The world oft times forgets when great men are born and it does not remember 
the trials of youth that usually attend those who climb the ladder of fame 
the highest, but who is it that cannot tell  you of the brightest stars and 
the end of the successful in life?  Such men were James and John Windsor, who 
departed this life in the year 1849.

The Association at its regular session held at Bethel Baptist Church, Americus, 
Georgia in 1849 declared:

"Our beloved and much esteemed brethren, James Griffin and John Windsor, may 
be justly said to have been men of God:  "good Ministers of Jesus Christ," of 
a meek and quiet spirit.  One of their highest commendations is, that those 
who knew them best, loved them most.  As christians they were consistent, ever 
letting their light shine, and always abounding in the work of the Lord.  
Above all, as Ministers, brethren John Windsor and James Griffin were holy 
men.  Let us all as the ambassadors of a meek and holy Jesus, ever bear in 
mind, that this is the great secret of success.  There is a moral power in 
holiness -- argument may be resisted, persuasion and entreaty may be scorned, 
the appeals of the pulpit, set forth with all the vigor of logic, and in the 
glow of eloquence, may be evaded, or disregarded, but the exhibition of exalted 
piety has a power which nothing can withstand.  It is truth embodied -- it is 
the Gospel, burning in the hearts, beaming from the eyes, breathing from the 
lips and preaching from the livers of its votaries.  No sophistry can elude it.  
It speaks in all languages, in all claimes, and to all the imperfections of our 
nature.  It is universal -- invincible -- and clad in immortal panoply -- goes 
on from victory to victory.  Let all God's dear Ministers but reach this point, 
as did our lamented brethren John Windsor and James Griffin, and Zion is 
victorious.

(page 291)