A History Of The Baptists In The Southern States East Of The Mississippi Classic Reprint

Excerpt from A History of the Baptists in the Southern States East of the Mississippi In the preparation of this volume I have sought to adhere as far as possible to the intention of the series and to embrace as much as I could of the history of the Baptist denomination within the district indicated by the title. Throughout the volume, the relative importance of matter has controlled the fullness or meagreness of detail with which it has been treated. Because of the impossibility of comprehending within a work of restricted compass everything that might be of interest to the general reader, the author has been forced to leave untouched much valuable material. It will be observed, from the plan of the work, that the history has been gathered around the most eventful epochs or periods that have distinguished the annals of the Baptist denomination in the older States of the South. The history has been unfolded under such subjects as admit of easy application to all the States alike. By means of such treatment, the essential facts of a general denominational history of the States of the South, east of the Mississippi, arc easily presented. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A History of the Baptists in the Western States East of the Mississippi That in such an amount of detail as Baptist history in these States written at the present time makes imper ative serious omissions will occur, is much to be feared. The writer has been especially anxious at this point, yet apprehends that with all his care and solicitude his success in making his work in this feature of it complete will be only partial. May he hope for the generous consider ation of his brethren in that regard? To have been in any sense unjust to any one, or to any interest, will be the more an occasion of regret as his long association with those of whom in these pages he often has occasion to write, and his personal relations to many things here to be recorded, have so much enlisted his own personal sympathy, while recalling associations, alike with the living and the dead, which often could not be thus re called without deep emotion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... HISTORY OF BAPTISTS IN SOUTHERN STATES CHAPTER I EARLY TRACES ABOUT the year 1682 a body of respectable and well-to-do immigrants left their homes in the southwestern portion of England, and under the lead of Humphrey Blake, a brother of the famous British admiral, set sail for America. Landing upon the Carolina coast near the present site of Charleston, they proceeded a short distance up Cooper River and built their temporary homes upon its western bank. The respectability of these immigrants led so competent an authority as Grahame, in his "Colonial History of the United States," to denominate them a "most valuable addition" to the Carolina population. From the same source we learn that Mr. Blake so generously shared in the convictions of the dissenters, whose leader he became, that he "devoted his fortune" to the furtherance of the scheme to emigrate to America in order that they might escape threatened persecution, the terrors of which were not a little enhanced by the apprehended accession of the Duke of York to the throne. s Among the colonists who landed near Charleston was Joseph Blake, a nephew of the leader of the party, who though not a Baptist, was nevertheless in profound sympathy with the denomination in its views respecting religious freedom. His wife, Lady Blake, was a most earnest Baptist, as was also her mother, Lady Axtell. Joseph Blake was destined to play a conspicuous part in the future history of the province. Already the friend and trustee of Lord Berkeley, one of the lords-proprietors of the province, he was afterward chosen, together with Paul Grimball, a Baptist, and five others, to revise "The Fundamental Constitution" originally framed by the celebrated John Locke. The conduct of Mr. Blake, from the beginning...

This book provides a comprehensive history of the Baptists in the western states east of the Mississippi river. It covers the denomination's expansion and growth throughout the region, its conflicts, and its contributions to American religious and cultural history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.