The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-03-19
Rev. William oIuuIu,r.

Inc recent death OF the aged widow
Of the late Rev. VIM. G.. Mullinis
brings to mind much of the life and
labors of TINT sanity man and minis
ter. Almost everybody in the upper
half Of the county of tho age Of 4O
years and upward will remember this
godly man, for his work was not con,
fined to people Of tho Methodist per.
suasion alone, Tor he was a true ser.
want of his Master on all occasions
and with all classes Of people, and his
kindly presence WAS welcomed at
every freside. We reproduce here
scme tacts in his lifo. from his own
pen written in 1860, q short time pre-.
vious to his death to his old friend A.
O. Norris, Esq, the proprietor Of the
Anderson Gazette Ho was born in
Spartanburg District on the 2d of
July, 1906 and in the year 1909 his
father removed to Pendlcton District
and at tl7c division of that district he
fell on the pickcns side of the line,
six miles from Pcndleton. At that
time there was no church in Pen(llc-
ton village, the old stone church be-
ing the nearest but he attended
preaching which was some times hnld
i'll the Court House, and also II Sun
day school which was kept up by
some Presbyterian friends. At the
age Of 10 ho joined the Methodist
church and was converted at quar-
tcrly meeting held at Old Twelve Mile
church in 1926, after his marriage.
Soon after this ha WAS made the class
leader which place nc filled until
1929 when he was licensed to c1hort
and in the full of tEat year he was H.
ccnscd to preach at Sandy Springs
camp meeting. In 1885 he was or
daincd Deacon by Bishop Andrew
in Columbia and that year travelled
the Pendletoh circuit with Bartlett
Thomason. At the close of that year
he located. working on his farm dur
ing TIE v'e"a and preaching on Sun
days. Three times he WAS appointed
by the State to take the census of
Piciiens district, viz: in 1880, 1910 and
1859. In the year 1852 he was or
daii:cd an Elder at Charlotte, in n.
c., but still Continuing his local work
until 1857, when ho travelled the An
derson circuit with r. =. Franks.
According to his own account he
preached lear two thousand five hun
dr"d se;mons. baptized near 500
persons and married 200 cuu-
pies. His first sermon in Anderson
WAS preached III 1884 and he say he
wes treated by I'll denominations here
with more ibcrality than in any Of
his feeds of labo". Sharon, in Pick
ems county, WAS one Of his first EAlds
Of lnbor "ld he preached his first ser
mon there more tEan sixty Years ago
before there was house of Worship
bnilt cnd at this church. raary Pres
hytcrian friends from Carmel and
Pcudlcton often met him. His labors
cXtcnt:c3 over the counties of Pick
ems, Oc"nrc, Grecnvi!le, Anderson
and Abbcvi!lc and there are hundreds
both among the living and the dead
who will thank God that they came
undcr lis ninistratiUns This dear
brother was over persuaded in the
fall Of 1889 to move his family to Tip
puh county Miss, but lie was never
satisfied there and Thought he had
done wrong i'll leaving such field OF
usefulness rs he had here, ard com
tcnlplltod returning but death over
took him b"'orc Ne %ot back and his
body 'sGs Brought back some time in
the summer of 1860 and inferred at
Mt. Xion rhar his old home Wht.re y,
had cypr@s&cd Il wish to lie. -Pe>}let
Advocate.