Baptist History, Heritage & Distinctives – James P. Boyce – Confederate Chaplain – Part SEVEN of SEVEN

James P. Boyce – Confederate Chaplain – Part SEVEN of SEVEN

THOMAS E KRESAL ADMIN JUNE 12, 2020

Baptist History, Heritage & Distinctives – James P. Boyce – Confederate Chaplain – Part SEVEN of SEVENDuring the civil war Dr. Boyce was a chaplain in the Confederate army and preached to the soldiers. He was opposed to the South’s seceding, but when his State seceded he went with his State and cast his lot with the Confederacy. His experience in the army greatly helped his preaching, as he was forced to speak extempore when his habit had been to stick closely to his manuscript, which does not comport with the best preaching.At one time he was offered $10,000 per annum to accept the presidency of a South Carolina railroad; at another time he was offered the same amount to become president of a banking company. At any time he could have commanded a handsome salary at other employment, but he turned away from it all for Christ’s sake. This is another answer to the slander that men go to preaching when they cannot succeed at anything else.Dr. Boyce was opposed to alien immersion (immersion performed by others than Baptists), and had Dr. Williams removed from the chair of Church Government in the Seminary, and took the place himself, because Dr. Williams believed that Baptists might receive the immersions of other denominations as valid baptism. (Memoir, p. 226, by Broadus.)Besides this, he publicly opposed the reception of a candidate for membership in the Louisville Broadway Baptist Church, who wanted to come in on his alien immersion, and his opposition was sufficient to keep the person from being received, although the pastor, Dr. J. L. Burrows, favored the reception of the candidate. (See Memoir, p. 284, by Broadus.)Dr. Boyce was a sound Baptist, a pillar of orthodoxy, and he has left his impress on thousands who came under his influence. He went to his reward from Pau, France, whence he had gone in search of health, December 28, 1888. His body awaits the resurrection in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.Thomas E. Kresal from: Pillars of Orthodoxy, or Defenders of the Faith, pg. 92 by Ben Bogard, 1900
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