LIFE AND LABORS
OF THE LATE
ALEXANDER ANDERSON YOUNG,
OF MISSOURI,
Minister of the Gospel in the
Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.
BY
REVS. J. B. FLY AND L. A. DUNLAP.
"Tell my brethren when they ask you where I am,
that I am in
heaven, living beneath the banner
of the living Master."--His dying
words.
ST. LOUIS, MO.:
Perrin & Smith,
No. 210 Olive Street, Book and Job Printers.
1881.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER 1.
| From His Birth to His Conversion, |
PAGE 1 |
CHAPTER II.
| From His Conversion to His Joining Presbytery, |
9 |
CHAPTER III.
From the Time of His Joining Presbytery to His
Ordination. |
21 |
CHAPTER IV.
| He is Ordered to Ride Lexington Circuit, |
31 |
CHAPTER V.
| From His Ordination to 1837, |
39 |
CHAPTER VI.
| From 1837 to the Breaking Out of the Rebellion, |
51 |
CHAPTER VII.
| From the Breaking Out of the War to its
Close, |
70 |
CHAPTER VIII.
| From the Close of the War to 1867, |
87 |
CHAPTER IX.
From 1867 to the Re-organizing of Ozark
Synod in
the Early Fall
of 1871, |
107 |
CHAPTER X.
| From the Beginning of the Year 1872 to
the Close of the Year 1877, |
123 |
CHAPTER XI.
From the Beginning of the Year 1878 to
the Death
of Mr. Young |
140 |
CHAPTER XII.
| Incidents in the Life of Mr. Young, |
167 |
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
| Correspondence (continued), |
202 |
APPENDIX.
Monument,
Funeral Discourse, |
223
227 |
PREFACE.
THE object of this book is to do good
by presenting to the ministry, to the Church, and to the world
at large, a pattern of Christianity, as developed in and exemplified
through the ministerial life of one of the Fathers in Israel.
About one year before the death of Rev. A. A. YOUNG,
the subject of this memoir, Rev. L. A. Dunlap solicited him to
prepare a brief history of his life and labors, stating that
the Church would be benefitted by such a history. He replied
that at his age, being afflicted with erysipelas in his hands,
he believed it impossible for him to write it. Mr. Dunlap then
replied that if he would give the history in words, he would
write it for him. But on returning home Mr. Young determined
to write it himself, and he succeeded in preparing a brief of
his life and labors up to the close of the war. He stated to
Rev. J. B. Fly that he was preparing a short history of his life,
for the benefit of the Church and the younger brethren in the
ministry, and that he intended during the coming summer to finish
the work. But, alas! he fell before the summer came again. During
his last sickness, and just before his death, he told Mr. Fly,
who was at that time pastor of his church, that he wanted him
to take that part of the history which was written and finish
it, and bring it out in book form. The following are his own
words: "I have an important message which I desire to deliver
to you before I die. I want you to take the history which I have
written, and if you think it will be of any benefit to the brethren
in the ministry and the Church, it is my desire that you finish
the history and prepare it for the press, and bring it out in
book form. If you think the burden is too great for you, get
some of the brethren to help you. If you think this book will
be profitable to the Church, bring it out; if not, let it pass."
Mr. Fly told him he thought it would be profitable to the young
men in the ministry, and to the Church in the southwestern part
of Missouri. Mr. Young's reply was, "I think so." Mr.
Fly told him that if he thought he was the proper man to do this
work, he would do so. Mr. Young stated that he thought he was
the proper man for the work, having known him for many years,
and being familiar with his labors for more than thirty years.
After the death of Mr. Young, Mr. Fly took charge of the papers,
and called Rev. L. A. Dunlap to his assistance in this work and
this volume is the result of their earnest labors. That the following
pages will be read with interest by many, and that the book may
prove a blessing to the Church and the world, is the earnest
desire of the Authors.
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