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while the careful discriminations in his sermons satisfy the hearer of thoughtful preparation, the neat turns of expression, well-chosen words and chaste adornments prove him to be at once the enemy of slovenliness of style and a friend to the unaffected graces of speech. He is a preacher of profit;
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271:" after the American Civil War. In 1890, while other Methodists were starting to reach out to African Americans, he told the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South that "we now have a solidly white church, for which we thank God."
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chapel charge for two years, and in this work he felt the
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256:an important periodical of his denomination.
759:People of Louisiana in the American Civil War
554:Galloway, Charles B. (Charles Betts) (1906).
505:Galloway, Charles B. (Charles Betts) (1906).
406:"The New Orleans Christian Advocate archives"
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328:Poem: "Bishop Marvin's Missionary Tour,"
430:Keener, John Christian (March 9, 2007).
221:where he was Pastor successively of the
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331:Ladies' Repository
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