SKETCHES

Married in 1852, Miss Bettie Litchfield, Abingdon, Va., and on May 12, 1852, sailed for China. His wife's health failing, he was forced to return to the United States in 1861. In 1875 he was elected to succeed Dr. A. G. Haygood as Sunday School Editor, in which capacity he served until 1894. ................
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