The Pastor Beloved: An Appreciation of Dr. Henry Alfred Brown Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Forty Years (1877-1917), and Pastor Emeritus of All, the Baptist Churches of Winston-Salem Since 1917 (Classic Reprint) by Gilbert T Stephenson (Paperback / softback, 2015)
Excerpt from The Pastor Beloved: An Appreciation of Dr. Henry Alfred Brown Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Forty Years (1877-1917), And Pastor Emeritus of All, the Baptist Churches of Winston-Salem Since 1917 Dr. Henry A. Brown holds such a distinguished place in the admiration and affection of the people among whom he has lived and labored the past forty-seven years that a record of his life and work should, by all means, be preserved, if for other reason, that it may be the inspiration of future generations. Soon after Dr. Brown retired from the pastorate of the First Baptist Church of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1917, when for the first time in his life he had the prospect of some leisure, it was suggested to him that he prepare an autobiographic sketch and an interpretation of his lifework. The suggestion did t meet with any favor from him. All his life he has been thinking of others and magnifying Ather. He cant w magnify himself by even so much as appearing to evaluate his own accomplishments. Later the Board of Deacons of his church asked me to prepare an appreciation of Dr. Brown. I was then a member of Brown Memorial Baptist Church which was named for him. This appreciation of Dr. Brown, undertaken as a labor of love and pursued intermittently the past five years, has given me more real joy than any work of the kind I have ever done. It has brought me into association with the older residents of Winston-Salem, who have kwn Dr. Brown since he came to the village of Winston in 1877, a young man of thirty-one years. It has given me access to his papers and to his splendid library. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
