Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-09-20

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re- ~. h.u I" rae 'IrET HH ,'.r"'.s : .
| A7 m there renamed "nr, lS5i Nha
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tn" pr"i"ss"sh'r il heOg gl-rnr re Unipsr,,,,
lie accepted. aud &C 'npuI ~. n,>,i..n CIR
one year only aud then ~ acconn. - m,liuy
heuIth aud the dissatisfaction IF hi family
he welded !" M enrnes, solicitation f. IN .h.
Carmel thnrcb IN return IL h's old charge
lie remuine! here teaching nnn preaching
n hef're until the last ut 1859. ut which time
he was elected Princi pal rf the Williamson
Male Academy. This pnsition he was induced
to accept by the urgent and persistent snlicirn
tons OF the Trustees. and romoved to Will
liamst"n. continuing still to preuch at Carmel
one-hnlf of his time. In August. 1850. he
was united in marriage to Mvs u. D. Simpson
ALnut the ln.t IF 1864 ho wa, again solicited
by the Carmel community to return to Thai.
i'm Academy. lie yielded to this plea. moved
I" his old home and there remained till 1870,
when he wns pressed to 90 to Pendleton to take
charge Of the Male Academy at that place,
lie remained at Pendleton two years and con
t,"ued to preach as hitherto one-half time at
Carmel and ne-quarter at Williamson At
the close Of 1871 his fuiling strengh compelled
him to quit preaching. Early in 1879, he re
moved to Williamson and enjoyed his first
years rest from teaching since 1926. lie
taught again at Eelton in 1873 and at Will
liamston in 1874; aud this was his last year
Of teaching.
During all this time from his first coming
to Carmel in 1855 till The |. St Of 1876, he was
preaching one'half of his time to the Carmel
people, except the gear ho was at Oglethorpe;
his other Sabbaths were almost altogether
given to Missionary work at points ranging
from ten to thirty miles distant from his homo.
From 1859 till tho year of his death ho
preached onco mouth at Williamson.
As a preacher bis powers were mover rs
fully developed, nor his influence as widely
felt, as would have been if ha had given bis
undivided time and strength to the exclusive
work OF the ministry. rho results of his
labors arc not to be measured by the narrow
bounds of single congregation. The fruits
OF his tortysseven years of toll arc scattered
oil over our Southern country. IIia pupils,
coming from all parts Of South Carolina, and
some from other Siates, to the number of
about sevonty-fve q year for nearly half n
century of successive years. were his pastoral
charge These were tho objects of his faith
fol care. not only in the matter Of mental
culture. but also of his nffectinnato concern
10 tho matter nf eternal sulvntion, The
fervent prayers aud eavnest appeals which
were heard day nftor day in tho opening ex-
erc'seS OF school room during all these years.
are doubtless still RliVo in tho memory of
hundreds whose influence is now felt in
vari"us parts Of our Southern land. The
subject Of thia sketch was Christian educa-
tor in the highest sense Of the term lie
taught not only from religious motives and
with Chrstan fidelity, but also with constant
endeagor to ins'il religious principles in tho
minds and heafts of his pupils lie taught
not Tor purpose of worldly gain, but from
motives to serve his Master by tho prom otion
OF liberal education in the interests of reli-
gion. Whether by thus combining tho labors
of teacher and preacher he did work less
pleasing to tho Mastor he sought to serve,
than If he had labored as preacher only
osnnot DO determined by tho balances Of
Euman estimation. In tho pulpit ho was