﻿Memoir 
  of 
  the 
  Author. 
  

  

  BY 
  JAMES 
  DIKE, 
  A. 
  M. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  "History 
  and 
  Directory 
  of 
  Durham" 
  contains 
  

   far 
  more 
  literary 
  matter 
  than 
  is 
  usually 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  book 
  of 
  

   this 
  character, 
  and 
  consequently 
  requires 
  a 
  high 
  order 
  of 
  

   ability 
  in 
  the 
  author, 
  its 
  wide 
  circle 
  of 
  patrons 
  and 
  readers 
  

   will 
  very 
  properly 
  desire 
  a 
  sketch 
  of 
  his 
  life, 
  and 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  

   acquainted 
  with 
  his 
  special 
  training 
  and 
  fitness 
  for 
  the 
  

   labor 
  he 
  has 
  chosen. 
  

  

  Hiram 
  Voss 
  Paul 
  is 
  the 
  youngest 
  son 
  of 
  Rev. 
  Hiram 
  

   Gooding 
  Paul, 
  for 
  thirty 
  years 
  pastor 
  of 
  the 
  Baptist 
  church 
  

   of 
  New 
  Berne, 
  N. 
  C, 
  He 
  was 
  born 
  February 
  8th, 
  1848, 
  and 
  

   is 
  of 
  Scotch-Irish 
  descent, 
  his 
  forefathers, 
  McCotter 
  and 
  

   Paul, 
  in 
  1663, 
  being 
  among 
  the 
  first 
  settlers 
  of 
  what 
  was 
  

   then 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  "Albemarle 
  C'olony," 
  so 
  named 
  in 
  honor 
  

   of 
  the 
  Duke 
  of 
  Albemarle, 
  during 
  the 
  reign 
  of 
  Charles 
  II, 
  

   King 
  of 
  England. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Paul 
  received 
  his 
  early 
  instruction 
  from 
  Professor 
  

   Daugherty, 
  at 
  the 
  New 
  Berne 
  Academy, 
  and 
  was 
  fitted 
  for 
  

   college 
  at 
  Lenoir 
  Institute. 
  But 
  a 
  sad 
  event 
  occured 
  at 
  this 
  

   time 
  which 
  interfered 
  with 
  his 
  collegiate 
  course. 
  On 
  the 
  

   8th 
  of 
  July, 
  1865 
  — 
  just 
  one 
  year 
  after 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  his 
  

   mother 
  — 
  his 
  affectionate 
  and 
  doting 
  father 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  his 
  

   reward 
  in 
  the 
  Upper 
  and 
  Better 
  Sanctuary, 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  

   greatest 
  desires 
  of 
  this 
  able 
  and 
  faithful 
  Ambassador 
  of 
  

   Christ, 
  was 
  that 
  his 
  son 
  should 
  follow 
  him 
  in 
  the 
  sacred 
  

   office 
  of 
  the 
  ministry. 
  He 
  had 
  made 
  ample 
  provision 
  with 
  

   the 
  late 
  beloved 
  Dr. 
  Craven 
  for 
  his 
  son 
  to 
  enter 
  Trinity 
  

   when 
  the 
  blessed 
  Master 
  called 
  him 
  home. 
  This 
  was 
  a 
  

   dreadful 
  blow, 
  as 
  his 
  guardian 
  took 
  little 
  or 
  no 
  interest 
  in 
  

   his 
  educational 
  advancement. 
  The 
  arrangements 
  which 
  

  

  