America’s First Missionary – A Black Man

Proverbs 25:13, “As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.”

"If you is, what you was, then you ain't."
-John Jasper, on genuine salvation

2 Cor. 5:17, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”    

First Black Missionary Sent Forth from America

Luke 4:18, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,”

THE TITANIC'S LAST HERO:

Reverend John Harper

John 6:27, “Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.”

OF THE TWO: WHOSE WILL LAST?

Isaiah 40:8, “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.”

THOMAS PAINE came to these shores as an immigrant in 1787.  His gift of writing lifted him from poverty and obscurity to fame.  He inspired the American colonists to rise up against England and achieve their independence during the American Revolution.

KNOT-HOLE CONVERSION

Proverbs 11:30, “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.”         

Chaplain, Rev. Charles Quintard relates the conversion of Confederate General Braxton Bragg.           

DO YOU LOVE JESUS?        

Deut. 6:5, “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”

Deut. 11:1, “Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.”

FROM THE SYNAGOGUE TO THE SAVIOUR!

John 5:24, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”

John 8:31, “Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;”

"PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW"

Luke 19:37, “And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;”

Chaplain Wm. S. Lacy of the 47th N.C. related this story while the Army of Northern Virginia was in a defensive position near Richmond.

AN OPEN LETTER FROM PRESIDENT LINCOLN!

Exodus 20:8, “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.”