Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-10-24
REV. RICHARD FULLER D. D..
|[lTS TEE IElUXG B1ITkT CLERGYMAN OF BALTIMORE MD.

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Baptist Church in tie town where
his legal profession had been fursnci,
he commenced this life in which lie
was c4r.estly and un: eservedly en-.
gagsd up TO the day of his last fatal
Hire $. His ample esta'e enabled
him to turn over his entire salary to.
an assistant, whilst it also ALFRED
him the opportunity of visiting Char,
lesion. Savannah, Augusta, Macon
Columbus, Montgomery, Richmond
and ether Southern cities, where he
preached the Gospel with great lpwer
--.-.-l-4...-Aese-i.Lainaztha work Of an.
evangelist and making full proof OF
his ministry y
DR.. Fuller had been So actively
engaged with the duties Of his pasto-
rates, that he found but little time
FOR contributions 10 The rEess. This
would lie an occasion lor regret II
his time had not beea so constantly
en2rossed with his great life-work.
lie had written enough, however, to
inspire wish for more liberal use
Of lis pen. His controversy With
Dr. WayIand on do-ostic slavery, in
which he proved 10 he satisfaction Of
the Doctors wife. il not TO that oil
tie Deeto. himself, that s. holding
was t per Sc Incompatible with
piety Of TIE most eminent type; his
argument Tor Baptism and Commu
Mon; his volume nf sermons; to
getLer with lis IreqHeht contributions
to the editorial columns OF the lie
L5 io,,s M.uW. all show ;hlt ho was
ia1n Of power with the pen as well
as with the tongue.
{" From Lis first eh;raLce into the
ministry" say. the Rev. lr. Br@nlley'
who preacl E Lis fun raj discourse
at til, Eutaw Place Baptist Chulch,
Baltimore, "he commenced to.prtach
Christ ITe WAS Jesus Christ
preacher. Whether from the old
Bible, the new Testament, or the
Psalms, he preached, it was always
Jesus.
Some Of his sermons appeared
to be absolutely rspired-seemed
to come Eght from the Hoy
Chest. Thirty years ago he was
preaching sermon, his text being
.l,c first verse Of he third chapter
Of Galatians: 20, foolish Galatians,
who hath bewitched yon. that 20
should not obey Ike truth, before
whose eyes Jesus C.ri,t hath been
evidently set forth, cruciIiol among
you IL this remarkable sermon he
put the crucilied Saviour be[ore the
congregation with zach grM'hic power
as to overwhrlm his hearers. Subse-
qnently. upon rema'kias to him that
the sermon had powerfully impressed
mo-, he said that when he preached
that sermon be had distinct vision
OF Jesus hanging on the cross. But
why speak OF him as a preacher to
ycu who knew him so well-w,
have 50 often listened to him?
In another respect he WIS great
man AM prince, and that was as
worker. When the speaker first
knew HIN he Was in aAluent circum
stances; he was Of social turn, yet
he labored diligently in his Beaufort
Church, which Was composed largely
Of colorld people. In those days,
1910 to 1915, he preached in the
chief cities of South Carolina, and
engaged in various missionary works.
lie was a constant writer for the press
and a frequent visitor among his par
ishioners. He was emphaticalIy
working man"
In lis denomination be was fore
most representative man. In Raleigh,
North Carolina, III June 1873. he