Sketches of prominent citizens of 1876 : with a few of the pioneers of the city and county who have passed away . iss is rather below the medium height, a ro-tund form, quite heavy, smooth, regular features, dark hair and eyes,an active temperament and quite sociable. For the above, with the exception of a few immaterial alterations,I am indebted to a sketch of the doctor by the Rev. Mr. Kincaid, ofPittsburg, Pennsylvania. At the close of Doctor Baylisss second year in the ministry, he wasmarried on the 28th of September, 1859, to Miss Sarah A. Britton, ofWestern New York. The writer will ever
Sketches of prominent citizens of 1876 : with a few of the pioneers of the city and county who have passed away . iss is rather below the medium height, a ro-tund form, quite heavy, smooth, regular features, dark hair and eyes,an active temperament and quite sociable. For the above, with the exception of a few immaterial alterations,I am indebted to a sketch of the doctor by the Rev. Mr. Kincaid, ofPittsburg, Pennsylvania. At the close of Doctor Baylisss second year in the ministry, he wasmarried on the 28th of September, 1859, to Miss Sarah A. Britton, ofWestern New York. The writer will ever remember the first time he met the doctor. Hewas then carrying out the injunctions and obeying the commands ofour Savior, I was in prison and ye came unto me. It was in thecells of a poor condemned felon under sentence of death. Nor can Iforget the gloom depicted on the doctors countenance when he in-formed the poor criminal that executive clemency had been positivelydenied him, and the only hope was to prepare to meet a just and mer-ciful God. By arrangement we had agreed to meet the poor man next day, but. JtimitiersteiTLbrosAiJ, ludijaiapo]!:; Latho^^rapiac -s^. /X GEORGE BRUCE. 335 before the hour arrived he had taken morphine with suicidal intent, andhis soul was before that God of whom the doctor had spoken to himin such a feeling manner. But his mission of what he conceived to behis duty did not stop here. He, together with the Rev. Mr. As-bury and other Methodist ministers, attended and preached the unfor-tunate mans funeral sermon, and never have I heard for the length ofit a more impressive exhortation than he delivered. Doctor Bayliss is beloved by both congregations of which he hashad charge in this city. His dignity of manner and efficient and poet-ical talent secure him the respect and confidence of his hearers,and have attracted many who are without the pale of his or any otherchurch to hear him. Since the above was written Doctor Bayliss has been assigned by th
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