The longest serving Baptist editor of the 19th century, S.H. Ford, had an amazing life.
Ford’s Christian Repository had a strong influence on American Baptists.
Describing this, Baptist pastor Ben Bogard declared the following …
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯, 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴: 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺, 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴, 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘴. 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩. 𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘖𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘹𝘺.”
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Ben Stratton and originally published by Kentucky Today. Ben Stratton is pastor of Farmington Baptist Church in Graves County and a historian with the J.H. Spencer Historical Society.
