Ellis, Rev. Henry, of Flint, Morgan county, son of William and Martha
Ellis, was born in May, 1856. He was baptized in 1871, and in 1875 he
was ordained to the ministry by Revs. Charles Davis and M. J. Hooks.
He is now pastor of St. Peter’s Church, which is composed of some of
Morgan county’s best citizens. He deserves special praise for his
attention to his Sunday School. Mr. Ellis also preaches to a church
near Courtland. This brother is a warm friend to missionaries and
delights to aid good causes.
Fisher, Rev. C. L., B. D., son of Alexander and Elizabeth Fisher,
was born in St. Bernard parish, twenty miles below New Orleans, La.,
February 16, 1866.
On the first Sunday in February, 1875, he was baptized into the
Broadway Street Baptist Church, New Orleans, La.
_Ordained_--He was set apart to the work of the gospel ministry by the
Second Baptist Church in Evanston, Ill., September 29, 1887, where he
was student-pastor.
_Educated_--He graduated from the college department of Leland
University, New Orleans, La., May 28, 1884, with the degree of B. A.,
and graduated from the Baptist Union Theological Seminary, Morgan
Park, Ill., May 5, 1887, with the degree of B. D. On May 27, 1891, he
received from Leland University the degree of Master of Arts.
_Positions_--In 1888 pastor of Mt. Zion Church, Little Rock, Ark. In
1889-92 he is teacher of languages and instructor of ministers in Selma
University, Selma, Ala. For the last two years of this time he is
pastor of the Tabernacle Church of the city of Selma. In the office of
State Sunday School Missionary, under the American Baptist Publication
Society of Philadelphia, he has for several years rendered very
profitable service for the Baptists of Alabama as well as Mississippi.
He has recently been recalled to the pastorate of the Tabernacle
Church, Selma.
Than is Charles Lewis Fisher, Alabama Baptists have no more thorough
scholar, profound logician and industrious pastor. His physical form
is a little frail. Should this not hinder length of days, early future
years must present him to the world as one of our greatest theologians
and metaphysicians. He is not less modest than he is learned, not less
benevolent and respectful than he is self-reliant and dignified.
Fykes, Rev. A. J., of Pratt City, is the much beloved pastor of the
Canaan Church, Bessemer.
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