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friends was decided upon by Rev. Tupper, and 

 a company of Shaw Jubilee Singers were pre- 

 pared and sent throughout the JN'orth each year to 

 raise funds for the Institution, and to give some 

 evidence of the character of the work being done 

 at the University. Rev. Augustus Shepard was 

 always appointed to introduce the Jubilee Sing- 

 ers, and on occasions he would deliver sermons 

 and addresses. He spoke in many of the prin- 

 cipal churches throughout the New England 

 States ; and while the plantation melodies and 

 other songs given were a rarity in the JSTew Eng- 

 land States, they were not more inspiring and 

 helpful than these sermons and addresses of 

 Rev. Shepard. 



When the work of teaching and preaching be- 

 came too arduous for Rev. Tupper, it was neces- 

 sary that an associate pastor be called to Blount 

 Street Church. Rev. Shepard was recommended 

 and elected associate pastor to Rev. Tupper. 

 In 1880 he graduated from the Theological De- 

 partment of Shaw University, with degree of 

 B.S. He was the second man to receive the 

 honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from his 

 Alma Mater. 



When the American Baptist Publication So- 



