. History of the first African Baptist Church [electronic resource]: from its organization, January 20th, 1788, to July 1st, 1888 : including the centennial celebration, addresses, sermons, ea of church work was on the mostdignified order. It could hardly have been otherwise, owingto his cultured rearing. He was progressive in church workand in church order. He was actually at one time opposed toaccepting, upon the part of the church, $70 from a party of sis-ters because it was raised from a supper given for that purposewhich had music. He contended that the gospel did not war-rant raisi
. History of the first African Baptist Church [electronic resource]: from its organization, January 20th, 1788, to July 1st, 1888 : including the centennial celebration, addresses, sermons, ea of church work was on the mostdignified order. It could hardly have been otherwise, owingto his cultured rearing. He was progressive in church workand in church order. He was actually at one time opposed toaccepting, upon the part of the church, $70 from a party of sis-ters because it was raised from a supper given for that purposewhich had music. He contended that the gospel did not war-rant raising money in that way for the church, and instead ofaccepting the money he was in favor of expelling the created quite a sensation, and for a while made him un-popular with many. If he could have enforced his ideas hewould have had a model gospel church. But this was at leastan hundred years too soon for the inaugurating of such would have been like rooting up the tares in the wheat,which would have done more harm than good. The day mustcome, however, when his ideas must be adopted. When thisgrand man died the church had just cause to mourn. African Baptist Church. 85. CHAPTER XIVRev. E. K. Love, D. D.—His Call and Pastorate. [By Rev. S. A. MoNeal, of Augusta, his friend.] Eev. Emanuel K. Love, was born in Perry county, nearMarion, Alabama, July the 27th, 1850. He was a slave andreared on a farm. His parents were poor and were unable to educate him. He had a burning desire toget an education. He was converted in the spring of 1868 andbaptized in July of the same year by Dr. W H. Mcintosh. Hewas baptized in the afternoon and tried to preach that was soon afterwards given permission to preach and wongreat distinction in the country places as a preacher. He soonleft the farm and became a ditcher. In 1871 he entered Lin-coln University, Marion, Alabama (having studied very hardfor six years privately, getting instruction from white pe
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