. The Southern Baptist pulpit . lddevise and omnipotence provide of joy and over against that inheritance, for our choosing—what ? The wages of sin —which is death. William Warren Landrum, eldest son of Rev. Dr. Syl-vanus Landrum, was born at Macon, Ga., January 18, 1853 ;converted and baptized when thirteen years of age, and calledto preach at eighteen years of age, and licensed by the FirstChurch of Savannah, Ga.; educated at Mercer University, Macon,Ga., and Brown University, Providence, R. I., where he gradu-ated as bachelor of arts in 1872, and at the Southern BaptistTheological
. The Southern Baptist pulpit . lddevise and omnipotence provide of joy and over against that inheritance, for our choosing—what ? The wages of sin —which is death. William Warren Landrum, eldest son of Rev. Dr. Syl-vanus Landrum, was born at Macon, Ga., January 18, 1853 ;converted and baptized when thirteen years of age, and calledto preach at eighteen years of age, and licensed by the FirstChurch of Savannah, Ga.; educated at Mercer University, Macon,Ga., and Brown University, Providence, R. I., where he gradu-ated as bachelor of arts in 1872, and at the Southern BaptistTheological Seminary. Ordained at Jefferson, Tex., May, 1874,and pastor at Shreveport, La., for nearly two years; at FirstChurch, Augusta, Ga., for nearly six years ; and has been pastorof the Second Church, Richmond, Ya., for nearly thirteen years;was given the degree of d. d. by Washington and Lee Universityin 1885. His high character, affable manner, and pulpit gifts,have made him universally popular, both with the laity W. W. Landkum, D. D. VI ALL1 BY W. W. LANDRUM, D. D. All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore,and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of theSon, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things what-soever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even untothe end of the world. Matt. 28 : 18, 19, 20. PECULIAR interest belongs to what we know tobe the last. On a mountain in Galilee ourIyord gave his last command. Already he had dis-charged the duties of his redemptive mission. Asprophet he had preached the scheme of Gods uni-versal love to sinners; as priest he had offered him-self as a propitiation for the sins of the world by thesacrifice on the cross; as king he had triumphed oversin, death, and the grave. And now, surrounded bythose who had caught his spirit and been saved byhis power, Jesus Christ, before ascending to the righthand of Gods throne, delivered to them his last g
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