. 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, 1812, he breathed his last, full of faith, hope,honor, years and good work. He went to live with that Jesusfor whom he suffered. Distinguished white men deliveredeulogies at his funeral. Thus ended the wonderful career ofthis grand, good man, the father of the Baptists in Savannah, onthe coast, and in Georgia. As a man he was humble and fear-less. As a preacher he was faithful and true. Whatever wasdu
. 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, 1812, he breathed his last, full of faith, hope,honor, years and good work. He went to live with that Jesusfor whom he suffered. Distinguished white men deliveredeulogies at his funeral. Thus ended the wonderful career ofthis grand, good man, the father of the Baptists in Savannah, onthe coast, and in Georgia. As a man he was humble and fear-less. As a preacher he was faithful and true. Whatever wasduty was supreme with him. As a pastor he was loving, ten-der and sympathetic. He loved his members as children, andthey reverenced him as a father. When he died it was con-sidered as a calamity by the whole community. One of thebest men that ever lived had passed from labor to reward. Inlife he was beloved by all; in death bemoaned by all. He wasan ornament to society and a blessing to mankind. He wasfollowed to his last resting place by not less than five thousandpersons, and addresses were made at his grave by three distin-guished white men. He was a great man. African Baptist Church. u. CHAPTEE Andrew O. Marshall. Kev. Marshall was born about 1775 in South Carolina. Hewas the nephew of Eev. Andrew Bryan. He was, it is said,pastor of the First African Baptist Church for forty-four years,but this is hardly correct, for from the death of Rev. AndrewBryan to the death of Eev. Marshall was just forty-four is more than likely that some time elapsed before he wasinstalled as pastor at the death of his uncle. The statementrespecting Rev. Marshall is very conflicting. The above refer-ence to his birth is according to Dr. Cathcart. We subjoin astatement that was written by a friend who claimed to havebeen acquainted with the facts in the case and who lived in thedays of Rev. Marshall. Rev. Andrew C. Marshall was born in Bryan county, Ga.,December 25th, 1745. In 1785 he
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