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lost to all around; but when asked, "Do you know me Lord Jesus 

 Christ?" he replied, u O yes; he is my Saviour," and passed over to 

 the disembodied spirits who wait beyond the river. 



Wightman, William May was born in Charleston, South Caro- 

 lina, January 8, 1808, and died in the city of his birth, February 

 15, 1882. He was converted under a sermon preached by the Rev. 

 James O. Andrew (afterward bishop), and made a public profession 

 of Christ at the age of sixteen. He was graduated at the Charles- 

 ton College in 1827, and in 1828 was received on trial into the 

 South Carolina Conference, and immediately sprung into position 

 and popularity. He labored successfully on the Pedee, Orange- 

 burg, Sumter, and Abbeville circuits, and in Charleston and Cam- 

 den stations, and Cokesbury District. In 1834 he was appointed 

 agent of Randolph-Macon College, and after three years' service in 

 that capacity was called to the chair of English Literature, which 

 he filled two years in that institution of learning. He was elected 

 editor of the Southern Christian Advocate in 1840, and continued un- 

 til 1854, when he was chosen President of Wofford College. In 

 1859 he changed to the chancellorship of the Southern University, 

 and in 1866 he was elected to the office of bishop. In all these rela- 

 tions he performed his duties faithfully and well. He wrote much, 

 and with great facility. As an educator, he was painstaking and 

 successful. As a preacher, he was in great requisition. The pulpit 

 was his throne of thunders, especially at camp-meetings and on 

 great occasions. Traditions of his power in the early days of his 

 ministry still linger in South Carolina, and through his instrumen- 

 tality many were brought into a saving contact with the truth. As 

 a bishop, he was loved and welcomed by the Conferences, and was 

 abundant in labors — too much for his strength, which indeed was 

 not small. He was capable of great service, and was a willing and 

 cheerful worker, 

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