HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE EAST POINT BAPTIST CHURCH

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It is seldom that a church has, within its ranks, a member possessed of such rare and varied gifts as Deacon Alexander Scott, Sr., and es- pecially one who so cheerfully placed those gifts at the disposal of his church on all occasions, free of charge.

\X’7heit a man wins, by the quiet force of his character, the approval and affection of his own community, as well as the respect of the general public. that man must be endowed with qualities of an unusual type.

Deacon Scott was a loving husband, and father, and an honored citizen. He was a promoter of every worthy cause. "He visited the widow and fatherless in their affliction," and gave generously to those who were in need.

He was a sell-taught man. While deeply interested in the cause of higher education he was unable to avail himself of its advantages. But by wide reading and constant contact with college men he became famil- iar with the great minds and the great events of History. His public ad- dresses were models of simple colloquial English. He was a natural teacher. and interpreter of the word, and brought out of it, as out of a treasury. things new and old. His public prayers were the simple and

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