Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives – Preached in Washington D.C. – Pastor George Whitefield Samson -Part Two of Six

Thomas E Kresal January 6, 2020

Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives – Preached in Washington D.C.

Pastor George Whitefield Samson Part Two of Six

In the mean time he was an occasional correspondent of, and reporter for, the Christian Watchman, Boston. During 1839-40 he was assistant principal, under Prof. S. S. Greene, at the Worcester Manual Labor School, during which time he was licensed to preach by the First Baptist church, Worcester. He entered Newton Theological Seminary in September, 1840, and graduated in 1843.

Meanwhile he preached in the summer vacation of 1841 at Martha’s Vineyard, and in the spring and summer of 1842 at Washington, D. C, the E Street church being constituted at his second visit, Oct. 6, 1842, with twenty-one members. In the autumn of 1842 he was invited by the Baptist General Convention to take charge of the Karen College, about to be organized, but circumstances prevented, and Dr. Binney accepted the appointment.

During the winter of 1842-43, Rev. Jacob Knapp was preaching for the new church in Washington, and M. B. Anderson, now of Rochester University, and at that time tutor in Waterville College, was with the church during December and January. At the solicitation of the church, Mr. Samson spent three months with them following up the work, which resulted in the addition of 120 new members.

Thomas E. Kresal from: The Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart, pg. 361.