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Profiles In Baptist History

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tyndale1946

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I thought I would start a topic on Profiles In Baptist History... The person I would like to profile is Elder Sylvester Hassell... Talk to any Primitive Baptist and they probably have his History of the Church of God in their bookcase.

Add others to the profiles of Baptist that have stood out in our history... Those can come and learn about outstanding Baptist in the past and certainly in the present... Who are now making history!... Here is Elder Hassells homepage... Brother Glen The Primitive Baptist


http://www.primitivebaptist.org/writers/hassell/default.asp?print=1
 
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Baptists in History...

So it was that James Jesse Edwards, a distinguished Baptist missionary in
later life, was born on December 30, 1824. The place of his birth was Lee
County, Virginia making him a good Southern born man. Cathcart tells us
that in June 1842 he "obtained hope in Christ and joined the Methodist
Church. Subsequently, upon a change of religious opinions, he united with
the Baptist Church." Eight years later, in 1850, Edwards was ordained to
the gospel ministry where he preached to sinners and saints alike in the
Western Virginia and Eastern Kentucky region. Because he was more
interested in preaching than how much salary he was given, he had to seek
other employment as well to financially support his family. Some years
later, he moved his family to Estill County, Kentucky to settle down. His
missionary labor took him to over 36,730 miles traveled and preaching--much
of which was "accomplished on foot." Cathcart goes on to tell us that
Edwards baptized over 5,000 souls for the Lord and established/organized 35
Baptist churches throughout the region.
[Source: The Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart Vol. 1]
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Baptists in History...

William Calmes Buck was the son of Charles Buck and Mary Richardson and was
born on August 23, 1790 in the Shennandoah County of Virginia. His father
was a farmer and gave him such advantages as were common in those days which
did not satisfy his desires for a thorough education. While still a young
lad of childhood, he read all the volumes of the British Encyclopedia and
some of them more than once by firelight. "His thirst for knowledge was so
great that he continued to improve himself, until in middle age he acquired
such an acquaintance of Greek and Hebrew languages as enabled him to read
the Scriptures in those languages with pleasure. After some years interest
in farming, he relinquished that field of endeavor for the calling of the
ministry. He joined the nearby Water Lick Baptist Church at the age of
seventeen. During the War of 1812, he served as a lieutenant. Eight years
later, he moved to Union County, Kentucky where he served several churches.
In 1836, he left Kentucky and moved to Louisiana. He was editor of the
Baptist Banner and Western Pioneer and elected secretary of the Bible Board
of the Southern Baptist Convention. In 1858, he served at a church in Selma,
Alabama and the following year commenced the publication of Baptist
Correspondent but quit it in 1861 due to the War for Southern Independence.
"He went to the Confederate army as a missionary laboring wherever he
thought he could be most useful," writes Cathcart. After the war, he moved
to Texas. He died in Waco, Texas on May 18, 1872. He prepared and published
The Baptist Hymn Book; The Philosophy of Religion; and The Science of Life
(not affiliated with Ernest Holmes). [Source: The Baptist Encyclopedia by
William Cathcart (1826-1908), Vol. 1]
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I found an interesting piece on Henry Dunster, first president of Harvard University, who reorganized the school after it had failed to thrive upon its founding in 1636.

Dunster lost his job and was banished from the colony for opposing infant baptism. The article outlines how a distant relative recovered much of Dunster's story.

HENRY DUNSTER

According to the Columbia Encyclopedia, he spent the remaining five years of his life as an elder in Scituate, Mass. According to the history of the First Baptist Church of Boston (founded 1665) "If he had not died before this Church was organized, he might well have been its first pastor."

According to David Beal, professor of church history at Bob Jones University, Dunster also operated the first printing press in America and showed Christian charity toward those who had abused his family.

In his will he left legacies to the persons who had forced his resignation. He directed that his body be interred in Cambridge, near the school and the people which he had served.
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David Beale, "The Rise and Fall of Harvard (1636-1805), Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal, Fall 1998.

THE RISE AND FALL OF HARVARD

His service to the university was recognized — belatedly in the 20th century — by construction of a dormitory at the university.
 
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John Clarke, founder of First Baptist Church in Newport, R.I. (the second Baptist church in the United States) and defender of religious liberty. His Ill Newes from New England is probably the first classic Baptist work in the United States and protested against religious persecution in Massachusetts.

JOHN CLARKE BIOGRAPHY

WALTER SHURDEN ON ILL NEWES FROM NEW ENGLAND

Word and PDF versions of the pamphlet are available at the Old Faith Baptist Library:

OLD FAITH BAPTIST LIBRARY
Missionary tours were made in various directions, an numbers were added to the church from sections quite remote, as from Rehoboth, Hingham, Weymouth. Some of them continued to live at a distance. One of these was William Witter, whose home was in Lynn. Becoming infirm he was visited by his pastor, Mr. Clarke, in 1651, who reached his house the 19th of July, accompanied by Obadiah Holmes and John Crandall, elders in the church. The three visitors were summarily arrested, and without there being produced "either accuser, witness, jury, law of God, or man," were sentenced. They were each to pay a fine, "or else to be well whipped." Some one unknown to him paid, it is said, Mr. Clarke's fine of twenty pounds.
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-- Cathcart's Baptist Encyclopedia
 
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Quoting a friend from another thread: "Interestingly enough a few months ago I talked to a preacher who had meet with Dr. Estep shortly before he died. This preacher told me that Estep told him (off the record of course) that J.R. Graves had done more good for the Southern Baptist Convention than any one else in the 19th century."

Regardless of one's opinion on Graves, he had a profound impact on the future of the Southern Baptist Convention.

J. R. Graves: Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers, including a sketch of what J. B. Gambrell calls, "the greatest sermon I ever heard."

J. R. Graves: Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives

Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers
 
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Some leading men who early led in opposition to the "auxiliary" movement among Baptist in the United States, and were forever dubbed "anti-missionaries":

GILBERT BEEBE
Gilbert Beebe Jr. b. 25 Nov 1800, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, Son of Gilbert and Mary (Truax) Beebe Sr., Occ. Clergyman, m. 8 Feb 1823, Phebe Ann Cunningham, b. ABT 1803, New York. Gilbert died 2 May 1881. He was a Baptist Minister and resided in New Vernon, Orange, NY. He is listed in the 1850/60 census in Wallkill, Orange, NY. In 1860, Phebe A. Carmichael (age 26), Otis Beebe (age 9), and Ellen M. Beebe (age 5) were living with them. According to the History of the Church of God by Elder Cushing B. Hassell, Gilbert was believed to have preached 10,000 sermons and traveled about 200,000 miles. In 1880 he had a Granddaughter, Mary L.Birsill, age 9, living with them in Orange County, NY.

Gilbert Beebe Jr.was in the 8th generation of the Beebe family in the United States. He had 8 children including Gilbert J., William L., Robert J., George Monroe, Mary V., Frances C., and Benton L. Beebe. - alanhenry/bbstory/gilbert.htm
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DANIEL PARKER from PB Online
DANIEL PARKER from Handbook of Texas Online

Other leaders for whom I have as yet found no internet biographies:

Joshua Lawrence of North Carolina - Papers
James Osbourn of Maryland
John Taylor of Kentucky - Thoughts on Missions
Wilson Thompson of Ohio, Missouri - Writings by Thompson
Samuel Trott - Gravestone Inscription

If anyone knows of online bios of any of these, I would certainly be interested.
 
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Originally posted by rlvaughn:
Quoting a friend from another thread: "Interestingly enough a few months ago I talked to a preacher who had meet with Dr. Estep shortly before he died. This preacher told me that Estep told him (off the record of course) that J.R. Graves had done more good for the Southern Baptist Convention than any one else in the 19th century."
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I wouldn't take that as an endorsement of Graves by Estep by any means because Estep strongly opposed Graves' false "trail of blood".

I also knew Dr. Estep and knew of his disdain for the Landmark movement.

Regardless of one's opinion on Graves, he had a profound impact on the future of the Southern Baptist Convention.
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That's very true and is likely the truth that Estep was trying to communicate to your friend.

I'm looking forward to seeing Estep again in heaven. Not only was he a talented and faithful historian, but he was a true and humble man of God. His funeral service was a moving and encouraging celebration of a life given over to the grace and glory of God.
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Originally posted by Baptist Believer:
I wouldn't take that as an endorsement of Graves by Estep by any means because Estep strongly opposed Graves' false "trail of blood".
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I have no reason to doubt the quote, nor do I have any reason to doubt that such a statement can be reconciled with Estep's opposition to Graves' "trail of blood" and Landmarkism. It could be a recognition of the many other contributions that Graves made to the SBC. It's very easy to focus on one aspect of a man who had more than one aspect.
 
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Agreed, Robert.

I see this as a place to post information about prominent Baptists of the past who have influenced the Baptist movement. Whether we think they were right about one or more particular views is beside the point.

Glad to see Backus cropping up here. He labored dutifully against the established church in Massachusetts and wrote eloquently against it.

And I'm searching through the archives to find a paper about Stearns and the missionary controversy ... it was very good and speculated on many of the reasons for the Black Rock split.
 
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MORE LANDMARKERS

Benjamin Marcus Bogard
www.tribune.org/Archives/Tribune/1999/February/February12.shtml

Tarleton Perry Crawford
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~henle/Baptist/Crawford.htm

Amos Cooper Dayton
www.knoxcotn.org/tnbaptists/dayton_ac.htm

S. H. Ford
www.reformedreader.org/history/ford/toc.htm

James Bruton Gambrell
www.sbhla.org/bio_gambrell.htm
www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/print/GG/fga11.html
tarver.mercer.edu/special_collections/MercerPresidents/gambrell.htm

John Newton Hall
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~henle/Baptist/Hall.htm

Samuel Augustus Hayden
www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/HH/fhabh.html
www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/TT/ibt4.html

James Madison Pendleton
www.reformedreader.org/pendleton.htm
www.famousamericans.net/jamesmadisonpendleton/
www.knoxcotn.org/tnbaptists/pendelton_j.htm

Joseph Addison Scarboro
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~henle/Baptist/baptist.htm
 
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