REV, AUGUSTUS SHEPARD 67 



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If there is any one minister that stands at 

 the head of the colored preachers of North 

 Carolina, I suppose the honor belongs to Dr. A. 

 Shepard, both because of his work, his talent as 

 orator and preacher, and most of all, his stal- 

 wart Christian character. He has accomplished 

 a great work for local churches, and also for the 

 denomination at large, and he is ending up his 

 days at the White Rock Baptist Church, Dur- 

 ham, 'N. C, where he is giving us all some ob- 

 ject lessons in pastoring a people. This church 

 ought to do its utmost to retain him as pastor 

 the rest of his life, for he is by no means an 

 old man yet, and is inclined to go where the 

 people love him enough to try to live up to a 

 right standard. 



Dr. Shepard was one of the pioneers in our 

 denominational work in this State. What we 

 are today is due very largely to him. He has 

 traveled the State from one end to the other, in 

 the country and in towns and cities, and where- 

 ever he went he organized Sunday Schools and 

 churches, and placed good books in the hands 

 of old and young. He was the second Sunday 



