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\n\nThe Life of Elder James S. Coleman \u2013 Part Three of Nine. Aug. 3, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives – The Life of Elder James S. Coleman \u2013 Part Three of Nine.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n At this point in his life he sought an education to fit himself for a political career. After alternating for some years between teaching and going to school, he married Miss Rachel Chapman, who proved to be an excellent helpmeet.After marriage he plunged deeper into worldly matters, and he prospered in these things beyond expectation. Everything he touched turned into gold. He became a candidate for Sheriff of his county and was elected by a big majority, although his party (the Democratic) was not as strong in that county as the Whig, against which he ran. He served two terms as Sheriff, succeeded well, made money and grew in favor of the people.Under the then existing military laws he was elected Brigadier General of the Second Congressional district, and in this capacity he was offered, by his party, the nomination for a seat in Congress, which was equivalent to an election. But just here the whole current of his life was changed.On a matter of business he attended a service in a revival meeting in a neighboring church. When he went into the community he had no thought of attending church, and his going was a mere accident, so far as the human side of the matter was concerned, but God used it to powerfully stir up the former impressions to preach the Gospel. So great were these impressions that he forgot the business he came to transact and went home swearing eternal submission to the Lord’s will, and on the next Sunday night he preached in the old home church, Beaver Dam, his first sermon, and he continued to preach from church to church and from house to house.From his first effort there were conversions every time and everywhere. He gave up his office to his deputies and at the next church meeting he was licensed to preach, and a short time after was, ordained and made missionary of the Gasper River Association, and within four years’ time he had baptized about one thousand persons.Presented by Thomas E. Kresal from: Pillars of Orthodoxy by Ben Bogard, 1900 pg. 336-37https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=3368845143167154&set=gm.1330439080484571&type=3&eid=ARCojdyT8Cy0pa94316ux8STR7oh8aaaZj6mkdddln6seOdE4DUwBfM5o0UgxWnknqI12-P1JtX42oHO&ifg=1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n