The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-11


spring of 1880 he was licensed to
preach the gospel by the Presbytery
of Nashville, and soon afterward be-
came the pastor of that wonderful old
historic church, the Steel Creek church,
located near Charlotte, N. c. He was
ordained by the Presbytery of Neck
lenburg about one year later, and con-
tinued to serve that church for two
years and a half, when he was called
to the Madison Avenue church, Cow
ington, KY, where he remained until
1887. when he became pastor of the
Jefferson Avenue church, Detroit, Mich
After serving these good people for
nearly three years he accepted call
In March, 1890, to the First Presby-
terrain church, Augusta, Ca, where he
still is and Is doing a remarkable work
for the Master looking to the time
when the announcement shall go forth,
Behold. the bridegroom cometh.'
Power in Church Councils
He is strong in counsel and Is rec
ognized as a district power in the
councils of the church, and through a
auickness to grasp the scope and bear
ings of a difficult or abstruse propo-
sition and superabundance OF that
rarest of all senses. common sense,
makes him an antagonist In debate OF
he usually has a strong following in
all such gatherings. He was moder-
ator of the synod of Georgia in 1885;
he was commissioner to the general
assembly in 1888, 1895 and 1908, and
was commissioner to the Pan Pres
byterian council. which convened in
Glasgow, Scotland, in 1895, and again
In 1904 when 1t met in Liverpool,
England. He was chaplain for several
successive terms of the National Pro-
tective association, an organization
which embraces In its membership over
80 per cent of the travelling men OF
the entire country, and upon 1t ne
succeeded in leaving a lasting impress
sion for good In 1885 the Central
university OF Kentucky conferred upon
him the degree OF ID. d., and In lso4
the University of Chicago, through It's
medical department, gave him the hon.
orary degree of M. ID.
Personal Characteristics
OR Plunket is near feet IL inches
in height and weighs about $50 pounds;
Is of an erect and somewhat slender
figure; is active and graceful and af-
fable in manner, and has a striking
walk indicative of great energy, clear
ness of purpose and hrmness.
His hair is dark brown in color, and
he has a large. expressive gray eye. which
lights up and gives added intedest to a
face already strong II. its group of fea-
lures and expression. His mouth denotes
Language and strength, and naturally we
find him possessed of an unusually rich
yoca bulary, one rarely equalled, and
from whose lips fall, while speaking,
without the least apparent effort, one
continual stream Of the most polished and
graceful sentences, pregnant with deep
est thought and the evidences of extern
sive research.
"He is of modest and retiring disposi-
ton, deep piety, and fervent love, and
universally recognized as a man of great
re solution and courage and OF decided con-
yiction II els broad minded, though con-
sentative, and in no degree Is he bigoted
or intolerant. lie has the broadcast charity
| for all. rrea pcctiye Of social conditions
| and his sympathes go out freely to the
brother or sister of higher or lower stat,
who may be called to stand In the shad