The Afro-American press and its editors . A. N. McEwen, editor of The Baptist Leader, theofficial organ of the colored Baptists of Alabama, was born inLaFayette County, Miss., April 29, 1849. Although he Lasno alma mater, having picked up his education here andthere, he is an acknowledged leader of his race. He is a Baptist missionary preacher. He left Mississippiin the fall of 1866, and went to Nashville, Tenn., where hemet Miss Lizzie Harvel, to whom he was married in Novem-ber, 1869. In 1S70, while attending a revival at Mt. Zionchurch, be was brought to feel the need of a Savior. Afterhis
The Afro-American press and its editors . A. N. McEwen, editor of The Baptist Leader, theofficial organ of the colored Baptists of Alabama, was born inLaFayette County, Miss., April 29, 1849. Although he Lasno alma mater, having picked up his education here andthere, he is an acknowledged leader of his race. He is a Baptist missionary preacher. He left Mississippiin the fall of 1866, and went to Nashville, Tenn., where hemet Miss Lizzie Harvel, to whom he was married in Novem-ber, 1869. In 1S70, while attending a revival at Mt. Zionchurch, be was brought to feel the need of a Savior. Afterhis conversion he united with the Mt. Zion church, andwas baptized by Rev. J. Bransford. Feeling that he wascalled to preach the gospel, he petitioned his church for theprivilege to labor among the common people of the he did with such success, he finally received a licenseto preach, and was called to the charge of a church atTullahoma, Tenn. It .was during his pastorate here that hisability as a minister began to manifest 301 302 THE AFRO-AMERICAN PRESS. He was a lover of books, and an earnest student. He liaspreached several annual sermons before school associations,state conventions, and various societies. He is a naturalorator, and never fails to capture his audience. He is wittyand humorous, almost to a fault. It is his aim in speakingto tell the truth, and thereby touch the hearts of his hearers. Although a busy journalist, he is now pastor of the DexterAvenue Baptist church, whose members are among the mostrefined people of the state, his congregation being largelycomposed of the business men of the city, as well as oflawyers, doctors, school teachers, and merchants. The churchedifice, one of the finest in the South, was four years inbuilding, and cost over $50,000. Mr. McEwen is a member of the board of trustees of SelmaUniversity, and chairman of the state mission board. Inpolitics, he is a Republican, and is a member of the stateexecutive board of the R
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