| The Life of Dr. J.R. Miller |
Chapter 2 |
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On April 15, after directing the opening of several of the stations, and the advance of delegates with supplies to the front, Mr. Miller left Knoxville, expecting to spend some weeks at home in preparation for licensure at the June meeting of his Presbytery. After Presbytery it was his purpose to visit the churches in the North, presenting the work of the Christian Commission and soliciting financial aid. One of the delegates at Knoxville wrote of him:
“He leaves behind him a warm host of friends, whose unanimous testimony is that he faithfully discharged the many and laborious duties that devolved upon him. The high estimation in which he is held here is well expressed in the words of George, the coloured cook, who says, ‘Massa Miller am a gemman, ebery inch of him from the crown ob his head to the sole ob his feet.’”
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