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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: A Sketch of Charles T. Walker, D.D., Pastor of Tabernacle - Baptist Church, Augusta, Ga. - -Author: Silas Xavier Floyd - -Release Date: May 31, 2021 [eBook #65480] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: hekula03 and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at - https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made - available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A SKETCH OF CHARLES T. WALKER, -D.D., PASTOR OF TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH, AUGUSTA, GA. *** - - - - - - A SKETCH - OF - Charles T. Walker, D. D. - - PASTOR OF TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH, - AUGUSTA, GA. - - BY - Silas Xavier Floyd, A. B., - EDITOR OF THE WEEKLY SENTINEL. - - [Illustration] - - AUGUSTA, GA., - Sentinel Publishing Co., - 1892. - - - - -Charles Thomas Walker was born on the 11th day of January, 1858, at -Hephzibah, Ga. Hephzibah is in Richmond county about 14 miles south-west -of Augusta. He is the youngest of 11 children of whom 6 are dead and 5 -are living. His father, Thomas Walker, was buried the day before he was -born. His mother, Mrs. Hannah Walker, died in 1866, little Charley being, -at the time, only 8 years old. - -Thus, even before Charles was born, his mother was draped in the weeds of -widowhood, and he first opened his eyes on the light of this world as a -fatherless child. Thus, also, in early childhood, even before he had any -realizing sense of his true condition, he was compelled by the stern, but -beneficent discipline of an Alwise Providence to wail forth the cry of -complete orphanage. - -On Wednesday before the first Sunday in June, 1873, while young Walker -was hoeing cotton, he decided to seek the Lord. He left the field that -day and went into the woods, and remained in the woods from Wednesday -afternoon without eating, drinking or seeing anyone, until the following -Saturday afternoon when he was converted. He was baptised on the first -Sunday in July by his uncle, the Rev. Nathan Walker, then pastor of the -Franklin Covenant Church, a faithful servant of the Master, who still -lives, shedding light and love among the people. - -Young Walker immediately became an active and zealous Christian, and -was impressed with the thought that he was called of God to preach -the gospel. Accordingly in 1874, he entered the Augusta Institute, a -theological school located at Augusta and presided over by the late -Joseph T. Robert, D. D., L. L. D. This school has since been moved to -Atlanta and is now the Atlanta Baptist Seminary. In school. Mr. Walker -was soon celebrated for his great ability, for his thoroughness of -scholarship, and for his exemplary deportment. He had only 6 dollars when -he entered school. The first term he did his own cooking; he cooked only -twice a week—on Wednesdays and Saturdays; so great was his desire for -knowledge that he felt that he could not spare the time to cook every -day. When he had spent his six dollars he picked up his little bundle and -was on the eve of leaving school. Some of his student friends finding -out the reasons of his proposed departure and realizing what a loss it -would be to them and to the cause, remonstrated with him and urged him -to be patient a day or so longer. One of his fellow students, the Rev. -Dr. Love, of Savannah, Ga., went so far as to promise him that he would -provide for him personally until arrangements could be made. Mr. Walker -consented to remain; meanwhile Dr. Robert had been informed and he, in -turn succeeded in interesting three gentlemen of Dayton Ohio, in young -Walker and through the kindness of these gentlemen, the motherless and -fatherless boy was enabled to prosecute his studies for 5 years at the -Augusta Institute. - -In 1876, in the 18th year of his age, Mr. Walker was licensed to preach, -and on the first Sunday in May, 1877, he was ordained to the sacred -office of the gospel ministry. He soon became noted as a preacher, -possessing, as he did supreme eloquence and a fair knowledge of the -scriptures. In 1878 he was elected pastor of the Franklin Covenant -Baptist church, of which he was a member and by the time he was 21 years -old he was pastor of four country churches and one city church; viz: -Franklin Covenant Baptist church, Hephzibah, Thankful Baptist Church, -Waynesboro, McKinnie’s Branch Baptist Church, Burke county, Ebenezer -Baptist church, Richmond county, and Mount Olive Baptist church, Augusta, -Ga. In 1880, he pastored the First Baptist church in LaGrange. In 1882, -he was called to the pastorate of Central Baptist church, Augusta, Ga., -and the following year resigned and organized the Tabernacle Baptist -church, of which he is still the honored and distinguished pastor. - -Rev. Walker built the Tabernacle church in 1885 at a cost of $13,500. It -is a handsome brick structure, and was dedicated in three months from -the day it was commenced. In the beginning its membership was 200. At -present the membership is 900, and Rev. Walker knows them every one by -name. Recently a new pipe organ has been put in the edifice at a cost -of $1,500. The building has already proved too small to accommodate the -great crowd that go to hear this great man preacher, and efforts are -being made to remodel the house of worship and make it much larger. - -[Illustration: Rev. C. T. Walker, D. D. - -Pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church, Augusta, Ga., and Treasurer of the -National Baptist Convention of the United States] - -Among the office of trust and responsibility which Rev. Mr. Walker -has held are the following: Moderator of the Western Union Baptist -Association, President of the Executive Board of the missionary -Baptist Convention of Georgia, Secretary of the State Baptist Sunday -School convention for 8 years. Members of the Board of trustees of the -Walker Baptist College and treasurer of the American National Baptist -Convention, and Business Manager of THE WEEKLY SENTINEL. - -The honorary degree of “Doctor of Divinity” was conferred upon him in -1890 by the State University of Kentucky. - -During the summer of 1891, Dr. Walker in company with the Rev. E. R. -Carter of Atlanta, Ga. took an extensive trip through Europe and the -Holy land and besides staying for awhile in England and on the Continent -and in Asia, he took a peep over in to Africa. On his return he lectured -throughout the South and in Boston and New York and every where with -profit and success. Many of the leading newspapers throughout country -spoke in terms of praise and admiration of the wonderful preacher and -lecturer. - -The Rev Dr. Walker is only 34 years old—quite young indeed to have -accomplished so much for the advancement of Christ’s Kingdom. - - When Rev. Mr. Walker was leaving Hephzibah, in 1880, for - LaGrange, one of his white friends, Col. A. C. Walker, gave him - a letter of recommendation which speaks for itself. Here is - what the letter said: - - “The bearer, Rev. C. T. Walker, is the fourth in descent from - a family of Negroes brought from Virginia to Burke county - by my grand father in 1773. As slaves they were noted for - their admirable qualities and as freemen have sustained their - reputation. - - Charles, by his energy, has obtained an excellent education - and for two years has been licensed teacher of one our public - schools. His character is irreproachable in all respects and - by none is he esteemed more than by the more intelligent white - citizens among whom he lives. It gives me great pleasure to - testify to his worth and I most respectfully ask for him the - generous consideration of the new people, with whom he is about - to cast his lot. We sincerely regret his departure from among - us, as he was exercising a most happy influence with his own - race here.” - - Rev. Walker came to Augusta in 1883. In 1885, upon the - completion of Tabernacle church, and on the day of its - dedication all the papers of Augusta spoke in highest praise of - the work accomplished and invariably referred to the edifice as - an everlasting monument to the perseverance and energy of the - pastor, Rev. C. T. Walker. - - Rev. Walker spent the fall of 1886 in the North, soliciting - funds to complete the payment of his church property. His - church had by their own efforts paid $10,000 of the $12,000, - which the lot and edifice cost. He carried many letters of - recommendation from leading men of the South. - - Dr. Love, of Savannah, pastor of the largest Baptist church in - the world, wrote: “Rev. Charles T. Walker is one of the leading - men of Georgia and is alright.” - - Prof Wm. E. Holmes of the Atlanta Baptist Seminary, wrote: - “I cheerfully recommend Rev. Mr. Walker and his cause to - the public and bespeak for him the success which he richly - deserves.” - - Hon. Patrick Walsh, editor of the Augusta Chronicle wrote: - “Rev. Walker is doing a great good among his people. His church - is a great credit and both he and his people are worthy of - substantial aid.” - - Hon. R. H. May, then Mayor of the city of Augusta, wrote: “He - is a perfect gentleman, devout christian and deserving of all - confidence.” - - The testimonials Rev. Walker carried with him on this trip - might be multiplied ad infinitum. - - In New York Rev. Justin Dewey Fulton wrote: “My people who - heard him pronounce him a preacher of more than ordinary - ability. His voice is good, his learning modest and impressive, - his language excellent, and the aim of his preaching is to - glorify Christ.” - - In Boston, Rev. J. Horatio Carter, D. D., wrote: - - “Brother Walker is an able, earnest, logical and eloquent - preacher, and worthy of support.” - - Rev. Walker was present at the organization of the American - National Baptist Convention in 1886 at St. Louis, Mo., and - served on the committee of constitution, and otherwise played a - most prominent part in its organization. He has attended every - session every year since, and is one of the most prominent - members at its annual sessions. - - In 1889, at Indianapolis, Ind., before this body, the Rev. - Mr. Walker preached the National sermon and that with telling - effect. At its conclusion, the Rev. William J. Simmons, D. D., - L. L. D., Pres. of the State University of Ky., walked up to - the minister, shook his hand and said, “You have won your D. - D., and I’ll see that you get it.” The following summer, at - the close of the school year 89-90, Dr. Simmons, true to his - words had the trustees of the State University of Kentucky to - confer upon Rev. C. T. Walker, the honorary degree of Doctor of - Divinity which he has worthily borne ever since. - - Writing up this session of National Baptists the Rev. Dr. - Daniel A. Gaddie, took occasion to say the Rev. Mr. Walker was - “a young man full of life and piety, beautiful and attractive - in delivery. He is an electrifying orator and waxes warm in the - end. He is a great revivalist, a finished and pointed workman.” - - In this same convention Rev. Walker won for himself a national - reputation for his wise and conservative stand when the body - had under consideration the outlawry, lynch law and other - outrages of the South. He was referred to, by the leading - newspapers of the country, as a strong man in a crisis. The - other members of the body, almost to a man, indulged in - wholesale abuse of the South; maligned its name, hit the white - people of the South some death dealing blows; excitement ran - high, Rev. Walker gained the floor and made an able speech - counseling wisdom and moderation and stating that he believed - that the best element of the white people in the North were - trying, to create a public sentiment so powerful against these - outrages that they will become impossible. - -On 21st, of May, 1882, Rev. Walker delivered the annual address -before the Atlanta Baptist and Spelman Seminary on the Needs and -Responsibilities of the Colored Race. It was a masterly effort. In -opening the speaker said: - -“When our mind like the swiftly passing scene of a panorama take a -retrospective view of the past history of our race, and when we remember -that for over two centuries, ignorance, the mother of bigotry and -superstition, the bane of society, the prolific mother of weakness, held -our people with its slavish chains, we must admit that many of our people -have made commendable progress, and that the influence of religion, -morality and intelligence is increasingly felt.” - -The speaker dwelt at length upon the Needs, and then took up the -Responsibilities. Said he: - -“We are responsible for our souls. The soul is immortal, and cannot like -the body, undergo decomposition. It will live forever. When the mountains -are melted in the general conflagration, when the pyramids of Egypt are -levelled to the ground, when the refulgent stars, the silent messengers, -shall cease to dance in their golden sockets; when the moon, the queen -of night, refuses to give her silvery brightness; when the sun, the king -of day, the centre of the solar system, shall be blown out; when earth -is shrouded in her regalia of mourning, and when ocean shall gather all -her waters together to chant her funeral songs, the soul will be living -somewhere in God’s distant universe.” - -In 1884, Rev. Walker delivered the annual address on the first day of -January in Augusta. His subject was “A REVIEW OF THE PAST”. It was a -wonderful exposition of the progress of the Negro in America. In the -course of his remarks, he paid the following tribute to Abraham Lincoln; - -“Probably no man since the days of Washington was ever so deeply and -firmly imbedded and enshrined in the hearts of the people as Abraham -Lincoln. He won for himself a place in the hearts of our people that time -can never efface. By his noble deeds, emanated from his kind heart, he -wrote his name on the pages of future time as legible as the stars on the -brow of evening.” - -In his address at the laying of the corner stone of the new building -of the Atlanta Baptist Seminary, in 1889, Rev. Walker said among other -things: - -“If all men would recognize the fatherhood of God, the brotherhood -of man, pledge implicit obedience to the divine law and practice the -scriptural code of ethics, there would be no race problem. The race -problem is born of wickedness, inflamed by modern fanatics, stimulated -and encouraged by speculative, unworthy politicians. The Negro is a -loyal, peaceable, law-abiding citizen; among them you will find no -anarchist, nihilist, liberalist, communionist or strikers; the Negro has -always been found on the side of the constitution of his State and the -Union; he isn’t asking for supremacy or social equality; he only desires -an equal advantage in the race of life; he asks that you do not throw -impediments in his way; don’t close the gates of prosperity against him -because of his color; don’t hate him because he was a slave, he was not -so by choice; don’t despise him because of his ignorance, it is not his -fault; don’t ignore him on account of his poverty, he has had no rich -ancestors to bequeath him landed estates. He is unfortunate, pity him; he -is struggling, help him. A bright day is dawning. Citizens of every rank -and section of this country are uniting hand in hand to advocate such -legislation as will remove illiteracy. The last legislature of Georgia -deserve honorable mention for making appropriation for public education. -Our distinguished State School Commissioner, Judge James S. Hook, is -trying to put Georgia in line with other states intellectually and he is -succeeding admirably. Since God has raised up so many friends for us, -both at home and abroad, let us cultivate a friendly relation with those -among whom we live. Let us have a hand in solving our problem, shaping -our destiny and making for ourselves a creditable history.” - -In the foregoing, we have attempted to give a short sketch of the career -of Dr. Walker, together with a few testimonials from his friends and some -extracts from his addresses. The half has not been told. The full history -of his life would make a large volume. It ought to be written, and will -be some time. Suffice it to say that, as a man, Dr. Walker is modest to a -fault, generous in the extreme, patient, forbearing and unselfish; as a -minister, he possesses great fervor and eloquence, and as a pulpit orator -probably he is excelled by no man in this country. The common people hear -him gladly. His highest aim is to be an humble servant of the Lord Jesus -Christ. - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A SKETCH OF CHARLES T. WALKER, D.D., -PASTOR OF TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH, AUGUSTA, GA. *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the -United States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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WALKER, D.D., PASTOR OF TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH, AUGUSTA, GA. ***</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_1"></a>[1]</span></p> - -<h1>A SKETCH<br /> -<span class="smaller">OF</span><br /> -Charles T. Walker, D. D.</h1> - -<p class="center">PASTOR OF TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH,<br /> -AUGUSTA, GA.</p> - -<p class="titlepage larger"><span class="smaller">BY</span><br /> -Silas Xavier Floyd, A. B.,<br /> -<span class="smaller">EDITOR OF THE WEEKLY SENTINEL.</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter titlepage" style="width: 100px;"> -<img src="images/title.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p class="titlepage">AUGUSTA, GA.,<br /> -Sentinel Publishing Co.,<br /> -1892.</p> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_2"></a>[2]</span></p> - -<p>Charles Thomas Walker was born on the 11th day of -January, 1858, at Hephzibah, Ga. Hephzibah is in Richmond -county about 14 miles south-west of Augusta. He -is the youngest of 11 children of whom 6 are dead and 5 -are living. His father, Thomas Walker, was buried the -day before he was born. His mother, Mrs. Hannah Walker, -died in 1866, little Charley being, at the time, only 8 -years old.</p> - -<p>Thus, even before Charles was born, his mother was -draped in the weeds of widowhood, and he first opened -his eyes on the light of this world as a fatherless child. -Thus, also, in early childhood, even before he had any realizing -sense of his true condition, he was compelled by -the stern, but beneficent discipline of an Alwise Providence -to wail forth the cry of complete orphanage.</p> - -<p>On Wednesday before the first Sunday in June, 1873, -while young Walker was hoeing cotton, he decided to -seek the Lord. He left the field that day and went into -the woods, and remained in the woods from Wednesday -afternoon without eating, drinking or seeing anyone, until -the following Saturday afternoon when he was converted. -He was baptised on the first Sunday in July by his uncle, -the Rev. Nathan Walker, then pastor of the Franklin -Covenant Church, a faithful servant of the Master, who -still lives, shedding light and love among the people.</p> - -<p>Young Walker immediately became an active and -zealous Christian, and was impressed with the thought -that he was called of God to preach the gospel. Accordingly -in 1874, he entered the Augusta Institute, a theological -school located at Augusta and presided over by the -late Joseph T. Robert, D. D., L. L. D. This school has -since been moved to Atlanta and is now the Atlanta Baptist -Seminary. In school. Mr. Walker was soon celebrated -for his great ability, for his thoroughness of scholarship, -and for his exemplary deportment. He had only 6 -dollars when he entered school. The first term he did -his own cooking; he cooked only twice a week—on Wednesdays -and Saturdays; so great was his desire for knowledge -that he felt that he could not spare the time to cook -every day. When he had spent his six dollars he picked -up his little bundle and was on the eve of leaving school. -Some of his student friends finding out the reasons of -his proposed departure and realizing what a loss it would -be to them and to the cause, remonstrated with him and<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_3"></a>[3]</span> -urged him to be patient a day or so longer. One of his fellow -students, the Rev. Dr. Love, of Savannah, Ga., went -so far as to promise him that he would provide for him -personally until arrangements could be made. Mr. Walker -consented to remain; meanwhile Dr. Robert had been -informed and he, in turn succeeded in interesting three -gentlemen of Dayton Ohio, in young Walker and through -the kindness of these gentlemen, the motherless and fatherless -boy was enabled to prosecute his studies for 5 -years at the Augusta Institute.</p> - -<p>In 1876, in the 18th year of his age, Mr. Walker was -licensed to preach, and on the first Sunday in May, 1877, -he was ordained to the sacred office of the gospel ministry. -He soon became noted as a preacher, possessing, as he did -supreme eloquence and a fair knowledge of the scriptures. -In 1878 he was elected pastor of the Franklin Covenant -Baptist church, of which he was a member and by the -time he was 21 years old he was pastor of four country -churches and one city church; viz: Franklin Covenant Baptist -church, Hephzibah, Thankful Baptist Church, -Waynesboro, McKinnie’s Branch Baptist Church, Burke -county, Ebenezer Baptist church, Richmond county, and -Mount Olive Baptist church, Augusta, Ga. In 1880, he -pastored the First Baptist church in LaGrange. In 1882, -he was called to the pastorate of Central Baptist church, -Augusta, Ga., and the following year resigned and organized -the Tabernacle Baptist church, of which he is still -the honored and distinguished pastor.</p> - -<p>Rev. Walker built the Tabernacle church in 1885 at a -cost of $13,500. It is a handsome brick structure, and was -dedicated in three months from the day it was commenced. -In the beginning its membership was 200. At present the -membership is 900, and Rev. Walker knows them every one -by name. Recently a new pipe organ has been put in the -edifice at a cost of $1,500. The building has already proved -too small to accommodate the great crowd that go to hear -this great man preacher, and efforts are being made to remodel -the house of worship and make it much larger.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_4"></a>[4]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 425px;"> - -<img src="images/walker.jpg" width="425" height="700" alt="" /> - -<p class="caption">Rev. C. T. Walker, D. D.</p> - -<p class="caption">Pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church, Augusta, Ga., and -Treasurer of the National Baptist Convention of the -United States</p> - -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_5"></a>[5]</span></p> - -<p>Among the office of trust and responsibility which Rev. -Mr. Walker has held are the following: Moderator of the -Western Union Baptist Association, President of the Executive -Board of the missionary Baptist Convention of -Georgia, Secretary of the State Baptist Sunday School -convention for 8 years. Members of the Board of trustees of -the Walker Baptist College and treasurer of the American -National Baptist Convention, and Business Manager of -<span class="smcap">The Weekly Sentinel</span>.</p> - -<p>The honorary degree of “Doctor of Divinity” was conferred -upon him in 1890 by the State University of Kentucky.</p> - -<p>During the summer of 1891, Dr. Walker in company with -the Rev. E. R. Carter of Atlanta, Ga. took an extensive -trip through Europe and the Holy land and besides staying -for awhile in England and on the Continent and in -Asia, he took a peep over in to Africa. On his return he -lectured throughout the South and in Boston and New -York and every where with profit and success. Many of -the leading newspapers throughout country spoke in terms -of praise and admiration of the wonderful preacher and -lecturer.</p> - -<p>The Rev Dr. Walker is only 34 years old—quite young -indeed to have accomplished so much for the advancement -of Christ’s Kingdom.</p> - -<div class="blockquote"> - -<p>When Rev. Mr. Walker was leaving Hephzibah, in 1880, for LaGrange, -one of his white friends, Col. A. C. Walker, gave him a letter -of recommendation which speaks for itself. Here is what the letter -said:</p> - -<p>“The bearer, Rev. C. T. Walker, is the fourth in descent from a -family of Negroes brought from Virginia to Burke county by my grand -father in 1773. As slaves they were noted for their admirable qualities -and as freemen have sustained their reputation.</p> - -<p>Charles, by his energy, has obtained an excellent education and -for two years has been licensed teacher of one our public schools. His -character is irreproachable in all respects and by none is he esteemed -more than by the more intelligent white citizens among whom he -lives. It gives me great pleasure to testify to his worth and I most respectfully -ask for him the generous consideration of the new people, -with whom he is about to cast his lot. We sincerely regret his departure -from among us, as he was exercising a most happy influence -with his own race here.”</p> - -<p>Rev. Walker came to Augusta in 1883. In 1885, upon the completion -of Tabernacle church, and on the day of its dedication all the -papers of Augusta spoke in highest praise of the work accomplished -and invariably referred to the edifice as an everlasting monument to -the perseverance and energy of the pastor, Rev. C. T. Walker.</p> - -<p>Rev. Walker spent the fall of 1886 in the North, soliciting funds -to complete the payment of his church property. His church had by -their own efforts paid $10,000 of the $12,000, which the lot and edifice -cost. He carried many letters of recommendation from leading men -of the South.</p> - -<p>Dr. Love, of Savannah, pastor of the largest Baptist church in the -world, wrote: “Rev. Charles T. Walker is one of the leading men of -Georgia and is alright.”</p> - -<p>Prof Wm. E. Holmes of the Atlanta Baptist Seminary, wrote: “I -cheerfully recommend Rev. Mr. Walker and his cause to the public<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_6"></a>[6]</span> -and bespeak for him the success which he richly deserves.”</p> - -<p>Hon. Patrick Walsh, editor of the Augusta Chronicle wrote: “Rev. -Walker is doing a great good among his people. His church is a great -credit and both he and his people are worthy of substantial aid.”</p> - -<p>Hon. R. H. May, then Mayor of the city of Augusta, wrote: “He is -a perfect gentleman, devout christian and deserving of all confidence.”</p> - -<p>The testimonials Rev. Walker carried with him on this trip -might be multiplied ad infinitum.</p> - -<p>In New York Rev. Justin Dewey Fulton wrote: “My people who -heard him pronounce him a preacher of more than ordinary ability. -His voice is good, his learning modest and impressive, his language -excellent, and the aim of his preaching is to glorify Christ.”</p> - -<p>In Boston, Rev. J. Horatio Carter, D. D., wrote:</p> - -<p>“Brother Walker is an able, earnest, logical and eloquent preacher, -and worthy of support.”</p> - -<p>Rev. Walker was present at the organization of the American -National Baptist Convention in 1886 at St. Louis, Mo., and served on -the committee of constitution, and otherwise played a most prominent -part in its organization. He has attended every session every year -since, and is one of the most prominent members at its annual sessions.</p> - -<p>In 1889, at Indianapolis, Ind., before this body, the Rev. Mr. Walker -preached the National sermon and that with telling effect. -At its conclusion, the Rev. William J. Simmons, D. D., L. L. D., Pres. -of the State University of Ky., walked up to the minister, shook his -hand and said, “You have won your D. D., and I’ll see that you get -it.” The following summer, at the close of the school year 89-90, Dr. -Simmons, true to his words had the trustees of the State University of -Kentucky to confer upon Rev. C. T. Walker, the honorary degree of -Doctor of Divinity which he has worthily borne ever since.</p> - -<p>Writing up this session of National Baptists the Rev. Dr. Daniel -A. Gaddie, took occasion to say the Rev. Mr. Walker was “a young -man full of life and piety, beautiful and attractive in delivery. He is -an electrifying orator and waxes warm in the end. He is a great revivalist, -a finished and pointed workman.”</p> - -<p>In this same convention Rev. Walker won for himself a national -reputation for his wise and conservative stand when the body had under -consideration the outlawry, lynch law and other outrages of the -South. He was referred to, by the leading newspapers of the country, -as a strong man in a crisis. The other members of the body, almost to -a man, indulged in wholesale abuse of the South; maligned its name, -hit the white people of the South some death dealing blows; excitement -ran high, Rev. Walker gained the floor and made an able speech -counseling wisdom and moderation and stating that he believed that -the best element of the white people in the North were trying, to create -a public sentiment so powerful against these outrages that they -will become impossible.</p> - -</div> - -<p>On 21st, of May, 1882, Rev. Walker delivered the annual -address before the Atlanta Baptist and Spelman Seminary -on the Needs and Responsibilities of the Colored -Race. It was a masterly effort. In opening the speaker -said:</p> - -<p>“When our mind like the swiftly passing scene of a -panorama take a retrospective view of the past history of<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_7"></a>[7]</span> -our race, and when we remember that for over two centuries, -ignorance, the mother of bigotry and superstition, -the bane of society, the prolific mother of weakness, held -our people with its slavish chains, we must admit that -many of our people have made commendable progress, and -that the influence of religion, morality and intelligence is -increasingly felt.”</p> - -<p>The speaker dwelt at length upon the Needs, and then -took up the Responsibilities. Said he:</p> - -<p>“We are responsible for our souls. The soul is immortal, -and cannot like the body, undergo decomposition. It -will live forever. When the mountains are melted in the -general conflagration, when the pyramids of Egypt are -levelled to the ground, when the refulgent stars, the silent -messengers, shall cease to dance in their golden sockets; -when the moon, the queen of night, refuses to give her -silvery brightness; when the sun, the king of day, the centre -of the solar system, shall be blown out; when earth is -shrouded in her regalia of mourning, and when ocean shall -gather all her waters together to chant her funeral songs, -the soul will be living somewhere in God’s distant universe.”</p> - -<p>In 1884, Rev. Walker delivered the annual address on -the first day of January in Augusta. His subject was “<span class="smcap">A -Review of the Past</span>”. It was a wonderful exposition of -the progress of the Negro in America. In the course of -his remarks, he paid the following tribute to Abraham -Lincoln;</p> - -<p>“Probably no man since the days of Washington was -ever so deeply and firmly imbedded and enshrined in the -hearts of the people as Abraham Lincoln. He won for himself -a place in the hearts of our people that time can never -efface. By his noble deeds, emanated from his kind -heart, he wrote his name on the pages of future time as legible -as the stars on the brow of evening.”</p> - -<p>In his address at the laying of the corner stone of the -new building of the Atlanta Baptist Seminary, in 1889, -Rev. Walker said among other things:</p> - -<p>“If all men would recognize the fatherhood of God, the -brotherhood of man, pledge implicit obedience to the divine -law and practice the scriptural code of ethics, there -would be no race problem. The race problem is born of -wickedness, inflamed by modern fanatics, stimulated and -encouraged by speculative, unworthy politicians. The Negro<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_8"></a>[8]</span> -is a loyal, peaceable, law-abiding citizen; among them -you will find no anarchist, nihilist, liberalist, communionist -or strikers; the Negro has always been found on the -side of the constitution of his State and the Union; he isn’t -asking for supremacy or social equality; he only desires -an equal advantage in the race of life; he asks that you do -not throw impediments in his way; don’t close the gates of -prosperity against him because of his color; don’t hate him -because he was a slave, he was not so by choice; don’t despise -him because of his ignorance, it is not his fault; don’t -ignore him on account of his poverty, he has had no rich -ancestors to bequeath him landed estates. He is unfortunate, -pity him; he is struggling, help him. A bright day is -dawning. Citizens of every rank and section of this country -are uniting hand in hand to advocate such legislation as -will remove illiteracy. The last legislature of Georgia deserve -honorable mention for making appropriation for -public education. Our distinguished State School Commissioner, -Judge James S. Hook, is trying to put Georgia in -line with other states intellectually and he is succeeding admirably. -Since God has raised up so many friends for us, -both at home and abroad, let us cultivate a friendly relation -with those among whom we live. Let us have a hand -in solving our problem, shaping our destiny and making -for ourselves a creditable history.”</p> - -<p>In the foregoing, we have attempted to give a short -sketch of the career of Dr. Walker, together with a few -testimonials from his friends and some extracts from his -addresses. The half has not been told. The full history -of his life would make a large volume. It ought to be -written, and will be some time. Suffice it to say that, -as a man, Dr. Walker is modest to a fault, generous in the -extreme, patient, forbearing and unselfish; as a minister, -he possesses great fervor and eloquence, and as a pulpit -orator probably he is excelled by no man in this country. -The common people hear him gladly. His highest aim is -to be an humble servant of the Lord Jesus Christ.</p> - -<div style='display:block; margin-top:4em'>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A SKETCH OF CHARLES T. 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