The Adair County news., 1916-01-12
Tribute 10 Rev. G. W. Perryman

man, or winchester, NY, the bdpClSIS
have los: one of their best preachers
in the State, and the temperance
cause one of its strongest advocates,
the people at large one of their best
friends in every good cause.
He was born and reared on farm
in Russell county, near Montpelier,
within one and fourth miles Of
where the writer was reared. There
were ten children born and reared in
this home, five brothers and five sis
tiers. Two brothers and three sisters
survive him, and one brother resides
in this county. Montgomery, and the
Others in Texas. His father and
mother, G W. and Emily Perryman,
lived in Strengthened circumstances in
the rearing of such large family, on
worn out farm, but they were Cody
people and reared their children in the
fear of God, and they all enlisted in
the cause of Christ in their youth
DR. Perryman. the subject of this
sketch, was the youngest boy and was
favorite of the family and the people
of the community. He attended the
first school tile writer ever taught,
and he was a good, faithful student
and possessed genial disposition.
He gave his heart 10 God in his youth
at old Liberty Church, during Bap-
list revival, and united with the
church there, which he revered the
remainder of his days, and always ell
joyed the time of his return to the old
church and neighborhood. We could
sing to his memory to-day:
there's church in the valley of the
wildwood.
No loviier spot in the dale;
No place is so dear TO my childhood,
As the little brown church in tie
vale"
1t was his customt TO come back ev-
cry few years as long as his mother
lived and have allday meeting at old
Liberty, on the fourth of July, but
after the going Of mother Whom he
dearly loved and revered,j his visits
were less frequent. But he came last
year for the last time, and had the
greatest gathering of all previous
ones, and how he did enjoy the day
and the Misunderstanding and hearty
greetings of his friends. But who
thought of it being the last visit To
the dear old spot? The scripture
statement that ga prophet is not with.
out honor save in his own country y
like all other rules, has its exceptions,
for 1 am sure DR.. Perryman's home
people esteemed him as highly as any
other people did.
Soon after his conversion he decided
to give his life to the preaching Of
the gospel, believing he was called Of
God to the ministry. He preached
his first sermon at old Providence
church in the near by community
from PS 84:1l. For the Lord God j:
sun and shield, the Lord will give
grace and glory: no good thing will HI
withhold from them that walk up
rightly 4" The selection of this tex
for his first sermon is indicative of hi
strong trust in God. 90 .
He was relative of my first wifi,
and we saw there was something il
him above the ordinary, and we en-
couraged him to educate himself ant
prepare for the best in life, We mad'
it possible for him to attend college
in this town when Elder W. K. AZbil
was President of Columbia Christian
College. He remained here only tiv'
months, and went the next year Il
RuSsellville College and finished hi
education at Louisville in the Baptis
Theological Seminary. His first pas
torate was the church at Owenton
KY. Soon after entering on his min
iStry there he felt the need of a com
panion and helpmeet, and he met an
wooed Miss Sallie E. Waters at Mi
dleburg, KY, where her father wa
principal of the College there. Fl
was surely led of God in his selectie
1s Miss Sallie Waters for his life par
Ser and companion. They we're mai
ried at Danville, KY, in 1886, an
went at once to their church at Over
ton, where he did good work an
was much appreciated.
They went from Owenton to Vev;
Ind, and from Veva to Newport, KY
where he remained number of yea
and built a new churchhouse an
built, I'D the cause there to the sati