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Rev. Thomas Moore Beckham
| Birth | 21 MAR 1835 | |||
| Religion | 1863 |  |  | |
| Religion | 1866-1867 | | | |
| Religion | 1868-1869 | | | |
| Religion | 1878-1881 | | | |
| Religion | 1884 | | | |
| Death | 7 NOV 1894 | |||
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The perfume of his piety and the memory of his religious instruction linger and bless many hearts in Virginia. The aims and tone of his life tells at once and always that he has been with Jesus. He cares nothing for a place in the garish light of popular applause. To seek and save those out of the way, the poor and cast down, fills the measure of his holy ambition. Where he goes faded piety revives, the dying interest in religious progress kindles. Men who have strayed, return and rejoice. The worn out circuit is sown down with faithful work and the precious seed. It is reclaimed, and blooms. Churches grow new and young: God crowns his labors with abundant yield. He is the Nehemiah and the Ezra — the builder and preacher. It is a benediction... Read More
