A TRUE BAPTIST

A TRUE BAPTIST

This story is told in connection with the early days of Carson-Newman College, which was being operated not too long after the Civil War, not as a college but as a Baptist orphanage. The head of the orphanage was a mountain preacher. He had been out several weeks riding his mare back in those mounta...

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1. Verfasser: Ben C. Fisher
Format: Buchkapitel
Sprache:eng
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Applied arts
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Christianity
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Orphanages
Practical theology
Preachers
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Spiritual belief systems
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Theology
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Zusammenfassung:This story is told in connection with the early days of Carson-Newman College, which was being operated not too long after the Civil War, not as a college but as a Baptist orphanage. The head of the orphanage was a mountain preacher. He had been out several weeks riding his mare back in those mountain coves and hollows, collecting money to support the children during the winter. He had started home and was just coming down Roan Mountain. He reached a spot where he could see the blue smoke coming up from the kitchen fire at his home, and he
DOI:10.2307/j.ctt1xp3md1.72