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A Forty-Three Year Pastorate in a Country Church
Written by Cornelius Washington Grafton
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Cornelius Washington Grafton (1846-1934) was an American Presbyterian pastor in the country village of Union Church, Mississippi, from 1873-1934. At the 43-year mark of his pastorate, he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. The address he gave as Moderator is published in this book. In it, Grafton speaks in detail of his life and work as a country pastor.
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