WILLIAM GILLIESS PATTERSON Journal Vinita Indian Territory June 21, 1899 A.D.

W. G. Pattersons journal does not include pages 1-26.

PAGE 27 I have had in my mind for a long time to put in writing a sketch of my life and work. My name is William Gilliess Patterson. I was born on the 9th Day of December 1842 A.D. in Merigomish, Nova Scotia. My fathers name was Nicholas Purdue Patterson and his fathers name was George Patterson and that is as far as I can trace the Patterson family tree except their Ancestors were of Scotch origin and moved from the Colony of Virginia to Nova Scotia settling there in the town of Pictou. My mothers name before marriage was Catherine Nelson Copeland. My grandmother Copeland had an English ancestry mixed with Norman French. Her fathers name was Nicholas Purdue Olding and he was for a long time an officer of high standing in the English Army. He married one Catherine Collard of West Chester, Morrison County, NY. The Oldings were linked into a Gilliess and Pictou family in England. These families each held Coats of Arms that gave them no mean rank in English aristocracy. I have in my possession at this date a copy of the (nothing more on this page) PAGE 28: Newspaper clipping The Watchman, DEATHS In Memory of My Brother Hand Written: James R. Pattersonb. 24 Mar. 1859, Pugwash, Pictou Co., N. S.; d. 30 Nov. 1897, Jerusalem, Palestine. (38 yrs. old) (continued on pages 30) CHAPTER 1 PAGE 29 I have also in my possession a copy of a family registry reading a way back to about 1603 A.D. But it is not my decision to trace up these things but would say in conclusion that my Great Grand Father Olding died at the age of 95 when I was two years old and I am sure that I can remember seeing him when he was on his last illness. The most of my early days were spent at Grand Father Copelands where I attended the old Merigomish Grammar School and worked on the farm in there were many little incidents in those days that come to my memory yet, like friend from a far country farm as you see at this date in my 57 years and can easily remember things that happened fifty years ago. Those days were primitive times the iron horse was not seen then as how puffing and snorting, running along valleys and the hill sides and even climbing over mountain heights. I was a man and of age before I ever saw any of these wonders. At the age of 14, I went with an uncle named Alexander Mitchell Copeland to learn a trade. It was a sort of general carpenter business in a shop where a little of everything suitable to the surrounding country was PAGE 30: newspaper clipping. (Bottom of page) Neglect no gift! Be seen by noble deeds! And follow where the standard-bearer leads! Arthur Elwell Jenks PAGE 31: Continued from pg. 29 made: Ploughs, harrows, sleighs, windows sashes, tables, wheelbarrows and a whole host of things. Sometimes I learned to do pretty well, but it is quite evident to my mind that I was not made for that line of work. I had not been but very little in school during those years, but when I was about 20 or 21 I started in once more with the determination to educate myself for a Presbyterian preacher--something that never came to pass. My last school days, therefore, in Merigomish were during that memorable time while the war was in progress in the states between North and the South. (Civil War) My earliest recollection of school days was at the age of 8 when I was sent to the district grammar school. A Mr. James Murray was the teacher. That school house was not the White House but a log cabin. Everything about it was primitive and rustic. Boys and girls desks and seats--my first great strike in that school was one day in spelling the word Nebuchadnezzar marching up to the head of a class of about 30 big boys. I doubt less that had much to do in my excelling in that branch in after years. That poor old house where the school master reigned like lords in a Feudal Castle PAGE 33: caught fire by some mishap one night and all that could be found the next morning of its former greatness was a heap of ashes. But to return my last school days in the old home school which was a better and more modern
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building were spend under the tutor of Miss Matilda Faulkner of Truro, Nova Scotia. She was a most excellent teacherquality--and not quantity was her motto lessons once learned must not be forgotten - - - Scholars were thought to reason out the Why and wherefores and to do their own t hinking. In 1864 I took a school to teach 4 miles from home. That was 35 years ago. I was then in my 22nd year. It was a great thrill for me for up to this time I had never been anywhere from home . . . I succeeded with the school beyond my expectations. The next spring I attended Pictou College and made good progress while I remained but could not continue as long as I had planned on account of poor health. Later I spent one summer on a farm at a place called Wallace River. In the autumn of that year I was engaged to teach at the Wallace River School The school registered 87 and the average was about 60 to 70. There I made a very satisfactory record . . . as a teacher and PAGE 34 A copy of Marriage Certificate This is to Certify: That W. G. Patterson of Pictou in the Province of Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada and Rachel C. Howard of St. Martins County St. John in the Province of New Brunswick Dominion of Canada were united by me in marriage at St. John New Brunswick Dominion of Canada, May 9, 1869 A.D. Wm. Donald D.D. Pastor of St. Andrews Church St. John N.B. D. C., Witnesses: John B. Kerr, Maggie Dunlavy PAGE 35: Continued from pg. 33 from that date on my services were in great demand. After my first year at Wallace River, I had the offer of 7 different schools but decided to take the one at Wallace Bay two miles from Wallace River. It was a new school and I was the first teacher and had a good opportunity to build from the foundation which I did for many reasons I look back to those days spent at Wallace Bay with fond and most pleasing recollections. It was on the 1st day of Nov. 1866 that I took charge of the school and from that day to this Wallace Bay has been to me one of the most ve rdant and sunny spots in memorys field. I look back now through the violet glass and have those scenes over and over again. While teaching at Wallace Bay I boarded near the school house with a Mr. Wm Oxley who was married to a Miss Fannie Howard a daughter of the Mr. John Howard of St. Martins, N.B. Shortly after beginning my school Mrs. Oxley's sister Rachel, came from New Brunswick to spend the winter with her. I was enraptured at first-sight. Cupids darts so deep into my heart that neither father time nor anything else has been able to remove them. On my last anniversary May 9, 1899 in Tyrone, PA I expressed myself as follows. Back side of page 35: Page 36 Crossed out but says: Copy, of family record Born Died William Gilliess Patterson Dec. 9, 1842 April 10, 1920 at Merigomish, Nova Scotia Millville, N.J.

PAGE 37 Anniversary Poem for wife: These nearly three and thirty years Oh that was a thrilling hour I see her still through mists of years I'm spell bound with loves power, Passing years have made it stronger Tis time sweet Rachel Howard My love for you can never die Through fleeting years still onward. We've sailed upon the stormy main Mounting wave and stemming tide All these struggles were not in vain Surely not, my darling bride First the cross and then the crossing It will come on some bright day Beyond the gloaming bye and bye.

The summer of 1867 I spent in the study of medicine with the intention of taking a complete course taken in the University of Pennsylvania. That was another thing that never came to pass, in all probability it was for the best that this course was pushed no farther. I continued the work of teaching up to the spring of 1869. When I concluded to take to a trip to some part of the United States and seek my fortune. I met Miss Howard in St. John N.B. on my way to the states on the afternoon of May 6 th. The old cemetery was in the heart of the city. In the early twilight we took a stroll through it and finding a flat tomb stone near one of the foot paths we sat down upon this stone. We never thought of the stranger sleeping beneath it, or how long we had been there. We were too absorbed (nothing else on this page) PAGE 38: newspaper clipping: A Canadian Patriarch by W. S. Harwood on Senator David Wark of Fredericton. N. B. WGPs handwriting: The Senator lives where Mrs. Patterson--some of her school days at the Fredericton Normal School in preparation for teaching. PAGE 39 In another matter of grand importance. Whatever it was they leave doubters kept the secret of that hour invisible to this day. The grave is a place not far removed from the line where human destinies are eternally fixed and so this tombstone provides to be a destiny line with us. A sort of remarkable milestone in own life journey. Just how long we sat there I cannot tell now but when we resumed our walk again it was to enter upon a new era. On 9 th day of May 1869 about 3 p.m. we were married and so you see I was in one state already and had my treasure. By the way, if I should never have a monument to mark my last resting place I have at least had a very practical and profitable stone in that one in the old St. Johns cemetery . . . Whether that stone did the person sleeping beneath any good or not I can testify that it did me lots of good for there the only girl I ever loved promised in less than 3 days to become part and parcel of my very life and existence . . . it is over 30 years ago tonight and here let me thank the great giver of all good for giving me a wife whose price of worth is far above rubies. The next week I went on to Pictou but soon returned again not being able to find employment at that time. PAGE 40 A family Record: William Gilliess Patterson at Merigomish Pictou Co. N. B. D. C. (Grandfather) Rachel Campbell Kerr Howard at Fairfield N.B. D. C. (Grandmother) Kate Maude Patterson Amherst, N. S. Carlotte(?) Kate Maude Amherst, N. S. Harry Howard Amherst, N. S. Barrett McKenzie Amherst, N. S. Stephen Howard Oxford, N. S. New Glasgow, Nova Scotia Gracie McDonald Antigomish, N. S. Willie Mortimor Hartford, Conn. Russell Jennings Hartford, Conn.

Born Dec. 9, 1842

Died April 10, 1920

Oct. 18, 1836

April 21, 1870 Sept. 27, 1871 Aug. 26, 1872 April 13, 1874 June 12, 1875

Oct. 2, 1871 April 4, 1904

(killed with a cotton bailer) Aug. 10, 1875

June 26, 1876 May 20, 1878 March 3, 1881

Three are in Heaven May God through his Holy Spirit love and power and through his precious blood bless those who remain with the saving grace of his trust and countenance.

PAGE 41 I found some employment, however, in St. John during part of the summer, but nothing satisfactory and so in a few months returned to Nova Scotia and to teaching after which I continued to do with some interruptions to the autumn of 1877. At that time I was principal of the Protestant High School in Antigomish, but on account of Roman Catholic influence I lost my position although the Protestants had voted an additional $100 to retain my services for another year. We had four children living at the time and two in the Better-Land. We sold out our personal effects and came into Hartford, Ct., and have been in the United States ever since. 22 years in Dec. of this year. Our first experience in Hartford was somewhat varied . . . during those years there was great financial depression throughout the whole country, wages were low, but by the grace of God we were enabled to succeed. It is not necessary here to go over again the struggle of those years. We were being educated in the school of experience and prepared for future emergencies. I will close this chapter here and in the next go back and take up some of my religious experiences. PAGE 42: blank CHAPTER II PAGE 43 As already noted my early days were spent in Merigomish, Pictou Co. N. S. My people were Presbyterians but father did not have any of his children Christened and so we were left to choose for ourselves. There were 7 boys of us and two girls of which 5 out of the 9 now remain. I am the oldest. At a very early age I had convictions of right and wrong and at intervals up to my 25 th year I would be in awful distress about my soul. Once I expressed it in this way losing those nights of sorrow I have passed in sighs and groans and pain which no one can tell. Since he was from my earliest recollection the Presbyterian pastor at home was Rev. A.P. Miller a Scotchman said at that time to be a very learned man and able preacher. His sons were my school matesHe stayed a long time and then resigned, then came a young man Kenneth J. Grant who was ordained in the Merigomish Church and became a Baptist. I joined the church during his pastorate, but even then I had some misgivings about sprinkling being Bible baptism. It was about enough, however, for an unconverted man for such, indeed it was I said good enough. Nay nay it was rather a possible injury. PAGE 44: blank PAGE 45 Because for the time being it sent my conscience to sleep and if the blessed Master had not moved I would have slept on as thousands and thousands--in many redo Baptist Churches are doing until the second death overtakes them--sprinkling an infant. Christening I have been most pernicious in their results since first introduced by Papal. In or about the year 1867. I undertook to have an argument on baptism with one Ed Howard a deacon of the Baptist Church at the River. His first quotation, Mark 1:5 gave me a view that shook my Presbyterian theories on that subject to their very foundations. I did not begin the argument, but betook myself to searching the scriptures and before that year had passed away I was not only convinced that the Word of God taught emersion as baptism and that only, but I also found out that what it was to know Christ in the pardon of all past sin. What it was to know Him in the regeneration work of the Holy Spirit, and also in obedience to his Will in the act of baptism. I was baptized in the Amherst Baptist Church in Sept. 1867 by the pastor Rev. Geo. F. Miles--32 years next Sept. Let me say the longer I live the better I'm satisfied with the PAGE 46: torn out PAGE 47: Continued from pg. 45: results of searching God's word for the truth. I rejoice tonight that God condescended to illuminate my mind and heart in the glorious doctrines of the cross, I am a Baptist. I have been all these years because the Word of God and the Holy Spirit made me such. My bro Rev. J.R. Patterson formally pastor at Nantucket at Mass. became one and the same in the same way and after 10 or 11 years of faithful service in the ministry went on a trip to the Orient and Jerusalem where he died and is sleeping on Mt. Zion among patriarchs, prophets, priests and kings. The next year after my baptism 1868 the Amherst Baptist Church opted to grant me a license to preach the Gospel.

I did nothing more at that time but fill a few appointments and later to take to hold some cottage meetings in Amherst which resulted in a revival and the salvation of souls. I have always since my conversion been in the habit of doing a great deal of personal work and not a few souls professed to find Christ through my efforts. In 1875 I succeeded with the help of Rev. David Freeman in having a Baptist Church organized in the town of New Glasgow, N. S. with 21 constituent members. A few accompanied this work will be found on that church book. That church also gave me a license to preach. Only with God's help could anything be done. PAGE 48: blank PAGE 49 When I was quite young I had a desire to preach but did not know until long after that that desire would ever come to fruit. After coming to Hartford I became acquainted with friendly Christian workers who in the summer time went to Capital Park on Sunday afternoons at 4:00. Their names were Frank Thayer, a Mr. Cowles Hale--Rin--a sister called Mother Ault and some others whose names I cannot remember. There people sang, prayed and talked and asked me to preach to the crowd which was usually from 100 to 200. I was working in a clothing store at that time and continued to do this preaching for two summers just the result of these meetings eternity alone will reveal. The experiences of those years have since been very helpful to me in the ministry. The first winter after the Capital Park work I got on the street every Lord's Day morning and went out from Hartford four miles to Weatherfield where there was a Baptist Church. In the morning we had a prayer and a social service and then Sunday schoolin the afternoon preaching and at night a prayer and social service again. That was about my first experience in church workpartaking somewhat of the pastoral nature. I sincerely hope Skips to every other PAGE PAGE 51: Continued from pg. 49 that some good was accomplished. The next winter I organized a gospel temperance meeting in the Good Samaritan Hall on the Main St. in Hartford. That mission did good and we trust that it has been instrumental in winning souls to Christ. Last spring, 1898, I visited Hartford and found that although nearly 20 years have rolled away, I organized that branch of work that was still living and prospering and operating in different parts of the city. Some of the old workers were present and recognized me as I stepped into the hall last spring one year ago. They were growing gray in the service, others had passed over the riverI felt thankful that I had been a co-laborer with them. The other lines of religious work that I did in Hartford in those days--Sheldon St., Frankford St., Front St. and Morgan St. on the steamboat and at the Railroad Depot, and sometimes at West Hartford and Bloomfield. In the fall of 1880 while Rev. T.A.T. Hama was Secretary of the Connecticut Baptist State Convention, I was sent out by the Board to a place called Brookfield Iron Works. It was a hard field, but I made the best of it and some souls professed conversion. I was not ordained at this time. I labored on that field nearly 6 months and organized 8 miles north of that in New Milford, Ct. PAGE 53 in Mrs. Stones School a Baptist Mission. There is now a Baptist Church there. Bro. Hanna baptized two persons at New Milford. One of them from Brookfield as I was not ordained at that time and so did not baptize anyone until I was. The state convention treasury ran short so I was compelled to close my work at those points. I was $50.00 outof-pocket and needed the money to meet my obligationsprovidentially I got an opportunity to preach at Plantsville out from Hartford two Lords days for which I received $32.00. That relieved immediate pressure and then I found employment until next fall that enabled me to square up my accounts and get already to preach again as soon as a door opened. But I will conclude this chapter with some statistics of my Brookfield and New Milford work miles of travel about 800I suppose that included train travel but at this date I cannot remember religious visits 200. Sermons and addresses 150. There were some who professed conversion who did not unite with the church. I think one great hindrance cause at Brookfield was one of the deacons whose Baptist backbone could not have been located with the aid of a strong machine. His wife . . . Writing not legible bottom of page CHAPTER III PAGE 55 Nov. 1, 1881, I went out again or was sent out again by the Baptist State Convention to a place in the state called Newtown. There was a church in that field named the Old Zour Church with over 50 members. They had been without a pastor for 3 years. The church was not in a very spiritual condition. The seed apparently had fallen
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to a considerable thorny ground. Yet there were a few names left even in Zour who sighed and prayed for the old time power to be manifested in the sanctuary once more. Before I actually began the work, one of the deacons began at once to discourage any effort to open the church or to strength that which was ready to die. He and his wife it seemed to me were inhospitable grasping and of course selfish. After I became pastor I went to his home after service one beautiful Lords Day and found him with newspapers thrown all around. His wife had pillowed her big frizzy head on his lap and slept while he read the New York Ledger. I invited myself to dinner that day with the deacon and his wife, and then I invited him to hear me preach at a neighbors house. My lecture was Isa. 1:3. The ox knoweth his owner and the ass his Masters Crib, but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider--that deacon did do better for a while after that but eventually PAGE 56: newspaper clipping. Christian SecretaryHartford, Wednesday, June 7, 1882--Ordination at Newtown of Bro. W. G. Patterson. Newspaper clipping. The WatchmanBoston, Mass., June 15, 1882Ordination. Newspaper clipping. Christian SecretaryHartford, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 1890Rev. W.G.P. of Fernandina, FL securing aid to remove debt of church. PAGE 57 Continued from pg. 55 relapsed again into his former independence. Deacons can be a great blessing to the cause or they can be like the stone at the door of our Lords sepulcher. It will take divine power to roll such away. Away down in my heart I feel to this hour that brother and sister were great obstructions to the Lords cause in that place. His brother who was an unbeliever and a spiritualist and not so well fixed in worldly goods, did 75 percent more financially for the support of the gospel than he. What a name and what dead heads such people are in the church. On the 18th day of December 1881, I was called to the pastorate of the Zour Church. This was in fact my first pastorate. It was rather a unique call as the whole congregation took a hand in it and I believe insiders and outsiders voted unanimously on the question. The financial outlook from the business stand point was not sufficient to support a family of eight, but the Lord did provide for us in unforeseen ways so that we went through the year very comfortably indeed. On the first day of June 1882, at the call of the church, a council met to advise in the matter of my ordination. A full account of the proceedings of that counsel was published in the Christian Secretary of the Hartford Baptist Paper for the State of Connecticut, June 7, 1882. PAGE 59 A copy of that paper now in my possession that the following churches were represented by full delegations viz: First Baptist Church Bridgeport, Baptist Church Norwalk, South Baptist Hartford, Baptist Church Stepney, DoMill Plain, Brookfield, New Milford and Newtown. In addition to this representation of churches the following the following persons were present. Rev. T. A. T. Hanna, Secretary of the Baptist State Convention, Rev. H. G. Smith of Bantam, as Rev. E. B. Dickenson of Ansonia. Since that time the two latter names have finished their life work and gone up higher. The moderator of the council was Rev. W. Sherwood and the Rev. M. H. Pogson pastor, 1 st church Bridgeport. The examination was satisfactory to the church and council and so I was set apart to the work of the ministry by the following order of services. Viz: Singing by the choir & congregation hymn Draw Me Heaven. Scripture Reading, Rev. E. Beardsley; Opening Prayer, Rev. John Naylor; Ordination Sermon, Rev. M. H. Pogson. Text 1 Cor. 1:14 Hand of Fellowship, Rev. H. G. Smith; Charge to the Candidate, Rev. T. A. T. Hanna; Prayer of Ordination, with lying on of hands, Rev. F. B. Dickinson; Charge to the Church, Rev. W. E. Wright. Benediction by myself the services of this interesting and momentous day concluded with a prayer meeting at my house in the evening led by Bro Hanna. I will note here some highlights of the day itself. In the forenoon of the day there was a heavy rain storm. PAGE 61 During which time I was enduring the funeral services of old Mr. Beardsley about noon the storm cleared away the balance of the day was as fine as a June day could be. It seems to me and when I look back that the Lord was smiling on me and giving me his approval and sanction to the work of the council and church in my ordination. In speaking of my call to the ministry before the council . . . I said that my desire to preach dated from years ago . . . the council, if that is the case, how is it that you are beginning now . . . why have you put it off so long. It is true that I have been doing Christian work and preaching some for quite a while, but after all I was not in the ministry and, therefore, in fact only doing as any other lay workers should have done. The question was embarrassing, and I
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did not answer it. The fact of the matter was my wife was rather doubtful of the call and said that she did not believe in a two penny preacher anyway. Bless her precious little tiny nails have got to go when she strikes them on the head. Well, the time came when she was anxious to have me preach the gospel as I was to preach it and from that day the way was open. She had just taken her seat in the church and heard the question of the council and felt constrained to answer that question in my stead. She made the PAGE 63 matter so plain and so touching that many in the audience were moved to tears. It was evident to all that if time had been lostthat now the hand of the Lord was moving and directing. Another item of interest was Bro. Dickensons prayer in the church while the ordination order of services was being prepared. He sent up earnest petitions for me in the work of the gospel and for, as he said, my large and interesting family and incidentally adding Thou knoweth O-Lord that it is not fashionable in these days to raise large families. There was an awful truth couched under those few words that indeed not a few skeletons in closets in many an aristocratic home in puritanical New England, yes, yes, in other homes too. In his prayer he referred to times when the supplies might be scanty in the pantry and the flour barrel empty surely that prayer was heard and answered with many others that have been offered since when I look back over those years truly we have had many wonderful providences of which I will speak again. Even that very year the Lord provided for us in a wonderful manner Hitherto the Lord hath helped us. Jehovah Jireh PAGE 65 I will add here statistics of the work in New Town. The first two received there for baptism that was before my ordination a Miss Bertha Curtiss a Methodist. She became convinced in the truth of emersion as Bible Baptist by a prayerful study of the Word. She made one of the best workers in the New Town church and not only the best, but she actually did more practical work than all the rest put together with perhaps a few noble exceptions. The other one was an Episcopalian and Mrs. John Fleezer, her husband was a Roman Catholic. She was a most devoted Christian. For weeks after her baptism her husband persecuted her making all kinds of threats on her life and his own until she told him that she would be compelled to ask the authorities to send him to a lunatic asylum. When all at once the demon in him quieted down and she had rest after that and no difficulty in worshiping God according to the dictates of her own conscience. Their home was 24 miles from the church and so my church gave her a letter to unit with a Baptist Church near home. I invited the Rev. John Naylor lately from England to administer the ordinance of baptism. The next candidate received was baptized by myself the second Lords day after my ordination. Another Episcopalian, a Mrs. Coon. PAGE 67 That was my first baptism, Mrs. Coon knew nothing about Baptist or what they taught, but during that year she had read the Bible through in her own home and so doing so learned two things, viz the way of life and salvation and Gods way of baptism. Having learned these things like the Bereans of old, she at once obeyed the gospel. I accepted this fruit as a seal to my ministry and as an evident token of Gods approval to my being sent about to preach the everlasting gospel. The next case or candidate was a Mrs. Ephraim Briscoe; I think that she was brought up Episcopacy too. She and a Miss Julia Hook the daughter of an infidel were baptized together. Later I baptized a Miss Fongue6 in all baptized into that church during my pastorate, and 1 received by letter. I humbly trust that others were regenerated and born of the spirit although they did not obey Christ at that time in his ordinance. During that one year pastorate I delivered about 350 sermons and addresses and travelled nearly 1000 miles on foot in the performance of my pastoral work. I also made 426 religious visits. I also attended and preached funeral sermons for the following persons. Mrs. Peal 72 years of age. Religious preference was christened at Berkshire, Nov. 7, 1881; Mrs. L. Aldrich aged 35 Episcopal tendencies. Jan. 1882. PAGE 69 Continued from pg. 67 Abijah Bradley, aged 92. A Quaker Interned at Berkshire the summer of 1882; Beach Beardsley, age 72, no preference June 1, 1882; Nellie Curtiss, age 2, Aug. 30, 1882; Easter Lake, aged 87, Oct. 6, 1882; Emily Fongue, age 39, Oct. 14, 1882, she was a Baptist; Mrs. Fred Coffman, outside of the parish, she was 74 a Baptist, interned at Bridgewater the summer of 1882;
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8 names in all during the first year of my pastoral work. At the close of the year I received a call to Cornwall Hollow Baptist Church which I accepted. To take up time and space here in explaining why the change was made is not necessary at this date. However, I believe that God directed in the matter and it was all right. My next chapter will begin there with Cornwall Hollow. CHAPTER IV The Baptist Church at Cornwall Hollow, Connecticut. I became pastor of this church December 19, 1882 and labored in that field until April 27, 1884, when I preached my farewell sermon from Neh. 10:25. Surely our sojourn on this field we had some interesting experiences. Part of the time I taught at school on the border of my pastorate in order to benefit the community and help out a weak support. We lived two miles from the church PAGE 71: Continued from pg. 69 and generally walked that distance twice on the Lords Day which made 8 miles. I was generally very tired on Monday when I entered the school room again. My work as a teacher in that place was wonderfully blessed and worked quite a reformation in the morals of the young people. Especially was this the case with a large problem in that school which previous to that time and had been very rough and boisterous [sic]. During the summer of 1883, one night while we were all sleeping soundly and a light burning in the hall, our house was burglarized by a man and his wife who had been in the business for some two years. We lost quite a lot of our household goods, such as clothing and plated ware and other things . . . a month later the robbers were caught, but none of the stolen goods ever came back except my coat . . . an looked for however. The people far and near helped us much more than four fold our loss, so that it did seem to us that the blessed Lord so overruled this event as to carry us through a very severe winter. The criminals who had committed many other degradations were sent to prison. PAGE 73 The man I think, for 5 years, and just what penalty was put on the woman I do not know. One of them I saw and pointed out to her the sinfulness and folly of such a life and pointed her as well as I could to Christ and then I prayed for her. Tears of penitence seemed to roll down her cheek. My work at Cornwall Hollow resulted in some additions to the church. My congregations were always good. The Sunday school was well attended. In fact, as well as all the other meetings of the church. The Baptisms were as follows: Albert Lane, Feb. 4, 1883; Fred Miller, June 3, 1883; Walter Chipman, June 3, 1883; Barry M. Patterson, June 3, 1883--my son; Gracie M. Patterson, June 3, 1883--my daughter age 7. Five in all and others on statement that makes the total of additions to that church. Much seed was sown and several thousand gospel tracks were distributed. So that we earnestly hope and pray that the bread cast upon the waters may be found in Gods good time. PAGE 75 The funerals attended at Cornwall Hollow were as follows: Eddie Casey, age 10 months, Nov. 30, 1882. Interned Cornwall Hollow. Mother a BaptistFather no preference; Mrs. Mamy Dixon, age 23, Jan. 7, 1883, a daughter of Jonathan Bate. Funeral conducted by Rev. Mr. More (Cong) assisted by myself; John Doughty age 84, April 11, 1883. The deceased a member of Cornwall Hollow Baptist Church and first there for burial from Mateaman, New York; G.W. Lamplive, age 80, May 15, 1883, not a church member; N. Harrisonsom, age 72, June 30, 1883. Funeral conducted by Rev. W. Spaulding and myself. Total number 5 On the Cornwall Hollow pastorate the miles of travel by or on foot were about 730; Religious visits about 200 sermons and addresses about the same (200). Between the school church and other services my salary during the last year on this field netted in cash and other things in the neighborhood of $900. My prospect when I began on that field was about $120 promised from the church and $100 from the Board so it will be clearly seen how wonderfully the Lord did provide. Bless the Lord, o my soul, and forget not all His benefits. Amen to this chapter.
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CHAPTER V PAGE 77 Ps. 102:13 Thou shalt rise and have mercy upon Zion for the time to favor her yea, the set time, is come. East Wallingford, Vermont: On the 24th of Feb. 1884, the Baptist Church of that town extended me a unanimous call to become their pastor which after due consideration I accepted. On the 30 th of April, with my wife and 6 children we took the 6 a.m. train for Vermont--15 years ago. We have never been back to that field since, but we felt that we were leaving many warm friends. Cornwall Hollow has written us many changes since those days and so have we. Death has been busy. One by one we are passing over into the great hereafter. Just before stepping on board to the train Rev. Mr. Moore of Falls Village handed me an envelope containing $40. It came from Mrs. J.B. Boyt of Stamford, Ct. in response to an appeal made by a Miss Hullant, a sister-in-law of Mrs. Moore in my behalf. It was a very unexpected gift. I was really needing about that amount of money at that time, and in fact, had been asking the Lord to help us to make this move to Vermont with what comfort that was. You might say an absolutely necessary. Many the prayers were answered. PAGE 79 I reckoned I always believed in taking everything to the Lord in prayer. Well, we went on our way rejoicing with the prayer that the Lords presence might go with us to the new field of labor. We began our work in the East Wallingford Church on the Lords Day May 4, 1884. My morning subject was the burning bush. I had about 80 of an audience. We observed the Lords Supper at the close of the morning service and reorganized the Sunday school which had not been in operation for some time. At 2:30 I married a couple the first in my ministry. A Mr. Henry J. Pratt and a Miss Clara P. Westcott. At 4:30 we held our evening service in the church, subject: Naaman, and thus was spent the first day on that pastorate. We had some wonderful experiences on that field at which as far as it might be for the glory of God, I will try to relate as I preserve with this record. East Wallingford is a pleasant little town on the N. Central R.R. nestling among the hills. No place could be any more beautiful in the summer, but in winter it is rather desolate. It is 13 miles south of Rutland. 20 years before I went there the old church was 3 miles out in the country at Sugar Hill. A few stones marked the spot of the old foundations and PAGE 81: Continued from pg. 79 a few members got up on the miff tree when the site was changed to the village and remained there some 21 years. Like locust buzzing hither and yon on tree tops. Some of them were like bewildered catshard to get them down, but I succeeded in dislodging a few of them. During the summer of 1884 I had many meetings outside of the village on week nights. At Sweetland District, some 2 miles from the church at Sugar Hill, 3 miles out at Centerville about 1 1/2 miles from the church and also at 2 other points from 1 to 2 miles out. These meetings were blessed in the salvation of souls. My wife assisted me very much in these extra services and doubtless won not a few stars for her crown. At no place was the work so much blessed as in the Sweetland district. From the very first the saving power of God was manifested. I cannot recall now all of the interesting times that happened, but some of those things were indelibly fixed on memories walls. Among the first that manifested a desire to be saved was a Mr. Schuyler Gates. He had been a very profane and wicked man. While those meetings continued and took part PAGE 83: not feeling as bright in his mind as he desired to and that was doubtless due to his long being steeped in sin for he had passed the three score mark and he began to seek the Lord. His case however seemed to be one of the 11 th hour order and a miracle of sovereign grace. We all thought that he was a truly saved man and think so still. When death came some months later he met the last enemy like the hero of the 23 rd Psalm. Indeed he seemed to me leaning on the everlasting arms and prayed as if catching gleams of light from the land beyond the shadows. He never united with any church, he was very much older than his years and doubtless that had much to do with his getting out to the village church. His wife manifested much interest during those meetings whether she was truly converted or not is hard for me to say. During her husbands last illness she was taken sick too and I attended her funeral two days later. The Sabbath evening before her death I drove out to see her. I said, Shall we have a word of prayer. She said, Oh yes. While I sat by her bedside, I heard her murmuring to herself several times too late too late. Just what all that implied eternity alone will reveal.

PAGE 85 She was too sick to talk. I had thought that Mrs. Gates had met with a change of heartoften when talking to her about her soul I saw the tears rolling down her cheeks. But she never took any decided stand on the Lords side anymore than to rise for prayers in the special meetings, and there we will have to let the screen drop hoping that it was well with her soul. It is a poor place to seek salvation or make a public profession of religion on a death bed Mrs. Jacob Gates a sister in-law of Mrs. S. Gates died a few months previous to this. I saw her a few days before her death. They also made a move in our meetings. When I went to see her she said she was not afraid to die, said she loved the Savior and she was trusting in the precious blood of the atonement alone. I cannot at this time remember her exact words, but I was deeply impressed at the time and the impression of that last conversation with that dying wife and mother cling to me yet. I felt satisfied that the sister was safely resting in the arms of Jesus. She was so sick and her husband thought it best for my prayer conversation be made very short. She said Oh let him talk to me. He was a Universalist, but he regretted afterward not acceding to her request. PAGE 87 There were other cases that I might mention before passing on from this work at Sweetland, and one evening in the latter part of September old Mr. Calvin White in his 74 or 75 years who had been a backslider for many years came forward with tears rolling down his cheeks and made a very humble confession of his sins earnestly desiring that the Lord for the Saviors sake would pardon and blot them out and once more restore unto him the joys of his salvation. That was the last opportunity it was well that he took advantage of it. He was taken sick very shortly after and on the 2nd day of October I preached his funeral sermon. Old man Starky was another case of conversion at the age of 70 or 75. There were many other interesting items in the Sweetland meetings that I cannot recall now. East Wallingford during the time of my sojourn there was not the most righteous place in the world. Certainly had its full quota of unregenerate people. The blind tiger had his lair near the church and evidently got in his share of work in Satins synagogue. The hotel in question was within 40 or 50 feet of the church and attached to the rear was a large hall PAGE 89: Continued from pg. 87 which during the summer was used as a skating rink. It was rather discouraging to find but 10 or 15 at my prayer meetings and to look out of the church window and see that hall full of young people. It often seemed to me as if the whole town were rolling down to perdition on roller skates. My wife and I made earnest prayer that the Lord would close it up and also evacuate the liquor traffic from the place. The hall, as a skating rink, never as far as I have known opened again after that summer. The blind tiger continued to be opened for quite a while after I left and went to Florida. My brother, the J. R. Patterson was my successor at East Wallingford. We continued to pray for the removal of the liquor business from that place. On a certain evening in Vermont he had a prayer meeting and I had another on the same evening in Fla. The burden of both prayer services was that the Lord would clean out the whole business hotel and all. Apparently, the answer was not long in coming, for one Sunday morning at 2 a.m. the thing caught fire and burned up. The house of another man it is said went with it and this man was rather an abettor in the business so it was thought. Well to return on Sabbath Nov. 23 at my morning service in church I preached on Acts 16th chapter taking the story of the improvement of Paul and Silas in the jail at Philippi. PAGE 91: I have no recollection now of what the thread of that discourse was, but I remember well the concluding prayer. It was this: Even so come Lord Jesus shake this place from center to circumference. Shake the enemy out and all that belongs to him and bring many precious souls into the kingdom. It seems to me that that prayer was wonderfully answered. The spiritual earthquake began that night. When Brady Aldrich fell out of the hotel window (doubtless under the influence of strong drink) a distance of 40 feet. He was found there the next morning in the embrace of death. He was about 48 years of age, but had made no preparation whatever to meet his God quite a number of unregenerate men thus gathered that morning at the rear of the hotel where the man had fallen. For once if never before, some of them were impressedit was not long until another was taken away. Sister Betty Allen a Saintaged 62. A few days later John Pelsone aged 78. He was not a member of any church. Whether prepared or not, I cannot say. Sometimes about the middle of January 1885 I began special services in the church which I

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PAGE 93: Continued from pg. 91 continued until the last of March. These services were blessed on the salvation of souls. Perhaps from 75 to 100. It often seems to me since that my ministry in Vermont was one of judgment and merely running side by side as it were. In the little parish of 250 or 300 inhabitants, in about one year and a half, I followed 29 to their last resting place, so that the people dubbed me the funeral minister. Carrie Johnson was a young lady who was interested or who never made a profession. I am glad that she expressed a hope on her death bed and trust that her peace was made with God. Carl McKnight was a young man about 20. He scoffed at holy things and was one of those who went before earthly enjoyment. He took a drink of alcohol one morning supposing to be whisky and the next morning his mother found him dead in bed. Flow Priest was the daughter of a spiritualist in that town. He took her out of our Sunday school I suppose for fear she might learn Gods truth and put it in practice. The girls in the day school said to Flow one Friday afternoon Flow what is that spot on your cheek? She said I guess nothing of any importance, bu t it soon developed into black erry? syphilis and Monday night she died. It is hoped that it was well with her soul. PAGE 95 Her father sent for a man to preach the funeral service who I reckon was in the habit of preaching the dead into heaven, anyway, no matter how they have lived. Rather send me one of Jobs comforters to preach my funeral sermon. Whatever else they did they would not flatter and that was quite a redeeming trait. Jane Goodly was another person who put off her preparation for eternity until the last enemy knocked at door. About one year previous I had talked to her about the salvation of her soul. At that time she was resting in her morality. But down in the swelling of Jordan. She said the boat was not broad enough to carry her. She was taken down with cancer and lived about 15 days after she took to her bed. From the first of the illness became very anxious about her soul. And one Sabbath evening when I called to see her she was rejoicing in the Saviors love and confirmed to all human appearance to do so until the last. One good evidence of a change of her heart was the anxiety she manifested about her sister who was sailing also in that old leaky boat of morality. PAGE 97 My dear wife is to her credit here with many a faithful talk. Not only to Jane Goody, but to many and many a soul in East Wallingford. In all my ministerial labors she was truly a helpmate indeed. No man every lived that liked to have his wife with him in the church services anymore than I did and do. I often felt her prayers were a very great help indeed. Well, I could fill a whole volume about East Wallingford but in order to look in upon other fields will have to draw this chapter to a close. November 15, I tended my resignation to take effect some 15 to 20 days later. Nov. 29 after a.m. service I baptized Miss D. Chase and experience I generally have before leaving the field. Dec. 6, 1885, I preached my farewell sermon and attended the funeral of one Thomas Cotton. Dec. 13, I heard my brother Rev. J. R. Patterson preach his first sermons. They were the only sermons I ever heard him preach. In the evening I gave him the hand of fellowship with another person into the church and presented him with a license to preach. He labored there three years and gathered many souls. PAGE 99 The Word one sows and other reaps. Paul may plant apollo water but God must give the increase. My brother was ordained the next spring. I am glad now that the Lord used me to lead him into the ministry. He put in 3 years in that field and about 8 in 2 other fields. A very faithful service and then he went up to Jerusalem not knowing that he was going to his last resting place. On the 15th day of December I left East Wallingford taking two of the children with me, Harry and Lottie to go to Florida. My wife attending to come later, which she did, with the other 4 children. On December 18th we started from Boston at night by rail to Fall River and thence by steamboat to New York. At 6 p.m. the next day we sailed from New York for our voyage to Florida. For a time we were quite sea sick, but the last part of the trip was pleasant. About noon December 23rd we sailed into Port Royal, S.C. And before landing our steamer the State of Texas Mallory Line crashed into a bank and did quite a bit of damage. We enjoyed being on the land for an hour or two. None of us every saw as many old plantation Negros. PAGE 101 Writing not legible. We steamed out again about 6 in the evening and arrived in Fernandina about 7 or 8 next a.m. Taking the cars to Jacksonville and then later to a place called Campville and a stage for 5 miles from there to Windsor our destination. I will close this chapter with some statistic of the East Wallingford field and work.
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Baptisms: Pit Congdon, age 30; Jon Pinker, age 55; Mrs. Elisha Allen, age 48; Mrs. Simion Cole, age 60; Emma D. Cummings, age 29; Erwin W. Cummings, age 21; Addie White, age 35; Mrs. Doctor Chance, age 23. 8 names in all. Received by letter and experience 7 others. It was by brothers privilege to gather the rest of the fruit that I thought to have come in under my ministry. There were however various militating causes that I will not mention here. Marriages celebrated -12, funerals 29, sermons 300, visits to home about 1150, miles of travel perhaps 700 to 800. In looking over my East Wallingford work after the lapse of 14 or 15 years I can see my ministry was largely one of seed sowing and rejoice to know that it was fruit under my brothers ministry. PAGE 103 Some of those taken away without knowing they were standing on the brink of eternity were sad to think of, but they had had sufficient time to make ready. They had heard call upon call and it was of no avail doubtless that their years had been lengthened out they would have if possible become more and more confirmed in sin. As hindering causes to the cause of righteousness they were taken out of the way. The most striking instance a man deliberately crossing the dead line was the case of one Thompson I had visited him frequently on his last illness. Had exhorted him to accept Christ before he was taken sick for a while, after he was taken sick he manifested some interest and asked me to read and pray with him, but the last Sabbath that I called before his death he turned his back and said I dont care anything about it. I instantly felt that he was given over to hardness of heart and all desire to pray for him forsook me. He had made his decision and there was nothing more to be done and I cannot close this chapter without stopping to thank PAGE 105: Continued from pg. 103 God for all the blessings and mercies ______ saved on that field for the souls in heaven through the instrumentality of the church. My wife, myself and later my brother for the souls yet living who may have been living who may have been plucked as brands from the eternal burning and for all who shall come to Christ through their influence. I would also ask God for Christ sake to forgive and blot out all that he saw in me or my ministries that savored of the flesh or the enemy, and let his name have all the praise and all the glory both now and forever. Amen. CHAPTER VI Florida, Georgia and Alabama -- Jer. 10:23. O Lord I know that t he way of men is not in himself, it is not in men that walketh to direct his steps. In the last chapter I traced briefly my trip from Vermont to Florida. We arrived at Windsor after night Dec. 23, 1885. It was a new experience to hear the winds singing and everything giving you the impression of a fine June night in the north. It was not many days after, however, when there was an extreme frost which did much damage to the orange trees and crops. PAGE 107: The Floridians said they had not had the like in 30 years. My first sermon was preached on the 27th not to a church for none had been organized. Mr. G. B. Griffin formerly of Chicago was a Baptist and took quite an active part in Sunday school work. He had a very good hall fixed up for Sunday school work and preaching. It was largely through his influence that I went to Florida that is speaking after the manner of men. I continued to preach to the community until March 6,, 1886 when a church was constituted with 17 members and I was chosen to be their pastor. The frost did much to destroy the prospect to the new and booming town and so it became a great struggle with both the pastor and the church for an existence and deeply sorry that my precious wife and children had to be in such straitened circumstances during those days, but so far as I was concerned personally, I needed all the scourging that I went through then and since, and I doubt not, but what I deserved heaps and more of it for the destruction of the flesh that I may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. It is of the

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PAGE 109: Continued from pg. 107 Lords mercies that we were not consumed. Tonight I am ready to kiss the hand that was laid on the rod all the times since I became His when He saw that I needed it. I am so sorry that I have grieved the blessed spirit so often. May the balance of my days in some measure be atonement for the follies and the sins of my past life especially since I began my ministerial career. Nearer O Lamb of God nearer to thee. Help me my cross to bear and following close to thy bleeding side, nearer my prayer shall be. Close to the bleeding side nearer to thee. The new church observed the Lords Supper for the first time April 4th of that year. On the next Sabbath I baptized one candidate by the name of Morgan, May 2 nd 3 more were baptized, and on June 6th yet 3 others baptized and two received by letter and experience. Feb. 13, 1887, one more by letter. Total Baptisms at Windsor 7 3 by letter, total 10. Making the membership to that date 27 in all. At Windsor I attended and took part in 4 funeral services. There was some preaching done in Campville 5 miles from Windsor that I will speak of here because it naturally belongs to this chapter. And before -- later let me say that PAGE 111: Continued from pg. 109 on Feb. 16, 1886, we moved into Rev. Dr. Kempton s new house where we remained until the close of our pastorate. Dr. Kempton was Baptist and a very fine old Christian gentleman. He did us much good in more ways than one. I think that he was about 76 years of age and why boarding with us had a stroke of paralysis later he was very much troubled with his heart. My wife, children and myself watched, nursed and cared for him just as we would for a fatherfor we all felt that way toward him. Some nights he was so short of breath that we thought he would die before morning. Getting a little better he decided to return home to York State where he got much better and lived alone for two years. While I was in Windsor I preached twice at Orange Heights several times at Grove Park and Rochelle and one in Palatka. During the last months at Windsor I preached once a month at Campville 5 miles from Windsor on the F.C.T.P R.R. The Baptist had no church house of their own at that time, but has since erected five substantial under. PAGE 113: My call to the Campville was May 7, 1887. Sept. 4th of the same year I preached my farewell sermon at Windsor from the text Speak to my people that they go forward as nearly as I can remember now. I closed my labors at Campville on the following Lords Day on Sept. 11th. No, I have now discovered that it was Oct. 9 th and up to that date I received 4 by baptism. I do not know exactly how many sermons I preached at both places but probably in the neighborhood of 250. Before leaving Florida I visited both of these places several times and held extra meeting with no additions except at Campville which I will speak of in another place. I think that my labors at Campville had much to do with the prosperity of the cause at a later date. I kept agitating the building of a good house which as noted was eventually built. I did much to rescue our people from a sickly sentimentalism about union Sunday school work and union church work which meant the Baptist going have footed and someone close wearing the shoes. Both Windsor and Campville were disturbed with David Cooks S.S. helps . . . excuses, excuses, and it will please ______. I advocated then and always that S.S. literature, no compromise. PAGE 115 Well, I trust that some lasting good was accomplished at these points. Many incidents have faded from my memory and so will say amen to these notes. My first pastorate in Florida and proceed next to speak of the Starke pastorate. Starke is the County seat of Bradford County. By invitation I preached there on Aug. 28, 1887, and continued the services until Thursday night. When a meeting of the church was held the former Pastor Rev. H. Falbird DD moderator. At this meeting the church gave me a unanimous call to become their pastor which I accepted and began my regular work. Sept. 15 at which time we moved into a house owned by a Miss Storm of Poughkeepsie, New York. Some months later we moved into a better house owned by an old Mr. Mudge from Indiana. He was not a church member but he would not accept any rent, and so we stayed there in that home at least one year. I will always remember old Mr. Mudge with kindly feelings. I resigned this pastorate July 9,, 1888 for the same reason that many of others in the ministry to former pastors had

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PAGE 117 not named the church in the grace of giving. The church got in the arrears in the salary in spite of all that I could do. And although that was over 10 years ago one of $50 still remains unpaid. The whole trouble with one of the deacons that was no more fit for the office spiritually or otherwise than something blusterous man of the world. I very much doubt that he was fit to be in the church at all. His own son told me some years afterward that he was afraid his father was not a saved man. We had many friends in Starke and have to this day. I made no fight over the arrearage but in due season the Lord more than made it up. I probably preached about 100 sermons on this field; Baptized 19 candidates and received 10 by letter and experience. This field was indeed a very promising field but I was defeated in accomplishing as much as might have been done because the spirit of the flesh largely controlled just a little clique who ought to have been my most earnest helpers. However, the God had something else for me to do and with out any planning of my own from myself. All at once engages in a large and busy field. A field of comparatively new and interesting experiences. VizPAGE 119 (1888) The Evangelistic. I had labored before somewhat in that line but not exclusively. Having resigned at Starke I had another meeting at Hampton 9 miles south of Starke on F.L.P.R.R. next day July 10th I am impressed that 9 were received for baptism at this meeting who were baptized by the Pastor of that church, which was 1 miles from Hampton at that time. There is a good substantial building in the village now which was built there before I left Florida. The fruit of an agitation began in the line by myself at the time of this meeting. I preached 6 sermons there at that time. Then went on to Orange Heights preached 6 moresome professed conversion. Then I preached once out at Hope Church and one sermon in the Starke M.E. Church. July 25 preached 6 sermons at Highland. Cannot remember the results, but we had a good meeting. There was no Baptist Church there but there were souls that needed salvation. August 1st preached 3 times at Lakeside a good interest. PAGE 121 From that I went to Campville where I preached 9 sermons. I remember that there was a good interest but what further results have passed away from my memory. Before returning home I preached twice at Fort Harley, where the biggest orange tree in Florida once grew, and organized a Sunday school there. I have never heard from that point since. On my way home from Starke I learned that the yellow fever was raging in Jacksonville, and if I had not met Dr. Powell from Starke at Waldo I would have had to stay there on account of the rigid quarantine which had just been put into operation. On the 24th of Aug. having done the best I could to leave my family comfortable, I took $5.00 in my pocket, and started out on an evangelistic campaign. My 1st point was Highland again where I stopped and preached 5 sermons and added $13.59 to my pocket money. From that I went on to Live Oak in Suwannee County, I think. I began extra meetings Aug. 29th preached 24 sermons. Much interest was manifested there and hopes that there were some souls saved. The M.E. minister showed much kindness. Just now I forget his name. PAGE 123 Yether Barnett, he was an earnest Christian and manifested much of the spirit of the Master. Really seemed to be as much interested in the prosperity of the Baptist Church as he was in his own. He was beloved by everybody. I received at the close of this service about $28 in cash which enabled me to help the dear ones at home and push forward with the work. At other points I look back with much pleasure to that season at Live Oak and the kind friends made. Sometime after I left the yellow fever broke out in the place and the whole town moved out into the piney woods until the danger had gone by. In that way only a very few were taken down. I think but one or two died. My next point was Madison where I preached 9 sermons closing Sept. 16 th. Then I went on to Monticello where I spent one night with Rev. Chevis. Next morning I started for Thomasville, Georgia and spent the night of the 18th in Boston and then came next day to Thomasville. I forget the Baptist pastors name but I stopped with him and preached 5 sermons. At the first meeting here a stranger came up shook hands with me leaving a dollar in my palm. Next day I bought a Bible with it and made it my constant companion for 5 years. PAGE 125 Thomasville is a great winter resort for northern people and has many fine hotels. Temperance houses I think. Sept 26th I left that pleasant town for Milledgeville stopping off at Albany for dinner and making a brief call upon Rev. Dr. Carroll the Baptist pastor. I got into Macon about midnight and arrived in Milledgeville about 9 or 10 a.m. next day.
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There were parties living in Milledgeville that I had met in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Fair, Mrs. Wojden and a Miss King--her brother was the M.E. Pastor. A man who had a big body and a big soul and did me much good. I preached twice in his church. My first evangelistic work done in this part was 2 miles out at Mosleyville near the state insane asylum. I preached there for two weeks, 16 sermons. Two were received for baptism in the Milledgeville Baptist Church as one result of this meeting and we trust that other souls were saved. There was no Baptist Church there. The building belonged to the Methodists and the majority of the people were of that element. There were two sisters who helped us much with the music. Miss Mamie Mosely of that place and Mrs. Ella Bacon of Albany, GA. Miss Bacon was an attendant in the female convalescent. PAGE 127: Continued from pg. 125 A very devoted Christian indeed. One of the sweetest singers every heard and a first class performer on the Piano. I also spent a week west of the asylum at Midway preaching 5 sermons. Oct. 15th I preached to about 400 people in the opera house in Milledgeville and was invited to preach in the Baptist Church while I remained in the city. I preached 9 sermons in all and had a very pleasant time and made many friends. In the time of the work Milledgeville was the capital of GA. Since removed to Atlanta. The old state house has been turned into a school building where Georgia boys and girls have now the opportunity to secure a first class education. From the dome you can get a fine view of the surrounding country. At the time of my visit the population was 5,000. 2 miles out as I said is the insane asylum with 1400 patients and 200 attendants. The colored department had 500 insane. While I lived in Windsor, Mrs. General Doles and her daughter Minnie were living in a little cottage across the street from our house. Minnie was in the last stages of insidious disease consumption. I soon found that they were in rather PAGE 129: Continued from pg. 127 reduced circumstances and I did what I could to help the widow and the fatherless. Before I left Windsor Miss Doles went to Milledgeville or Atlanta or somewhere. Minnie did not live long after that nor Mrs. Doles either. They had relatives in Milledgeville and they had heard of my kindness to Mrs. Doles and her daughter and showed great appreciation of what to me was only what neighbors ought to do any way. Well, I was thankful and it pays to be kind and neighborly. Such things will return to you again like Noahs dove with the olive leaf. During my stay in the old capital I was entertained at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Fair. Mrs. Wooley and Captain Ennis. My next point was Augusta, GA where I began a meeting with the Berean Baptist Church. Oct. 21st and preached 29 sermons. At the first service 15 sought an interest in prayer, and some nights as many as 50 would come forward showing a desire to be saved. It seemed impossible to bring those people to a decision. Like many they were looking for too much of an experience forgiving or not trying to prove that salvation was in taking God at his word and acting upon it; not over 2 or 3 received for baptism while I was there. PAGE 131 Others might have been later. Many acted as if they were anxious to become Christians, but it is hard to tell whether they ever did or not. So many like a man seeing himself in a mirror and when his back is turned he forgets what he looked like. From Augusta came out to Thompson and began extra readings Nov. 15th. Preaching about 10 sermons, and if I remember rightly 10 or 12 professed conversions. I had an interesting and pleasant time in that town and left many kind friends behind whose kindness I shall ever remember. I stopped one night at a place called Warrenton and Sabbath eve lead a meeting of some kind. The pastor there may have been a converted man but I did not think that he was very much of a gentleman, and at that I will dismiss all thought of him as I have for so many years. I went back to Milledgeville. The work at Georgia conference of the M.E. Church South was in session there. I went in several times to see what they did. Bishop Keener was the presiding officer. Well, I saw what appeared to me to be a good deal of wire pulling it was exceedingly doubtful in my mind and even yet it is whether many PAGE 133: Continued from pg. 131 of those appointments were clean cut and impartially made. There is no chance for wire pulling when gospel ministers take their instructions from the great head of the church. The Lord Jesus Christ and only ruling bishop he makes no mistakes when he sends men to preach they will be rightly sent. I also went out to Scotch? and
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preached there 7 times beginning Oct. 28. We had a good time and next I delivered a temperance lecture at Mosleyville. By the way, on my former visit there I forgot to say that I married Miss Mannie Mosely and a Mr. Mason Johnson. I went out on the R.R. from this to a place named Jewells Dec. 11th where I preached twice and was taken quite sick. Then I decided to return home to Starke, Florida. I left Jewells Thursday morning and was in Thomasville next morning feeling slightly improved in health. Friday night I stopped in Monticello, Fla. Sat. night at Live Oak preaching there next a.m. and getting home to Starke that night about 9 oclock. Dec. 16 th I tell you I was mighty glad to see the dear ones at home again. Thus ended my 1st evangelistic campaign. As nearly as I can tell from the time I began at Hampton to this day - 160 days preached sermons in all. December went to Hampton and preached the year out. PAGE 132: newspaper clippingWilson Inauguration addressA Plea for Unity/President Wilson Asks Whole Nation to Stand Behind Him in Crisis/America Cant Turn Back PAGE 134: CONTINUED --newspaper clippingA Plea for Unity PAGE 135 The total then would be 165 days of service and 166 sermons. May the Lord forgive and blot out that was wrong during that time and greatly bless what was good and right. May the bread cast upon the waters be found in his good time for his name sake amen. I did not make heaps of money on this trip but it is very evident that the Lord cared for us. He who numbers the hairs of our head also numbers all our lawful needs and provides for them. He openeth his hand and provideth the wants of every living thing. 1889 PAGE 135 Jan. 1st up to April 15th I preached at the following places making Starke my headquarters as before. Hope Church twice (2) Highland once (1) Hawthorne 2 services Melrose 8, Highland 2, Hampton 1, Campville 2, Highland 2, Windsor 5, Campville 4, Highland 2, Baldwin 1, Cluster 4 (an old battle field) and then this brings me to Tallahassee where I landed March 31, 6 a.m. Sabbath morningwhere I remained until April 14th preaching 14 sermons and receiving 7 by letter and two by baptism. One object of going to the capital at this time was to run for the chaplain of the PAGE 137: Continued from pg. 135 State Senate which I did being put on nomination by Rev. Mr. Rogers and seconded by Dr. Stapleton. The Baptist Church had been closed for 3 years. This position was worth $50 a month for two months. At first I thought if I got it that it would enable me to help the church, but I asked the Lord if that was not his mind to defeat me in getting the place. I missed it in the senate caucus by 3 votes. Amen. I said it is all right and it was. The meetings in the Tallahassee church were blessed and a larger field of operation was opened up in west Florida as will be seen later. I believe that this meeting resulted largely in saving that church from destruction. I went west 20 miles south of the capital to Orangeville where I must have preached about 10 sermons. The results I do not now remember. I then went home to Starke and preached at Highland May 5 th a.m. and at night. Five days later I began evangelistic services in West Florida which continued up to the 1st of July. Uncle Hale the childrens missionary rendered me valuable assistance in the musical department. Our first service was held at Morrisanna the County held in seat of Jackson. PAGE 139 There was a little Baptist Church there of 7 members but just no church house. The Presbyterian kindly gave us the use of their house. We remained there 8 or 10 days. The Lord was manifested in our midst. Eleven were received by letter and 13 by Baptism. The presiding elder of that district made quite an efforta clandestine way to injure my reputation and then God came of more than conquer through him who said blessed are ye when men shall revile you and say all manner of evil against you falsely for my names sake. Some two years later it was my great pleasure to assist in dedicating a very nice church edifice at this place and also to make an appeal and secure the last $500 on the church debt which was raised in 10 or 15 minutes.

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My next point was Greenwood where I spend a few days and baptized 5, and from there to Friendship where I spent 5 or 6 days receiving 3 members by letter and 12 by Baptism. This place was 16 miles north of the L & N. R.R. I then returned to Morrisanna and preached there on Monday night and baptized one or two next a.m. My next opportunity was at Chipley 16 miles west of Morrisanna here we spent about two weeks and at very fine service. The place seemed to be ripe for an ingathering of souls. PAGE 141 29 persons were baptized and 10 were received by letter and 3 more some weeks later making 42 added as a result of that meeting. I next went 16 miles north of R.R. to Campville. And there baptized 7 and received 2 by letter. After that I went home to Starke. Then to Campville stopped a few days and baptized 4. Thence to Cedar on way to Key, at that time the seat of the Eagle Pencil Mill or factory. 4 baptized at that place and 5 received by letter. One mile out in the Gulf of Mexico is Atsence Otie Island where the Faber Pencil Mill operates. There was a Baptist Church there but in a badly broken up condition. The Lord blessed from the beginning of the meeting. 13 were restored, and 17 were baptized, making 39 in all on both islands. A Presbyterian lady who viewed the baptism with a glass a mile away from her balcony on Way Key has since been baptized. I look back now with much pleasure to my brief sojourn at the Keys as well as in all the other places. Not a few have laid their armor by since those days and left the church militant for a higher seat on high. Fernandina was my next point. 5 received there, 3 of them by baptism. The church there was PAGE 143: Continued from pg.141 pastorless and burdened with a $2000 debt of which I will speak later. Next point Pleasant Hill: 2 by letter and 2 by baptism. Wemahitekka: 1 restored, 2 baptized. Thomas Creek: 3 baptized. Holmes Valley: 4 baptized. The work at the last 4 named places is to be credited to my singer Uncle Hall. About this time the Florida State Board of Missions hearing of my work in west Florida voted to show their appreciation by making me a donation of $100.00. I was thankful as the money came in time to do us much good. I forgot to say that we spent a few days before going to Fernandina with a Baptist Church near Dyall Station on F.L. & P. R.R. I remember nothing about the result there except the settling of a church difficulty before we left. The trouble was between the church and a ministerial member as is usually. The case there was faults on both sides. The church was not finished insidethe climax came when I looked up and saw a serpent above overhead on one of the beams looking down upon the proceedings. I got up and pointed to the serpent and I said, Brethren you had better forgive one another and settle this thing and let the serpent go. They were impressed. There was soon weeping, headshaking and reconciliation all round, we looked up and the serpent was gone. PAGE 144: newspaper clippingKarthaus, PA 1893 PAGE 145 The next point after leaving Fernandina was McCounpy: 1 by letter and 2 by baptism. From there I went out to Apalachicola, Uncle Hall went ahead and got the meeting started. 8 were received, 7 of them by baptism. Oct 1, 1899 made my 2nd trip to Chipley. Statistics before noted. From there I went up the Chotohatchie River 25 miles to Geneva and spend about 8 days and baptized 9 candidates. Oct 24 at Campellton again: 1 restoration, 3 baptisms. While at Campellton I headed the West Florida Baptist Association and preached the doctrinal sermon before the Church of God. While I was in West Florida I saw in the Florida Baptist Witness that the Fernandina Baptist Church had extended me a call to become their pastor. After due consideration I decided to acceptalthough the salary was but $600. We felt that with the economy we could manage and that it might be the Lords will to use me in lifting that $2000 debit before going away with my wife to the Santa Fe River Association which PAGE 147 1889 A.D. at Melrose a beautiful little town on the Santa Fe Lake. Nov. 1st found me in charge of the Baptist Church at Fernandina. A very pleasant town on the sea coast 37 miles north of Jacksonville. My home was still at Starke and I did not move my family to Fernandina until nearly the middle of March 1890. Lottie had had a long siege of typhoid fever and was scarcely equal to the journey when

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we did move. Our new home in Fernandina was at old town in a home owned at that time by one Mr. Jacques of Boston, Mass. Sabbath Nov. 30: Preached my 1st sermon on my pastorate in Fernandina. The texts were Rom. 8:31 and Amos 4:12 about 40 were present in the forenoon and 60 at night. Dec. 30th I went to Gainesville to assist the pastor in revival meetings and continued there until Jan. 13, 1890. The Gainesville church was revived and 18 were added chiefly by baptismthere might have been 2 by letter. Also went to Lake City to hold a revival meeting in the Baptist Church. Results the same as at Gainesville 18 added by baptism. Rev. J.N. H. Wharton pastor. In 1891, I went over from Fernandina to Mannana to preach their dedication sermon for that church from Acts: 9: 20-21 and an appeal raised $500 balance for their debt. PAGE 148 Two members previously, $150 each of that amount. During my pastorate in Fernandina I preached, I reckon, over 75 sermons closing the pastorate Jan. 4,, 1891, with a sermon on text Math. 21:28. When I came to Fernandina the Baptist church was but 21 members as many more were added during my pastorate. 14 by letter, 1--I do not recollect more than 2 baptisms out of that number. Sometime in Dec. 1890 near the last of the month I attended the Florida State Convention which convened at Monticello and received an appropriation of $300 toward ______ the church debt which was about $2000. Later I took another trip and raised enough money to reduce the debt about $1200. I was gone 4 months and had a very interesting trip which I will not take time to speak of. While at Fernandina I attended 4 funerals 2 of them in Fernandina, one of them at Starke and the other while north in Hartford, Ct. This much will close the record of Fernandina for the present. Feb. 1st 1890 Note: It appears that when I was pastorate at Fernandina that I went out to Callahan and organized a mission preached over 10 sermons and baptized 3 candidates. At this writing there is a good spiritual church there. Rev. D. O. Andres pastor 7/17/1902 12 years ago. PAGE 149 After resigning at Fernandina, I left Jan. 6, 1891 for Cedar Keys and went as far as Gainesville where I remained one night and arriving at Way Key next night, and began a service. At Atsence Otie, Sunday Jan. 11th. Preaching about 10 sermons. No additions but a good meeting. I returned to Way and preached about 9 or 10 sermons there. On the 22nd I conducted the funeral services of Doreen Corrigen aged 10 at Atsence Otie Island, assisted by the Ken Ley M.E. Pastor. Receipts of these two points $32.50. My next points were Callihan and Starke, Hampton, Callahan again and Thomas Creek. At this last place preached about 8 sermons. Receipts $14.50, Feb. 3rd and 4th 2 sermons at Callahan, receipts $3.91. Live Oak Church near Callahan, 98 sermons, receipts $7.67. Closing Feb. 8th 91. Funeral of a Mrs. Lawson at Callahan in the afternoon. She was a member of an M.E. Church. That night attended prayer meeting in Fernandina. Left for Thomas Creek again. Feb. 14 th to marry a Mr. Johnson and a Miss Ogden which I did next day Feb. 15, 1891. PAGE 150: Preached out at Callahan at night, went to Hampton next day and back to Starke on the 17 th and out to McClary on the 18th where I preached about 12 sermons, organized a ladies aid society, and baptized 4 candidates, receipts $20.71. And then I came on to east Jacksonville where I preached from March 1, 1891, to March 22. About 25 sermons. One was baptized on Sabbath afternoon a Mrs. West. I cannot exactly tell what the receipts were but they seem to have been $18, $9.45 and $15.82. Amounting in all to $43.27. As there is no special benefit in keeping a record of these items I will discontinue it at this point. Our meeting at Jacksonville was blessed. Although only one was added to that church. My son Barry sailed for the first time on March 13th for Ponce, Puerto Rico. My next evangelistic sermon was help at Lake City. 2 were added by baptism. Preached about 10 sermons when Rev. G. K. Carsewell D.D. took charge. Dr. George W. McCall was pastor. April 9, 1891 A.D. at Tallahassee again after a lapse of two years. Preached 6 sermons when a telegram or a postal summoned me to Arcadia, south Florida.

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PAGE 151 When I arrived April 15th it is evident to me now that the Lord blessed my efforts at Tallahassee in the rescue of the cause and property from destruction. After the lapse of 13 years I can look back and see how wonderfully my prayers have been accomplished. The house has been beautified and the membership greatly increased and the prospects for the future are now quite promising. Arcadia, south Florida, April 19, 1891. The church extended me a unanimous call to become their pastor at a salary of $800 payable monthly. Bro. Portor of Ocala was engaged in revival services when I arrived which I took up and carried forward for a little time and then went forward in my pastoral work. My first text was Rev. 3-20. The church at Arcadia had a membership of between 90 and 100. PAGE 152 I am not able to say positively at this writing how many were added to the church at Arcadia during my pastorate that I am impressed that the number was 37. There were 16 of that number baptized. The church had been organized July 12, 1890. During my pastorate there was quite a phosphate boom and a brief season on minimal prosperity. When I arrived in the field the foundation of a new church house was being laid. This house was built at a cost of $2500, and all paid for that year or at least all provided for in gilt edge subscriptions. It was a pretty little white meeting house with old time steeple, bell, and gothic windows. The ladies aid society raised about $500 that paid in part of the money toward the ceiling and lighting. The former cost about $400 the latter $100. The young men of the town raised about $60 toward furnishing the pulpit. While the church was in process of construction, I preached in the courthouse and always had large audiences anywhere from 500 to 700. PAGE 153 Have just discovered that the additions were 37. During the course of the year I held meetings down at the river near the phosphate plant in a street car there and preached 7 or 8 sermons. Also preached there once in a while on Sunday. I fixed the place up with rough seats and had a barrel for a pulpit. During my sojourn in South Florida I must have preached about 115 or 120 sermons and had about 10 or 12 funerals. As I said, the town was in a boom, but it rather collapsed before the year was out. The ______? failing for about $20. The crash made it impossible for the church to raise the amount of salary necessary for another year and so tendered the church my resignation to take effect when the year was up. We feel that we left many dear friends behind us in South Florida which in all probably will not meet again until we meet on the other side. I have not attempted to speak of the S.S. convention attended nor of the union meetings PAGE 154: Continued from pg. 153 or associations, nor of the meetings held at Ogden Barham and Plant City nor of the plan to establish with other ministers down there a Chautauqua at Sea Side. Much more might be said let the foregoing suffice for the present. We preached our farewell sermons May 1, 1892 from the texts: Luke: 15-2 in the morning and from 1st Thess.: 4-16 at night. One man down at Arcadiaa kind of a bachelor, and I am sorry to say for a time a Supt. of the S. School, and old maid deacon in masculine form, a crank of cranks. He left a very unsavory impression on my memory which 12 long years have hardly effaced. We left Arcadia for Fernandina, Florida May 6, 1892leaving our daughter Lottie behind us who had married a young lawyer. S.W. Walker of Fayetteville, Tenn. Willie also remained in a home for a time and Barry somewhere in the phosphate business. Gracie came with us and went on to Fernandina PAGE 155: Continued from pg. 154 to her brother Harry who had remained in the employ of the F.C. & P.R.R. while we were at Arcadia. Wife and I went to MacClenny to hold a special meeting and in the meantime Harry and Gracie prepared for our coming later. Beginning of another evangelistic campaign. MacClenny: Lords day May 8, 1892 up to May the 15 th12 sermons preached and apparently some good accomplished but the pastor seemed to be in anything but a revival spirit and thus the work was hindered. Home to Fernandina May 16th and getting settled. Callahan May the 19th began extra meetings at this date and preached about 10 sermonsa very good meeting but none added that I remember. Home to Fernandina again May the 28th.
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At Hampton June 4th with Pastor Proctor where I preached about 16 sermons, 5 added by baptism and 3 by letter. This was my first service in the new house, I think. Years before I had advised an entreated the Baptist to build and establish the cause at that point. I am glad to look back now and see how wonderfully my efforts and prayers have been answered in the salvation of souls and in planting of a church in Hampton. PAGE 156: June 13th and 14th at Gainesville in to Rochelle and in the afternoon I was in Ocala. June 15th began special meetings, sermons preached 8, closed June 21, 1892. Spent a part of two days again at Hampton and on the 24 th of June I went out 5 or 6 miles west of Hampton to Mt. Sinai Baptist Church where I preached 5 sermons, 6 were received for baptism and 1 was reclaimed. At night I preached at Hampton. Monday was a rainy day and went to Lake City on the 28 th and next day I took the train for Jacksonville. June 29th found me home again in Fernandina where I remained until after July the 4 th. I left again on the 6th for Chipley, west Florida. PAGE 157: Continued from pg. 156 Where I began extra meetings next night and continued until the 18th of July preaching 19 sermons. J.P. Smith was pastor. I think that two were received here (2) for baptism. The church seemed to be much revived in this meeting. Pastor Smith went with me to Cottondale and Caryville, but after going there we decided to go on west to Milton which we reached on the afternoon of the 19 th. No door was open there for gospel services so next a.m. we came back to De Funick Springs, Milton is a dead spot until this hour. At the Springs I had the use of the Presbyterian Church and I preached about 18 sermons, 8 were received by letter and 9 by baptism. The meeting closed July 31 st. I next went in the mail coach down to Freeport on the Gulf Coast, and began a meeting Aug. 1st. The place seemed to be spiritually dead and I preached 8 sermons at that place hope that some good was done. On Aug. 8th I held extra meetings at Portland some miles west of Freeport. I preached 14 sermons and received 6 for baptism closing Sabbath Aug. 14th. PAGE 158 I then came back from Portland 19 miles to De Funiak Springs. I preached 2 more sermons here. On the 16th, I organized a ladies aid society and then left for Carryville where I preached 5 sermons beginning on the 17 th. I also organized a Sunday school there naming it the Lone Star Baptist Sunday School of Carryville. Since that time a Baptist Church has also been organized in the locality. On Sabbath the 21st I preached three (3) sermons in Marianna. Pastor Smith had asked me to assist him in extra meetings, but after arriving there we found the people too much excited over a coming political election for us to attempt evangelistic services at this time. PAGE 159 My next service was held at Cottondale Aug. 23-29, 1902. Where I preached 6 sermons and baptized 2 candidates. Had a very pleasant time but a very sore foot. From that point a gentleman drove me out on Monday afternoon 10 miles to a place called Mt. Wayfair where I begin gospel services next night, Aug. 30th. Preached 8 sermons. Some good was done. The church was in a cold backslidden state. No prayer meetings. I established a prayer meeting which I believe afterward was continued. It was a moonshine district two men were arrested and taken away while I was there. The effect of the moonshine whiskey was evident in the community and made itself felt in my meeting, but by the grace of God I came out on top. So far as to influence the better class to put down all disturbances in religious meetings. I was next driven to Friendship a place where I had held successful meetings some years previous. Here I held services Sept. 5, 1892. I preached 9 sermons. PAGE 160 I next went out to Pilgrims Rest about 8 or 10 miles from Friendship. I should judge Sept. 12-15 and preach 4 sermons then down to Greenwood Sept. 16-18 and preached 4 sermons. From Greenwood I went over into Alabama a distance it seems to be of some 20 miles. Gordon: Sept 1922 (92) preached 4 sermons. Cowarts, AL: Sept. 23-25, 5 sermons. I stopped with Dr. Stapleton while at Cowarts. Also preached 3 sermons in Smyrna Baptist Church, Sept 26 and 29th. Some interest manifested also attended the
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funeral of Mrs. Bailey, Sept. 27th. Sabbath Oct. 2nd. I preached 2 sermons in Bambridge, GA on my way home to Fernandina where I arrived Oct. 5th . Went out again to Callahan and preached there Oct. 9 a.m. and helped to ordain W.S. Harris at night. He passed a very good examination, and for a time seemed to succeed in the ministry, but later I am told that his conduct was not as becometh the gospel so he left off preaching. PAGE 161 I was moderator of the council Bro L.W. Kickelitor clerk. Sermons by myself prayer of ordination by Bro Kickelitor. Oct. 10-12 I preached 3 sermons at Hillier. Oct. 13-14 2 sermons with Bethany Baptist Church. Live Oak Baptist Church Oct. 15-16 preached 6 sermons. Oct. 17th home again in Fernandina. Oct 19, 1892 on my way to St. Marys River Baptist association we convened at McClemmy next day. My son-in-law S.W. Walker went with me. The brethren made me moderator. I got through with the business on Saturday. On Sabbath was devoted to religious services. Saturday I preached from Exc. 32:26 and on Sabbath a.m. in the M.E. Church from Rev. 22:17. My son in law preached his first sermon at night on text what think ye of Christ. It was a very good effort. Mr. Walker returned to Fernandina and I went out to Thomas Creek. PAGE 162 Thomas Creek: Oct. 25-30, 1892, 9 sermons a very good meeting. Hampton: Oct. 31--Nov. 7, 1892, Shade was with me, 8 sermons, 2 for Baptism, 1 by letter. Campville: Nov. 7th, Amos 4:12. Anthony: Nov. 8, 1892. Assisted pastor Farmer, preached 15 sermons, 6 received by letter, 1 funeral, Mrs. E. Higenbottom age 25 and a Baptist. I closed the meeting on 20th of Nov. (1892). Cedar Keys (Way Key), Nov. 21--Dec. 4, 1892. Preached about 20 sermons. Part of the services were held at Atsence Ote where I also spent Thanksgiving Day. The meetings at Way Key were held in the Methodist church. Rev. Richardson was pastor. He and his wife showed me much kindness. They have both passed away since that time. Rev. Corn was the Baptist pastor. We had fine audiences and good meetings. I had been very much blessed in my work at the Keys in former days. PAGE 163 I spent Dec. 5th and 6th in Windsor, Fla., passed through Campville, Hampton and Starke on the 7 th and 8th. Callahan Dec. 8-11, 5 sermons and a good meeting. Spent my birthday Dec. 9 th with a Mr. Jones age 50 years. Went to Jacksonville on the 12th. Home the same day to Fernandina. Making ready to go to Pennsylvania where I had been called by the State Mission Board of the Baptist State Mission Society as their state evangelist for the year 1893. I left Fernandina for the north on the a.m. train Dec. 15, 1892, arrived in Philadelphia Sat. 6 a.m., and Sabbath 10 a.m. Dec. 18th found me getting out of the pullman car in Emporium, PA. This will end the record of my work in Florida for the present. May the great head of the church bless the record by blotting out forever all that was of the flesh the world and the devil for His names sake amen. CHAPTER VII Pennsylvania PAGE 164 The call to do evangelist work in Pennsylvania was quite unexpected. Rev. Y.A.J. Hanna Pastor at Schuylkill preached a sermon on state mission work one Sabbath in 1892. At the close of the service a member of his church, Honorable Charles Abbott came forward and said that he would be responsible for the support of one state evangelist. Brother Hanna then wrote me in regard to the matter and later Rev. W. H. Conand D.D. wrote me. Dr. Conand was the Sec. of the State Mission Board. Mr. Abbott fixed the salary at $1000 for the year. The churches receiving my services were expected to take care of my board and R.R. expenses. However, in the course of two years I was about $50 out-of-pocket on the expense scoreI took collections for the state mission treasury on nearly every field where I preached. I preached the call to do evangelist work in Pennsylvania as from the Lord because it seemed to come directly as an answer to prayer for the opening of a new door and a new field. Rev. Thomas Needham was also an evangelist in the state for the Baptist and supported by Hon. Charles Miller of Franklin, PA.

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PAGE 165--Dec. 8, 1892 I was somewhat timid about going north in winter after a sojourn of 7 years in the south. It proved to be a very cold winter. The thermometer going down at some points below 35 degrees. I arrived in Emporium the county seat of Cameron County Sabbath morning and met the Baptist pastor Rev. W. R. McNeil on the street. It was a new experience going out of a warm country into a cold one. But in the good providence of God the shore land was soon tempered to the breeze or rather to the frosty breath of an unusually frigid northern winter. At Emporium I was domiciled with a Mr. Bealty in a nice comfortable home near the church. Mr. McNeil was very kind indeed. I preached for him on the day of my arrival at night, but did not begin special services until Jan. 1, 1893. The statistics of the meeting at Emporium were about as follows: Sermons 24 other meetings 17, visits 53, tracts distributed 2666. There were at least 5 or 6 conversions and I suppose that these were baptized later by the pastor. One of them Roman Catholic young lady made a very earnest worker in the church and the B.Y.P.U. The meeting closed Jan. 22. PAGE 166 I next spent from Jan. 23 to Feb. 6 in Smethport with Pastor Halliwell. Sermons 7, address 5, other meetings 4. The force of the meeting was about spent before my arrival, 4 seekers, 12 conversions before my meeting began. My next point was Annin, PA. This was an old country church and not far from where Elder Jacob Knapp a celebrated evangelist was born. The meeting here lasted from the 7 th to the 19th. Sermons 16, conversions 6 only, seekers 13, baptized 2 on a day when the mercury showed about 12 below zero. I am preaching one sermon at Turtle Point. While at Annin Creek, Dr. Conand, Secretary of the Baptist State Convention wrote me that the Baptist Church in Chapmanville, Crawford Co. was in bad shape and needed help and that I had better go there and stay as long as necessaryand so I left Annin Creek Feb. 21st for that place arriving there the next afternoon. The post office address of that place is Plum. The Baptist Church is named the Plum and Troy Church. At one time it was quite a strong church but their last pastor a man named Sherman went off on some new PAGE 167: continued from pg. 166 tangent and destroyed the church. He had gathered about 20 to his way of thinking and strange to say had succeeded in excluding all of the rest of the number, I thought of about 60. The membership of the association went there and looked into the matter and from 4 of the old membership that Sherman had overlooked. It was fortunate for the 4 with 7 others who united with them, were thus able to rescue and hold the church property. At this point my meeting began Feb. 22, 1893. It was an inclement season. Very cold with continuous snow storms and largely mud and slush. I got a pair of gun boots and visited all the sinners and backsliders for 3 miles around in all directions out from the church. Rev. Sherman and his flock who were still thoroughly steeped in their destination ____? I left them severely alone for I felt that that was the best way to kill out the Sherman schism and the final result proved my post to be correct. I held meetings there 49 nights in succession. The effort saved the church the Sunday school was reorganized. A student from Crozer took charge of this work. PAGE 168 For a few months later a pastor was settled since that time I learned that the church house was consumed by fire and was replaced by another one in a better location. Statistics of the works as follows: Sermons 57, visits 58, 2 received for baptism by experience 7 and 2 by letter, 15 other seekers. I also preached two sermons at Dempsey Town and arranged to have Bro Kirkendall preach there and at Chapmanville. My next evangelistic services were held at Roulette, PA beginning April 18, 1892. We seemed to have a good spiritual meeting but no additions. Sermons 25 and addresses 5, visits 48. I also preached at Mina May 11-17, sermons 7, no additions. May 18th made an address at Port Allegheny. Emporium, PA again, May 19th and resting up to June 1st at the same time assisting Bro. McNeil somewhat. June the 2nd found me in Clearfield, PA engaged with Pastor Jennings in extra meetings. Clearfield is the county seat of Clearfield and a town of 4000 or 5000 inhabitants the first meeting was closed June 18th. PAGE 169 Results: Sermons 20, religious visits 55, baptisms 9, by letter 1 and experience 4.

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I held a short service there later, 5 more baptized and one received on experience or statement, total additions 20. I went out with Mr. Jennings June 17, 1893 to a place named Glen Richey in there we labored in an extra meeting until July 5th. There was a church before then but no organization. I organized a church with 19 constituent members, preached 21 sermons, made 100 visits, baptized 15, and received 2 by letter. I did some further work in Glen Richey July 14 th. The church was recognized by a full council as a regular Baptist Church Sept. 7th. I next assisted Pastor Jennings at Curwensville July 11-30, 1893, sermons 27, visits 60, baptism 6 by statement 3. My next point was Karthans, a mining district, July 5th to Sept. 3rd. Sermons 36, visits 60, baptisms 21, restored 1, 6 on statement. I also raised enough money the last meeting to paint the church inside and out. On Sept. 3rd we dedicated the church house. Sermon topic The Church of God. PAGE 170 Sept. 4th I conducted the funeral services of Ethel Holt, 2 miles from the town, a child in her 9th year. At night the church held a business meeting an decided to call a pastor on the next day. I organized a little society of Kings Daughters in the Baptist Church with 6 constituent members. I left Karthans in the morning to open the recognition council at Glen Richey in the afternoon. Sept. 8 th to th 15 resting and attending Major Hiltons meeting in Clearfield. Left that last day for Philipsburg, PA. Philipsburg PA, Sept. 1Oct. 8, 1893 extra meetings with Pastor W. P. Hile. Sermons 24, visits 100, baptisms 13. I preached twice out of a place called Keystone and once out of Mina. From the 10th to the 15th resting and preparing my address for the State Mission Convention to be convened on the 10th, Baptist Church Philadelphia. Oct. 17, 1893. On the 16th I attended an ordination at Bellwood and gave the charge to the candidate. Philadelphia, Oct 17, 1893, meeting of the Baptist State Mission Society as already noted I cannot do better than . . . PAGE 171 Here which must fit inmy part of itas that is about all these minutes or records pertain to my own work. PAGE 172: at the bottom-----July 21st, 1902. ___ __ over $200. ___ the exact number PAGE 173: at the side top----The conditions of the acceptance of such appointment. What will you expect per annum for such service? Where can you begin the services and anything else you may care to suggest. If you cannot get a letter to me by the 15th write fully anyhow and I will reply at once. Bottom of page-----Just before attending the convention at Philadelphia I received a check from the Baptist of Richmond for $25.00 and an invitation to come there and see about becoming their city missionary. As Dr. Conard did . . . known whether the state mission . . . PAGE 174: continued from pg. 173 would be continued--another year or not he thought that I had better run down to Richmond and see the brethren about their work. Which I did, going there on Oct. 20 th 7:10 p.m. I met the committee the next night but nothing definite was recommended at that meeting. It was arranged for me, however, to preach while I remained in the city in the Fourth Street Church which I did from Oct. 22 to Nov. 1st. Sermons 19. While in Richmond I visited a number of friends who I had met in former years. My youngest daughter was attending the Young Ladies Institute in the city at this time. My visits to the schoolwhile remained in Richmond helped to break up a little of the monotony of school life for her. I also enjoyed visiting the old State Capital and seeing relics handed down from Colonial days. On the night of Nov. 2nd I decided in my own mind and heart that the Lord had not called me to do mission work in Richmond and so I did not wait longer to hear from the missionary committee, but notified them next morning early of my final decision. PAGE 175 7:45 a.m. Nov. 3, 1893, found en route to Philadelphia where I arrived 3:45 p.m. and stayed that night with Dr. Conard. Next day Nov. 4th I started for Altoona to take up and finish my state PA mission work for the balance of the year. I spent the Sabbath with Bro McKee and preached 2 sermons from Amos 4:12 and Mark 8:36.

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I then went on to Westover, PA to assist Pastor Hodges in some extra meetings. We began at La Jose first giving, Nov. 7-19, sermons18, visits 80, 2 baptized, 1 restored, conversions 10. Westover: Nov. 20 to Dec. 8th. Sermons 21, visits 29, 28 in all. Took a stand on the Lords side. 20 baptisms and 4 received by experience. My next point was Fairview in Indiana County. Preached one sermon on my way, Dec. 14th at Cherry Tree. PAGE 176 Fairview: Dec. 15 to 25th. Sermons 14, visits 20, 1 for baptism on experience 2. Pine Flats, PA: Dec. 26 to Jan. 4, 1894. Sermons 14, visits 10, baptisms 7, and others converted. Thus ends my first year of evangelistic work in Pennsylvania. To give all the interesting and pleasant incidents connected with the work would take up more time in writing than I have at my disposal. But in looking back I am glad now that the Lord so wonderfully blessed my efforts. My dear wife and children were still in Fernandina, Fla because when I went to Pennsylvania, first it was winter and it was winter again before I knew that my work would be continued another year. I will never be able to record how much I owe to my wife and childrens prayers, but many and many a time I surely felt their uplifting influence and I thanked God for a consecrated wife and for a Christian and praying mother for my children. PAGE 177 1894 and my 2nd and last year of state mission work. Hon. Chas. Abbott pays half of the salary this year $500 and the board pays the other $500. Reynoldsville, PA: Jan. 7-28. Sermons 31, visits 60, baptisms 25, added by experience 4. I was glad to begin the 2nd year with such a successful meeting. Hollidaysburg County seat of Blair, Owen James D.D. pastor (Welsh) Jan. 29 to Feb. 4 and Feb. 26 to March 2. Sermons 14, baptisms 8 Altooona, PA: Nov. 7. 2 sermons; Feb. 5th to 25th. 13 Sermons Fell and hurt myself--sick 16 days could not turn in bed for a part of the time. Felt the effects of that fall for many months afterward and spent at least half of the time . . . Baptisms 10, by experience 4 could not visit. March 3rd next went to Tyrone, rented the Breaking house for $15.00 per month to date from April 1, 1894. March 4th preached in the Tyrone Church. 4 persons manifested a desire to be saved. PAGE 178 March 5th I left Tyrone for Brockwayville, PA. Stopped overnight at Clearfield and also looked in upon the friends at Reynoldsville next day. March 7th in Brockwayville with Pastor J. E. Deem. March 7 to 23. Sermons 20, 3 added by letternot much life in the church. Some of its members not very spiritual. March 25th in Clearfield. Sabbathpreached 2 SermonsRom. 8:31, Neh. 2:3 Tyrone, PA with Pastor Wilson. March 26 to April 15. Sermons 23, baptisms 12 While in Tyrone I bought furniture and carpets for the house which I had rented. Gracie came on from Richmond and helped me to get ready. My wife and the two younger boys came Sunday evening April 8, 1894. April 16th. The friends made us a pleasant reception. I spent 3 or 4 days at home and then went to Spartanburg, Western Pennsylvania. PAGE 179 Spartanburg, PA: Bro Williams Pastor. April 2230. Sermons 11. Some few sought an interest in prayer a very dead town. Spiritualism and universalism and infidelity had done their teaching and deadly work. Johnsonburg: May 1 to May 20, 1894. Sermons 25, visits 45, baptisms 2 by experience 1. A meeting had been held but a short time--sermons by Rev. J. Booth. Richardsville, PA: Then went to Richardsville, PA out in the country. May 21June 3, 1894. Visits 15, sermons 19, 1 baptism. Much rain and bad roads. (at Glenfield Association June 14, 1 service) West Liberty: June 17 to July 1. At West Liberty with Bro Deim. Sermons 18, visits 26, baptisms 2 Allens Mills, PA: Still out in the country. July 2 to 20, sermons 20, visits 22, baptism 11, letter experience and restoration 5. After which I spend a few days at home.

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PAGE 180 Glen Richey: My next point was Glen Richey again. My wife went with me on this trip and rendered me great help. July 28-29 and also from Aug. 14 to the 19th. 10 sermons and 3 baptisms Clearfield, July 30 Aug. 13. Sermons 18 visits 47, baptisms 9, letter and experience 5 Curwensville: We went up to Curwensville to baptize some of their candidates. Cookport, PA: Aug. 20th. Mrs. Patterson and myself on our way to Cookport, PA stopped overnight at Westover and next night at Cherry Tree. Cookport, PA. Aug. 22Sept. 2. Sermons 14, baptisms 7, 2 by experience. Kirkendall pastor. Pine Flats. Sept. 3-12. Sermons 12, no additions, not much life in the church. Sept. 13, 1894. We are home again in Tyrone. Sept. 15, 1894. I went to Philipsburg and baptized Rev. N.O. Patterson a N.B. Preacher. His wife was also received. PAGE 181 On Sunday night Sept. 16 the Philipsburg church granted Mr. Patterson a license to preach. On Sept. 17th I began a meeting at Marrom, PA. Sermons 15, baptisms 25, restored 3 and as a result of that meeting about 30 more were baptized, 1 restored. I had to leave for Corsica on the 30th but N.O. Patterson, through my advice, was sent for and continued the meeting. Mr. Jennings came over from Curwensville and baptized 22 more on the next Lords day and thus the good work went on. I left Marrom Oct. 1st took Gracie with me to commence school at DuBois, but we first made a visit to cousin R. Rulofson new Corsica. Since that time he has passed over the river. Corsica, PA: Mr. Purdy pastor. Oct. 3-14. 14 sermons, 1 baptism, 3 conversions beside. DuBois: Oct. 15, fields white with snowstopped in DuBois. See Gracie and got her a cloak, stopped in Curwensville overnight. Home on the 17th. PAGE 182 Oct. 18, 1894. Attended the ordination of N.O. Patterson today at Philipsburg. We met with some opposition. I thought it was unjustand, therefore, spike earnestly in Mr. Pattersons favor. I am quite sure if I had favored the opposition he never would have been ordained. From that day to this his work seems to have been greatly prospered and I, therefore, did not make a mistake. Oct. 21 In Curwensville again. Preached 1 sermon and 1 at Glen Richey. Oct. 22nd home again on my way to State Mission Society, wife went up to the convention at Altoona with me. I think we came home again Wed. 24th. I went back again on the 25th. Oct. 26th Rev. T.A.T. Hanna came home with us and stopped all night. I remained at home until Nov. 2 nd. Then went up to Altoona and preached 2 sermons for Dr. Plummer in the 1 st Church. Came home again on th the 5 and left the next day for Coalport to hold an extra meeting. PAGE 183 Nov. 6-18. Snow on that . . . Sermons 15. Some interest. The church weak, membership small. It had been torn up with the Holmes schismit surely could not have been while Holmes for its work was destructive. At home again in Tyrone for two days. I left Nov. 22nd for Hawley in Wayne County, N. Eastern Pa. to assist Pastor Minch. Hawley, Pa Nov. 22 Dec 9. Sermons about 33, visits 36, 35 for baptism. It was my last meeting as state evangelist and it was a good one. The Lord really blessed the meeting and some harden sinners were converted. I closed on my birthday Dec. 9th. I was then 52 years of age. The State Mission Society could not continue the work for want of funds. In the two years my state mission work, 401 souls were added to the best of my knowledge to Baptist Churches in the PAGE 184: continued from pg. 183 state, 302 of this number by baptism and 99 by letter experience and restoration. Over 400 sermons were preached in the two years and over 1200 religious visits made. Of the number added to the churches between 50 and 60 came from other bodies ___(?) extra obeyed the Lord. As I said before it would be impossible in a record like this to give all the interesting details of the work. May the Great Head of the Church blot out all that was of the flesh and the enemy and shall bless all that was in harmony with all His blessed will. May the good seed that has been sown continue to grow in many hearts through the fruits of eternal life.
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It is utterly impossible to give any idea by statistics of the results of those more than 700 services. I must leave that to the blessed Lord and Master be all the glory and praise. I thank Him that he has been pleased to use a poor saved sinner like me in the salvation of lost men and women. PAGE 185 The State Board then offered me $400 to take in Johnsonburg in Elk County. The church at the former place pledging a little amount. There were no other Baptist churches in the county at that time but one. I decided not to accept, but I accepted instead calls to Johnsonburg and Kane, PA. They pledged $400 each for half time. The board adding $200. I left my family in Tyrone and undertook to work for one yeargoing home occasionally to visit my dear family. About 8 years taken my beloved Bro Dr. Conard was called up higher. In all of our business transactions the most friendly feeling continued to exist between us from 1 st to last. Mr. Abbott has also gone to his reward. They were both princes in Israel. Amen I will here paste in some clippings in reference to my work from the State Mission writings. Beginning with 1893 PAGE 186: Jan. 1893. Clippings from the state mission writings. The above is a cut of the Emporium Church where I held my 1 st evangelistic 1893 PAGE 187 Feb., and consecrated workers in this state. May this year of our Lord prove to be a season of copious showers of blessing and gracious in gathering for all the churches. Ps. 46: 4-5 W.G. Patterson; newspaper clipping; State Evangelist, Emporium, PA June 17, 1893 [Bros. Patterson address will be Emporium, PA until further notice] PAGE 188: newspaper clipping; June 1893 and July PAGE 189: Aug. , Sept. 1893; Dec. 1893; Letter from Bro Dec. 1893 PAGE 190: newspaper clipping: Jan. 1894; Feb. 1894; Mar. 1894; April 1894 result of my service. Leave out the flattery and tell what Bro Patterson did--some other Pastors have done me similar injustice. I forgive them. PAGE 191: newspaper clipping: Aug. Tidings; Sept.; Oct. 94; Nov. PAGE 192: newspaper clipping: Part of Starke Mission report I was very thankful to have the convention adopt the movement of the Macedonia helpers, and as a result in addition my wife taking the general management of the M.H.S. Two other ladies were appointed for the first time in the history of the Baptist convention on the executive State Mission Board. Later results in Dec. Tidings; 1894 PAGE 193: newspaper clipping; Jan. Tidings, 1895 As before noted my other mission work ended Dec. 31, 1894. Jan. 1, 1895 I became pastor of the First Baptist Church in Johnsonburg, PA for halftime and a little later at Kane for the other half. Baptisms at Johnsonburg 4, 1 received by letter, and as nearly as I can remember 8 by letter. 10 Baptisms at Kane, 5 by letter and experience. Total added at both places, 14 by Baptism and 13 by letter. Special meetings were held at both places. In some of these my wife assisted. I suppose that I also preached about 6 sermons at Ridgeway County seat of Elk. There is a Baptist Church there now. Something which happened almost invariably on fields where I have had to do some hard pioneer work. I also say that it was quite effort . . .? glad to know . . ..? been established where I prayed that such a thing might be. PAGE 194 There is also I am told a good Baptist Church house in Ridgeway. When I was there it was hard to get even a hovel to reach in either for love or money. At that time the Congregationalists acted as if they owned the town. During the year as nearly as I can estimate it I must have preached at least at both Kane and Johnsonburg about 160 sermons. I do not know the visits but I made a great many.

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I came home a day or two to see Lottie on board the Steamboat in Feb. on her way to Dixie. After a visit home of some months in Tyrone. I preached for Pastor Wilson on Sabbath and returned to Johnsonburg next day Feb. 18, 1895. Lottie sailed on the 16th. While on these fields I preached once or twice at Emporium in exchange with Bro McNeil. On May 2nd of this year '95 Harry was married to Miss Harriot Carney at Atmore, Ala. I enjoyed my work . . . filled week on one and vice versa PAGE 195 I resigned Dec. 1895 believing that I had fulfilled my mission there. Others came in afterward and reaped the fruit of my labors so it seemed to me. I reached my farewell at Johnsonburg, Dec. 22 and at Kane Dec. 30th. Dec. 26 Prof. Horton was granted a license to preach by the Kane church. I have given a rough outline of my work but it in no way tells about the hard labor pursued. May the great Head of the church forgive all sin and blot it out, and may he abundantly bless all that was for his glory and the uplifting of humanity, amen. April 1895 Mission Tidings; *connection her husband died I do not approve of alien emersions Northern Baptists do . . . PAGE 196: newspaper clippings from Tidings April '95, May 1895; Dec. 95; July 95; Aug. 95 PAGE 197: newspaper clipping State Mission Tidings This was the last number of the Tidings discontinued on account of the Commonwealth After leaving Kane and Johnsonburg I preached at Brockwayville 7 days, 10 sermons and then went home to Tyrone, but first went back to Kane to marry a couple and then home Jan. 8, 1896. PAGE 198 Dr. Feltwell of Altoona, PA opened on my neck Jan. 13 in 1896 and took out a tumor (fatty) 16 or 17 years growth. It was very painful but a successful operation and the womb healed up in due season. The Lord gave skill to the doctor s hand and strength to my body to endure the operation. Praise his name. Feb. 16, 1896. I began extra meetings at Wilmington, Delaware in the old Calvary Church, Elmer Powell pastor. Preached about 14 sermons, 17 added, 13 of them by Baptism. March 1st farewell service. Home again March 3, 1896. Lottie left for California March 16 and wife for Atmore. Russell also went to Atmore, Ala. Osceola, PA: March 22--April 5,, 1896; Sermons 15, Sabbath March 29 organized a church, baptized and 1 more next day before leaving4 in all. PAGE 199 April 12th at Marron preached and baptized 1 candidate; Preached at the church at Ansonville at night; Glen Richey April 15 to 18th , 3 sermons; Curwensville, Sabbath April 19th 1 sermon; Glen Richey at night up to 23rd, 5 sermons; April 24, 1896: Home again and wife came to/from Atmore Ala.; Curwensville the 25 and 26th 1 Sermon called; 27th at Bells Landing to May 2, 5 sermons; May 3 at Marron, 1 sermon; Back at night to Bells Landing, 5 receive for baptism between the two places; Closed May 5, 2 sermons. Curwensville, May 6, 1896. Romans X (10) Chap. Was called April 26th, but did not accept until May 1, also called to Sykes shortly after. 8 sermons Curwensville, up to May 24th and 2 at Sykes. Total visits at Curwensville 339, Sykes 313 Total sermons at Curwensville about 90 and a similar number at Sykes. 6 sermons at the White settlement
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10 sermons at Punxsutawney 2 sermons at DuBois, about 7 baptism at Curwensville and 2 by experience. I closed my work at this place May 9, 1897. They could not make up the salary and were behind $100. I helped them to lift it by renting the parsonage at $8.00 per month. In the fall they paid up the balance in cash $46.00. After which F.L. Bardens became pastor. At Sykesville I closed my laborers Sept. 19, 1897. As nearly as I can make out about 30 were added by baptism unless I made a mistake in my record. While in Sykesville I preached at some other places probably about 20 sermons in all. PAGE 201 During the years 1896 & 1897 I was the moderator of the Clearfield Baptist Association. Also in that time moderator of three ordaining councils at JohnsonburgAllen Mills and Reynoldsville. Thus ends my pastorate work and service May the Lord bless and forgive all sins. Amen. Sept. 1st I attended the Centre Association. I only attended about 7 or 8 funerals between the two places and married about 4 couples. 1897: After leaving or resigning at Curwensville, I held a meeting at Glen Richey. July 6-23, sermons 10, baptisms 20 and 6 restored. Clearfield, PA. July 27 Aug. 22: sermons about 20, 9 baptisms, 2 by letter 6 or 7 other seekers; Mechanicsburg, PA. Sermons 4, Sept 2627; Oct. 25, '97 W. Liberty, 1 sermon; Westover, Nov. 6-16, sermons 13; Patton Nov. 17 Dec. 5, sermons 25, baptized 12. PAGE 202:----Dec. 8 at BYPN convention, DuBois Dec. 15th at Reynoldsville In places where I had been holding meetings I had sold a good many bibles for the publication society with a good profit to myself and so at one placebut somebody later in Clearfield kidnapped $25 of my Bible money. To this hour like Charley Ross it never returned. Preached 1 sermon Acts 7:57. Sykesville Sabbath, Dec. 25th , 26th 2 sermons; Brg. Soldier, Pa two miles from Sykes. Dec. 27-28, 4 sermons; Home again. Ansonville, PA; Jan 8Feb. 6, 1898; sermons 37 about 14 . . . PAGE 204 Bells Landing, PA. April 14-18 Sermons 6; 19-27 home April 27, 1898, on my way to Boston spent one night in Tyrone at Mr. Grans in Phila, Pa. Next day NY the 29th. Called to see my brother C.B. (Charles Brodie Patterson) and traveled with him to Hartford same day. Met my mother there. May 1st attended Dr. Stones church 11 a.m. He made a wonderful prayer for the success of our army against Spain. (Time of Spanish American war.) Attended South Baptist at night, Mr. Duncan pastor. 1898: May 2nd 10 p.m. In Boston and Everett. I remained in Boston up to June 6 th. On the 3rd went to see Dr. Eaton in Tremont. Conversions, I expect about 6 joined the Baptist Church by baptism. Marron, PA, 1898. Feb. 7-18 (8th at Glen Richey on a council) Sermons 13, results I don't know Feb. 20, 1898 at Patton , 2 sermons, Kerrmons, Pa. Feb. 21 March 13. Wife with me part of the time. Her talks greatly enjoyed by the people. Sermons 23, for baptism 11, 2 other conversions March 14-27, 1898. Out beyond Ansonville at the McPherson Baptist Church, March 14, 1898. Sermons 19, 9 for baptism, 9 more expressed conversion. March 28th home Curwensville, PA. April 3rd, 2 sermons. April 10th Sykesville, 2 sermons. PAGE 205 Temple and wrote letters Sabbath May 8th preached at Melrose Highland. Neh. 7:25 a.m.; Rev. 22: 17 at night Monday May 9th my wedding anniversary 13th Look in at Mrs. Eastons. Maggie Whilden an old scholar of mine whom I had not met in many years.
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May 22 heard Dr. Lorimer preach at Tremont Temple twice Melrose Highland. May 29th 2 sermons West Medford, June 5th, 1 sermon. Left next day for home 7 & 8th in Hartford Tyrone, PA on the 9th Home to Curwensville the 10th From this period on to Jan. 31, 1899 the preaching record ends PAGE 206 I was engaged in a grocery business in Tyrone. I reckon it was a great mistake. It looks to me now as a great blank in my history and so I will leave that period without further comment. Except to say that at the time it seemed to be the right thing to do. May the Lord in his great mercy forgive all that was wrong about it and over rule that time for his glory and the good of all concerned. Amen During that period I suppose that I preached about 3 sermons. PAGE 207 My next meeting, after June 10, 1898, was held at Laceville, PA up the Leigh Valley. March 5, 1899 with Pastor Rainy. In the morning I preached 1 sermon at Towanda and then here at night, closing March 13th. Sermons 11, some interest, but there were snags in the river which needed to be removed. Allens Mills: April 10-12, 3 sermons and 1 funeral sermon Ebensburg: April 13, 1898 to April 23. 14 sermons--called to the pastorate but did not accept. This closes the chapter and the outline of my Pennsylvania work and all that was of Christ. Amen PAGE 208 CHAPTER VIII Indian Territory----Cherokee Nation I will not take up time now speaking of the circumstance which led to our going to the territory but it was principally brought about by a notice in the Baptist Commonwealth and a correspondence with Dr. Rogers of Muscogee, I.T. I left Tyrone May 25, 1899. My wife was in Atmore Ala. Gracie and Willie remained to sell or ship the household effects when I got settled. Arriving Cincinnati, Oh, 7:30 a.m. May 26, St. Louis, Mo. 6:30 p.m., Muscogee, I.T. On the 27th, 12:15 p.m. Full expense from Tyrone, PA to I.T. $23.00. I remained in Muscogee until May 31st. Visited Bacones University and attended church on the Lords day. Vinita, I.T. May 31, 1899 came here this a.m. Saw the L.A. Society in the afternoon and led the prayer meeting at night. Sabbath June 4th began extra meetings and continued up to the 14th. PAGE 209 Preaching 14 sermons. A number sought an interest in prayer and 3 thought that they had met with a change of heart. A call to the pastorate was extended to date from the 15, 1899 which I accepted from the 15th to the 17th I was in attendance upon the Territory Convention at Muscogee. There were a number of full-blooded Indian preachers in attendance. I enjoyed hearing them sing and pray in their own language. June 15, 1899 July 1, 1901. Sermons about 325, visits about 1000, baptisms 12 added by letter and statement 35. Prayer meetings attended about 735 + 14,749(?) always in attendance upon the S.S. and BYON. This only gives a faint idea of the amount of work done. In the good providence of God I have a home and buggy and, thus, could do more work than otherwise often preaching in outlining districts 5-8 and 12 miles out. In those places I probably preached about 20 sermons. It is a country of great destitution spiritually. I was supported in my work to a certain extent by the H.M.S. of N.Y. and the home board of Atlanta, GA. Also, the I.T. Convention Board as well as the field.

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PAGE 210 Vinita is a town of about 4000 inhabitants with a rather promising future concerning R.R. facilities and in the rich surrounding country. Our daughter Gracie married out there during the last year of my pastorate a Mr. W.C. Cornatzer who lives on a big prairie farm there. Feeling that I had fulfilled by mission in Vinita, I.T. I resigned and preached my farewell sermon June 30th 1901. Sometime previous Mrs. Patterson fell and broke her left wrist. It was a very painful fracture and took a long time to unite and heal. It probably led in the end to our breaking up housekeeping and my coming over to visit a while with Lottie in McRae. July 4, 1901 all the children at home in numbers on a visit the 1st time in years. We also enjoyed having 5 of our grandchildren present on that occasion. I forgot to say that Barry was not there having been away from us for 8 or 9 years. PAGE 211 He came to see us in Fernandina, FL. March 28, 1902 and made a good visit. On the 1st of Sept. 1901 we left the Indian Territory for the South. While in the Territory I attended the S.B. Convention for the 1st time when it met at Hot Springs, ARK. May 11--14, 1900. It was profitable and an interesting occasion. Before leaving the territory I held meetings at Afton at Fairland and Pryor Creek. Afton, I.T.: 1901 July 7-14, sermons 8 Pryor Creek, I.T.: July 28 Aug. 1st, sermons 5. Quite an interest manifested. Fairland, I.T, 1901: Aug. 24 Sept 8th, sermons 18. This closes the chapter for Indian Territory PAGE 212 Mrs. Patterson, Lottie and 5 children, i.e., all of us left on the 9th of Sept. at 6 p.m. for the south. I stopped next p.m. at Birmingham, Ala. The rest went on to McRae. Next day I started for Atmore, Ala. to visit Harry and wife arriving Sept. 12, 10 a.m. Enjoyed my visit. I had never met Harriet before. Atmore, Ala., Sept. 13-19, 6 sermons Flomaton, Ala. Sept. 20-30, sermons 15 one or two for baptism Oct. 2nd stopped last night in Milton, Fla. De Funiak Springs, Fla. again, after an absence of 11 years 1901: Oct. 213 in the Universalist Church house, sermons 15, 5 added by letter. PAGE 213 Ponce De Leon, Fla.: Oct. 15-24, 1901, sermons 17, baptisms 8 and about 8 more testified to a change of heart; 28th at Pensacola with Russell 3 hours; Went on to Flomaton, Ala. Sat. and Sabbath at Atmore with Harry; M.E. House, Greenville, Ala at a Baptist association, 1 sermon; Oct. 29-30. In Montgomery, Ala. night of the 31st. The devil was holding a street fair. About 20,000 people attending. Nov. 1, 1901 afternoon in McRae, Ga. with Shade and Lottie and wife. Preached twice for him. Baptist once. Helena, Ga,: Nov. 16-24, 1901, sermons 11, 10 or 12 sought an interest in prayer and some backsliders promised to lead better lives, 1 RM converted I think PAGE 214 Shade and Lottie had a good deal of sickness in their home at this time. Nov. 26, 1901, I left McRae, Ga. I stopped over at Baxley until the 29th. Sermons 3, a nice meeting. Stopped a night at Brunswick and C______? Boat? next day to Fernandina, Fla. Nov. 30th arrived noon after an absence of about 10 years. I will say more about it in my record of Fernandina. This ends my itinerary for a little while at least. Amen Married while in Vinita, I.T., 24 couples and married in Vermont 12 couples; Fla. 6; GA 1; Delaware 1; Penn. 6 Total 50/20-70, Grand Total 11/27-13

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PAGE 217 From 1880 up to my last trip to Fernandina, Fla. Nov. 30, 1901, as nearly as I can make out on my books, I have preached 11,000 sermons. Received about 800 for baptism, many of whom I baptized myself. Received about 307 by letterstatement and restoration, i.e., and attended perhaps about 100 funerals. Looking over 35 years of a Christian life I could give no definite account of the hundreds of souls who seemed to accept Christ through my efforts and then I am well aware that we cannot tell anyway. Man looks on the outside God alone can see the heart: I think PAGE 218: continued from pg. 217 again and again for whatever I may have accomplished in his Name, God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross. Amen. (signed) W.G. Patterson Newspaper clipping. Commonwealth, Phila. PAGE 219: newspaper clipping. Some Penna scraps. The Baptist Expositor. DuBois, PA. Commonwealth. at State Mission meeting, Altoona, PA PAGE 220: Newspaper clipping--Curwensville ReviewCurwensville--Clearfield County, Penn. PAGE 221: Newspaper clipping--1917 The above article recorded and published in the Atmore record Seraturn Sept. 1917 PAGE 222: Newspaper clipping--Vinita Indian Territory. The Baptist Commonwealth. The above is the paper named The Indian Chieftain PAGE 223: 1899--Newspaper Territory--Baptist Beacon PAGE 224: Copy of program for the Board Meeting of the Grand River Association. (bottom) W. G. Patterson, Moderator The American Baptist Home Mission Society PAGE 224 a: 1899--Program for the Sunday School Convention of Indian Territory PAGE 225: Newspaper clipping Fla. 1891--Evangelistic PAGE 226: Newspaper clipping--1902 Baptist Witness, Fla. PAGE 227: Newspaper clipping by W.G. Patterson, Fernandina, April 7 PAGE 228: newspaper clipping--1891 PAGE 229: newspaper clipping1891. bottom of page : For the present the balance of this is lost. I hope I may find it. The paper wanted is Witness, Sept. 2, 1891 PAGE 230: Clearfield Baptist Association. Officers for 1896-97. Pennsylvaniatop of page PAGE 231: Indian Territory Cherokee Nation. MINUTES of the Sixteenth Anniversary Hand written----First one '99 at Afton, 2 next year away beyond Grand River where I had thrilling experience in fording the river on my return with my horse and buggy. It was a narrow escape but the Lord brought me safely over. W.G.P. PAGE 232: newspaper clipping. PTIST. October 30, 1889 PAGE 233: newspaper clipping. 1889 Some Facts about Baptism, etc.
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PAGE 234: newspaper clipping. More Facts about Baptism PAGE 235: newspaper clipping PAGE 236: Minutes of the Fourteenth Annual Session. Top of page: Witness no. 5 is missing. I sincerely trust that I may find it So as to supply Facts: 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24. The paper wanted is Nov. 27, 1889 PAGE 237: newspaper clipping. more: Facts about Baptism PAGE 238: newspaper clipping. Some facts about Baptism Dec. 25, 1889 PAGE 239: newspaper clipping. continued PAGE 240: The First Baptist Church, Fernandina, Fla. Dedication Services, March 20, 1902 PAGE 241: First Baptist Church Calendar PAGE 242: Florida Baptist Witness, 1892 CHAPTER IX Fla. Again (1901) PAGE 243 Some items belonging to this chapter will be found pasted on pages 226, 240, 242 This chapter begins with Dec. 1, 1901. As before noted I came to Fernandina the previous day and arranged to preach the next day and night. Monday night I was called again to the pastor after a lapse of 10 years. Circumstances at that time transpired to close my work over which neither the church nor I had any control. My coming again seemed to be providential at least both the church and myself were thus impressed. Today July 28, 1902 and we have not yet been impressed to the contrary. The work seems to be progressing nicely. We have had additions by letter. The audiences are very good. Very frequently on Sunday night there are those who seek and interest and prayer. The BYPN is showing there it was and is one good work on the whole the outlook is promising. On May 15th of this year in the good provision of God, Rachel my precious wife . . . PAGE 244: continued from pg. 243 in Canada after an absence of about 25 years--she had a pleasant trip by water to N.Y. and Hall River and thence by rail to Boston where she visited relatives and friends for about 3 or 4 weeks. She seems to have enjoyed this trip up to this date very much and I am very glad of that. No one deserves to have a pleasant time any more than she. After leaving Boston she visited relatives in Woolwich, Maine and in Gaspereaux, St. John, Fairfield and St. Martins, New Brunswick. Her next points will be Amherst, Oxford and perhaps Pictou and Halifax. I am glad that I am entering into the joy that this visit gives my precious old jewel, about as much as if I were there myself with the exception that there is no use in trying to deny the loneness and the vacancy which her absence creates. But one great comfort I know that she will love me a heap on account of both of these conditions of mind in heart. My joy in her joy and my loneliness in her absence because both things prove conclusively that I love her just as I find I did 35 years ago. If the Lord spares my life I should like to take a trip for 6 or 8 weeks myself. The home of my children next summer. I left there (Canada) Dec. 1877 nothing further to record . . . PAGE 245 Except that I am beginning to count the days until my precious one returns to Fernandina but I wont tell her until she comes again. Visits to date 375, sermons 62. Fernandina July 28, 1902 At Callahan with Bro Andress June 2-6, 1902, sermons 8. Next week at St. Augustine in the Baptist convention. A good time 7/28/1902 W.G.P. It will be seen that I have not written any more on this record until now. Aug. 9, 1905, and so I will continue the Fernandina record. Will be here 4 years Nov. 3 rd. The work has been greatly blessed. We had 100 additions about 32 of them by baptism. The church bought a lot for $750.00 later pulled down the old cottages and built two new ones. Total cost $1000.00 both under ___? at $27.00 per month.
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The church house has also been painted by the L.A.S. The BYP which was weak when I came is now a flourishing body with over 100 members. Our prayer and other meetings of the church are well attended. Have had opportunities to take other charges since I came here, but declined because as yet could not see my work was ended on this field. In the last 4 years we have given for missions and for pastors salary and all purposes about $5600.00 and here I end the record up to Jan. 1, 1906. PAGE 246: newspaper clippingThe Filipine Friars Deaths and marriages omitted. Have married 6 or 7 and perhaps have attended 8 or 10 funerals. Florida Baptist Witness. Sept. 3, 1902 PAGE 247: newspaper clipping. Jacksonville Association Fla. Baptist Witness----Nov. 5, 1902 Association Mtg, Oct. 24 PAGE 248: newspaper clippingWoman's Work--December 3, 1902The Baptist Witness PAGE 249: newspaper clipping PAGE 250: newspaper clipping PAGE 251: newspaper clipping PAGE 252: newspaper clippingGods Goodness--Florida Baptist Witness--Dec. 24, 1902 PAGE 253: newspaper clipping PAGE 254: newspaper clipping PAGE 255: newspaper clippingPersonal & Pertinent PAGE 256: newspaper clipping--The Doctrine of Regeneration--The Baptist Witness PAGE 257: newspaper clipping PAGE 258: newspaper clipping PAGE 259: newspaper clipping PAGE 260: newspaper clipping--On The Parapet PAGE 260 b: Sunday School Board Southern Baptist Convention--Feb. 15, 1905 PAGE 261: newspaper clipping--Florida Baptist Witness 7/29/1903--bottom of page: The Name Patterson PAGE 262: newspaper clipping--October 28, 1903--Florida Baptist Witness PAGE 263: newspaper clipping PAGE 264: newspaper clipping PAGE 265:NONE PAGE 266:---NONE PAGE 267 Written 8/9/05, Fernandina, Fla. Our precious daughter Carlotta Kate Maude called in childhood days Lottie just my later years , Lottie was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada on the 27th day of September A.D. 1871. She was next to
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the first born who was born April 21, 1870named also Kate Maude, and she died the next year in Amherst, Nova Scotia on Oct. 2nd. She was a beautiful child but God took her and gave us Lottie to fill her place. Lottie also was a lovely child and we believe that her young heart was given to Jesus at the age of 5. While I was leading the Protestant High School in Antigonish--Nov. 1875 to Nov. 1877. We think at that early age she was instrumental in winning a catholic girl to church. In child like simplicity she told her of Jesus and his love. In 1877 in the month of December we moved to Hartford, Conn. Where Lottie at the age of 8 years and 4 months and 2 days (Jan. 25, 1880) offered herself for membership in the South Baptist Church on her experience which was satisfactory to the church and she was therefore baptized forthwith by the Pastor Hugh O. Genfecony about the 10th year of her age. She had succeeded well in her music that she became his little organist for the church at PAGE 268: newspaper clipping from Connecticut we moved to Vermont and from Vermont to Fla. 1885 (Dec.) In 1891 I became pastor at Arcadia, South Fla. During our sojourn there which was about 14 months Lottie was married to a young lawyer by the name of Shade W. Walker from Fayetteville, Tenn. About 6 or so months after this marriage he entered the M.E. Ministry South. They spent their first 4 years at Moultrie, Fla. And was now transferred to Southern California where they remained I judge about 3 years. Their next field was at Wrightsville and McRae, Georgia and the labor the Methodist Seminary at Sutherland, Fla. Where PAGE 269 a it was at the later place that the awful tragedy referred to in these resolutions of sympathy took place. (page 268) Mr. and Mrs. Walker with 5 others went out for a pleasant boat sail to Anclote Light House April 4, 1904 on the return trip to the college the boat was capsized and 5 young persons perished before any one came to their rescue. Miss OConner, Mrs. McRae. Lottie about 10 p.m. Mr. Bolan and Miss Slaughter Mr. Walker and Miss Newton survived and were taken off the wreck. It was a terrible shock to my previous Lotties body was recovered on Wed. the 6th and interred on the afternoon of the 7th in a beautiful place in St. Augustine, Fla. (Evergreen Cemetery-way in the back on the left-hand sidesmall stone) She lived to be 32 years, 5 months and 26 days old, and leaves a husband, parents, 4 brothers, one sister and 6 lovely children to mourn her absence from the home circle. She was a good mother, devoted wife and fondly attached to her parents. Especially she did love her mother with a love as strong as death. She had a host of friends and was greatly beloved by everybody that knew her. PAGE 269 b With the cares of such a large family and being slight of build, it would not be expected that she would be able to take an active part in such work. She did what she could conscientiously among he people. She was a Baptist until the day of her death but never after marriage ever had any great opportunity to attend Baptist services but at the same time, she did what she could conscientiously among the people to whom her husband ministered and I was probably informed that she labored earnestly at the college for the salvation of souls, going into the rooms with young girls and talking to them about the way of life. Her Christian life was quiet and unostentatious and while her religion was not like the noisy cataract her life abounded in good deeds and in acts of kindness that helped many a heart. She was a woman of strong feelings, and impulses but balanced by good sense. Kind, genial, loving and full of hospitality. Though being young, she had a large share of the fiery furnace in body, soul and spirit and we believe that it can be said of her truly, She went up out of great tribulation washed her robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. PAGE 269 c: Typed page of resolution of sympathy Hearing with feelings of sorrow and sympathy, that the beautiful Christian life of Mrs. S. W. Walker was cut short y the appalling accident, which befell her and 4 others on the waters of the Gulf, and threw such a pall of sorrow over the family and Seminary to which she was attached; and realizing the great loss the parents, husband and children as well as the Florida Seminary at Sutherland have sustained therefore Be it resolvedThat we, the members of the Baptist and Methodist Churches respectively, of Fernandina, the home of Mrs. Walkers parents, do hereby tender the bereaved husband and children, and parents Rev. and Mrs. Patterson our most heartfelt sympathy; and assure them that our united and individual prayers rise continually to the Heavenly Father, that He may sustain and comfort them in their crushing grief, and that He may sanctify this affliction to their spiritual good. Be it further resolvedThat a copy of these resolutions be sent to Rev. S. W. Walker, the husband, Rev. and Mrs. Patterson, the parents, and to the Florida Christian Advocate, The Southern Baptist, The Florida Baptist Witness and be inserted in the Fernandina Papers.
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Signed on behalf of the two above Churches by the V.P. Garland, W. C. Beal, Committee, Jno. C. PowellP. W. Simmons, S. A. Swain, J. D. Arney PAGE 270: newspaper clippings--Rev. W. G. Pattersonpicture of him--June 1904--at bottom of PAGEI wrote this article for Dr. Willingham nearly 12 years ago, Atmore, Ala. Nov. 22, 1917 PAGE 271: newspaper clipping--Southern Witness PAGE 272: continued--newspaper clipping--The foregoing article was written by request of Rev. J. R. Wellghan??? D.D. Corresponding secretary to the F.N.B. Of the Southern Baptist Convention and published by him in the Southern Witness Dr. M.C. McCall pastor First Baptist Church, Tampa, Fla in Southern Witness--March 21, 1905 PAGE 272 b: was a folded paper--Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention PAGE 273: newspaper clipping--Southern Witness PAGE 273 b: newspaper clipping--Home Circle--Christian Union (part 2) by W.G. Patterson, Fernandina, Fla. PAGE 274: newspaper clipping--Christian Union (Part III) PAGE 275: continued--newspaper clipping PAGE 276: newspaper clipping--The Southern Witness--May 25, 190_ PAGE 277: newspaper clipping--visit to Amherst 1906 PAGE 278: newspaper clipping--The Atmore RecordMay 28, 1914--Knobnoster5/21/08 PAGE 279: newspaper clipping--This convention met at Nashville. May 13-18, 1914 PAGE 280: newspaper clipping--Dr. Patterson's Farewell Sermon--The Lake Region--Eustis, Ala. PAGE 281: newspaper clipping--Fla. Baptist Witness Nov. 6, 1913--Notes from Bro. Patterson PAGE 282: newspaper clipping--The Daily Telegraph, Amherst N. S. Canada Sept. 8, 1906 PAGE 283: newspaper clipping--The Southern Baptist, Fernandina Fla., Feb. 21, 1907 PAGE 284: continued newspaper clipping PAGE 285: continued PAGE 286: continued PAGE 287: newspaper clipping--The Metropolis--Jacksonville, Fla. Sept. 23, 1911 Baptist Church of South Side will Dedicate New Building PAGE 288: blank PAGE 289: -Obituary of Harriet Lane Kellogg We have written to Mrs. Kellogg recently thinking that she was still living but we were painfully surprised on receiving today a marked copy of the New Haven Journal, Conn. Containing this clipping advising us that she passed over the river. She indeed was all that this obituary says and much more. She and her sainted mother were very dear friends of Mrs. Patterson and myself. We knew then in Connecticut at least 35 years ago, but it will not be so long until we shall join our loved one and them and other dear friends in the sweet bye and bye just beyond the valley of the shadow of death . . . W.G.P.
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PAGE 290: Alabama Baptist PAGE 291: newspaper clipping A telegram received this morning telling of the death of Rev. W. G. Patterson at Philadelphia, PA. PAGE 292: newspaper clipping Atmore, Ala.

IN MEMORIAM Rev. W. G. Patterson died April 10, 1920, Millville Hospital ,Vineland, N.J., Aged 78 years.

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