A Noble Company
Biographical Essays on Notable
Particular-Regular Baptists in America
Volume 8
Edited by Terry Wolever
Volume 8 contains essays on twenty more men and women from the early to mid-nineteenth century, a period known for its great missionary outreach. Hardcover. Bound in Navy cloth vellum with gold stamping. 702 pages. Illustrated with some rare portraits and other pictures. Three extensive indexes - Persons, Subjects and Churches.
The essays contained in this volume are:
1. David Benedict (1779-1874) by Matthew L. Underwood
2. Lott Carey (c.1780-1828) by Albert W. Wardin, Jr.
3. John Peck (1780-1849) by Terry Wolever
4. Alfred Bennett (1780-1851) by Jeffrey P. Straub
5. John Kerr (1782-1843) by Johnny Truelove
6. Daniel Hascall (1782-1852) by William Brackney & Terry Wolever
7. Luther Rice (1783-1836) by John Mark Terry
8. Silas Mercer Noel (1783-1839) by Steve Weaver
9. Alexander M. Beebee (1783-1856) by Terry Wolever
10. Thomas Roberts (1783-1865) by Micah Caswell
11. Isaac McCoy (1784-1846) by Gary W. Long
12. Charles Bartolette (1784-1852) by Terry Wolever
13. William Palmer (1785-1853) by Jeffrey A. Waldrop
14. Spencer H. Cone (1785-1855) by Matthew C. Hoskinson
15. Thomas Conant (1785-1870) by Jeffrey A. Waldrop
16. Jonathan Going (1786-1844) by Bill J. Leonard
17. Christiana P. McCoy (1787-1850) by Gary W. Long
18. Adoniram Judson, Jr. (1788-1850) by Jerry Cain
19. Samuel Eastman (1788-1858) by C. Douglas Weaver
20. Ann H. Judson (1789-1826) by Sharon James
There are seven appendixes:
A. Covenant, Articles of Faith, and Rules of Discipline of the First Baptist Church, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1805. David Benedict, pastor
B. Principles (or Articles of Faith) adopted at the constitution of the Maria Creek Baptist Church, Indiana Territory, May 20, 1809
C. Letter from Luther Rice to Mr. Wilson, dated Washington, D.C., April 29, 1823
D. Charter of the First Particular Baptist Church (later First Baptist Church) of Paterson, New Jersey, July 31, 1824
E. The Constitution of the Central New Jersey Baptist Association, formed at Hightstown, New Jersey, October 25, 1828
F. A Burman Liturgy, composed by Adoniram Judson, 1829, translated into English
G. Letter from Spencer H. Cone to John W. Sarles, dated New York, November 2, 1847
Lastly, this volume includes a listing of the individual essays and contributing writers in A Noble Company, Volumes 1-7
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