2 Timothy 4:2, “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.”
 
To the Confederate Army must go the distinction of having the first colored chaplain service white troops.  He may, indeed, have been the first colored chaplain to see service in America. 
 

HE REJECTED THE TITLE “DOCTOR” FOR “BROTHER”

Romans 12:3, “For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.”