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Minister: HORNADAY,
William Harry Delen
Title: Reverend
Years Served: 1890-1940
Church:
Westerville Methodist Church
Village: , Township: Westerville
Nebraska, County: , State: NeO
Source: Obituary, daughter's
notes & my story (granddaughter)
Additional: My grandfather,
W.H.D.HORNADAY, was a circuit rider minister from Richmond, Ind. to
Kimball,Ne.
during 1890 thru 1893. During 1893 he married Mary Lydia Leaming at
Kimball, Ne.
His first Methodist assignment was at Westerville, Ne., then Broken Bow
&
Beaver, Ne. His next assignment was at Carson City, Nev. During his 10
year
pastorate he was Chaplain for the Nev. State Legislature and
Penitentiary. He
had pastorates in California at Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Sacramento
and retired
in 1940 at Monterey Park.
Liz
Jones Date: Mon Jan 7 16:01:30 2002
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Minister: ADAMS,
Henry Clay Title:
Rev.
Years Served: 1865-1899
Church: Circuit Rider - See Below
Village: , Township: , County: , State: IL
Source:
Methodist Church Archives
Additional: Henry Clay ADAMS was born in Troy, NY
on January 21, 1836. According to church records, his father was a
Methodist
Episcopal Minister but no information was recorded, not even his name.
Henry
fought in the Civil War with the 20th Iowa Infantry, Company F, Union
Army. He
enlisted at age 26. He took part in battles at Vicksburg, in Port
Hudson
("where much sickness followed"), in Brazo Santiago and in Brownsville,
TX. He was granted a disability discharge in New Orleans on October 4,
1864 (he
apparently developed asthma or something like it; he was weakened by it
the rest
of his life and he eventually died from it).
After the war Henry married Miss Flora A. ROSS of Waverly, IL. Her
father, Lt.
Col. John W. ROSS fought in the battle of the Hornet's Nest at Shiloh
and died of
his injuries a week later. Henry and Flora were married on September
12, 1865 in
Lincoln, IL. At that time Henry became an itinerant minister for the
M.E. Church,
Rock River Conference. He served Seneca and Ellwood for an unspecified
time
before leaving the church for one year for "secular pursuits". After
one year, he rejoined the ministry, switching to the Illinois
Conference, and was
ordained a deacon in Champaign, IL (where he died on October 9, 1899).
Two years
later he was ordained an elder in Lincoln, IL. He served a number of
parishes
including: Seneca, Ellwood, Taylorville, Lincoln Circuit, Saybrook,
Mahomet,
Potomac, Williamsville, Griggsville Circuit, Payson, Quincy Circuit,
Mason City,
McClean, Cerro Gordo, Waverly, Philp, Savoy and White Heath.
Henry and Flora had one son and three daughters. Their son also became
a
Methodist Episcopal minister. Family records say that there were "5
generations" of M.E. ministers but so far have been unable to track
them
down -- Adams is a very common name!
Becke Davis Date: Sun
Jan 13 16:55:03
2002
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Minister: ADAMS,
Alfred Cookman
Title: Rev.
Years Served: 1897-1941
Church: Many, see below
Village: , Township: , County: , State: IL
Source:
Methodist Church Archives
Additional: OBITUARY OF ALFRED C. ADAMS FROM
METHODIST ARCHIVES: (excerpt)
“Alfred Cookman, son of the Rev. Harry C. and Mrs. Flora R. Adams, was
born in the Methodist parsonage at Mahomet, Illinois, June 16, 1872. He
was
Received on Trial in the Illinois Conference in 1897, admitted into
Full
Membership and ordained Deacon in 1899, and ordained Elder in 1901.
With the
exception of six months spent in the Saint John’s River Conference,
Florida, he
spent his entire ministry in the Illinois Conference. He was granted
the Retired
Relation in 1941 after forty-four years of service.
He was a brother much loved by all, a faithful minister who honored his
Church by
his devotion, uprightness and faith. He was a lover of beauty and he
found
pleasure in the raising of fine gladioli."
MINISTERIAL SERVICE RECORD:
1897-98 Weedman, Illinois (Methodist archives from this year note: “The
most
extensive revivals were at Cisco, Gibson City, Ogden, Urbana, Weedman,
and
Sodorus.”)
1899-1900 Ludlow, IL
1900-1902 Armstrong, IL
1903-1904 Pawneee, IL (Methodist archives: “At Pawnee, A.C. Adams,
pastor, a
fine new parsonage has been completed at a cost of about $3,000.”)
1905-1906 Villa Grove, IL
1907-1908 Cerro Gordo, IL
1909-1911 Assumption, IL
1912-1914 Rushville, IL (Methodist archives: “There were many revivals
in the
district of great power and blessing. The preachers and churches
signally blessed
were: . . .A.C. Adams, Rushville”)
1915-1916 Barry, IL
1917-1918 (Transferred to Fort Lauderdale, FL, St. John’s River
Conference, 6
months)
1918-1919 March 15, 1918, Kansas, IL
1920-1921 Casey, IL
1922-1924 Arcola, IL
1925-1927 Griggsville, IL
1928-1930, 1931-1934, 1935, 1936 - Gilman, IL
1937-1940 El Paso, IL
1941 Retired (43 1/2 years in Illinois, 1/2 year in St. John’s River
Conference,
Florida)
Becke Davis Date: Sun
Jan 13
17:02:49 2002
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Minister: VILLARS,
Isaiah Title:
Rev., D.D.
Years Served: 1865-1915
Church: Several
Village:
, Township: , County: , State: IL
Source: Methodist Church
Archives
Additional: Rev., Corporal, Dr.) Isaiah J. Villars (some records
say Isaiah Harris Villars)
Born on March 5, 1839 in Vernon, Clinton County, Ohio; died on June 12,
1915.
(His son's notes say he died in 1914 but the obituary is for 1915. He
pronounced
his name “I - sigh - ah”.)
He was a Methodist minister for 48 years; also a soldier, author,
college
president, chaplain at the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, and
pioneer.
Another obituary notes that he was buried in Joliet, and adds: “Born on
a farm,
converted at the age of sixteen, pupil in the public schools, student
at a Quaker
college, married in 1858, corporal in Company D, 35th Illinois Infantry
(almost
four years in the Civil War), a minister in the Methodist Episcopal
Church for
practically 50 years, president of McKendree College, chaplain in the
Grand Army
of Illinois, chaplain of the state penitentiary at Joliet, author of
several
books, constant contributor to the press, one of the organizers of the
Prohibition Party, temperance lecturer, Doctor of Divinity by grave of
DePauw
University. . .” (previously known as Indiana Asbury University). His
pastor,
possibly mentor, was Rev. Isaac
Groves.
He came to Illinois in 1858 (the year he was married), and settled in
Catlin,
Vermilion County, where he lived until the Civil War. Enlisted as a
private, he
became a Corporal of Company B, Third Illinois Infantry. (Note: the
source for
this last was his obituary; however Civil War military records show
that he
enlisted in Catlin, IL on July 3, 1861 as a Corporal in Company D of
the 35th
Illinois Infantry.) He was involved in the capture of Lookout Mountain;
after the
battle, he helped put the flag up on top of the mountain. His Civil War
service
included Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain,
Chattanooga, and Chickamauga. He was prominent in Grand Army of the
Republic
circles and in 1909 was elected department chaplain of the GAR at the
state
encampment in Aurora. He mustered out on September 27, 1864 at
Springfield, IL.
He joined the Methodist Episcopal Conference in 1865; he served as
pastor of the
Spruce Creek Methodist Episcopal Church in Nashville, TN in 1889 (right
after his
second marriage, after leaving McKendree College), and later as pastor
at Grace
Church, Elgin, Dakota, Sandwich, Little Rock, Waterman, New Lenox,
Lockport,
Byron, Cowden, Polo, and other Illinois towns, including the Rock River
Conference. Other Illinois circuits where he served were Livingston,
Tower Hill,
Neoga, Kansas, Macon, Bement, Monticello, Warsaw, Pana, Mattoon,
Champaign, and
Clinton. At the time of his death he lived in New Lenox, IL. An article
from 1902
noted: “Dr. Villars is now on his thirty-seventh year in the pastorate
without a
vacation.” After his second marriage, he served for a year at the
Spruce Street
Church in Nashville, TN (1889).
He was the author of several books, including The Irrepressible
Conflict in
Politics and Ministerial Misfits. He also left notes of a speech
entitled, “What
I Know About Lincoln, a talk by Isaiah Villars.” His obituary says he
was
president of “Mackenzie College in southern Illinois;” This should be
the
Methodist McKendree College (previously called Lebanon Seminary); he
was
president from 1887 - 1889. Notes from the college centenniary
publication: “The
first year that Dr. Villars was at McKendree, he suffered a severe
bereavement in
the death of his wife, who was a very estimable woman, not only a
church worker,
but a pulpit worker and lecturer of real
merit.”
He gave his last address (reports note that he was “leaning heavily on
his cane”)
on Memorial Day, 12 days before his death. He was fascinated with
Abraham Lincoln
and kept scrapbooks of clippings about him. His first wife, Mary Helen
(Thompson)
Villars, was also a published author of books with Methodist themes.
An article in a Methodist publication noted that Isaiah had "18
relatives
withing 3 generations" that were Methodist ministers. His father, Rev.
George Villars was born on April 6, 1806 in Jefferson Twp., Greene, PA
(other
sources list Trumbull, OH and Clinton, OH)and died on about January 10,
1892
(cemetery records say he died on January 19, 1892) in Clinton County,
Ohio. He
was a “local preacher in the Methodist Protestant Church” according to
an
obituary for his son Isaiah. (Local preachers were not necessarily
ordained by
the church -- they were assigned by the main preacher in charge of the
area to
help with marriages, christenings, funeral services, etc.) The same
obituary
notes: “In three generations of the Villars family 18 ministers are
numbered.”
(Obituary lists a sibling, “Rev. L. Villars” -- another minister! --
but this
does not match up with sibling info I have found elsewhere. Maybe it
should read
Rev. I. Villars, meaning George's son. Isaiah's son wrote of his
father's
siblings: “John, James, George and William were local preachers.”
Isaiah's uncle, James H. Villars, Jr., born October 20, 1800; died June
29, 1890
was a local preacher in the Methodist church; he is buried in Mt.
Pleasant
Cemetery. James built the Methodist Episcopal Villars Chapel in
Wilmington,
Clinton County, Ohio in 1868 at a cost of $14,000. The church is still
active:
Villars Chapel United Methodist Church, 3852 State Rte. 350 West,
Wilmington, OH 45177. (Isaiah Villars preached the first sermon at
Villars
Chapel; at a Villars reunion at the chapel in the 1920s, his son (Rev.)
Ulysses
preached the sermon. The Sewell family still belongs to this church --
their
ancestor, David Sewell, was the first resident of Clinton County; he
settled
there in 1798.
Becke Davis Date: Sun
Jan 13
17:21:13 2002
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Minister: VILLARS,
Ulysses Sumner Grant
Title: Rev.
Years Served: 1886-1933
Church: Several
Village: , Township: , County: , State: **
Source:
Methodist Church Archives
Additional: (Rev.) Ulysses Sumner Grant Villars
was born September 22, 1865 in ____, Illinois; died April 8, 1933 in
Belen, NM.
He was a Methodist minister, as was his father, grandfather, and uncle.
It
appears from some notes that he studied at the Methodist DePauw
University in
Indiana. Other notes say: “His education was in the high schools where
his father
had been pastor. Afterward he attended the Illinois Wesleyan and DePauw
University of Greencastle, IN, and taught in the public schools of
Champaign,
IL.” Later he worked for Sears, Roebuck in Chicago before returning to
the
ministry as a Methodist circuit rider in Wauneta, Chautauqua County, on
the
border of Kansas and the Cherokee/Osage Indian territory in 1902. In
1905 they
were moved to the Methodist Church at Altamont, KS, then in June 1906
to the
Wisconsin-Minnesota Conference and a parish at 6th and Thompson in Old
Town, Superior, WI. In June 1908 he was assigned to Prospect Park
Methodist
Episcopal Church in Minneapolis, where he stayed until 1913. He lived
in
Albuquerque for several years while serving as a relief officer for the
Red
Cross, a position he previously held for 10 years in Grant, IL, Great
Lakes, IL,
and Fitzsimmons Hospital in Denver. At the time of his death he was the
pastor of
Federated Community Church in Belen, NM (more than 400 people attended
his
funeral). He was a Methodist minister for a total of 47 years (also a
strict
temperance believer).
In the Lincoln scrapbook kept by Isaiah and Ulysses, there is an
article
published in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Sunday, Feb. 12, 1911
(Lincoln’s
birthday; it appears to be a front page article) entitled “The Faith of
Lincoln,”
and the byline says: Ulysses S. Villars, Commander, Division of
Minnesota, Sons
of Veterans, USA. Ulysses also handwrote his father (Rev.) Isaiah’s
biography,
working with extensive first person notes of Isaiah’s.
Becke Davis Date: Sun
Jan 13 17:31:19
2002
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Minister: LATHROP,
Frank H. Title:
Rev
Years Served: 1910-11
Church:
Village: Near Speed
& Pottersberg, Township: , County: Lincoln Co.,
State: KS
Source: My grandfather was Rev. Frank H. Lathrop
Additional: The pay
was not much - mostly in food supplies. My father wrote how he
remembered his dad
going off into a nearby field to pray. An elderly gnetle-
man knocked on the door and asked if that was my grandmothers husband.
She said:
"yes, we have no food or money to buy any. The man handed her a $20,00
Gold
piece to feed the family. Another time my grandmother
knew they didn't have anything to eat so she to prayed the Good Lord
would
see fit to send them at least a few potoatos.Soon a church member
appeared at
the door with a 50lb. bag over his shoulder. Grandma just knew it was
potato's so hurridly thanked the man. After she left and opened the bag
what
a BIG SURPRISE - they had TURNIPS for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Needless
to say no one in family would eat them once they grew up.
Date: Sun Jan 20 14:20:58
2002
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Minister: CAMPBELL,
William R.
Title: Rev.
Years Served: 1840-1901
Church: Methodist Episcopal
Village: , Township: Wilna, County: Jefferson, State:
NY
Source: Information came from the obit. of his son Myron M. Campbell,
Meth.
Min.
Additional: William R. CAMPBELL also served as Minister in Herkimer
Co., Cortland Co.,
Niagara, Livingston Co., New York. He died in Greentownship,
Michigan. A few days before, he had done a memorial service for the
recently
assassinated President of the United States.
Debra L. Schneider
Date: Mon Jan 21
10:52:08 2002
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Minister: WATTERS,
William Title:
Years Served: 1771-1827
Church: Several in Maryland and Virginia
Village: , Township: , County: , State: VA
Source:
"The Story of Methodism Throughout the World" by A.B. Hyde DD
Additional: According to the previously identified book, as well as
"History
of Methodism"
by Holand N. McTyerie (1878), William Watters is identified as "the
first
native
born Methodist circuit rider in America". IE, he was the first person
to
serve as
a Methodist minister, who was actually born in America. More
remarkably, he was
the 4th generation of the Watters family, born in America!
William Watters (b October 18, 1751 in Harford County, Maryland) was
one of 9
sons born to Godfrey Watters (b. 1703) and Sarah White and was
converted from
the Quaker Church as a young man.
His personal journal was published in 1806 and is contained in
the Library of Congress.
He converted one of his older brothers, Nicholaus Watters (b.1740)to
Methodism,
who himself served as a Circuit Rider for over 30 years in South
Carolina.
William Watters married Sarah Adams. The marraige produced no children.
He is buried in a cemetery in Alexandria, Virginia, near a church,
which I
understand is named in his honor.
Ashley Waters
Huntsville, Texas
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Ashley Waters Date:
Sat Feb 16
07:16:49 2002
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Minister: SPURGEON,
Jesse Title:
Preacher
Years Served: 1803-1826+
Church: Methodist
Village: Hockhocking Circuit, Township: , County:
Fairfield,
State: OH
Source: Minutes Hockhocking Circuit MH287.6 W52 OH; Stewards
Records MH287.6 W52 OH
Additional: Jesse Spurgeon, son of Samuel Spurgeon
and Rebecca Robinette, born 1760s Bedford
Co PA; d. ca. 1847 Hocking Twp., Fairfield Co OH; married first
Elizabeth Bright;
married second 17 Feb 1824 Fairfield Co OH to Margaret Barnhart; no
known
children.
A Book of Records for Hockhocking Circuit
21 Sept 1804 - Jesse Spurgen listed as Exhorter and Steward
27 July 1811 - Jesse Spurgeon employed as a Traveling Preacher,
Pickaway Circuit
18 July 1812 - Jesse Spurgeon called a Preacher at Lakin's Chapel
Quarterly Mtg
19 June 1819 - Jesse Spurgeon recommended as a Deacon
Steward'Book for Hockhocking Circuit
Front of book was signed "February the 7 1805 Jesse Spurgeon Book". He
was the
steward for the circuit. It is apparently his writing from 1803 to
about 1826.
Places they met were: John Murfy's, Ishmel Dew's, Lankerster, Cold
Ebenezer,
Isac Mason's on Walnut Ck, Bethel Meetinghouse, Ebenezer Meetinghouse,
Samuel
Spurgeon's on Walnut Ck, "on Licon at Thraps", Rush Creek, Walnut
Creek, Morrises
on Big Bely, "Ceniconict" at Ieams, Walnut Creek at Groomses, Picway
Plains Ruches,
Stroud's Chapel, on Walnut at McClishes, Stephen Cole's, Dawson School
House,
Salim Meeting House, Royalton, Turkey Run, Lakin Chapple, Ritenours,
Circleville,
Jefferson, Camp Ground.
See also: Methodist Episcopal Ohio Annual Journal, 1800-1826, v. 1,
Cincinnati,
5 Oct 1811, by Bishop McKendre, "Jesse Spurgion, from Pickaway Circuit,
a
married man, admitted" to the Miami District.
I have a letter which mentions his separation from the church at
Fairfield and
joining a group at Cincinnati. I haven't figured out the story yet. He
must
have returned after a couple years because he was active in
Hockhocking,
Fairfield, and Pickaway Circuits all through this period.
Tom Neel Date: Mon
Mar 11
21:09:29 2002
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Minister: SPURGEON,
Elijah Title:
Rev.
Years Served: 1799-1858
Church: Methodist
Village:
Lancaster, Township: , County: Fairfield, State: OH
Source: Western Christian Advocate, obituary Elijah Spurgeon;
additional below
Additional: Elijah SPURGEON, son of Samuel SPURGEON and Rebecca
ROBINETTE,
was born 10 Mar
1774 on Town Creek, Bedford Co PA; and died 4 Sept 1858 in Columbus
Franklin
Co OH; bur. Greenlawn Cem., Lot J, Sect. 20; married first 1794 to
Elizabeth
---?---; who died Dec 1831 Bloom Twp., Fairfield Co OH; married second
6 May
1838 Fairfield Co OH to Barbara (Peppers) Worrel. Children: Moses,
Jesse,
Nimrod Bright, Asa, Hesea, and perhaps others.
In correspondence dated 30 Apr 1844, Methodist preacher James Quinn of
Hillsborough OH, says "In the last month of the eighteenth century, I
was
sent
by the Presiding Elder of the Redstone District, to assist the Rev.
Jesse
Stoneman, on the Muskingum and Hocking Valleys..." Levi Moore, Abraham
Bright,
Major Bright, Ishmael Due, Jesse Spurgeon, Elijah Spurgeon among the
group
there. Class leader Edward Teal. Robert Ayres Journal 1787 lists a
preaching
appointment at home of Samuel Spurgeon (their father) in Southampton
Twp.,
Bath Circuit, Bedford Co PA.
A Book of Records for Hockhocking Circuit - MH 287.6 W52 OH (Ohio
Wesleyan)
8 Aug 1806 - Elijah Spurgeon listed as an Exhorter, quarterly mtg at
Rush Creek
8 July 1815 - Elijah named to Board of Trustees, Quarterly Meeting at
Bethel
9 Jan 1819 - Elijah Spurgeon listed as a Local Minister
19 Jun 1819, Quarterly Mtg at Salem - Elija [sic] Spurgeon recommended
as a
Local Preacher
2 May 1826 - Elijah Spurgeon to draft rules of Camp meeting at Brother
Langaberghs
5 Aug 1826 - At mtg at Jacob Longabough's on Walnut Ck, Elijah called a
Local
Deacon
William Warren Sweet, "Circuit Rider Days Along the Ohio" p. 247, at
Ohio
Annual Conferences 13th Session at Zanesville on 2 Sep 1824, Elijah
Spurgeon
and others, all local preachers, were each elected to the office of
deacon.
Adam Moore, although recommended, was not elected.
Obituary, Elijah Spurgeon, presumeably from Western Christian Advocate
(clipped)
"he was a member of the first class formed in Fairfield County. In the
winter of
1800 REv. James Quinn ascended the Hockhocking river, from what was
then called
College Township, a distance of about fifty miles, to the place of
brother
Spurgeon's location, where he found a few members of the Church ..."
Says he
was long an exhorter and class-leader, "the manifestations of divine
power
which attended his exhortations were overwhelming." He continued to
preach
after he moved into the City of Columbus in old age. His obituary
called him
Rev. Elijah Spurgeon. In an old family letter from Sept. 1832, Jesse
Spurgeon
says that Elijah had "lost his wife last Christmas and has had the bad
luck
to have his left hand cut off (at a barn raising) between the elbow and
wrist
and now has to get his living with one hand; he still preaches the
gospel
without money or praise."
Elijah and his wife Barbara sold quite a few lots in the small town of
Lockville OH perhaps to supplement their income.
Tom Neel Date: Mon
Mar 11
21:33:06 2002
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Minister: POWELL,
Benjamin B. Title:
Rev.
Years Served: 1856-92
Church: Methodist Episcopal Church
Village: Rushylvania, Marseilles, Gilboa, , Township: Marseilles,
Elida, Stratford, Prosp, County: Marion, Delaware, Licking,
Huron, ,
State: OH
Source: Obituary 1893 Minutes of the Central Ohio Annual Conf M.
E. Church
Additional: Benjamin B. POWELL born: 14 Feb 1820, Stratford,
Delaware,OH;died: Agosta, Delaware, OH 20 Nov 1892
Married twice. First wife-Miss Cordelia WILLIAMS in 1842 - one son.
Second
marriage on 10 May 1849
to Permelia SHOWERS - six children - 3 boys, 3 girls. Buried in
Prospect, Marion
Co, Oh Cemetery
Looking for his parents in Delaware Co, OH. Will share information on
his
descendants.
Leah Sandmeyer Date:
Tue Mar 12 10:12:55 2002
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Minister: GOODMAN,
Jesse Title: Rev.
Years Served: 1814-1844
Church: Baptist Churches
Village:
, Township: , County: South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida,
State:
Source: The Christian Index, 7/12/1844
Additional: Died, at his
residence on the Mickasuky (sic) on the 19th day of April, the Rev.
Jesse Goodman
of the Baptist Church, in the 57th year of his age. Brother Goodman had
been a
minister of the gospel about 30 years when he died; a part of which
time he
labored in South Caroline, a part of Georgia, and latterly for eight to
ten years
he has lived and preached in Florida. The writer first knew him about
12 years
ago, when he lived in Lowndes county, Ga., and had charge of a church
in the
lower part of Jefferson county, Florida - and though his health was
feeble, the
distance great, about 40 miles, and the field in which he labored large
and
presenting many and great discouragements, yet he never relaxed his
efforts, but
seemed patient, and zealous, and confident, that his Divine Master
would not only
bless his own labors, but would change the general state of affairs in
the
country for the better. He lived to see these hopes realized to a
considerable
extent. When the Ocklocknee
Association was divided into the Antinomian or primitive Baptists and
the
Missionary Baptists, he took his station among the Missionaries; for
though he
was willing to ascribe all the honor of any success in the conversion
of sinners
to the Reedemer, yet he deemed it his indispensible duty to pray and
watch, and
labor as if the whole cause depended on himself. During his latter
years he saw
the churches growing up around him; he saw the most of his own children
come into
the church; and under the ministry of himself and his Brethern, he saw
every
where a deep anxiety about religion, while many were coming forward and
asking
what they should do to be saved. By his exemplary piety, no less than
his
preaching he exerted an influence of which he himself had not an
inadequate
conception. On his death-bed he told the friends who stood near him
that there
was "not a cloud between him and salvation. We may truly say of him,
not
that he died, but that he fell asleep." There are many,
many persons, who remember with deep feeling his warning voice, his
wholesome
admonitions, his timely consolations, & the excellent instructions
which they
often received from him. At the time of his sickness and death, brother
Goodman
was in the employment of the Florida Association as a Home Missionary,
so that
his latest health was spent in active labor, calling upon men every
where to
repent and believe the gospel.
Gale Wall Date: Sat
Mar 16
10:34:44 2002
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