Baptist History, Heritage & Distinctives – James P. Boyce –Invested Heavily into His Church – Deep Concern for Spiritual Welfare of the Negro Slaves – Part THREE of SEVEN

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THOMAS E KRESAL ADMIN · 1 HR JUNE 8, 2020

Baptist History, Heritage & Distinctives – James P. Boyce –Invested Heavily into His Church – Deep Concern for Spiritual Welfare of the Negro Slaves – Part THREE of SEVENFor about one year he was editor of the SouthernBaptist, and showed his ability in a number of excellent editorials. Dr. Broadus says of him: “For one so young, with little experience in preaching, and no regular study of theology, Mr. Boyce had done remarkably well as an editor. Had he thought proper to continue in this line of work, his great administrative talent, wide and eager reading, special interest in practical enterprises, and rapidity of composition, would sooner or later have made his editorial life a marked success.”Dr. Boyce was a great theologian, and his work on Systematic Theology is one of the best books of its kind. An extract from this excellent work is published at the close of this sketch.For five years Dr. Boyce was pastor at Columbia, S. C. This was during the years of 1851-1855. During this pastorate a good, substantial church house was built, largely with Boyce’s money. There was a steady growth in the membership during his pastorate. While in this work he gave a great deal of attention to the religious welfare of the negro slaves, and while all the North was agitated about the imaginary cruelty meted out to the black man of the South, such men as Broadus, Richard Fuller, Robert Ryland and Boyce were earnestly looking after the negro’s spiritual welfare.There were, no doubt, many evils connected with slavery, but the malicious misrepresentations found in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin are slanders too vile for even a wretch such as the slave owner was represented to be. Let us rejoice that the Union of States was preserved and that people of all sections of our great Republic willingly rally around one flag, yet, in the behalf of such men as Boyce, we demand that misrepresentation cease.Thomas E. Kresal from: Pillars of Orthodoxy, or Defenders of the Faith, pg. 94-95 by Ben Bogard, 1900
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