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Rev Isaac Stockton Keith

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Rev Isaac Stockton Keith

Birth
Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
14 Dec 1813 (aged 58)
Burial
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.7786736, Longitude: -79.9341986
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Husband of Hannah Sproat Keith and Jane Keith. Died age 58 years, 11 months.

Inscription:

"Sacred to the Memory of The Rev. Isaac Stockton Keith D.D., who was born at Newton Bucks Co., Pennsylvania on the 17th January, 1755, was educated at the New Jersey College where he laboured eight years in his Lord's vineyard in the Presbyterian Church at Alexandria in Virginia. He was called to the Copastoral charge of the Independent or Congregational Church in Charleston, S.C. Of this Church, he continued during a period of five and twenty years the faithful, affectionate, beloved and successful Pastor, when he was suddenly called away from his earthly labors to his heavenly rest on the 14th Dec.r, 1813, age at 58 Years, 11 Months. An eminent example of every Christian Virtue, he was preeminently distinguished for liberality to the poor, sympathy with the afflicted, forbearance and forgiveness of injuries, hospitality to strangers and a zeal in promoting the interests of religion. In his public ministrations remarkably observant of the dispensations of divine Providence and peculiarly happy in improving them for the spiritual benefit of his hearers. In doctrine, deep and instructive, in delivery, solemn and impressive, in prayer copious."
Husband of Hannah Sproat Keith and Jane Keith. Died age 58 years, 11 months.

Inscription:

"Sacred to the Memory of The Rev. Isaac Stockton Keith D.D., who was born at Newton Bucks Co., Pennsylvania on the 17th January, 1755, was educated at the New Jersey College where he laboured eight years in his Lord's vineyard in the Presbyterian Church at Alexandria in Virginia. He was called to the Copastoral charge of the Independent or Congregational Church in Charleston, S.C. Of this Church, he continued during a period of five and twenty years the faithful, affectionate, beloved and successful Pastor, when he was suddenly called away from his earthly labors to his heavenly rest on the 14th Dec.r, 1813, age at 58 Years, 11 Months. An eminent example of every Christian Virtue, he was preeminently distinguished for liberality to the poor, sympathy with the afflicted, forbearance and forgiveness of injuries, hospitality to strangers and a zeal in promoting the interests of religion. In his public ministrations remarkably observant of the dispensations of divine Providence and peculiarly happy in improving them for the spiritual benefit of his hearers. In doctrine, deep and instructive, in delivery, solemn and impressive, in prayer copious."


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