Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1855-11-29

inc aooES OF the c.0Frh' ana ic"fioi ci a''i"c'-
thG me noilce OF the c"hSr'S''lOh quietly Sta'-
inS themselves IN the nearest vacancy 10 u.s.
ten to the preaching O tno "'Spcl' FROM
witnessing the tluitS ct thi$ Apostolic measure,
MIR Alexander WAS stimulated to ply hs en-
cF2lcS with an Industry 50 unllMH%. that III Gu"
time Z crowded auditory thron"'l the house
Of worship, and gave evidence OF their appre-
citation of the gospel at hi: mouth, by profcs-
S!on of their faith IN Christ, and an exhibition
"f Ike fruits Of that t&iih, IN HE Of rfaehcai
holiness. Thus uH,Icr the early i"'nIS'ry OF ''r'
! Ai@z&ndcr, was chGrrh-"!tcE erected on hEl-
locks Creek, and ti"IAe cHSln"Ied upon 1t
which has not ceased to GIVE irth It's h%''
/ through all the changes "t well nl@h ccntu-
ry, upto the present hoNr. 80 i"ngaS he was
able to serve the church as a minister he WAS
careful to employ portion q! his time IN les
tr:'"g til" growth "t family rvh",on by cong
'rom house to house throughout ms e|n@r'?a-
u"i'S' con%'rS'rG with leads OF Ian'''S' III
>iEUrtIn& tie I'nfh M" rN'ldft'' {! the n"",e-
h"!d' ard uniting win them III prayer '"r '"e
:HrlH" blessing. lie was accustomed AT >'a-
ted periods, to condrct catrrhei''al eXai'iiila-
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ministerial 'olls'
We have learned FROM the men who grew
up under his ministry, that his >'y ot preach
ING was bold and pungent, leading the under
standing captive to the demonstrations oftruth,
and in the applieatory appeals with which he
was accustomed to close his sermons, terrible
as the storm, scattering IN fragments the strong
holds IN which sin and lmpenitence seek shei,
ter and repo>e' Fidelity 10 the CHARACTER ana
to the valuable services OF tins excellent man.
demands that note be made o, Ms e"1r's III
the cause OF his country, US well as IL that oi
the Church and tie UoSpel
Of 50 ardent type was DR.. Alexandcr's
patriotism, that from the days when the Stamp
Act and Boston Port Bills passed the British
Parliament, until the hour when the smoke
cleared awav from the last cun fired in defence
Of our National IndencnGcnce, the glowing
fires Of his truly American heart, inpatient Of
control. burned with intenscncss in his CONVEX
sation, and with the force of lightning shot
from the Pulpit, when on suitable occasions he
drew the picture of our Countrys wrongs, and
in the names ofhumanity, liberty and religion,
summoned her sons to the rescue. His unfalter-
ING and spirited hostility to British tyranny
and aggression, and to Tory butchery, arson
and plunder procured for him prominence
that frequently perilled his property, his per-
son and the regular exercise of his professional
functions But he had with mature delibera-
ton, transferred his temporal all on board the
bark of the Revolution, and resolved to share
fortunes and with her to sink or swim
In the dark day of Carolina prospects, when
the British and Tory ascendency lowered like
the clouds of death over her sky, from the sea-
board to the mountains, so fierce and threat
ming was the storm that ragged around the par
tisan preacher, and so deep was MS hoid upon
the affections OF his people that the le" men
and lads OF bullocks creek nos Uu' 1 a' 'ne '1lle