The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-23
CORNER STONE FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH LAID.
the age Of sixty-fiye, in 1853.
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1homas FTean was al Irishmau,
lmpulslve and enthusiastic, with an
imaginative turn Of mind and a poe
TIC fancy. lie made occasional con-
tnbutlons Of poetry to the newspa-
pers. At the close Of his pastorate
here, he withdrew from the active
work of the ministry, and filled, at diff.
ferent times, the Offices of DEPUTY
Treasurer and Surveyor General Of
the State.
Samuel Gibson was an Englishman
OF strong native mind, and with some
theological training, which he receiv-
ed at the hands of DR.. William 3,
johnson. A plain, but very earnest,
faithful preacher, sound in doctrine
and devout in spirit and manner.
John q. Landrum still livese at his
home in Spartanburg, in the eniov-
ment OF a green old age. With few
advantages in early life, he has cult.
waited his fine natural powers, and
Is still an effective and useful preach
er. His ministry has been remarkably
successful, and wherever he is known
throughout the state he is honorcd
and beloved. ('Mr. Landrnm has died
S'nrc this sketch was prcpared.)
M. =. Barnett was a man of loyely
Christian character, devoted to thu
word of God, in which he was thor
oughly vcrscd. His sermons were bv
no means devoid of argument and
thought, and abounded in Scripture
quotations appropriately introduced.
The pastor whose ministry of six
teen years embraced the very heart
or this half century, and whose name
and influence will live in this church
rs long as the church lives. is
John j. Brantly, now Professor in
Mercer University, Georgia. DR..
brantly came to this pastorate a
Young man, and gave the strength Of
his life and his gifted intellect to its
service. No man ever took decper
root IN the confidence and affection,
OF any people or cxcrtcS more bcnc-
t1ecnt Influence in their intellectual.
moral and spiritual development. A
man of high mental endowmcnts, and
graduate of Charleston College.
his sermons, always chaste, intellcc-
tuaI, instructive, accomplished ouict
but elective and permanent work. In
answer to a long and beautifully and
tenderly written letter, offering his
resignation, the church passed a SER
les of resolutions, in when they say
that throughout the whole cours. If
l'r. Hran,ly's ofticia! connection
with this church, extending over n
Perloi Of ''carly sixteen years, he has
ever bctn The sam sympathizing
friend ami faithful ten. her, m,nelin..
Ills lars with our tears in season. of
atillctioG .,d distre anl rejoic-
ing W'3 n- y seasons CT refreshing
from the presence Of the Lord; and
the respect and esteem Of the Who'll,
community. and the love and affection
OF Tins co;"r' .'atiOn q or beloved
pastor, furnish the hign 'st cvi,:sn.r Of
this taitAfrlneSs in the r,,'l len hc
has hornc 20 MS. and Of tn" purity and
excellence Of his Christian charac-
ter. - AS an evidence y his Influence
outside Of his own church, it may be
mcati""ed :'mt, upon his re,iynati III.
the session of the p :sbylcriar
Church Of this town passed series
OF resolutions expressive of their af-
lection Tor and confidence in him, and
OF their regret at his leaving; and on
the day his farewell sermon was
preached, the Presbyterian, Method
lst and Lutheran Churches suspended
their services and came to the Baptist
Church 10 hear the sermon. The char
actcr of his preaching, as we'll as his
labors in the school-room, where he
taught the youth Of the community
for many years, made a profound and
lasting impression in the mental de-
vrl"rmrnt of the young. An cditoria.'
in the January number of the Century
magazine is strikingly applicable to
the intellectual influence Of DIR. Brant
ly's preaching and ministry, and
beg to be permitted to make an ex-
tract from it:
''For while the ministry stands for
religion and morals it stands also for
culture and knowledge. The man Of
business has no time, or thinks he
has none, (Which comes to the same
thing,) to know what is going on in
the world of thought. But his minis
ter knows, and conversation with the