FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.



church and respected by the community. He was suc-
ceeded by Elder George Hunt, who was pastor for about
four years-from i869 to i873. Brother Hunt was fol-
lowed by L. B. Woolfolk, who continued in the office be-
tween four and five years, and he was followed by Elder
Lansing Burrows. After him came Elder J. C. Hiden,
who was pastor from i884 to I887. In i887 Elder A'.
H. Felix was called to the pastorate the second time, and
is now closing the tenth year of the second pastorate.
When he came to the church in June, i887, there were
four hundred and twenty-five members, now there are
over nine hundred, having himself received between six
and seven hundred into the church.




         Biographical Sketch of Pastor.


   Rev. William H. Felix, pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Lexington, was born in Martinsville, Wood-
ford county', Kv., October 6, i838.
   He remained on his father's farm until he was sixteen
years of age. In i855 he entered Georgetown College
and was graduated from that institution in i86o.  He
then took charge of a Baptist church at Newcastle, Henrv
county, Ky. Hle was ordained by Dr. Duncan R. Camp-
bell, president of Georgetown College. During his first
ministry he read law and was admitted to the bar in i862
and practiced law one year in Shelbyville, Ky.
   In i863, Mr. Felix was called to take charge of the
First Baptist Church of Lexington, Ky., and served until
i869, when he received a call from the Pilgrim Baptist
Church of New York City, and was pastor of that church
for one year.
   In i870 he accepted a call to the Fitst Baptist Church
of Covington, where he remained for fourteen years and
resigned in I884. For two years thereafter he served
countrv churches in order to regain his health.
When he came to Lexington in I887 the church had four
hundred and twenty-five members; after his nine vears of
labor the congregation has grown to over a thousand
members.
   Mr. Felix was married in i86i to Miss Mattie Hav-
don, daughter of Thomas Havdon, of Louisville, Ks'.