Baptist History, Heritage & Distinctives James P. Boyce – A Rich Man’s Son Part One

Thomas E Kresal Admin · 9 hrs June 6, 2020

Baptist History, Heritage & Distinctives James P. Boyce – A Rich Man’s Son Part One

James Petigru Boyce was born in Charleston, S. C., January 11, 1827. His father was a wealthy banker and planter; said to be the richest man in South Carolina.James P. Boyce was an exception to the rule that rich men’s sons never amount to much. There have been very few sons of poor men who have become the equals of James P. Boyce. The rich man’s boy, as a rule, turns out bad, but God elected otherwise in this case, and few men have labored so unselfishly for the good of mankind and the glory of God.His earliest religious impressions were received under the preaching of that excellent and powerful preacher, Basil Manly, Sr., the father of Dr. Basil Manly, so long connected with the Seminary, and for a number of years President of Georgetown College, Ky. Dr. Boyce’s father never made a public profession of faith in Christ and died out of the church. He was never fully reconciled to his son’s becoming a preacher, looking upon it as throwing himself away.Under the preaching of that wonderful preacher, Richard Fuller, Boyce was converted, and on the 22d of April, 1846, he was baptized and became a member of the church in Charleston, S. C.Thomas E. Kresal from: Pillars of Orthodoxy, or Defenders of the Faith, pg. 92 by Ben Bogard, 1900