Rev. Henry Stirling MCCALL of Ogeechee, Georgia, was born at Black Creek and studied at Mercer University and the Orangeburg Col. Inst. B.C. in 1897. He was licensed to preach in 1893, and ordained in 1894 at Jackson Church. He pastored at Jackson in 1895-1896, Turkey Branch and Doulgas Branch in 1895, Little Buck Head, Middleground, Bay Branch and Springfield in 1897-1899, and South Branchville in 1897.
From pages 272-273 of Volume I of Baptist Biography (edited by Balus Joseph Winzer Graham): Henry Stirling McCall, of Ogeechee, Georgia, is the son of C. P. McCall, M. D., and Mary Lawton. He was born February 23, 1872, on his father's farm in Screven county, Georgia. He graduated at the Sylvania Institute, afterwards entering Mercer University and taking a part of the course. He graduated from the Orangeburg Collegiate Institute in 1897. He taught in the public schools of Georgia for about ten years, in connection with his early ministry. When a boy he felt the call to the ministry, and began preaching at the age of twenty. He was ordained two years later, November, 1894, and has been a busy pastor every since, serving from four to six village and country churches annually. At present, 1916, he is pastor of Springfield Baptist church, which he has served for fifteen years. He is also pastor of two other churches, which he has served for about the same length of time. He is now, and has been for the past ten years, president of the Sunday School Convention of the Middle Association, and has served for a number of years as a member of the Executive Board.
H. S. McCall is a brother to Dr. M. N. McCall, of Havana, Cuba, who is Superintendent of Missions on the island and pastor of the Baptist church in Havana. He is a grandson of Rev. M. N. McCall, deceased, who was one of the pioneer Baptist preachers of Screven county. He is also a nephew of Dr. George R. McCall and Rev. W. C. McCall, both deceased, ministers who figured prominently in Baptist affairs of the State in the last generation.
In every war in which our country has been involved, H. S. McCalPs ancestors have fought valiantly, he being a descendant of Chas. McCall, who served in the Revolution under Marion, and who married the daughter of the colonial Governor of North Carolina.
The field of his life work seems to be the Middle Association, in which all of his pastorates except two have been located, and where his earnest labors have been crowned with success.
On February 20, 1895, he married Miss Dahlia Evans, daughter of John R. Evans, of Ogeechee, Georgia, and she is superintendent of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Middle Association. They live on their plantation at Ogeechee. They have six promising children, three boys and three girls. Two of the boys are students at Mercer University, and the other one intends to enter there this year, 1916.
As a man Mr. McCall is modest to a fault, and is the soul of honor. It is beneath him to do a little thing. His life, civic and religious, like his character, is transparent, and the better it is known the more highly is it appreciated. He is a living example of the gospel he believes and preaches. He preaches what he practices instead of preaching and leaving it to others to practice. This is the explanation of the fact that he is a prophet with honor in his own country. The influence he exerts in his home is an inspiration to his children, and the purity of his civic and religious life is elevating to his neighbors and fellow citizens.
As a preacher Mr. McCall is free from the bombast. With him there is no playing to the grandstand. Nothing for show, except the simple yet sublime truths of the gospel. He covets no man's field, but is content to devote his time and talents to the churches of his own section and association. In his sermons he is instructive, comforting, and inspiring to his hearers, and in pastoral duties he is a welcome guest in the homes of his people. Withal, he is a Baptist of the old school, and earnestly contends for the faith once for all delivered to the saints. The truth he believes and preaches is presented in such a way as to command the respect and personal friendship of those whose views of the truth differ from his own.
The best thing that could be said of any man can truly be said of H. S. McCall, and that is, he is a high-toned Christian gentleman, and as such is an ornament to the Baptist ministry.
From pages 272-273 of Volume I of Baptist Biography (edited by Balus Joseph Winzer Graham): Henry Stirling McCall, of Ogeechee, Georgia, is the son of C. P. McCall, M. D., and Mary Lawton. He was born February 23, 1872, on his father's farm in Screven county, Georgia. He graduated at the Sylvania Institute, afterwards entering Mercer University and taking a part of the course. He graduated from the Orangeburg Collegiate Institute in 1897. He taught in the public schools of Georgia for about ten years, in connection with his early ministry. When a boy he felt the call to the ministry, and began preaching at the age of twenty. He was ordained two years later, November, 1894, and has been a busy pastor every since, serving from four to six village and country churches annually. At present, 1916, he is pastor of Springfield Baptist church, which he has served for fifteen years. He is also pastor of two other churches, which he has served for about the same length of time. He is now, and has been for the past ten years, president of the Sunday School Convention of the Middle Association, and has served for a number of years as a member of the Executive Board.
H. S. McCall is a brother to Dr. M. N. McCall, of Havana, Cuba, who is Superintendent of Missions on the island and pastor of the Baptist church in Havana. He is a grandson of Rev. M. N. McCall, deceased, who was one of the pioneer Baptist preachers of Screven county. He is also a nephew of Dr. George R. McCall and Rev. W. C. McCall, both deceased, ministers who figured prominently in Baptist affairs of the State in the last generation.
In every war in which our country has been involved, H. S. McCalPs ancestors have fought valiantly, he being a descendant of Chas. McCall, who served in the Revolution under Marion, and who married the daughter of the colonial Governor of North Carolina.
The field of his life work seems to be the Middle Association, in which all of his pastorates except two have been located, and where his earnest labors have been crowned with success.
On February 20, 1895, he married Miss Dahlia Evans, daughter of John R. Evans, of Ogeechee, Georgia, and she is superintendent of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Middle Association. They live on their plantation at Ogeechee. They have six promising children, three boys and three girls. Two of the boys are students at Mercer University, and the other one intends to enter there this year, 1916.
As a man Mr. McCall is modest to a fault, and is the soul of honor. It is beneath him to do a little thing. His life, civic and religious, like his character, is transparent, and the better it is known the more highly is it appreciated. He is a living example of the gospel he believes and preaches. He preaches what he practices instead of preaching and leaving it to others to practice. This is the explanation of the fact that he is a prophet with honor in his own country. The influence he exerts in his home is an inspiration to his children, and the purity of his civic and religious life is elevating to his neighbors and fellow citizens.
As a preacher Mr. McCall is free from the bombast. With him there is no playing to the grandstand. Nothing for show, except the simple yet sublime truths of the gospel. He covets no man's field, but is content to devote his time and talents to the churches of his own section and association. In his sermons he is instructive, comforting, and inspiring to his hearers, and in pastoral duties he is a welcome guest in the homes of his people. Withal, he is a Baptist of the old school, and earnestly contends for the faith once for all delivered to the saints. The truth he believes and preaches is presented in such a way as to command the respect and personal friendship of those whose views of the truth differ from his own.
The best thing that could be said of any man can truly be said of H. S. McCall, and that is, he is a high-toned Christian gentleman, and as such is an ornament to the Baptist ministry.
Rev. Henry Stirling MCCALL of Ogeechee, Georgia, was born at Black Creek and studied at Mercer University and the Orangeburg Col. Inst. B.C. in 1897. He was licensed to preach in 1893, and ordained in 1894 at Jackson Church. He pastored at Jackson in 1895-1896, Turkey Branch and Doulgas Branch in 1895, Little Buck Head, Middleground, Bay Branch and Springfield in 1897-1899, and South Branchville in 1897.
From pages 272-273 of Volume I of Baptist Biography (edited by Balus Joseph Winzer Graham): Henry Stirling McCall, of Ogeechee, Georgia, is the son of C. P. McCall, M. D., and Mary Lawton. He was born February 23, 1872, on his father's farm in Screven county, Georgia. He graduated at the Sylvania Institute, afterwards entering Mercer University and taking a part of the course. He graduated from the Orangeburg Collegiate Institute in 1897. He taught in the public schools of Georgia for about ten years, in connection with his early ministry. When a boy he felt the call to the ministry, and began preaching at the age of twenty. He was ordained two years later, November, 1894, and has been a busy pastor every since, serving from four to six village and country churches annually. At present, 1916, he is pastor of Springfield Baptist church, which he has served for fifteen years. He is also pastor of two other churches, which he has served for about the same length of time. He is now, and has been for the past ten years, president of the Sunday School Convention of the Middle Association, and has served for a number of years as a member of the Executive Board.
H. S. McCall is a brother to Dr. M. N. McCall, of Havana, Cuba, who is Superintendent of Missions on the island and pastor of the Baptist church in Havana. He is a grandson of Rev. M. N. McCall, deceased, who was one of the pioneer Baptist preachers of Screven county. He is also a nephew of Dr. George R. McCall and Rev. W. C. McCall, both deceased, ministers who figured prominently in Baptist affairs of the State in the last generation.
In every war in which our country has been involved, H. S. McCalPs ancestors have fought valiantly, he being a descendant of Chas. McCall, who served in the Revolution under Marion, and who married the daughter of the colonial Governor of North Carolina.
The field of his life work seems to be the Middle Association, in which all of his pastorates except two have been located, and where his earnest labors have been crowned with success.
On February 20, 1895, he married Miss Dahlia Evans, daughter of John R. Evans, of Ogeechee, Georgia, and she is superintendent of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Middle Association. They live on their plantation at Ogeechee. They have six promising children, three boys and three girls. Two of the boys are students at Mercer University, and the other one intends to enter there this year, 1916.
As a man Mr. McCall is modest to a fault, and is the soul of honor. It is beneath him to do a little thing. His life, civic and religious, like his character, is transparent, and the better it is known the more highly is it appreciated. He is a living example of the gospel he believes and preaches. He preaches what he practices instead of preaching and leaving it to others to practice. This is the explanation of the fact that he is a prophet with honor in his own country. The influence he exerts in his home is an inspiration to his children, and the purity of his civic and religious life is elevating to his neighbors and fellow citizens.
As a preacher Mr. McCall is free from the bombast. With him there is no playing to the grandstand. Nothing for show, except the simple yet sublime truths of the gospel. He covets no man's field, but is content to devote his time and talents to the churches of his own section and association. In his sermons he is instructive, comforting, and inspiring to his hearers, and in pastoral duties he is a welcome guest in the homes of his people. Withal, he is a Baptist of the old school, and earnestly contends for the faith once for all delivered to the saints. The truth he believes and preaches is presented in such a way as to command the respect and personal friendship of those whose views of the truth differ from his own.
The best thing that could be said of any man can truly be said of H. S. McCall, and that is, he is a high-toned Christian gentleman, and as such is an ornament to the Baptist ministry.
From pages 272-273 of Volume I of Baptist Biography (edited by Balus Joseph Winzer Graham): Henry Stirling McCall, of Ogeechee, Georgia, is the son of C. P. McCall, M. D., and Mary Lawton. He was born February 23, 1872, on his father's farm in Screven county, Georgia. He graduated at the Sylvania Institute, afterwards entering Mercer University and taking a part of the course. He graduated from the Orangeburg Collegiate Institute in 1897. He taught in the public schools of Georgia for about ten years, in connection with his early ministry. When a boy he felt the call to the ministry, and began preaching at the age of twenty. He was ordained two years later, November, 1894, and has been a busy pastor every since, serving from four to six village and country churches annually. At present, 1916, he is pastor of Springfield Baptist church, which he has served for fifteen years. He is also pastor of two other churches, which he has served for about the same length of time. He is now, and has been for the past ten years, president of the Sunday School Convention of the Middle Association, and has served for a number of years as a member of the Executive Board.
H. S. McCall is a brother to Dr. M. N. McCall, of Havana, Cuba, who is Superintendent of Missions on the island and pastor of the Baptist church in Havana. He is a grandson of Rev. M. N. McCall, deceased, who was one of the pioneer Baptist preachers of Screven county. He is also a nephew of Dr. George R. McCall and Rev. W. C. McCall, both deceased, ministers who figured prominently in Baptist affairs of the State in the last generation.
In every war in which our country has been involved, H. S. McCalPs ancestors have fought valiantly, he being a descendant of Chas. McCall, who served in the Revolution under Marion, and who married the daughter of the colonial Governor of North Carolina.
The field of his life work seems to be the Middle Association, in which all of his pastorates except two have been located, and where his earnest labors have been crowned with success.
On February 20, 1895, he married Miss Dahlia Evans, daughter of John R. Evans, of Ogeechee, Georgia, and she is superintendent of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Middle Association. They live on their plantation at Ogeechee. They have six promising children, three boys and three girls. Two of the boys are students at Mercer University, and the other one intends to enter there this year, 1916.
As a man Mr. McCall is modest to a fault, and is the soul of honor. It is beneath him to do a little thing. His life, civic and religious, like his character, is transparent, and the better it is known the more highly is it appreciated. He is a living example of the gospel he believes and preaches. He preaches what he practices instead of preaching and leaving it to others to practice. This is the explanation of the fact that he is a prophet with honor in his own country. The influence he exerts in his home is an inspiration to his children, and the purity of his civic and religious life is elevating to his neighbors and fellow citizens.
As a preacher Mr. McCall is free from the bombast. With him there is no playing to the grandstand. Nothing for show, except the simple yet sublime truths of the gospel. He covets no man's field, but is content to devote his time and talents to the churches of his own section and association. In his sermons he is instructive, comforting, and inspiring to his hearers, and in pastoral duties he is a welcome guest in the homes of his people. Withal, he is a Baptist of the old school, and earnestly contends for the faith once for all delivered to the saints. The truth he believes and preaches is presented in such a way as to command the respect and personal friendship of those whose views of the truth differ from his own.
The best thing that could be said of any man can truly be said of H. S. McCall, and that is, he is a high-toned Christian gentleman, and as such is an ornament to the Baptist ministry.
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