[Illustration: REV. ALEXANDER HERRITAGE NEWTON, D.D.] OUT OF THE BRIARS _An Autobiography_ AND _Sketch of the Twenty-ninth Regiment_ _Connecticut Volunteers_ [Illustration] _By A. H. NEWTON, D.D._ Member of the New Jersey Annual Conference of the A. M. E. Church _With Introduction by Rev. J. P. Sampson, D.D._ PRICE $1.25 Printed By THE A. M. E. BOOK CONCERN Printers and Publishers 631 Pine Street Phila., Pa. 1910 _Copyright, 1910 By Rev. A. H. Newton_ AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY DEAR CHILDREN AND TO MY WIFE LULU L. NEWTON --_By the Author._ Contents Page Preface vii Introduction xi My Life--Ante Bellum 17 My War Record and Sketch of the Twenty-Ninth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers 29 My Ministerial Life and Labors 91 The Church; What It is. And what It Should Be 147 The Negro Problem 159 Sermons 175 Articles and Contributions 229 Resolutions, Etc. 255 List of Illustrations Page Rev. Alexander Herritage Newton Frontispiece Rev. J. P. Sampson, D.D. 11 A. H. Newton in Military Uniform 29 Col. W. P. Wooster 33 Rev. T. J. Hill 43 Bethel A. M. E. Church, Woodbury 71 Rev. Alexander H. Newton--A young Pastor 91 Bishop Jabez P. Campbell, D.D., L.L.D. 95 Rev. Theodore Gould, D.D. 97 Bishop William Paul Quinn, D.D. 99 Bishop John M. Brown, D.D., D.C.L. 115 Rev. J. W. Cooper 117 Macedonia A. M. E. Church Camden 119 Bishop Henry M. Turner, D.D. 127 Rev. Joseph H. Morgan 143 Rev. Samuel G. Miller, D.D. 147 Preface