Abstract:
Lawrence gives his list of those ministers he considers in the top ten in the history of the state. The list is limited to those who substantially spent their entire lives within borders. They are Dr. Halbert G. Hill (Presbyterian);Dr. J. W. Carter (Baptist); Bishop Edward Rondthaler (Moravian); Dr. Jacob Henry Smith (Presbyterian); Bishop John Kilgo (Methodist); Bishop Thomas C. Darst (Episcopalian); Bishop Eugene McGuinness (Catholic); Pleasant D. Gold (Primitive Baptist); Dr. Richard Tillman Vann (Baptist); and Bishop Clare Purcell (Methodist).