EV. J. M. WHARTON was a member of the Georgia and Alabama Conference. At the Conference held at Pleasant Grove in Chambers county, Alabama, in [372] 1871, "the members of Providence chapel recommended Brothers J. M. Wharton and W. R. Leger as proper persons to be licensed as probationers" to preach the gospel, which was granted. In 1872, at the Conference at Providence in Stewart county, Georgia, Rev. J. M. Wharton was recommended for ordination, and was duly set apart by the presbytery as an Elder in the Christian Church. But he proved unfaithful to the high calling. At the conference at Liberty in Randolph county, Alabama, in 1874, the committee on the standing of the ministry reported J. M. Wharton excommunicated and credentials demanded.

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