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Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Abel Morgan. 1881. On April 18, 1713, Abel Morgan was born at Welsh Tract, Delaware. He was baptized at the age of 20 and ordained soon thereafter. In 1739 he was placed in charge of a church in Middletown, New Jersey, where he remained until his death. Morgan strongly defended b... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Christmas Evans. 1881. Christmas Evans was born in Wales on Christmas Day, 1766. He taught himself to read using his Welsh Bible. After becoming convinced of the Baptist doctrine of baptism, Evans was baptized in 1788 in the river Duar. He devoted his entire life to the region ar... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Francis Wayland. 1881. Born in New York City, March 11, 1796. He graduated from Union College where he completed his medical studies. In 1816 he entered the Andover Theological Seminary, and in 1821 was called to pastor the First Baptist church in Boston. In 1827, he became presiden... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of William Kiffin. 1881. During the year 1616, William Kiffin was born in London. He joined the Baptist church in 1638. When that church established a new church in Devonshire Square in 1640, Kiffin was elected pastor. He held that position for 61 years. Kiffin was arrested many ti... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Joseph Ivimey. 1881. On May 22, 1773, Joseph Ivimey was born in Ringwood, Hampshire, England. He was baptized on September 16, 1790. Ivimey was ordained pastor of the Eagle Street church in Red Lion Square, London, on January 16, 1805. He is most known for two of his written work... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of John Leland. 1881. John Leland was born in Grafton, Massachusetts, on May 14, 1754. He was converted in 1774. Later the church in Mount Poney, Culpepper County, Virginia, where he had been attending, ordained him. He led innumerable revivals throughout Virginia. When he felt he ... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Benjamin Keach. 1881. Benjamin Keach was born in Stokehaman, England, on February 29, 1640. He was converted at fifteen and baptized soon thereafter. In 1668 he was ordained pastor of the church of Horsleydown, Southwark, London. Throughout his life, Keach staunchly spoke against... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Thomas Baldwin. 1881. On December 23, 1753, Thomas Baldwin was born in Bozrah, Connecticut. In 1780 he was converted and became a Baptist. He eventually became pastor of the Baptist church in Canaan, New Hampshire. After serving seven years in this capacity he became pastor of th... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Thomas Armitage. 1881. Thomas Armitage was born in 1819 in Yorkshire, England. He converted into the English Methodist Church and preached his first sermon at the age of sixteen. In 1838 he immigrated to New York where he worked with the M.E. Church. He was baptized into the fell... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of William R. Williams. 1881. William R. Williams was born in New York on October 14, 1804. He graduated from Columbia College in 1823. Williams then became an active member of the Oliver Street Church, into which he was baptized. In 1832 he was ordained as pastor of the Amity Stree...