The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-07-01
JOSEPH B. MACK
TO PREACH HERE
MONTH OF JULY
ATLANTA MINISTER At FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FOR
SEVERAL SUNDAYS.
FORMERLY LIVEO IN COLUMBIA
Is a Son of Rev. William Mack and
Brother Of Miss holIie Maok--Hls-
tory Of His Great Lies Work as an
Evangelist.

Rev. Joseph H. Mack, OF Atlanta,
Ga, has been secured by the congre-
CATION of the First Presbyterian
church to preach here during the
month of July, an announcement that
will be joyously received by his
many friends here.
DR.. Mack rs the eson of Rev. William
Mack, who was the pastor of the First
Presbyterian church Of Columbia from
1S43 to 1860, a period of thirteen
years. 1t was here that he spent his
boyhood and it was here that he was
licensed to preach by the Columbia
presbytery in 1860. He is brother
of Miss Mollie Mack, of this city:
The Atlanta Georgian contains the
following notice of the work of Rev.
Mack:
Saturday EVenine-Fifty Years an
EVanaeI.
on the outskirts of Atlanta there
lives an elderly gentleman whose hair
and beard are tinged with frost. I'm
obtrusively he comes and goes. In
an age of self-seeking, his chief en-.
poyment and his sole aim Is to belp
others. Upon the accumulation OF
money he has doubtless never bestow'
ed an hours thought. He cares Moth
ing for popular applause-he shrinks
from printers ink-he delights in qui7
ct haunts, where he can pursue the
even tenor of his way unobseFved.
But let it not be imagined for one
moment that he is not an important
factor in the great world to whose
honors and emoluments he pays little
heed.
Thousands of metropolitan preach
ers might we'll covet his unpretenv
tious record.
With no doubtful or uncertain note
of orthodoxy, he has proclaimed the
kingdom of righteousness to multi
tudes of men in the hamlets, and
along the byways; and though unl1er-
aided by the noisy fanfare Of trum-
pets, his good deeds have filed the
whole countryside like the fragrance
of woodland violets.
His name is Joseph Bingham Mack.
On almost any Lords day of the year
he can be heard at the little Preshyte-
rian church in College Park, of which
he is pastor; and he never breaches
without gripping his congregation, be-
cause he never breaches without grip
ping his text.
DIR. Mack is a man of convictions.
He leaves no one in doubt concern
ing where he stands OF what he be-
lieves. If he lacks anything at all
it is the element which often brings
success to weaker men--policy. He
believes in hewing to the line, letting
the chips fall where they may. Rug
ged old John Knox was not more out
spoken in telling men the truth when
he preached in ST. Giles or faced
Queen Mary at Holyrood. Nor was
Old Hickory himself one whit more IN
dependent in choosing the course
which he preferred to follow when he
defed the powers Of the national bank |
Such robust traits of character sci |
dom fail of reward-either in one
form or in another
Nor has DIR. Mack's long and useful
career in the ministry been withoub
rich recompense. To have been IrfVf
legged to preach the gospel of recOnc1l-
Iation for half century is in itself
one of the greatest honOrs which can
TALL to the lot of mortal man-and this
has been DR.. Macks happy fortune 1t
was fifty years ago this month that he
began to preach.
But the story of this good mans
lie is not to be told in terms Of the
calendar.
The merest glance at what he has
will suffice to show that
Ills ordination was of God.
During his active career Of half
century he has taken part In the or
yanization Of IS churches; and of this
lumber as have been in Georgia, in
South Carolina, 2 in North Carolina,
! in Alabama and / in Florida.
He has been present at the recep-
ion Of 5000 members into the fold Of
he faith.
Not less than 100 of his converts
ave become ministers OF the Gospel;
me a bishop Of the Methodist Episco-
,al church, South.
Truly 1t may be said of him that
Ifs zeal for souls was kindled at the
Tres Of Pentecost.
Some Of the strongest city churches
n the general assembly have been