The Afro-American press and its editors . .There is probably no young man irrespective of color, whosesuccess in ministering to the saints and wielding the editorialpen has been greater than Rev. Mr. Gordons. Born of humble parentage, in the state of North Carolina,November 1, 1861, he has, by prayerful attention to wordand deed, made his influence felt all over the country, beingfamiliarly known as the young eloquent divine. His earlylife in school was spent under the guidance of Mr. ThomasMixon, on Roanoke Island. From a boy, he has been knownas a good declaimer. A writer, speaking of his ea
The Afro-American press and its editors . .There is probably no young man irrespective of color, whosesuccess in ministering to the saints and wielding the editorialpen has been greater than Rev. Mr. Gordons. Born of humble parentage, in the state of North Carolina,November 1, 1861, he has, by prayerful attention to wordand deed, made his influence felt all over the country, beingfamiliarly known as the young eloquent divine. His earlylife in school was spent under the guidance of Mr. ThomasMixon, on Roanoke Island. From a boy, he has been knownas a good declaimer. A writer, speaking of his early careerin this respect, says: Friday afternoon being set apart bythe teacher for piece speaking, or speech making, the firsttime that Charles appeared on the programme was an eventin the history of the school and an epoch in his life. He grew so exceedingly eloquent, that he held his audi-ence charmed and spell-bound. From that day it becameknown that he possessed great oratorical powers. From this,he made rapid progress as an 196 THE AFRO-AMERICAN PRESS. Having professed faith in Christ, he determined to enterthe Richmond theological seminary, at Richmond, Va., in1881. Completing a course of three years, he was, to hissurprise, called to the pastorate of a large church in Peters-burg, Va. His labors at this church have been highlysuccessful. He published, in 1884, a book of sermons,preached at various times. It is a volume of four hundredand twenty pages, and is replete with evidence of his abilityas a theologian. His journalistic career began with the launching of HiePilot, a monthly religious sheet, May 16, 1888, of which hewas the founder, proprietor and editor. It was at oncemade the organ of the Virginia Baptist State the suspension of The Baptist Companion, at Ports-mouth, the Baptists had no organ through which they couldspeak, until the founding of The Pilot, which afforded thema mouth-piece. The Pilot became popular at once, and in demand.
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