The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-04-15

i terwards were eminent and useful ministers
Of the Gospel. Within the last year the wri.
ter has heard Mr.. Paisley speak in the most
grateful and ahectionate terms of the prudent
counsel and pious instruction which he re-
cciyed from Mrs. Caldwell lie remarked
that many Of her husbands scholars were
induced by her wise and faithful presentation
of the subject to devote themselves to the
ministry. Ii is still current saving through
the community, that !" the Doctor made tie
scholars, and Airs. Caldwell the preachers. !,
TO her. under God, the church IS indebted
for the ministerial life Of Mr.. Paisley and
many others in N. Carolina. Tennessee and
Kentucky.
Mr.. Paisley was licensed to preach the
Gospel by the Prcsbytery Of Orange at lis
session at IIopewell Church. now within the
bounds Of Concord Presbytery, on the s0th
day Of September. l794, in the 24th year of
his age. The certificat. of his license now
in the possession of the writer reads thus:
Presbytcry of Orange.
This cerlifies that the bearer, Mr.. Wm
Paisley. has been regularly licensed to preach
the Gospel. and is hereby well recommended
to the vacant churches under our care.
ID. CALDWELL, Moderator.
Hopewell, Sept. 3Oth, 1884
lie preached his first sermon, after hay-
ing been licensed. in the pulpit Of his vene-
rable Pastor and Teacher al Buffalo, three
miles from the place where his long and va
Iuable life was closed. short time after,
he went as missionary to The then wild and
sparsely settled frontier State of Tennessee.
He spent at least two or three years in Ten
nessee. On the only scrmnn which he left
behind him, there is the following endorse
ment: " Preached in Sumner county, Ten
nessee. August the l4th, A. ID. 1885, This
sermon to youth. on the text Remember
now thy Creator. &c." is valuable both for
its intrinsic excellence, and because il is the
only one that remains OF a large number he
had written. A few years before his de-
cease, and after he had, thrnugh the inirmi-
! ties of age. been laid aside from the active
duties Of the ministry, member Of his .ami-
i " having dropped the remark in his hearing.
that volume Of his sermons, il published,
would be precious legacy to the church. and
especially to bis numerous friends and con-
nexions; and he. with bis characteristic
shrinking from notorirty, and being fearful
that after his dccease such a disposition
might be made of his manuscripts, burned
4 all, except the sermon abnre mentioned, and
a journal ot preaching tour he made ID the
winter of 1872 and 'l3 TO tile eastern part 0I
the State. II is 10 be hoped that bntll these
papers will yet be given TO the public.
The destruction Of these papers has rem
dercd it difficult to fix tile dates of variou:
epochs il Mr. Paisley's life. lie was or.
,lained some time in l-97 or '98. Iii the re-.
Cords of the 18th session If the Synui Of the
Carolinas in October l.9o. hi. name appears
for the frs. time as one of tie fourteen mem.
: bers Of the Presbytery Of Orange. and minis,
ter Of /. Uniun aud I0mer RnilaiO' churche.
in Moore TO. The records ii l-9. were los
or destroyed. aud in those Of 1893 no list o.
ministers is given. In the year 1900, he taoL
charge Of Hawfeld and Cross Road churche,
in Orange rounty. Ills predecessor was ths
Rev. James McGready, a preacher Of extra
ordinary ability. and whose lu5prs were great,
" blessed during the famous revival in 1906
in Tennessee, Kentucky aud elsewhere in The
west. Mr.. Paisley's ministry in this field wa,
signaily blessed by Gml. Sum alter hi:
settlement, the great revival of s0l aud $50.
commenced at a communion season at ilaw.
field. In DIR. Foote's Sketches Of Nortl
Carolina, a full account of this revival vii
be found.
The following extract is taken from pag,
i. 57S. " In August, 1901, communion sea
son was held at Cross Roads, in 0rang,
county. The stated minister. VIM. Paisley
was assisted by Rev. Messrs. DR.. Caldwell
and Leonard pratller. and two Young licen
tiates. Hugh Shaw aud L. b. Gurrie. Moth
ing ul special interest appeared in the con
gregation during the day preceding the Sab
bath, or during the administration Ol the or,
dinance. Great splemnity prevailed, mingle,
with evident anxiety as well as prayer amun.
Christians, that Gnd would bless tie cungre
gaiion and revive Ills work. On Monday I'll,
2Sth the public services were conducted b,
Messrs, Plather aud Shaw, without any ex
precision or appearance Of emotion among tn
people. The pastor arose 10 dismiss the peu
Pile, intending first Go say a few Wurds ex
pressi,e Of his sorraw that apparently no al
vance had been made in bringing sinners 4
, God. Overwhelmed with his sensations .
distress that Gud had impaired 10 blcs.in.
, to his people, he stpud silent. Few mumeut
! aud then SAT down. A solemn stiffness per
: saded the congregation. In a lew moment
/, he rose again brlore he uttered word, !
, young mau lrnm Trnncssee, who had bsel
interested IN The revival there, AMI lad beel
: telling the people Of truss Roads. during th
{ meeting. much about the state nl things i
the West, raised Up his hands, and cried ual
!" Stand still and see The salvation ~ Gud !.
] In few moments the silence was brukcn b
j. subs, grUans and cries, rising commingIei
from aIl parts Of the huuse. This vas iii
beginning of that great oakening. Tic lapp,
Z fruits of which are still sren IL tlssr ~,
. ilvurishing aud eiliclen; chur,hrs. Int
!, months alter, similar scenes we're WHnesse,
J IN Hawfrlds, Mr. paisIe,'s uthyt church
This meeting at llawiirlds has brrulnc fanun
from The lsci that III il the fist c1mp nltct
: ing IL North CaroLiaa was hfll.' lie yea