Statement from President Clinton on the Passing of Rev. Gardner Taylor

I am saddened by the passing of Reverend Gardner Taylor.  Dr. Taylor was one of America’s greatest preachers, speaking not just from Scripture but from his soul.  I’ll never forget his sermon at my inaugural prayer service in 1993, when he said that “the things that unite us will obliterate the things that divide us.”  That is what he spent a lifetime doing, whether on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement or behind the pulpit at the Concord Baptist Church of Christ.  With unmatched eloquence, humor, and wisdom, he inspired generations to see the best in themselves and in one another.  God has called home a good and faithful servant.  Our nation and world are forever blessed that He let us have him for so long.

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