Sermons, Volume I
Nashville: Publishing House of the M.E. Church, South, 1895.
Hardcover. 7 1/2" X 5 1/4". 363pp. Rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges of gray cloth over boards. Toning to spine. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Inked notation to front paste-down. Previous owner's inscription at front free endpaper reads, "From the Library of Rev. R. Frank Eakes. North Georgia Conference, Emory College, 1889." Foxing to endpapers and light foxing to pages throughout. Pages are free of marks and notation. Hinges feel tender but binding remains intact. An overall clean, solid collection of Sermons by Atticus G. Haygood.
Born in Watkinsville, Georgia, on November 19, 1839, Atticus Greene Haygood graduated from Emory College in 1859. After entering the ministry, he took on the role of editing the Sunday-school publications for the Southern branch of the church. Haygood served as the editor of the Wesleyan Christian Advocate from 1878 to 1882 and later became the president of Emory from 1876 to 1884. Additionally, he played a crucial role as the General Agent of the Slater Fund, aiding educational institutions for African Americans in the post-Reconstruction era. While initially declining an election as Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in 1882, he accepted another in 1890. Haygood's influence extended to the establishment of the newspaper "Our Brother in Black" in Oklahoma in 1890. One of his enduring legacies stems from his renowned "New South" sermon, delivered on Thanksgiving Day in Old Church, Oxford, Georgia. In the aftermath of the Civil War, Haygood called for a "New South," emphasizing, "Let us stand by what is good and make it better if we can." Good. Item #14189
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