Brantly, John J., D.D., Professor of Belles- Lettres and.Modern Languages in Mercer Univer- sity, Macon, Ga.,

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Brantly, John J., D.D., Professor of Belles- Lettres and.Modern Languages in Mercer Univer- sity, Macon, Ga., and son of Dr. Wm. T. Brantly, Sr., and half-brother of Dr. Wm. T. Brantly, Jr., was born in Augusta, Ga., Dec. 29, 1821. The first twelve years of his life were spent in Phila- delphia, when his father was pastor of the First Baptist church of that city. He then went with his father to Charleston, 8S. C., where he entered the Sophomore class of Charleston College, of which his father was president. While a student in the Charleston College he paid a summer visit during vacation to relatives at Scottsborough, a few miles from Milledgeville, Ga., and during a protracted meeting in the Milledgeyille church, of which Dr. S.G. Hillyer was then pastor, he made a profession of religion, and was baptized by his father in the Oconee River, near Milledgeville. Graduating in 1840, he went to Chatham Co., N. C.,—his father’s old home,—and afterwards to Pittshorough, in both of which places he en- gaged in teaching, As he was debating in his mind whether to study law or medicine, he went in the fall of 1844, to Charleston, on a visit to his father, who had been stricken with paralysis. During that visit his thoughts were turned to the ministry, and he decided that his duty lay in that direction. He was licensed by the First church of Charleston, his father signing the license, the last official act he performed. Mr. Brantly was or- dained at Fayetteville, N. C., in 1845, having ac- cepted a call to the pastoral charge of the church in that place. Ina year or two he resigned to take charge of the high school there; but in the spring of 1850 he accepted the pastoral charge of the church at Newbury Court-House, S. C., where he remained until elected to his present position, in 1867. During the interval between the resignation of Dr. Warren and the settlement of Dr. Skinner he served the Macon church as temporary pastor. Dr. J. J. Brantly is a thorough scholar. He is well read in the ancient classics, both Greek and Latin, and he is the master of several modern lan- With the writings of ‘‘ the fathers” he is familiar. He is also a perfect master of English composition. His extreme modesty only has pre- vented him from being widely known as one of the most finished scholars and able preachers of our denomination in the United States.From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart- photo from findagrave Facebook