History of Wilmington Presbytery, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1868-1968

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Excerpt from History of Wilmington Presbytery, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1868-1968: Centennial Celebration, November 21, 1968Robert Tate, son of William N. Tate and Mary Roan Tate, was educated at Dr. Caldwell's famous classical school Old Caldwell Institute. Dr. Caldwell educated lawyers, statesmen and clergymen. Five of his pupils became governors of states, a number rose to the bench, many were physicians, and fifty became preachers. The older generation of ministers said their fathers told them that Mrs. Caldwell made the preachers. She, by her motherly spirit won the hearts of the students, and by her piety and zeal for the Kingdom of Christ encouraged the fifty students, who became Pioneers for Christ, to dedicate their lives to the service of the Great Teacher. Therefore Eastern North Carolina is indebted to (mrs. Caldwell for her beloved minister. Father Tate!When about the age of 21 years, Robert Tate was licensed by the Orange Presbytery to preach the Gospel, at the Hawfields church April, 1796. No field was assigned to him, and he was left to make his own selection.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.