HISTORY

OF THE

FROM
ITS ORGANIZATION,
JANUARY 20TH, 1788, TO JULY 1ST, 1888.

INCLUDING THE
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, ADDRESSES, SERMONS, ETC.

BY

REV. E. K. LOVE, D. D.

[Copyright, 1888, by Rev. E. K. Love, Author.]
SAVANNAH, GA.:
THE MORNING NEWS PRINT.
1888

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

• CHAPTER I.
  The Baptism of Rev. Andrew Bryan, his Wife, Hagar and Kate--The Organization of the Church--The Persecution of Mr. Bryan--He Purchased his Liberty--The Purchase of a Church Site in Yamacraw--The Organization of the Second African and Ogeechee Baptist Churches--The Deed of First African Baptist Church made to a Board of Trustees--A Copy of the Deed

• CHAPTER II.
  The Church from 1818 to 1832--Not much is known of the Church from 1788 to 1818--The Great Trouble of 1832--Mr. Marshall Influenced by the Preaching of Alexander Campbell--The Church is Expelled from the Sunsbury Association--The Split of the Church

• CHAPTER III.
  The Continuation of the Trouble--The Third African Baptist Church enters the Association in 1833 with 155 Members--The First African Baptist Church Retains her Identity--The First African Baptist Church Endeavors to come under the Supervision of the White Baptist Church, but is Refused--The Compromise and Settlement of the Trouble--The Organization of the Third African Baptist Church--The Purchase of the Site at Franklin Square--Mr. Marshall's Deposition from the Pastorate--His Restoration

• CHAPTER IV.
  Continuation of the Trouble--The Split and how it was Conducted--The Numbers each Party had--The 155 Received Letters of Dismission and Organized the Third African Baptist Church--The Third African Baptist Church Changed its Name to First Bryan Baptist Church--Various Committees from the White Baptist Church Labored with the Two Contending Parties--Appeals to the Trustees, the Mayor, and other Strategies Resorted to

• CHAPTER V.
  Rev. Mr. Marshall Re-instated--His Church back under the Supervision of the White Baptist Church--The Committee from the White Baptist Church Insisted upon it that Rev. Marshall should not be Pastor--They are Out-generaled by him--Disaffection in the Third African Church

• CHAPTER VI.
  The First African Baptist Church Trying to Re-enter the Association--She Finally Enters--Her Identity Traced from 1788 to 1838, a Period of Fifty Years--She was Expelled as First African Baptist Church, 1832, and Restored as First African Baptist Church, 1837

• CHAPTER VII.
  The New Site at Franklin Square--The Purchase--New Building--More about Rev. Marshall--His Efforts to get Money to Build the Church Edifice--His Trip North--His Death at Richmond, Va.--Rev. Campbell takes up the Work--He Appoints a Building Committee and Completes the Church Edifice

• CHAPTER VIII.
  Rev. George Leile--His Work in Savannah and Departure for Jamaica--His Work in Jamaica--His Letters to Dr. Rippons

• CHAPTER IX.
  Rev. Andrew Bryan--His Baptism--His Troubles--His Pastorate--His Ministry and Death

• CHAPTER X.
  Rev. Andrew C. Marshall--His Conversion and Baptism--Contradiction in his History--His Troubles--His Celebrity--His Great Influence--His Long Pastorate, and Death

• CHAPTER XI.
  Rev. William J. Campbell--His Long and Useful Life--A King among his People--His Ministry--Great Trouble--His Baptism--Called to the Pastorate--His Troubles--The Commencement of the Trouble of 1877

• CHAPTER XII.
  The Trouble of 1877--The Cause--Its Fierceness--The Split--The Call of Rev. Gibbons--The Death of Rev. Campbell, and the Final Settlement--Something Concerning Mr. Campbell's Early Troubles

• CHAPTER XIII.
  Rev. George Gibbons--His Call, Pastorate and Death

• CHAPTER XIV.
  Rev. E. K. Love--His Call--Installation--Pastorate--His Sermons--The Improvements of the Church under his Administration

• CHAPTER XV.
  Dr. Love's Administration--The Enlargement of the Church Edifice--The Manner of Work--The Centennial Clubs and Civic Societies--What they did--The Return of the Gibbons' Place Society--The Children's Church--Rev. Campbell's Monument

• CHAPTER XVI.

  • The Societies of the Church--Their Membership--The Value of their Property and Condition

  • Rev. C. H. Lyons' Sermon and the Presentation of the Banner to the Church

• CHAPTER XVII.
  Something about the Deacons

  • Deacon Adam Johnson--His Eventful Life

  • Deacons Adam Sheftall, Jack Simpson and Robert McNish

  • Deacons W. J. Campbell and J. M. Simms

  • Deacons Murry Monroe and Patrick A. Glenn

  • Deacons James Richard, Friday Gibbons and George Gibbons

  • Deacon C. L. DeLamotta

  • Deacon David McIntosh

  • Deacon F. M. Williams

  • Deacons Richard Baker and John Nesbit

  • Deacon Robert P. Young

  • Deacon Pompey H. Butler

  • Deacon Peter Williams

  • Deacon March Haynes

  • Deacon James H. Hooker

  • Deacon L. J. Pettigrew

  • Deacon Joseph H. Williams

  • Deacon John H. Brown

  • Deacon Willis Harris

  • Deacons John C. Habersham and Peter Houston

  • Deacon Moses L. Jackson

  • Deacons Alexander Rannair and R. H. Johnson

  • Deacon E. C. Johnson

  • Deacon F. J. Wright

  • Rev. James I. Sevorres

  • Mr. W. G. Clark

  • Brethren John E. Grant and C. H. Ebbs

  • Mrs. M. M. Monroe

• CHAPTER XVIII. - [Warning! - Extremely LARGE file to load]

  • The Centennial Celebration of the Church--The Sermons, Papers, etc

  • Report of Special Committee on the Priority of the Church

  • The Welcome Address, by Dr. Love

  • The Introductory Sermon, by Rev. C. T. Walker

  • A Centennarian at the Celebration--Mrs. Mary Jackson

  • Baptist Doctrine, by Rev. S. A. McNeal

  • History of the Colored Baptists of Georgia, by Rev. G. H. Dwelle

  • Baptist Church History, by Rev. W. H. Tillman, Sr

  • The History of the Baptists, by Rev. Levi Thornton

  • The Wants of the Colored Ministry, by Rev. Dr. W. H. McIntosh

  • The Wants of the Colored Ministry, by Rev. Alexander Ellis

  • The Wants of the Colored Ministry, by Rev. W. G. Johnson

  • The Relation of the White and Colored Baptists, by Rev. T. J. Hornsby

  • The Relation of the White and Colored Baptists, by Rev. G. S. Johnson

  • The American Baptist Publication Society and its Work for the Colored People, by Rev. E. K. Love, D. D.

  • The American Baptist Publication Society and its Work for the Colored People, by Rev. N. W. Waterman

  • The Bible as Believed by Baptists, by Rev. J. C. Bryan

  • The Bible as Believed by Baptists, by Rev. G. M. Spratling

  • The Qualification and Dignity of the Ministry, by Rev. Charles H. Brightharp

  • The Duty of Baptists to Home Missions, by Rev. E. J. Fisher

  • The Evils of Intemperance, by Rev. S. D. Rosier

  • Are we Advancing as a Denomination? by Prof. M. P. McCrary

  • The Duty of the Pastor to the Church, by Rev. J. W. Dunjee

  • The Duty of the Church to the Pastor, by Prof. Isaiah Blocker

  • The Duty of the Church to the Pastor, by Deacon R. H. Thomas

  • What is our Duty to the Institutions of the Country? by Prof. H. L. Walker

  • The Importance of Pure Baptist Literature, by Rev. E. P. Johnson

  • The Work and Purity of the Church, by Rev. Henry Jackson

  • Money as a Factor in Christianizing the World, by Rev. W. R. Pettiford

  • Baptist Church Government, by Rev. J. L. Dart

  • A Letter from Dr. Tucker

  • The Act of Baptism, by Rev. J. H. Kilpatrick, D. D

  • No Royal Road to Church Prosperity, by Rev. J. H. Kilpatrick, D. D

  • The Duty of Parents to Sunday Schools, by Prof. James Ross

  • Conclusion, by the Author

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