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post of any professor who was temporarily absent, hearing a recitation in the higher branches of mathematics, or chemistry, or natural philosophy, or Latin, or Greek, with as much facili- ty as though it had been the department specially confided to his care.
" As a preacher, Dr. Crawford did not, ordinarily, equal the expectations which his acknowledged talent and scholarship had awakened. There were times, indeed, when he spoke with commanding eloquence and the most melting pathos. His dis- courses, too, were uniformly sensible and instructive. With his piety and attainments they could scarcely have been other- wise. But his mind did not seem, as a general rule, to grasp and elucidate his theme with that masterly force which one would expect from its native vigor. He was often defective in analytical power; he needed what Horace so aptly terms the lucidus ordo, the shining order, which invests even com- mon-place thoughts with interest, and without which the best thoughts produce but little impression. Still, he was always heard with interest, and must be ranked among the most pop- ular and effective preachers of his day.
" There was one trait of character for which our brother was remarkable, and that is candor. No man despised more than did he misrepresentation or flattery. To his most intimate friends he was perfectly outspoken on the subject of their faults. When his opinion was sought about men or things you might be assured that nothing was exaggerated or suppressed. Correct or incorrect, you heard his honest sentiments. Charity, too, went hand in hand with his frankness. Without guile himself, he suspected none in others, unless the proof of its existence was too obvious to be resisted. His heart was tender and sym- pathetic. He was readily touched by the sufferings of others, and he was always ready to relieve them, so far as his circum- stances permitted. Failing to see him, as had been expected, at our Southern Baptist Convention in Baltimore, in 1868, I asked him subsequently why he was not present ? 'I fully in- tended to go,' he replied, 'and had put away fifty dollars to pay my traveling expenses ; but a day or two before the time of leaving, I received a letter from a friend in distress, begging me, if possible, to help him a little. So I sent him the fifty dollars
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saved for Convention expenses, and I remained at home.' Here was an act of charity which, but for my question, would never have transpired. Many such, I have no doubt, would be dis- closed, were the secret history of our brother's life given to the world. Strangers and slight acquaintances might think our brother reserved and reticent, but those who knew him better found in him a companion most genial and communicative. His memory was peculiarly tenacious. He seemed always to have at command everything he had ever read or heard. Though far removed from levity, his conversations abounded with humor, and he seemed to have an inexhaustible fund of anecdote or of incident with which to illustrate a truth or to entertain a friend. When, at some future day, the historian takes up his pen to do for Georgia Baptists what Dr. Taylor has done for those of Virginia, Crawford will be remembered as one to whom God gave intellectual endowments of the first order, and who improved his talents by assiduous culture, adding to mental qualities moral excellencies which made him a man of generous soul, of unswerving integrity and conscien- tious devotion to the truth as it is in Jesus."
The following letter, addressed to the author, was written in response to an appeal to him, through the same medium, that he would write more frequently for the press-urging, among other things, that he had seen a picture of Dr. Crawford, which showed that he was "getting old," etc.
"A LETTER FROM DR. CRAWFORD.
" Brother Campbell : I have noticed your request in the 'In- dex,' and in compliance, I send this letter to the 'Index man,' with instruction 'if not delivered in ten days,' to forward to Rev. Jesse H. Campbell, Thomasville, Georgia.
"You say I am 'getting old.' In all your preaching you never said a truer thing. Yet there is one part of me, at least, that has not experienced the effect of age, and if you could see a faithful photograph of my heart you would surely 'recog- nize' it, for its affections are as fresh, full and warm as 'in childhood's happy hour.'
' I have, indeed, grown old, and this day week (22d) I cele-
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brated my sixtieth anniversary, on a Kentucky dinner of fish, closing with the favorite dessert of the season : pancake and molasses. But how mistaken are those who consider age an evil! 'Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand, riches and honor.' 'With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.' Yet, while God promises long life as a blessing, and most men desire long life, there is, with many, a feeling that old age is an evil and a pity for old people. Now, I know of no reason for such feeling, but the undeniable fact that old age is nearer death than youth. But does that make old age an evil? If it is truth as well as poetry, that
'Death is the gate to endless joys,'
why should its nearness to the old make age an evil ?
" On a delicious May evening, ten years ago, as I was sitting in my verandah at Penfield, my colleague and friend, H. H. Tucker, came in. After he was seated, I said, 'I have just been reflecting that I am now fifty years old, and I would not be a day younger if I could. For now, even if my life should be extended to the Psalmist's three-score and ten, I am safely over two-thirds of the pilgrimage. If I should die now, I would leave my children a name which they could bear without re- proach, and an example which they might follow without shame. And I have no fears that the good providence, which has hith- erto protected me amid dangers, sustained me in trials and saved me in temptations, will forsake me till I enter the blessed life.' Such was my feeling and such my trust then. Since that pleasant evening, ten years have elapsed. How slowly, yet how swiftly have they passed. A decade unsurpassed in its momen- tous history by any equal period since Christ died upon the cross. In this hemisphere, a territory of near half a million of square miles trampled by the iron heel of war for four years, and six millions of people smitten by the iron hand of despot- ism for six years, and all in the name of fraternity ; while on the other hemisphere, the oldest nation of Europe,.of the proudest history in the past, and which, for eighty years, has done more for liberty than any other nation of the continent, was, in six months, devastated and subjugated by the most thoroughly or- ganized despotism of the old world. The decade has brought
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me to sixty-a decade full of wretchedness and woe in our na- tional affairs, yet how tempered, especially to me, with mercies and blessings ! And now that I am a presbuteros in years as well as in office, this bleak March day, sitting by my comforta- ble coal fire in Kentucky, I repeat to you what, ten years ago, in the shades of a May evening, breathing the sweet odor of roses, I said to brother Tucker : ' I would not be a day younger if I could.'
" Ten more milestones have been marked off in my journey of life, and ten stations nearer to the city above. And if these ten years of war, and blood, and cruelty, and tyranny have, after all, by His grace, been years of so much enjoyment here, what may we not hope in the blessed hereafter. We have not lost, but passed, ten years of life here, and are so much nearer that brighter, purer, richer, nobler, sweeter, grander, holier, happier life in the great beyond. These are feelings, hopes, con- fidences common to you and me, and many others, whose forms and names come rushing to my eyes and heart. Can that old age be an evil which fills the mind and heart with thoughts and emotions like these ?
" But though age is no evil, sickness is ; and I have been sick, and am not well yet. In December, a cold and cough caught me. As the winter advanced, the cough became worse, and I was confined to the house all the month of February. I am now better. Happily, the spring has been milder than usual, and the season is three weeks in advance of what is common. Every pleasant day improves my health. 'Doctor's truck,' as the ' beloved physician,' (Dr. W. B. Crawford, his brother) calls it, does me no good. Instead of cod liver oil, I have been, and am still, taking (for dinner) broiled middling, (streak of lean and streak of fat.) Under this regimen, with pretty weather, I am gaining strength rapidly, and my cough does not trouble me at all when quiet, though a little exercise brings. it on. It is nearly four months since I preached, and I have thought that, perhaps, my preaching days are over. I recollect that Dr. Olin, the greatest man the Methodist church ever produced in this country, said that he had two great struggles in this life. The first was, when he got his own consent to give up the world to be a preacher for Christ, and the last when, in consequence
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of broken health, he could yield to the providence which silenced him in the pulpit. I had no such trials in entering the ministry, having glided into it so insensibly that I was a preacher almost before I knew it. Nor, if it is God's will to silence me, shall I have any struggle in submitting. I have never felt any anxiety or uneasiness about a field of labor, confident that, if the Lord had work for me to do, He would send me where it was to be done. Under this conviction, I have lived and labored. With this conviction, I shall still labor, if called to labor, or be still, if called to be still. The Lord knoweth.
"So, my dear brother, I have complied with your request. My communication is all about myself; you will read it with no less interest on that account. If the 'Index men ' think it un- suitable to their paper, they will forward it to you.
" To all who may read it, I beg leave to sign it as their friend and brother in Christ Jesus,
" March 29, 1871."
" N. M. CRAWFORD.
The foregoing letter is believed to be the last article from the pen of Dr. Crawford that was ever published. His health soon grew worse, and he " ceased from his labors."
A few additional remarks by the author, and this brief sketch must be closed. Dr. Crawford ever seemed to preach under re- straint, owing, doubtless, to his consciousness of danger from paralysis, an attack of which he had in early life, and from a renewal of which he finally died. On a few occasions, however, the author heard him when this habitual restraint was over- come. In a sermon delivered at Albany during an Association, a large congregation was swayed, melted, overwhelmed by his eloquence in a manner that he has seldom seen equaled, and never surpassed, by any preacher. During a session of the Georgia Baptist Convention at Newnan, he followed the mis- sionary, Buckner, in an appeal for the Indians of surpassing power and pathos, though he spoke only about twenty minutes. The effect was such that, before he closed, his hearers, almost en masse, rose from their seats and, pressing towards a table near which he was standing, threw their contributions upon it, amounting to about fifteen hundred dollars. He had all the ele-
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ments of a powerful speaker, but dared not give them free scope.
Dr. Crawford was "of a meek and quiet spirit." A news- paper correspondence, on an exciting subject, was progressing between him and a distinguished brother of an imperious and fiery temper. A friend wrote to Crawford, cautioning him against being provoked to bitterness or undue severity. He re- plied in a spirit of meekness, thanking his friend for his faith- fulness, and adding, in substance, "I am guarding the point upon which you warn me; and, as you are such a wife-man yourself, I will tell you how : I have promised my wife to sub- mit all my articles to her for revision, and, of course, there is no danger of my publishing anything harsh." And so it turned out. By the use of soft words and hard arguments, he fairly de- molished his antagonist.
He delighted in the company of his friends, and entertained them with princely hospitality. Who ever felt otherwise than welcome and at ease in Crawford's house ? And as a guest among his friends, he was one of the most agreeable and fasci- nating of men. In his manners, there was familiarity without bluntness, dignity without pretension, and gravity without aus- terity. He was, indeed, " a gentleman of the old school," ever more concerned for the enjoyment of others than for his own. The author can safely affirm that he has never known a more per- fect character. In stature, he was below the medium height, of symmetrical form, full head of black curling hair, and spark- ling dark eyes.
JOHN H. CLARK.
" The subject of this sketch was the son of William and Mary Clark, of Putnam county, Georgia, and was born on the 30th of November, 1796. The father, William Clark, was a man without reproach, a most excellent citizen and worthy member of the Baptist church. The mother, Mary Clark, was a mem- ber of the same church, and one of the most pious and exem- plary women of her day. Her life was a constant commentary on the truths and efficacy of the christian religion. Her maiden name was Harvey. She belonged to an extensive family of
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that name, who, by inter-marriage, connected themselves with many of the leading names of this State. She was not simply a professor of religion, but a worker, and in all the relations of life she illustrated all the christian graces. She departed this life on November 8th, 1830, in the full assurance of faith. Her husband, who had been led to the Saviour by her godly life, was overwhelmed by the sad event and expressed an earnest desire to follow her. His wish was gratified, and the Lord took him to himself on the 16th of January, 1831, two months and a half after the death of his consort.
"The sons of this family were Jeremiah, John, James and Benjamin. The only daughter was Charity, who married Jones Kendrick. They spent the last quarter of their lives in Hous- ton county. She was also a devoted and highly prized member of. the Baptist church, and her works live after her .. She fin- ished her course and went up higher in August, 1867, some four months after the death of her brother John, the subject of this sketch.
"John Harvey Clark, the subject of this memoir, was born in Greene county, and, when in his infancy, his father moved to Putnam county, then a wilderness. He is supposed to be among the very first settlers of that county. The lands were granted by the State after he came. He bought a settlement on Little river and built a neat, comfortable house, where he resided up to the time of his death. The country was new and rough, and the means of education very limited. The boys had to work on the farm, and going to school was only an occa- sional occupation. Still something in this way was done, and means were provided to furnish some of the children with more than ordinary advantages. John, however, did not enjoy these advantages. He was a plough-boy, and his schooling was con- fined to a slight knowledge of the usual elementary branches. In early life he inter-married with Elizabeth, the daughter of James Kendrick, who still survives him-a woman of slight educational advantages, but of fine personal appearance, and of marked and decided character. Industrious to a fault, with sound practical sense, great fortitude, and of rare determina- tion, self-reliance and courage. With limited means, she has had the care of a large family on her hands, but failure in no
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sense has ever resulted from want of fidelity and untiring en- ergy on her part. She has ever been a toiler, and her toils, which but few women could stand, have not been in vain. In comparative health, having passed her threescore and ten, she is descending the plane of life with mind clear and unclouded, and her trust in God firm and unshaken. In a few more years at most, she will enter "that rest" which is reserved for the faith- ful, toiling followers of the Saviour.
" The subject of this sketch was a farmer, and the manhood of his life was spent in that avocation. It cannot be said that he was a successful farmer. For a man of his means and large family, his habits were too expensive. He ever kept open house for the accommodation and comfort of all comers, and in this respect his hospitality was extravagant. No one ever failed to find shelter under his roof, and no one ever called on him in vain for help. He sold corn to his needy neighbors at fifty cents a bushel, and bought the same season at one dollar a bushel. He joined the Baptist church some ten years after marriage, and from that time to the day of his death, his house was a home for ministers of all denominations and for every penniless man and woman. It was utterly impossible for him to resist ap- - peals, and he gave, when, by so doing, he put in jeopardy the comfort of his own family. He would divide the last loaf with the beggar, who would smile at his liberality. When he resided in Putnam county, on meeting-days his house was thronged with people. The dinner table was spread from noon until night. As soon as the preaching was over, he would make it a special business to see all visitors and invite them home with him. And nearly all went. This excessive liberality was too great for his limited means, and he was compelled to forego it in after years. If it was a fanlt, it proceeded from the best of motives. He loved everybody and wanted to make them com- fortable, and delighted in social enjoyments. His heart was a well of human kindness, ever springing up, and then overflow- ing. His servants were spoiled by this excessive kindness, and his children would have been endangered from the same source but for the strong hand and disciplinary power of the mother. He harbored malice toward none, and if he ever became angry, the sun went not down on his wrath.
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" He joined the Enon Baptist church, Putnam county, about the year 1828, and was baptized by Rev. James Henderson. This was before the great division of the Baptist family into mission and anti-mission bodies. When the division took place, Enon church allied herself with the anti-mission movement as a member of the Ocmulgee Association. Soon thereafter he withdrew, and with a few others worshiped in the neighbor- hood at a school-house under the patronage of the Eatonton church. The nucleus of a church was gathered together under the ministry of Rev. J. H. Campbell, who was then a young man, and labored with great zeal and efficiency in building up the Baptist interest in that region.
" Ramoth church was formed out of such elements as had left Enon and such others as had professed a faith, and Mr. Camp- bell was chosen pastor. The subject of this sketch was one of the deacons. The relation between pastor and deacon was ever harmonious, as he can testify, and he can bear witness to the zeal of the deacon, for they were ever fast friends and co-la- borers in the vineyard. He entered the ministry late in life- at least when the prime of his manhood was past, with but few advantages and but a remote prospect of success. But from the time of his giving himself to the pastoral work up to within a short time of his death, and until feeble health compelled him to desist, he labored zealously and earnestly for the Master and the good of souls. For several years his labors were given to Putnam, Jones and Baldwin counties. In 1854 he removed with his family to Houston and served churches in that county, Macon, Dooly and Lee. It cannot be said that he was an able preacher. He never laid claim to any such pretensions. His previous occupation, his limited education and his advanced age, precluded all such aspirations. All his aim was to do good and be an humble instrument of winning souls to Christ. In this respect, it may be said that he was successful in an unusual degree. The churches prospered under his ministry, and many souls were added to them. Many are now living in the several counties named who owe their conversion, under God, to his efforts, and the remembrance of the deceased pastor is dear and precious to them. He was ever willing for others to wear the
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crown, and envied no man his greatness. Hence he was highly esteemed for his labors.
" This is the humble pastor's reward-to labor faithfully in the vineyard and win souls to Christ. The honors of the world, the applause of multitudes, do not seduce them from this work. Their best efforts are subject to criticism, but if they present the cross so as to awaken sinners and induce them to come to Christ, great is their reward. The poor husbandman who has toiled for the Master, with but few of the praises of men to cheer him, when he enters at last into his rest, bringing his sheaves with him, can thank God that his labors have been blessed-can present them as trophies of bis victory in the name of Christ, and shout unceasing anthems of redeeming grace.
" The subject of this sketch died on the 23d of April, 1867. His health was quite feeble for months before his decease, so much so as to debar him from active work, and from all work toward the close. A very few days before his death, in answer to a letter of inquiry from a member of his family about his spiritual condition, in view of the great change which must soon take place, he said that he had nothing to commend him to the Sa- viour-that he was a poor sinner, without merit and without claim on the divine favor, and that he relied solely on the Sa- viour, and that all hopes of salvation were in his blood. In a few days he passed away. The message came at night, and within a few hours death claimed him as his own. But his works follow him, and his name and his fame are still fresh in the hearts of his brethren with whom he was associated.
" Judge James M. Clark, of Americus, an eminent civilian and worthy christian gentleman, is a son of his, and all the mem- bers of his family are highly respectable."
DR. CULLEN BATTLE.
The name of Dr. Cullen Battle is entitled to a place in this record of Georgia Baptists. Though for a number of years a citizen of another State, and not a minister of the gospel, yet his long residence in Georgia, and his prominent connection with the early movements of the denomination, his liberal support
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of our institutions and his unabated interest in all our enter- prises, identify him closely with the Baptists of this common- wealth.
Dr. Battle was born in Edgecombe county, North Carolina, March 11th, 1785. An old family record furnishes the following information of his ancestry : About the year 1700, William Battle emigrated from England to Virginia. Like most of the . English settlers in that famed old commonwealth, he was a member of the Church of England. His son Elisha, however, married and removed to Edgecombe, North Carolina, and be- came a Baptist. He was a man of great strength of character and piety, and exerted an extensive influence. The youngest of his six sons was Dempsey, the father of the subject of this sketch. Dempsey Battle had three sons, Cullen, Andrews and John. The two elder were educated as physicians, the young- est was killed by an accident. Cullen Battle received his med- ical education at the University of Pennsylvania, and was an enthusiastic disciple of the eminent physician and patriot Ben- jamin Rush. After several years of successful practice in his native State, he retired from the profession to prosecute his constantly increasing agricultural interests.
He was twice married : first to Miss Elizabeth, sister of his cousin, James S. Battle, who survived the marriage but twenty months; and secondly to Miss Jane Lamon, of Wake county, who has been spared to be a life-long companion. Dr. Battle removed from North Carolina to Powelton, Hancock county, Georgia, in 1818. There he professed faith in the Saviour and was baptized in 1827 by the great and good Jesse Mercer, his wife having been baptized three years before by the same min- ister. In Powelton he took a deep interest in the cause of Christ, became at once an active and useful church member, leading in every good work, serving faithfully in the office of deacon, and being, in every place, an example of christian in- tegrity, activity, fidelity and liberality. His large means ena- bled him to exercise a generous hospitality, and his house was ever open to friend and stranger. When a traveling minister chanced to pass through Powelton-and the village in those lays was on the highway of travel-he went directly to the house of brother Battle, where he was sure to find a warm wel-
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come and comfortable home. Dr. Battle was an enthusiastic friend of education. He was prominently identified with the management and control of the fine academies for which Pow- elton, in those early days, was famous; and Mercer University never had a warmer or more generous friend. He stands next to Mercer himself, on the list of contributors to this noble in- stitution. He was also ever an ardent friend and contributor to the missionary cause, the Bible cause, the Sunday-school cause, the temperance cause, and the cause of evangelizing the slave population in our midst. Though an unshaken believer in the scriptural and moral rightfulness of the "peculiar insti- tution," he always held it to be the duty of masters to give to their slaves the bread of life. His own very large family of blacks never lacked for the ministration of the word, and when no regular preacher was at hand, he would himself proclaim, with earnestness and power, the everlasting gospel. If ever a master did the full measure of his duty as a christian instructor to his slaves, that man was Cullen Battle. For years and years, it was his custom to gather the blacks of the community to- gether on every Sabbath afternoon and teach them the truth as it is in Jesus. His instructions combined the soundest evan- gelism with the highest lessons of morality for their daily lives and their intercourse with each other.
He was never in favor of restraining them from acquiring the rudiments of education, The writer has often heard him denounce the laws and the public sentiment which forbade them to learn to read and write. Indeed, it is well known that these restrictions were forced upon the Southern people by the. fanatical course pursued by the abolitionists of the North, and but for this ill-advised interference, no prohibitory statutes of this kind would ever have been found in our Codes.
Dr. Battle removed from Powelton to Eufaula, (then Irwin- ton,) Alabama, in the year 1836. At this time the Creek In- dians had not left Alabama, and often gave much trouble to the early settlers. Dr. Battle did not escape the misfortunes inci- dent to a home among these savages. More than once, by the sudden incursions of these treacherous foes, his property was destroyed and crops abandoned. But his characteristic energy,
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under heaven, triumphed over obstacles and reverses, and his affairs prospered.
Soon after reaching Eufaula, he became anxious to see a church established in that young but growing place. In com- - pany with the lamented General Reuben C. Shorter and others, a church was constituted in 1838, and by the active efforts of these brethren, under the blessing of God, it became a power in the community. Having been blessed with the ministry of Tryon, Pattison, Matthews, Henderson, McIntosh, Van Hoose, Reeves, Wharton and Kinnebrew, it has grown to be one of the largest and most influential churches in Alabama. And yet we hazard nothing in saying, that to no human instrument is more of its solid prosperity due than to deacon Cullen Battle.
In 1853 he removed to Tuskegee, Alabama, where he again became conspicuous for christian enterprise and benevolence. He was one of the chief contributors to the East Alabama Fe- male College, which for so many years dispensed the benefits of education to the daughters of Alabama. He aided also, to a large extent, in the erection of the beautiful and costly house of worship in that town. Here, as in Eufaula and Powelton, he seemed to feel a special responsibility for the religious cul- ture of the blacks, and scarcely a Sunday afternoon passed by that did not find him actively engaged in teaching them the scriptures.
Every good cause commended itself at once to his liberality. In the subscription books of the agencies of every branch of christian benevolence, his name was often inscribed with amounts annexed, testifying to the largeness of his heart and the profuseness of his benefactions.
But war and desolation came on, and his old age has been saddened by the privations that have been his lot since the close of hostilities. His immense estate has been scattered to the winds, and his chief regret is that he can no longer con- tribute to those objects which formerly claimed not only his heart but his purse. But his deeds are not forgotten. His works of faith and labors of love have already produced har- vests of blessing, and are treasured in the book of remem- brance. Yet he claims no merit for these, believing that he
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only did what it was his duty to do, and that, after all, he is but an unprofitable servant.
Dr. Battle has just passed his eighty-ninth birthday, and, hap- py in the companionship of the devoted partner of his bosom, in the society of his only daughter, with whom he is now living in Eufaula, and in the hope of a blessed immortality through the merits of a crucified and risen Saviour, he is tranquilly passing the days that yet remain to him on earth, awaiting the summons to join the hosts that have already crossed the flood, in the glorious city of our God. Like a shock of corn fully ripe, he is ready to be gathered to the garner of the skies.
Dr. Battle has three children living, viz : Mary J. Shorter, (widow of that noble statesman, jurist and christian, ex-Gover- nor John Gill Shorter,) Rev. Archibald J. Battle, D. D., the present President of Mercer University, and Major-General Cullen A. Battle, ex-officer of the Confederate States Army. A promising son, Junius Kincaid Battle, died at the age of twenty-one, a year after his marriage.
Dr. Andrews Battle, next younger brother of the subject of our sketch, died in LaGrange, Georgia, in 1842. He was noted for his modest piety and christian integrity-a saint-like man, beloved of all who knew him.
INDEX.
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HISTORICAL.
PREFACE
PAGE.
INTRODUCTION OF BAPTIST SENTIMENTS INTO THE STATE 9
INCREASE OF THE DENOMINATION 14
BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS 16
BAPTIST CONVENTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA 18
ASSOCIATIONS.
BETHEL 125
PIEDMONT 83
ROCK MOUNTAIN 114
REHOBOTH 123
CHATTAHOOCHEE
96
SAREPTA 71
EBENEZER.
79
SAVANNAH RIVER. 75
FLINT RIVER 94
SUNBURY
84
GEORGIA 55
TUGALO RIVER 91
UNITED 110
HOUSTON 113
WESTERN 106
WASHINGTON 112
NEW SUNBURY 134
OCMULGEE
76
OCMULGEE, (Junior)
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DIVISION ON MISSIONS
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LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
MERCER UNIVERSITY. 139
HEARN SCHOOL. 151
CHEROKEE BAPTIST COLLEGE 154
WASHINGTON INSTITUTE
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MONROE FEMALE UNIVERSITY
158
BETHEL FEMALE COLLEGE 160
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COLUMBUS. 99
CENTRAL 115
HEPHZIBAH. 73
ITCHACONNAH. 111
YELLOW RIVER
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Index.
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ARMSTRONG, JAMES 274
ANSLEY, MARLIN 421
BACON, AUGUSTUS O 270
BATTLE, DR. CULLEN 496
BEDGEWOOD, NICHOLAS 183
BLEDSOE, MILLER. 193
BOTSFORD, EDMUND 167
BRANTLY, WILLIAM T. 208
BYNE, EDMUND 238
CARTLEDGE, SAMUEL 207
CLAY, JOSEPH 280
CONNER, WILSON 275
COOPER, JOHN W. 378
COLLINS, HENRY 417
CARTER, JAMES. 369
CALLAWAY, WILLIAM A 370
CALLAWAY, JOSHUA S. 359
CLARK, JOHN H. 492
CRAWFORD, NATHANIEL M. 481
DAVIS, WILLIAM. 178
DAVIS, JONATHAN. 399
DAVIS, JESSE M. 403
DUNHAM, JACOB H. 204
DENNARD, JARED SANDERS 440
DAWSON, JOHN E. 473
FLEMING, ROBERT 422
Goss, HORATIO J 430
Goss, BENJAMIN.
431
GRANBERRY, GEORGE. 427 HAND, HENRY 285
HOLCOMB, HENRY. 184
HOLMES ADAM T. 476
JAMES, JOHN 375
TRAVIS, JESSE 294
TRICE, THOMAS C. 366
VINING, JEPTHA 253
WALSH, THOMAS 245
WARREN, KITTREL 290
WHATLEY, SAMUEL. 282
WINN, THOMAS SUMNER 276
WILKES, THOMAS U. 410
WYER, HENRY OTIS 326
WHITTEN, JAMES 420
MATTHEWS, JAMES 230
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MALLARY, CHARLES D 452
MERCER, SILAS. 226
MERCER, JESSE. 311
MILNER, JOHN. 301
MILNER, JOHN H. 376
MOSELY, ELIJAH. 278
MOSELY, WILLIAM 363
NEWTON, WILLIAM 425
POLHILL, THOMAS 184
POLHILL, JOSEPH 406
POSEY, HUMPHREY ... 354
PERRYMAN, ELISHA 333
PERRYMAN, JAMES 448
POSTELL, EDWARD P 304
PENFIELD, JOSIAH-(Deacon) ... 428
REEVES, JEREMIAH. 248
REEVES, JAMES. 319
RHODES, THOMAS 206
Ross, JOHN. 277
SAVAGE, LOVELESS 278
SCOTT, ALEXANDER 193
SCREVEN, CHARLES 0 195
SCREVEN, JAMES O. 449
STOCKS, HON. THOMAS 352
SINGLETON, WILLIAM. 398
SWEET, GEORGE D. 296
SHERWOOD, ADIEL. 413
SWANSON, JAMES F. 466
SANDERS, BILLINGTON M. 313
THARP, VINCENT .. 247
THORNTON, DOZIER. 241
THORNTON, VINCENT 339
JOHNSON, JARVIS G. 451
JONES, ADAM. 181
KING, JACOB 432
KILPATRICK, J. H. T 381
LAW, SAMUEL S. 255
LAW, JOSIAH S. 322
LUMPKIN, JACK. 309
MARSHALL, DANIEL 173
MARSHALL, JABEZ P. 251
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