Excerpt from Minutes of the Forty-Second Anniversary of the State Convention of the Baptist Denomination in S. C., Held at Greenville, July 25th-28th, 1862: Together With an Abstract of the Proceedings of the Board of Trustees of Furman University, Held at the Same Time and Place Resolved, That as his life was an impressive and lovely display of the refining influence of Divine grace, it is matter Of holy pleasure to know that the short and violent illness which preceded his death was an equal display of the supporting power of that grace. Blessed with everything which could make life desirable, our lamented brother was yet ready to go, I when it was made manifest as God's will that he must die. On his dying bed he was the same cheerful, happy Christian that he was in the days of bodily vigor. Resolved, That this Convention, feeling their own loss, deeply sympathize with the bereaved family of our, brother; with the Church of which he was a member; and with the Welsh Neck Association, at whose future meet ings the manly form, the quick, earnest voice, and the hearty labors of our beloved brother will be greatly missed. 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.