. History of the Augusta church, from 1737 to 1900. istry was as assistantto Rev. H. M. White, D. D., pastor of Loudoun Street Church, Winchester,Va. He was ordained to the full work of the ministry by Winchester Pres-bytery in November, 1878. In June, 1879, he was called to the pastorate ofAugusta Church, and on July 4, 1879, he arrived in the bounds of the con-gregation to undertake the work of this pastorate. Just six weeks beforethis he had been united in marriage to INIiss Ellen Richardson, the seconddaughter of the late Rev. Thomas E. Peck, D. D., LL. D., of Union Theo-logical Seminary.
. History of the Augusta church, from 1737 to 1900. istry was as assistantto Rev. H. M. White, D. D., pastor of Loudoun Street Church, Winchester,Va. He was ordained to the full work of the ministry by Winchester Pres-bytery in November, 1878. In June, 1879, he was called to the pastorate ofAugusta Church, and on July 4, 1879, he arrived in the bounds of the con-gregation to undertake the work of this pastorate. Just six weeks beforethis he had been united in marriage to INIiss Ellen Richardson, the seconddaughter of the late Rev. Thomas E. Peck, D. D., LL. D., of Union Theo-logical Seminary. Dr. Sprunts pastorate continued from July, 1879, toMarch, 1885, ^vhen he accepted a call to the Church at Henderson, N. C,where he continued until called by the Committee of Evangelistic Labor in hisSynod, to undertake the superintendency of this aggressive work of theSynod. He continued in this position for about a year, and shortly afterhis resignation, he accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Church, RockHill, S. C, where he now REV. GEORGE L. BITZER. CHAPTER Geo. L. Bitzer. THE eighth pastor of Augusta Church, was born in Clark county, Va.,December 21, i860. A baptized child of the church, he came to asaving knowledge of Jesus at some time during his thirteenth year (the timeindefinite). Confessed Christ in the Second Presbyterian Church of Alex-andria, Va., January 4, 1874, under the ministry of Rev. J. J. Bullock, D. D.,graduate of St. Johns Academy, Alexandria, in 1877; spent three years inteaching; then, being called to the ministry, five years were given to prepa-ration for the work of preaching, at Washington and Lee University, UnionTheological Seminary, and elsewhere. During one session, i884-85, hetaught Hebrew in the School of Theology at Austin, Texas; was licensed asa probationer for the ministry by Winchester Presbytery, September 11, 1884;ordained by Lexington Presbytery in an adjourned meeting held at AugustaChurch, October 9, 1885; l
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