EV. CHESTER BULLARD was born in one of the New England states, where he labored for a number of years. Afterwards he moved to the western part of Virginia and settled near Christiansburg. Not later than 1834, he moved to this state, and labored here up to the time of his death.

      In 1836, Rev. C. Bullard reported that he had baptized about one hundred and fifty within the past two years. He says, "May the good work spread until Old Virginia shall ring with the praises of the most high God." In 1835, he was active in presenting the claims of the Christian Church, and in laboring for its interests. In a communication dated July 22, 1836, he says, "A mere matter of opinion is indeed of minor importance." "For if in these things we are allowed the free persuasion of our minds, there is no notion in this good world to which we could with any face object. But, no brethren, these [216] truths are a part of the faith once delivered to the saints, about which we have no opinion at all,--nay, they are sustained by a peerless host of witnesses, and the Christian can say with triumph, I know in whom I have believed."

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