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THE WlIiULNGTONCMESSENGEE, FK1DAY, MAY 7, 1897. A deaf, where he has since been teaching with irreat : credit to himself and the Institution. Professor Bledsoe has been awake ' to every opportunity of doing- Christian work among the deaf pupils, they being unable to get religious instructions, except through their literary teachers." Having a fond- ness for , Christian work, especially among yoiingpeople, it was natural that Mr. Bledsoe should lay hold of the first opportunity- of alignings himself with the Young People's movement in the South. His first efforts were in his own city, Tallodego Ala., where he led in the organization of a union in 1894, and was its president for three years. The Tallodego union is one of -the best in the state. Professor Bledsoe was appointed state manager for Southern B. Y. P. U. in Alabama, at the last ses sion of the Southern Baptist conven tion In Chattanooga, Tenn. There are few stronger young men in the South than Mr. Bledsoe, and a truer friend to the Young People's work would be hard to find. - He is wise in counsel and active in service. REV. H. C. ROSAMON. Mr. Rosemon is pastor of the First Baptist church of Helena, Arkansas, and state manager for his state1 on the Board of Managers of the Southern B. Y. P. U. During the two years, of his pastorate at Helena he has been very successful and has been called to other large fields. For about ten years he was pastor of strong churches in Texas where his labors were greatly blessed. Mr. Rosamon is one of the best pastors of the convention. He is also a strong, vigorous preacher clear in expression and sound in his theology a man of deep piety, extensive culture and much beloved. He is now in the full vigor of a splendid manhood. REV. C. L. SEASHOLES. Rev. C. L. Seasholes began his work as an ordained minister in the First Baptist church, Dallas, Texas, Septem ber 1. 1892. His success has been phenomenal -" considering the times and conditions. During his pastorate over $4.0,000 have been raised, nearly 600 have been re ceived into the church and harmony prevails. Mr. Seasholes has been off er v ed the presidency of two different col V leges, but he prefers remaining in the " ministry. During his ten years career as a student he was valedictorian of his class and winner of the Samson - Talbott competitive prize fund and of the first honors in oratory. He is now first vice president of the B. Y. P. U.A. president of the state Sundav school convention of Texas and a member of the Board of Managers of the Southern B. Y. P. U. REV. L. O. DAWSON? PRESIDENT. Born in Chambers county, Ala., April 24, 1865. Father, Andrew Jackson Daw son of Puritan ancestry. Mother, Marie Antoinette Bailey, of Cavelier stock. Spent most of childhood and youth on farm in native county, Entered Howard college, Marion, Ala. January 29, 1884. Graduated with rank of senior captain June 9. 1886. Took full course. Entered Seminary, Louisville. Ky., October 1886. Graduated full course " June 1889. Returned to Seminary and took past graduate course the next year making at Its close a visit to European universities in 1890. While at Howard college founded and edited the Frank lin Advocate, the organ of his literary ' society. At Seminary was one of the founders and for a long time editors of the Seminary Magazine. Supplied while a student at Howard college one summer at Hopewell, near Marion, Ala. While at Seminary one summer at Port Royal, Ky., and two summers at Mobile, Ala Was pastor at Hopewell, Ky., while in Seminary. Also while in Seminary pas tor Mt, Vernon church, Woodford; Ky, The latter church at end of first years' pastorate, - doubled salary and called for all his time. Served it four years, about doubling its membership. "Went to Tuskaloosa from Mt Vernon Decem ber 1892 and is now in 5th year. With only one protracted meeting :; during which they were baptized, the church has -received nearly 200 additions In these five years. Frequent Sunday evening baptisms-. ' Large congrega tions still come to hear the Gospel. Re markably successful Young , People's meeting. r - - ' - Vice president foreign missions board for Alabama. President Y. P. U. at Atlanta and since. Trustee Alabama Central Female col lege. His best and most arduous work" has been to carry-that school through the season of panic and hold Its great property for Baptist people. At one time when the resignation of its presi dent made chaos of all its affairs, he was made its president for remainder of session and put it on solid basis. The property, worth more than $50,000 was thus saved to our people. Of course, he still kept up his work as pastor. Mr. Dawson is one of the most sub stantial young men - of his denomina tion. He and Dr. B. D. Gray had much to do in bringing trie Southern Union into existence and have been untiring workers for its success. S --: v. WILLIAM WINSTON GAINES, Secretary Southern B. Y. P. u. is a Kentuckian by birth, graduated at Georgetown college in that state in 1887. Studied law at . Washington and Lee university in Virginia, where he took his LL.B. in 1891, leading in a large class. In the fall of the same year he began the , practice of his profession in Atlanta, where he- has since resided. In December 1896 he was married to Miss Zue Coleman of his native state. Mr. Gaines has been sec retary of the Southern B. Y. P. U. since its organization, is transporta tion leader for Georgia to B. Y. P. U. convention and active and well known in the work throughout the country Mr. Gaines is a young lawyer of great promise and an untiring B. Y. P. U. worker. REV. E. J. FORRESTER, D. D. Member of the Board of Managers of South Carolina. Born in Beaufort county, S. C, November 14, 1853. Con verted and baptized during the summer of 1868. Graduated aKFurman univer sity in 1876 and at the S. B. T. Semi nar v in 1878. having completed four studies in the seminary during last col lege year. Ordained in 1877. Spent first five years as pastor in Alabama. Last thirteen years spent in two pastorates in South Carolina. Now located at Greenwood, S. C, in the sixth year of a most prosperous pastorate ' in one of the most united and vigorous churches in the state. Has done considerable writing for the religious press, and has published a book entitled "The Baptist Position," which has passed through two editions. Received the degree or "Doctor of Divinity" from his Alma Mater in 1893. Is One of the trustees of the S. B. T. Seminary. Suggested, in committee, the particular name which this Young Peoples' Union received at its organization in Atlanta. Dr. For rester is one of the very strongest men in his denomination. REV. B. D. GRAY, D. D., Chairman of the Executive Committee Rev. B. D. Gray, D. D., pastor First Baptist church, Birmingham, Ala., is a native of Mississippi. His grandfather was a member of the first constitutional convention of Mississippi In 1817. Dr. Gray was educated at Mississippi col lege, from which institution he gradu ated with the master's degree, and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary with the full graduate course. During the latter part of his theological course in Louisville he succeeded Dr. J. P. Greene, president of William Jewel col lege as .pastor of the East Baptist church of Louisville.Ky. During his pas torate the - East church erected their handsome chapel and lecture rooms. Dr. Gray resigned that pastorate to pursue special studies In Europe, but was induced to return to his native state, where he served as pastor at Clinton", the home of his Alma Mater, and Hazlehurst, where he led T in the erection of one of the finest houses of worship In Mississippi. - Dr. Gray was, during his stay in Mississippi, a mem ber of the convention board, a trustee for Mississippi ; college, vice president of the - foreign mission board of : the Southern - Baptist convention, and sev eral times " declined " the secretaryship of missions of . - the state preferring to remain in the pastorate. On coming to Alabama he , was made vice president of the Home Mission board of the South ern Baptist convention, a . trustee of Howard college, both of which positions he now occupies. His most notableper formance in denominational ? work in Alabama has been his joint leadership with Dr. P. T. Hale in reducing the bonded indebtedness .on Howard, col lege, from about $40,000 bearing inter est at 8 per cent, to $20,000 with 5 per cent, interest. He was for years presi dent of the Alumni Association of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and declined a reelection at their meet ing in Chattanooga last spring. The doctorate was bestowed upon him by his Alma Mater seven vears : ago. His accomplished wife organized the "Sunbeam Work" among Mississippi Baptists and has been since coming to Alabama a member of the Woman's Central committee of that states Dr Gray is just entering upon the fifth year of his pastorate with the First church of Birmingham. ; The church is in the best condition , that it has been at any time during his pas torate or, perhaps, in the history of the church. He has a strong hold upon the city and is much beloved by his brethren throughout the Southern Bap- tistconvention. He is" not only a strong preacher, but a splendid pastor, a wise counselor and a man of affairs. Aside from his pastoral work and other de nominational interests which have en gaged much of his time he has been Secretary Jordan's chief lieutenant in prosecuting the B. Y. P. U. work in the South. Few men are so gifted as he in the social circle or more thoughtful and courteous In entertaining his friends. He is a man of broad culture, great brain and large heart. From the Inception of the Southern B. Y. P. U. Dr. Gray has been, one of Its leaders and untiring workers. Be fore Secretary Jordan took up the work Dr. Gray did most of the corresponding and his services have been most help ful -to the secretary during. his term of office. When others have doubted Dr. Gray has seen hope t and prophesied success. DEXTER G. WHITTINGHILL, TH. D., State Manager for Louisiana. The subject 6tf this sketch was born in Hopkins county, Ky., on April 7, 1866- - Studied a.t4 Madiazrrille.rKy., normal school for three years Taught school in Tennessee in 1885. Edited Madisonville Times - in 1886. Entered Bethel college in 1888, and after two years graduated in all schools not com pleted elsewhere. He was a sharer in gold medal for scholarship. Entered Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1890 and after four years graduated with the doctor's degree (Th. D.), being a member or tne nrst class receiving that title. Editor Seminary Magazine from 1893-94. Pastor Forks-Elkham church 1892-94, formerly served by John A. Broadus, F. H. Kerfoot, J. R. Sam pey. Pastor Coliseum Place, Baptist church, New Orleans, from 1894 till present time. Has doubled in member ship and is the leading church In the state. He is one of the brightest and strongest scholars among the young men of the South. DR. P. T. HALE, Pastor South Side Church, Birming ham, Ala., and Member of Ex. Oom. and Board cf Managers. Phillip T. Hale, son of Dr. P. P. and Mrs. C. S. Hale,, was born in Mew Mar ket, Ala., August 18, -1837. As in the case of so many s Southern men. the war swept away the property of his father, and the subject of this sketch was early thrown upon his own re sources. At the age of sixteen he be gan to teach school: teaching awhile and attending school as he was able until prepared for college. In the year 1876 he entered Howard college, taking the full course in two and a half years, and graduating with the degree of Av B., delivering the salutatorian oration Entering the S. B. Theological semi nary in the fall of 1879 he, tookLthe full course and several extra studies." and graduating in 1SS3. Before finisning his course he was called to the church of Danville in the beautiful blue'- grass regions of Kentucky. Here he remained nearly six years, the church Increasing from a membership of less than two hundred to over four hundred. " ' : ' Upon the death of their distinguished pastor. Dr. J. J. D. Renfroe, the South Side church, of Birmingham.Ala., called him as their pastor in July, 1888;"' so that he has been in his present pasto rate nearly nine years. During "this time the Lord has graciously blessed the church; the membership having in- creased from 189 to nearly 600, and hav ing erected a large' and handsome new church edifice that Is an ornament to the entire city. In the membership are many " of - the most distinguished and eminent professional and business men of the city. Nine finer, men than those constituting the board of' deacons, it would be hard to find anywhere. Mr. Hale received the degree of D. D., from Howard college in 1891. In the summer of 87 he made an extended tour of Europe," some account of : his travels, appearing in a series of letters publish ed in the columns of the Western Re corder. Desiring further the advan tages which come from extended travel in the year of 1895 he again went abroad, visiting not only Europe, but the orient, including Syria, r Palestine, Turkey, Egypt, etc., riding on horse back entirely through the Holy Land. At the last meting of the Baptist Con gress of the United States and Canada he was one of the speakers. He has occasionally done the work of an evan gelist, aiding the pastors in revival services. He has held meetings in the First church of Atlanta, the First church of Galveston, the Green Street church of Augusta, the Central church, of Memphis, the McFerran Memohial of Louisville, St. Francis Street church, Mobile, First church, ' Richmond, Va. His pastorate work, however. Is now so, heavy he has little time to hold revival services. Last June he was elected president of the board of trustees of Howard college, and has given some time to the financial affairs of that in stitution, so important to the future of the Baptists of his native state. At the General association of Ken- tucky in June 1885 he met Miss Lena L. Bolinger, daughter of Mr. J. T. and Mrs. M. E. Bolinger, to whom hewas married in the following December. The union has been blessed with five sons, all of whom are living. " " Dr. Hale is a man of marvellous re sources so true is this that one often hears the remark as a common excla- mation about him. He is one of the safest and best revivalists in the South. His work at South Side Baptist church will, abide as a monument to his pa tience, energy and ability. What makes his work wonderful is the fact that he began' his work just as Birmingham began to feel the effects of the declin ing boom. Through all the financial depression he has stood the storm and rallied, his people as only the true leader-can. His work"was never more prosperous than now, nor was xne brilliant pastor ever more beloved by his people. Dr. Hale is not only a very fine preacher, pastor and business man, but he has some lectures on his travels which -rank among the master pieces of this day. A man of marvellous re sources! - - REV. WM. A. HOBSON. William A. Hobson, East Lake, Ala., was born near Tuskaloosa, Alabama,' in 1862. His father is a Baptist minis ter of more than ordinary ability, being now pastor of a county church to which he was called when but twenty-one years of age. Although young Hobson had only such opportunities of early education as were afforded in the coun try, his home training was unusually good. When 19 years of age he'entered the academy, and .after spending one session at the state university he fin ished his course at Howard college, East Lake, Ala., with the degree of A. B. While at college Mr. Hobson had a delightful country pastorate, and on graduation he entered the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louis ville, Ky., where he spent two years. While at the seminary he was pastor of the Baptist church at Leitchfield, Ky., one of the best village churches in the state. It was Mr. Hobson' s determined purpose to take the full course at the seminary but on account of his heaith failing he was forced to take a rest. At this time an urgent call was extended him from the church at Woodlawn, Ala., and on his recovery this call was accepted. After a successful pastorate of two 'years at Woodlawn. he was called to the church at East Lake, where Howard college is located. This is one of the strong churches and re sponsible pastorates of the state. He has taken hold of this work in such a way as to inspire confidence and co operation. He is a man of affairs and the church has : never known such an era of work and prosperity. As a pol ished gentleman, brilliant sermonizer and eloquent speaker he has few equals among the young ministry of his de nomination. - In addition to his large pastorate Mr. Hobson has charge of the chair of Bi ble study in Howard college, has been president of the Alumni association since his graduation and is chairman of the Board of Ministerial Education for Alabama. He is a. member of the ex ecutive committee and board of man agers of the Southern B. Y. P. U. and edits the B. Y. P. U." department in the Alabama Baptist. He is frequently called the Chrysostum of the Alabama pulpit. J. CALVIN MOSS, Member of Board of Managers for ' Virginia. J. Calvin Moss7 born September 22nd, 1864, in Lynchburg, Va., under the shadow of the famed Peaks of Otter. A graduate of the Lynchburg High School in 1880, is engaged in life insurance, .having a large general agency for a prominent "old line" company. At twelve he was converted and became a member of the First Baptist church, Lynchburg. Selected as. Sunday school superintendent for 1894 and 1895, and is one - of this church's deacons. Having attended the International B. Y. P. U. conventions at Detroit and Indianapolis he earnestly desired Virginia's full en listment in the Y. ' P's. movement, thus identified from first in state B. Y. P. U. work as vice president, then president, etc. Is Virginia's member of Board of managers of B. Y. P. U. A- Mr. Moss is one of the most enthusiastic and effi cient state managers that the Southern Union has. He Is a capable and con secrated Christian gentleman." REV. J. Q. ADAlMS, ; Pastor of Wadesboro Baptist Church and State Manager for North Car olina of the B. Y. P. U. Auxil iary to the Southern Bap-. . ' tist Convention. Rev. J. Q. Adams, born in Edgefield county, South Carolina; baptized by Dr. M. B Wharton into the fellowship of the Green Street - Baptist church. Augusta, Ga.; educated at Furman university, Greenville, S. C, and the-1 Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville, Ky. ; ordained to the Chris tian ministry at Greenville.' S. CI. by Dr. J. C. Furman. Dr. Charles Manly and William Henry Strickland; pastor at Ebenezer, S. C, four years. Rock Hill, SvC, five years, Asheville (French Broad Baptist church) N. C, three years, and now in the fourth year of his pastorate at Wadesboro. N.C Mr. Adams is a man of splendid abili-' ty and as his success has proven and is much beloved by all who know him. BAPTISTS OF HORTH - CiBOUHl A Sketch of the Organization and . Progress of the Church in This State Baptists Among the First Settlers of, the , StateThe First Church Organized 1 in Camden County in 1727. " (By Rev. J. D. Hufham, D. D.) . There were (Baptists among the ear lier settlers in North Carolina. They came from different quarters drawn partly by the - spirit of adventure, "but more by the offer of religious liberty. They were to !be found at an early day scattered in groups throughout the colony. From the year 1690 to the pres ent time their foot prints may be found in every part of the state. But they did not ibegin to organize churches af ter the elaborate fashion of ; our day until the year 1727. In that year Paul Palmer organized 'what is now the .church at iShiloh, in Camden county. From the -first it had a, vigorous exist ence, and with one exception no other church in the state has been so pro lific a parent of churches. Within the counties of Gates, Chowan, Perqui mans, (Pasquotank Camden and Curri tuck, there are' more than sixty churches which have sprung from this parent stock and these churches have a white membership of nearly ..." 7,000. The colored are almost as numerous with almost as large a membership; In Virginia also there are many churches Which have, sprung from the old body at Shiloh. The founder, .Mr. Palmer, was a native of 'Maryland; a man of abounding energy, a natural talent for organizing and leading men, a courage that never quailed in the presence of danger, or opposition' and that inde scribable thing called magnetism which draws men. From the year 1727 until his death extending his labors into Virginia in one direction and through Craven and Onslow counties to the borders of South Carolina in an other. :': : In 1729 the second church was organ ized at !meherrin, near Murf reesboro. In 1742 another was formed at Kehukee, A in Halifax county. From 'this, in 1750, ; came the church at Bandy Run, Bertie county, which was the parent . of a nu- m m .T merous ecclesiastical progeny in iNonn ampton, Bertie and Hertford counties. From the same church at Kehukee came the church at Falls of Tar River in 1745. Into the fellowship of this church Elisha Battle, perhaps the taost eminent private citizen of North Caro lina in his day, was baptized. He was a member of a f amily of dissenters that fled from persecution to Ireland and thence to Nansemond county, Virginia. He filled many high stations under the government in North Carolina and many times presided over the church assemblies of which he was an honored member. Several of his descendants have been eminent Baptist ministers in this state and others of them among whom are Dr. Kemp P. Battle, of the University of North Carolina, Richard H. Battle, of Ttaleigh, and their father, Hon. William H. Battle, have held high places under state government In Georgia, to Which state one branch of the family removed in 1790, many of the mem'bers have "filled eta tionis of honor In the "ministry and other professions. By the year 1753 Baptist churches were to be' found as far west as Granville, and in the other counties toward the coast line as far as theibor- der-of South ?arol in a. In 1755 a colony of Baptists came from New England through Virginia into Randolph county, and settled on Sandy creek, where they organized a Baptist church. Churches multiplied very rapidly in the surrounding ooun ties and the '' movement spread into Tennessee, South Carolina and Geor gia. : In 1758 the church at Sandy Creek with the neighboring churches and some in Virginia and South Carolina, organized the Sandy Creek Association. This was the first effort to organize the Baptist churches in North Carolina for united and aggressive worK. The Kehukee Association was formed in 1768. This body included a number of churches in the oorder counties of Virginia, and all of those in the east ern. -counties of - this state. About the year 1790 the Virginia churches with drew and formed the Portsmouth As sociation. Thencef ortbward the growth of the Bantists was steady and rapid until the troubles of the regulation.' which cul minated in the battle of Alamance. This oattle was fought not far from the church at Sandy Creek, and the rig orous measures of Governor Tryon af ter the battle bore heavily upon the Baptists. They fled from that region. I J 1 J. inr.i-.-nn. K-Vio-n 1 Kftf Within a. short time more than 1,500 families ; removed to the territories south and west of us. In the agitations which led to the war of the revolution and in that struggle the Baptists were unanimous and active. Elisha Battle, Lemuel Burkitt. Henry A"bbott, Wm. Ijancaster. Francis Oliver. Gideon Lamb and others were prominent fig ures in the conventions which adopted the state constitution and ratified the federal constitution. - For twelve years after the revolution thfr Baptists had small growth. But in 1801 and 1802 a wave of revival swept over, the state and in the Kehukee Association alone more than 1,500 were baptized. In 1803 the movement hegan which, twenty- seven years later, resulted in the union of all the "Baptists in the. state under one organization for the prosecution of the work of education and missions, in 1830, at Greenville, the Baptist State Convention was organized and the board of missions appointed.. Tn 1834 The 'Biblical Recorder was founded "by Thomas Meridith. It was published in Edenton and Jlaleigh, and about the year 1845 Is was removed to Raleigh, which has since been its place of puhlicatioiv The Recorder has been a favorite institution among the Bap tists ofNorth Carolina, and Into it they have put their ablest men; Thos. Meredith, the founder, was a native of Pennsylvania and a graduate of the university of that state. "He, cme" to- North Carolina and settled in Ed en ton In 1817 and from that time until his death he was one of the most promi nent figures in the denomination. His fine reasoning powers, thorough train ing and skill in the use of the pen fitted him admirably for the work of journal ism, to' which his life was mainly de- voted. It was a day of controversy, , and as a theological swordsman he had few equals among the men of his day. He was succeeded "by J. J. James, -a man of great force of character, rugged common sense, excellent education, and a ready writer. For seven years J. H. Mills, a singularly versatile man, filled the . editorial chair and gave to The Recorder a new position and influence . among the Baptist Journals of the south. C. T. Bailey, a man of pre-em- inent gifts, was editor for twenty yearsT and he gave to the paper the largest circulation and the greatest Influence that it had held. Of his son, the pres ent editor, it-Is enough to say that he Tids fair to go "beyond the success of his father. - -. In 1832 the first steps were taken- to ward establishing Wake Forest college and in February, 1834; it was opened as Wake Forest Institute. Dr. Samuel Wait presided over the institution for eleven years. He was succeeded by Dr. William Hooper and he by Dr. Jro. B. White. The latter was succeeded iv Dr. Wm. Wingate, a native of South Carolina, who held the office for twen ty-five years and won for hfmself an extensive and enduring reputation as teacher, preacher and administrator. On his death Dr. Thos. H. Pritchard wass called to the presidency of: the institution and he was succeeded lv the present incumbent, Dr. Chas. B. Taylor, who is a native of Vlreinia and an alumnus Of . Tlichmond oollece and of the University of Virginia. His ad ministration has been singularly suc cessful. The endowment has been In creased to $200,000; new schools have been added and the. patronage increas ed. Within the last two years schools of the Bfble and of law have been es tablished and It Is likely that a school of medicine will be added during the present year. The enrollment of stu dents for the year is 275. President Taylor is still in the prime of life and his administration gives promise of even larger success in the years to come. - . The Baptists have two female semi naries. One of them is at Murfrees- boro, which was founded in 1848. The other is at Oxford. The buildings for the Baptist Female University in Ra leigh are in process of erection. It is probable that .'the first of them will Ibe completed during the present year. While the Baptists have been push ing the work of education in its va rious "branches and have been sustain ing The Recorder, their chief strength has been expended in the work of mis sions at home and abroad. .-,r The- prosecution of this work is en- trusted to a hoard located in Raleiglj. The chief executive officer is also cor responding secretary of the convention. It is perhaps the most important office . within the gift of the denomination. It has been filled iby men whose names are held in high esteem among their brethren. Of them we may mention J as. S Purefoy, B. F. 'Marable, A. J. Emerson, J. B. Richardson, Jno. E. Ray and C. Durham. ' Of them all the last named was the most eminent. He was cut down at the very zenith of his power and influence. The present incumbent, Rev Jno. E. White, now in the second year of his administration, is a young man of 'brilliant intellect. trained and consecrated, and the sue- , cess which, he has already achieved justifies the expectation of great things from him. . - The orphanage at Thomasville is the newest and probably the most success ful of all the enterprises which . have been projected hy the Baptists of North Carolina. - It is situated within a mile of Thom asville, in Davidson county. It includes- a farm of about 400 acres ! with build ings and accommodations for 140 chil dren, which number will soon he in creased to 200. J. H. Mills, the founder and for several years superintendent of the Oxford Orphan Asylum, was also on his retirement from that institution the organizer and general manager of the Baptist orphanage. Two years ago he was. succeeded hy J. B. Boone, who is admirably fitted for the high posi tion. ' - - Since 1845 the Baptists west of the Blue Ridge have had a convention, of their own. It includes ten associations, 231 churches and about 23,000 members. They also have a newspaper of their own which is published at Waynesville and some small schools. But .no col lege with adequate equipment or en dowment. The colored Baptists have a state convention and manage their ? own work in their own way. They have 110,- 000 members. There are in the two conventions of whites 1,500 churches, with a membership of 150,000. The three largest churches are the Taber nacle and the First church at Raleigh, and the First church at Asheville. 'Among the ministers, who hold im portant pastorates, though born in other states are Drs. Carter and Simms of Raleigh, ' Mundy of Reids- ville, Adams of Wadesboro, Barron of Charlotte, Tred way of Shelby, Felix of Asheville, Horton of Waynesville, Blackwell of Elizabeth City, Saunders of Murf reesboro, Cramer of Wilson, Hardaway f Oxford, Tyree of Durham, and Thomas of Fayetteville. Among North Carolinians holding important pastorates are the following: Watson of Edenton, Vann of Scotland -Neck, Kendrick of Weldon, Savage of Tarboro, Powell of Rocky Mount, Long offGoldsbor(p,011verof WIlmlngton,Booth of Lumberton, Blalock of Rockingham, Moore of Monroe, Justice of Ruther ford ton, Johnson of Greensboro, Dowell and Horton of Durham, Brown of Win ston, Kesler of High Point, Payseur of Concord, Church of Statesvllle, Cash well of Hickory, Patton of Morganton, Finch of Williamston, Pullen Of Ra leigh, "Morton Of Roxboro, Pruitt and Hankins of Charlotte, and Lambeth of Lexington. V : ' . The Baptists of North Carolina have had rapid growth for the last thirty years and their prosperity is greater now than at any other period of their history. - J. D. HUFHAiM. Sketch of Ber. J. D. nnfham. Dr. J. D. Hufham, the writer of the paper on "The Baptists in North Car olina," is pastor of the Baptist church I at Henderson, and the most Interesting I figure in any 'association or convention. I of his denomination in the state. He was born in Duplin county in May, 1834, baptized by Rev. Dr. W. T. Brooks in 1855, graduated at Wake For est college in 1856 and ordained to the ministry in 1857. After a pastorate of four years at Bear swamp, Duplin county, he became, in 1861, the owner and editor of The Biblical Recorder. In every relation he has borne a con spicuous part in the history of his de nomination and of the state for nearly forty years. . There, have been various efforts to analyze his character and strength, and point out Ms . strong quality. To dne he is a "born editor' Others, witnessing his mastery of as semblies, in raising large collections for
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