Great History of a relative unknown minister. The pastorate of the Roger Williams church in Providence became vacant soon after his resignation had been sent to the society at Olneyville. But not until final action by the latter, sundering the relationship which had subsisted' between them, would he listen to any proposition fur his labors elsewhere; and after his pastorate had formally closed, private solicitations having reference to the Providence pastorate were met by little encouragement. While at Edinburgh he received a formal call to the Roger Williams church, with the privilege of a...

Elder Abel Thornton was born Aug. 16, 1799 and died in Providence County, Rhode Island In 1820 he was captivated by the earnest preaching of Miss Clarissa H. Danforth and the Elder Joseph White of the Smithfield "Free Will" Baptist Church. Abel became increasingly active in this Christian society. He died of consumption October 14, 1827, while wandering around New England as an itinerant preacher, spreading the word of God to all who would listen. This book is his "diary," The Life of Elder Abel Thornton, and was printed in Providence by the Free Will Baptists in 1828.

Soon after Mr. Burr's death, four years ago, the subject of preparing a biography of him was mentioned to me. In consequence of other engagements the work was deferred, but on my return to New England after an absence of several months, I determined that it should receive my first attention. Believing the presentation of simply representative facts and incidents to be the true method of writing biography, I have found materials so abundant that it has been my constant aim to contract rather than dilute. Indebted to numerous sources for assistance, I shall make special mention of none of them,...

Hymns printed in 1856 for singing and devotion

Orissa Mission was started in India in the early 1830's but later was joined by Missionaries from the Randall Movement of Free Will Baptists. More than eight medical doctors spent many years in this mission. An interesting history.

Williams, Rev. Alvin Dighton, D. D., was born Oct. 13, 1825, graduated at Hamilton College, New York, in 1849. He has been superintendent of schools for Lawrence, Mass., and for West Virginia, president of the Northwestern and West Virginia Colleges, principal of Nebraska State Normal School, and member of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture. He was editor/publisher of the Freewill Baptist Quarterly, and is the author of "The Rhode Island Freewill Baptist Pulpit," "The Support of the Ministry," "Memorials of the Free Communion Baptists."

Williams, Rev. Alvin Dighton, D. D., was born Oct. 13, 1825, graduated at Hamilton College, New York, in 1849. He has been superintendent of schools for Lawrence, Mass., and for West Virginia, president of the Northwestern and West Virginia Colleges, principal of Nebraska State Normal School, and member of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture. He was editor/publisher of the Freewill Baptist Quarterly, and is the author of "The Rhode Island Freewill Baptist Pulpit," "The Support of the Ministry," "Memorials of the Free Communion Baptists."