More Thornton

Awhile back I made a post on Georgia Baptist preacher Vincent Redman Thornton. I'm adding here a few minor discoveries from the South Western Baptist.

The Christian Index brings the painful intelligence of the death of Elder Vincent R. Thornton, who died suddenly of paralysis, on Friday, 4th of April, 1856. He was one of Georgia's most faithful, useful and able ministers. 

"Death of a Minister," in the South Western Baptist, Tuskegee, Alabama, Thursday, April 24, 1856, page 3

It was my happiness, in those early years, to be associated with some of the ablest men in our denomination in this State, now passed away...[V. R.] Thornton was the most profound thinkers, the deepest theologian I have ever known, and withal, a most cordial, companionable person.  

Excerpted from "Passages in the Life of an Old Georgia Preacher, No. 2," in the South Western Baptist, Tuskegee, Alabama, Thursday, January 13, 1859, page 3

Shortly after I became a Baptist, I was in company with Vincent Thornton, when some asked him, if a particular thing (then mentioned) was in accordance with Baptist usage. His answer made a deep impression on my mind. "It is according to Baptist usage, (said he) but not according to the Bible."

Excerpted from "Doctor Crawford's Reply," in the South Western Baptist, Tuskegee, Alabama, Thursday, January 12, 1860, page 2