EV. JOSEPH ALBRIGHT was born in 1793, and died November 6, 1876, in the eighty-third year of his age.

      In 1845, he was present at the North Carolina and Virginia Conference at Apple's chapel, in Guilford county, North Carolina, as a licentiate, and representative from Shiloh church, in Randolph county. He was appointed and served on the committee on itinerancy. At the Conference at Union, in Orange (Alamance) county, in 1846, he was chosen moderator. He served on the committee on the state of the Church, and was ordained by Elders Kerr, Holt and Murray as the presbytery. He was at the Conference at Pope's chapel, in Granville county, in 1847. In 1855, he attended the Conference at New Providence in Alamance county. In 1856, he was a delegate from the North Carolina and Virginia Conference to the Southern Christian Convention, organized at Union chapel, in Alamance county. At the Conference at Hanks' chapel, in Chatham county, which was held the following week, he was present and took part in the business of the session. He attended the Conference, in 1857, at [251] Bethlehem, in Alamance county, and the following is the record of his ministerial report: "Preached thirty-six times. Held four quarterly meetings. Funeral sermons one. Assisted in the ordination of one deacon, and the administration of the Lord's Supper. Attended the meeting of two Sunday Schools."

      At the Conference at Pleasant Hill, in Chatham county, in 1860, he served on the committee on unfinished business, with Thomas Craven and Joseph McCulloch. He was at the organization of the Deep River Conference, in 1865, at Shiloh in Randolph county, and he became its first president. The last Conference that he attended was at Shiloh, in 1871. When the report on temperance was under discussion he took part in the same. His labors were for the most part with the following churches: Shiloh, Christian chapel, Union, Brown's chapel, in Randolph county, where he resided. He was an earnest, good man. While he was an able and good sermonizer, yet he was not gifted with the power of delivery so as to impress the thoughts of his discourses and have them fully appreciated.

      At the Conference at Pleasant Ridge, in Randolph county, in 1877, the committee on memoirs in its report says, "As members of the Deep River Christian Conference, it is the dictate of both our judgment and our affections to show our esteem and love for him who has labored so long and so earnestly for the advancement of our blessed Redeemer's kingdom and the principles of the Christian Church; therefore,--

      "Resolved, That while we bow submissively under the stroke of a wise and loving Heavenly Father, we feel sorely stricken in heart by the death of our departed friend and brother, recognizing in his departure the death of an aged minister, a faithful member, an exemplary Christian, and a most useful man in all the relations of life." [252]

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