https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/18935/archive/files/a766f89b1f245f7ca2ef7dc6c807ece5.jpeg?Expires=1779926400&Signature=E4D9OavnM8q3T5ojAsQlWUYU5pLTFuyo-VEnaIO3Nn-QW-0iYf6pIoXEXReB2BaIQxvz%7EeI8P9IQsgdF1iziB27iI1EHcDC0MsQ8WorvgMpajeVp-4iNFSVIHI2hdJQgPqMTgxTUwc-QFV4hZTTqj5CXhP2e5I1QI8ESa7FkseqRKB%7Evx1ydvUKtlDT-W6l%7EHZ7Kj1y5tVhC0xKkuKFTql8cka6S2URV98uLhj%7EZ8tr9bqG6oFJFGKwAjWziy%7ELHp6tged73UxQ71YPZWBA71nngAtzpcD-y14b0UuYVnvjnflXzN7eHJmeWMeAl89pqnNzV63gmP6-JMQ0M461LAQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 88c51d6f09503c5ccdb7a7a1a73d9617 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Page One Introduction In May 201815 the POWELTON Baptist Society for foreign missions was formed with Jesse Mercer as it's president. Today. Powelton, Georgia is a village no miles south of interstate 20 leading from Atlanta to Augusta. In 1815 it was larger than either city. The stated purpose of the society was, "to evangelize the heathen in other lands." At the conclusion of the meeting establishing the society, Jesse, Mercer, William, Rayburn, and others, all slaveholders, prayed earnestly for it success. This story has to do with an oblique answer to their prayer; long time passing. Like an echo that ricochet is through Groves and mountain peaks and returns an octave higher than what was uttered. In May 1845 another meeting was held in Georgia, this time in Augusta, also having to do with missions. John L Dag, Mercer's third president, met with 325 other delegates and organized the southern Baptist convention. Although it is well known that the real issue with slavery, the stated reason was a difference in methods of mission. The existing national Baptist body, called the triennial convention, had refused to approve James E Reeve, a slaveholder, as a missionary. 118 years later, Sam Oni, an African convert, was admitted to Mercer university, the first black issue of the southern Baptist missionary enterprise to be enrolled. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Historical Manuscripts Description An account of the resource These are resources that reside in the Historical Manuscripts Collection in Special Collections at the University of Southern Mississippi. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First page of the manuscript for <em>The Stem of Jesse</em>. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Will D. Campbell (1924-2013) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Will D. Campbell Papers, Historical Manuscripts, Special Collections. The University of Southern Mississippi Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c1994 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright not evaluated. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Mercer University will d. campbell