Excerpt from A Century of Service: History of First Baptist Church, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1859-1959A part of the centennial celebration should be an recapture the spirit of giving and consecration of thee men and women. Fortunate indeed are Southern Bapt citizens of Greensboro to have had, through past decad of great convictions to lead the members of the church missions, evangelism, Bible study and church loyalty t} dation of all the work. To lead out in the spirit of missi W. Carey Newton felt the call and left this pastorate to a missionary in China. The author of this book, Dr. J Turner, who served for thirty-eight years as pastor, con emphasized the propagation of the gospel in the homel, in the foreign fields. The members of the church hz tinned that emphasis, for which we are thankful to G( A history tells what an institution has done. It also 1: light the reasons for progress, or the lack of it. One c: much from the lessons of history, for great principles weakened by their use through the years. Fundamental made a strong New Testament church last century will strong New Testament church in our day. God's eterna? The ages has not changed. True advancement toward th ing of the Kingdom of God on earth can come only by commitment and loyal service wherever duty calls.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.