J). Gold:—
A.s ’A is raining to-day so tfiat I
emuot attend to my farm duties, i'S
iuus come upon my mind with power
that I cannot well resist fo give you:
some Ol the outlines of the history 0*'
my life, ami may the Cox! of lieaveiis
guide my pen.
i was born of flesh and blood Jan
uary 12th, 18S4, ami niy father died
when ] \va.-quite young, heitce i wa»^
reared by a widow mother—a pio.iii
C’ity, Arkansas. Wo (tro.s.'^i'd tlx
“lAither of VV iters” in a steamer and
took the ears on the Arkan
sas side of the river, for Forest
City. The bottom land siiuatt^d be-
tw('ei) the Mi.ssissippi and Sr. Fran
eis Rivers was about fortv’miles wide,
and as the great overflow had hut re
cently subsided, the .siene was un
])leasant to 00k upon and the odoi
quite disagreeable. After a tedion.-
ride we reached P’orrest Citv, am'
the intiTview: Aft('r meeting we
nroeeeded to tlm Doctor’s jmd tar
ried for the night. Brother An.-
drews, lUrs. A.mirews, Mrs. Daniel
and a Mr. Rogers were With ns,
must of whom remained with us all
nigiit. Brotlier Andrews’ was the
farthe.st point we reached, and from
his house we turned homeward. It wa^
nearly sixty miles beyond Mi'inphis.
Monday 8tli. I and wife bid adieu
to friends and were taken by tlie
D'e">r and brother Andrews to the
railroad at P’orcst Citv, where w(>
soon startl'd for Menqihi.s. Reached
there about noon and took the ear.s
for Bell’s Depot, Crockett Comity,
Tenn. Halted at Brewn.svlfle and
met our friend Henry G. Winburn,
woman—till about the ago of fifteen,
whe i 1 verily believe I was born 'or
converted by tiic mother of liariots,
the abomination of the wb-ilc em'! i ■.
Oi’, s'ii^ir g sitv’-* it—iJif |Aj !.si-i i ,D'
Baptists? Hence, being iiorn or i • i-
verted from my own wicked '.voi cs
to tliat of their,s—taking to mv- if
seven spirits more wick than my o n
— 1 joined their Cimreh (,so eal! ,).
,, i
sq., wilo iiitrodneed ns to brothers
searched for a biarding house, as the I Wilder, Clark, &e., and then took a
hotel and one IJock of buildings j seat with us to Bell’s. Aided ns in
had been reeentlv burned down. ! getting to his Son Handy L. W^in-
On enquiry 1 learned that lirotb- ! burn’s store and then to bis dwelling
er Aldridge Andrews, whom we were ! in the suburbs of the town, where
in seareii of in part, liad been up the [ we made headqnarterfi again, dc.sign-
So, being armed and eqniiiped i:y
spirit r>f the power of the air, I e
to figlit the Spirit of Truth ; une
went on in this mad eaieer fiir eo
long years, so enraged agai. nt
true ehureh that had I had di.
on my side a.s Saul had, I coni ’
would have put the disciples of',;
to death, and would have pemei
them—even to strange cities.
Now, mv dear reader, I w;;:!
est in iny opinion, verily t.elH .
that I wa.s doing God service
as there is a time apjiointed for ■
to die and thence to jnilgen'm
le
u
I
n
le
v
H
IS
-,d
o
oommaiid came, sin revived
day before, in search of ii.s and find
ing us not li id returned lionu'. , Wb
took a private conveyance down ti
Doctor Sparkman’s, five .and a hal:
miles, and there tarried for tlie night
He and wife gave ns a very eordia
reception, and the longer we staveii
will) them the more endearing the'
became to us; though Missionai”.
Tuesday June 2nd, nephews Henry
K. Williams and A. II. Ross kindly
took US twenty to the Mobile
Baptists, tiiey apjiaared to rejoice
ing to circulate for ten du'’S in the
country between Bell’s Dcjiot,
Brownsville and Friendsiiip and
^ then return there I’or tlie cars to
I Nashville.
i Tuesday Oth. ]'te."ted, received
'ettens from home and wrote letters
to friends in various directions. At
light I tried to preach in the Metii
In
the truth, and took much deli'.>'ht ii
rendering us comfortable.
idist Meeting Hou.se, to a small and ot this circle and everybody
died to all the rigliteou.'-ness {! ,.
had attained to in eleven vnu."
in the Winter of 1869, I !ic; .e ;
crucified unto the world am cue v
unto me. Now, vras it anythin;, .i
I had done that brought airnir, ;
death? I say not ! i'oi it reo e 0
n
• •c.
I
J
■'V
■ !K
(J
al
me unsoftglit lor-
-for, w in it' ]
Xi
plowing in my field (making a; :,
ments to live as I iiad bi'en bv
the God of !iaiveil foi med a 1
in tlie sky ami dii’eetcd mv mi;
it, which appeared to be the e
iiant of redemption ; and, nui w; ;:
all, poor unworthy me on the .
. tr
eejiy eongregarion. Only a iew
soemM to understand what I was
could think of on tlic
insKio
oh 1 what thoughts raa lhrco>(:;
, I
nif,