Alfred Taylor was born on this day in 1808 in Kentucky.  He was born again in the autumn of 1829 after which he joined the Sandy Creek Baptist Church in Butler County.After the Lord saved Alfred, he couldn’t be kept from preaching.  Having little general education, it was difficult.  But he was tutored by two good Baptist pastors and soon he was declaring the Word with the power of the Spirit.  This was when Baptists began having “protracted meetings,” “revivals” and “evangelistic meetings.”  Bro. Taylor was a perfect fit for such meetings.  Perhaps it was the limitations of his physical health which drove him to greater dependency on the Spirit.  He would become so weak that he’d be forced from the pulpit.  But when his health improved, he’d come back with greater vigor than before.  It is said that over time Alfred Taylor baptized more than 800 believers.  He also led his three sons into the ministry.  Often when they saw their father bedridden or house bound, they took to the pulpit filling their father’s shoes and responsibilities.  During his last meeting Alfred Taylor was taken ill. His condition worsened until the Lord called him home on October 9, 1865 after a thirty-year ministry.
– Source: “This Day in Baptist History III,”  Cummins