The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1894-08-04
4 GIFTED PREACHER.
Life and Service of Rev. w. NJ.
Mcintosh.
Who is now Ably Expounding the
Gospel in Kosciusko.
The Greatest Revival Kosciusko Has Had
in a Decade.

| ina Decade.
|. For more than a week past the en-
tire town has been edited and the re-
hgious sentiment powerfully awakened
| by the mlnistry Of the gifted Metho-
dist divine, Rev. w. N. Mcintosh.
1 Not in years has Kosciusko experienced
such a revival. Our people have been
sIgreatly benefited, and we know they
Twill be interested in biographical
Isketch of the persuasive preacher who
is now in the city.
t. William Mitchell Mcintosh was
Iborn at Opelika, Ala, December y,
IlS5s. His father is u farmer and a
IScotchman; while his mother is of
Irish descent. Both his parents are
now living in Collin county, Texas.
Mr. Mcintosh attended the high
schools OF his native place in his youth.
When about twenty years of age he
felt that he was called to preach the
gospel; but resisted the call for a long
while, but finally began local preach
ing. In the light of his later great
successes, his first effort at preaching
must have been far from Indicative OF
the future: for he laughingly says that
one OF his friends who heard his first
sermon told him that it surely must
have been his brother who was called
to preach, and that he made IL mistake
when he answered. Others Just as
candidly told him to quit preaching
and 60 at something else. However
he persoverad and went down in Flor
ida, Joined |, conference and was placed
on large country circuit. Here he
was severely tested. 1t was fifty miles
from end to end of his circuit; there
were no railroads, and when his only
horse died and he had no money to
buy another one. he considered his
condition deplorable. One day as he
was travelling along afoot to an appoint
ment forty miles distant, despair
seized him and he was overwhelmed
with tho hardness of his lot. He sat
! down on the roadside and debated for
an hour the question whether he
should not quit preaching and take up
something at which he could make Il
| decent living. Finally he decided
that it was his duty to continue in
the service of Christ, and from that
cay to this he has never wanted to
qait his labors as a minister.
Mr.. Mcintosh now began to feel the
need of q better education than he
possessed, and accordingly entered
Emory College, under Bishop Haygood
at Oxford, Ga, in 1882 and graduated
from it in 1886 after taking |. NUMBER
NJ ma1a1o fDn ofn;op,r in RI 1i+fouop+
departments. He was poor and had to
work his way through school. He
sold books during 1.-THE three summer
months and made money enough to
take him through the next nine at
school.
After graduating he proceeded at
once to Florida and was stationed at
Monticello, n leading town in the
State, from which he was soon trans
ferred to Apalachicola. Here his
great revival was held, 200 souls being
converted in one meeting.
He next joined the North Alabama
Conference and was station preacher
for four years, when he accepted the
position OF agent for the Athens Fe-
male College; which he held until re-
Gently. During all this time he did
much revival work with constantly in
creaslng success.
In May, last Mr.. Mcintosh was
elected President Of the Grenada Fe-
male College, which position he now
holds. He is not on the grounds to
conduct the institution in person: but
looks after its interests abroad. His
forte, however, is revival preaching.
He has held unusually successful meet.
ings at some fifteen or twenty towns in
this State. Thus at Grenada he had
$50 conversions, at Meridian, 500, etc.,
while in the State aud out during the
last three years he mas had 1000 con-
versions under MS ministry.
Mr.. Mcintosh does not confne his
good works to preaching. He pos.
sesses 4 kindly, sympathetic nature
that makes him ever on the alert for
subjects for practical philanthropy.
Thus during the past year he has
helped 13 girls and one hoy through
college In Alabama.
He has an interesting family, con-
sisting Of q wife ard three children,
who now live at Holly Springs; but
they will move W Grenada in short
while. His vile was Miss Mary
Richardson, whom he married In
Atlanta Ia 1889.
70 these who have not. seen him II
may be Interesting to state that Mr.,
Mc5n1ush is a small man physically. ol
low stature and slight build. He hss
fino hair, rather long, that curls all
over his head. He has q quick, ner'
vous air Of being ever on the alert
that adds to his interest ss a speaker
A small brown mustache covers u firn
mouth, He Is entirely uncOnventiona
in manners and in social, intercourse
around the streets will sit with his feet
anyw here and shoulders thrown back
seeming % enjoy himself under al
conditions. Z 3 =
Nj. Mcintosh begun preaching II
Koscluhko q little over week ago ant
the results have been most gratifying
Al this writing seventy persons. have
already announced their intention =
ioin the church and the total numbe
81 conversions probably foots up owe
hu ndred.