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S~squi,-CentellJ rial Celehration

Sunday, A IlgU8t' 57 1934

MT. MORlAR BAPTIST CHURCHAMHERST COUNTY, VIRGINlA

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"~J'.l'. .M()Hlr\If-H·H()VJ;;J~J) ny .JEHOVAH."

'''.l'lJis 18 the house of 1.111; Lord <lou, 1.ll'l(1 this is tbe a lrv r of t lie burnt

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!1IfIUl1l1t flEoria~IJ!I IIJ'vu WIJ,tSIi?' ~'·'wi?J1.Zey

Mounl Morbh, 110'y ;, 1Il1l1e,.

H1est abode of ()l1l'i~j .rur King,'Ye the children nf Lh.l' faithful(latlH'l' he1'(~Ihy nrru-«. to sing.

'I'hou that guided OUl' Iorcfarhers;Pointing out. sntvutlnn'« way,Bless us too, rev iVI.; Oil I' spirt ts,'I'une 0111' beart s ltl'if,(hL this day.

'I'cach us Chrlxt-Ilke consecratlon,Grant U~ undcrxtundirur hearts,Ll'I: ns not mlstake Ih(~ "'csMge

/Holy writ of (;011 il11[liU1S.

God, the source of l it e eLf'l'naJ,Keep alive thine ardent ray!Mount Moriah. Mount Mmin h,Onward murch, fill' a,l'l~ alii I aye!

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(written in-vlionor of tho one h mnl rt«l fiftip,l \1 anniversarv of ~101l111 ~lol'iah

Ohurch, find dedicated to t hc ~nl~mol'Yof my bolo red f'arher 0.1111 mother, Wi lk.ins

'1'. Watson and nt~ttif' lUllis Wa rson, anrl my grn nrl mother. JI)li?::llll'th Hnl low ay

Henley Watson, long active mr-mbt-rx of th is church )

nt1pt181. Orp/!(!;tlOle Pritl11ng 011,. Salem, Vii..

MORNING WORSHIP

PIANO ltBCITAL lIlis:;; Louise DuvisDOXOLOGYINVOCATIONHYMN: "All Hail The Power"_RCRIP1'URE READINGPRAYERDIJET: Mr. and Mrs. SwimleyHYMN: "How Firm a Foundation"ADDRESS OF WELCOME PastorUECOGNI1'ION OF VISITORSllESPONSF, W. 1-1. Carter[-nSTORY OF 111'1'. MORIAH"AULD LANG SYNE"ANNOUNCF,MI~NTSr:ONGRF,GA'l'IONAL SINGING

"Old Time Religion"PRAYER •HYMN: "0 Happ" llay"BENEDICTION

AFTERNOON WORSHIP

PIANO MUSIC

·HYMN: "Corne Thou Fount"FRAYER

MTJIH(J I,Alh'l)erst Quartette)

WOltDS,,,.o:F 'Gl'tEETING

HtM.N·: "lI$o,e Love To Thee"

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SUNDAYB. It. SmithJi'. G. BrockmanCatherine SmithMrs. .T. E. Campbell .__

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A PARTIAL HISTORY OF MOUNT MORIAH CHURCH ANDBAPTIST BEGINNINGS IN AMHERST COUNTY, VA.

By c. E. D RV i\I 1110 N D

The sketch of history or Mt. Morlanchurch written for the Virginia BaptistHistorical Society. was written at till'request of several members of Mt. Mo-riah and, also. the persuasion and solici-tn tlon of those whose opinions andwishes he respected have induced the

writer to perform the duty.Ow ius; to the fact that ull records of Mt.

Moriah had been destroyed, the writerhas had to rely principally upon facts heIt'll.TIled from older people and ot whathe has known of Mt. Moriah, In compil-ing the history the writer has made use

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near his home, known as tbe "Wh itcOaks" Church, where he met with hisfamily and neighbors each Lord's Dayfor worship and preaching. He was thepastor of his church until near his deathwhich was in the year 1785.

lleligious services were continued illt ht- "Whi tu Oaks" Church unt il about1834 when the property passed from hisheirs, belnz sold by his eldest son, Rev,Wil llarn B. Duncan, executor of hlsfather's estate, to Rlcha.rdson Henley.

Rev. John Duncan's remains with lrlswife's, chilrlrons and neighbors', werehuried ill H curuor of his g'~lrtlen, whic-h

wus lrearrtif icd with many shrnbs andlovely old flowers. His gr avo-yard hasbeen cult! vated to f'arm crops, and ther eis now no sign of the grave markers.

In 1770, a Rev. Martin Dawson ber:nllpn,achin~ in ~.he v lclu' ty of tile presentMt, Moriah Church. And it was sal.I,01' bits of information found in Taylor'sY·irgillia B:l.ptif)t Ml n istr-rs". 0111 Mirmtr-s',f the Albemarle Association and f'r.nna tr-w o thor sources.

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The Bapttst-, prlnclples of the Christianreligion were begun in Amherst Countyn" early ua the year 174G by a Rev. JOhl:lDuncan, who came to Amherst Cou utyprior to the above date. In that year Mr.Duncan purchased a tract of land from aMr. Daniel Tucker and built a com-modious home. He also built several sub-stantial homes nen r his own which wen'occupied by the fo-llowing families ofsror llng worth: the MasOJIs, Ryans and;\Jose~. Mr. Massie was the tutor in Mr.Duncan's home. JIll'. Duncan married nMiss Camden or Amherst. and raised ninechlldren ; he owned, at an early census,I!J slaves. Mr. Duncan's true charactero..as proven by his early endeavors tolon d his family unci nuighbor s In t hoCru'Istian religion.

He built a hewn log house of wnrsh',J1"He planted tile church knOW;1 n.~ t l\.~

Buff'u lo Baptist Church." Mrs. Mltd rcdColcrnn n, the widow of Mr. Daniel Cole-man, gave the land for the c.rurch. whichwas near her home. Mrs. Mildred Cole-man was a member of the White ()al(s

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Church. hut OJ] :lc('(Julli of her excessiveweight could not attend the services.

'I'he "Buffalo Church" was bu il t about21f, miles North-East from the "WhiteOaks' ('Illlrch. Tile following wort I)."ministers were the pastors of the Butl'aloChurch: Rev. Martin Dawson, Rev. Ben-jamin Coleman, Rev. Zacharias Dawson,Rev. John Alderson, Rev. Ai-sou Flowers .Itev . John Duncan, 11. Rev. ArsonFlowers aud John Alderson were relatedto the Coleman famlly. Rev. John Alder-son had sutrered persecutions for preach-ing. Hev. John Duncan and Mrs. Mil-dred Coleman were married In Novem-ber, 1819.

At au early meeting or the AlbemarleAssocla tion the Buffalo Church ruportcda membership ot 120 members. There wasa dtvtslnu In the membership of the But-talo church and a new church orgauizedand built near where the Mt. PteasantM. E. church now stands, and had as itspastor+a Rev. Philip Edmond. This newchurch must be tile o'lle' mentioned byHe'I' . Juln: Aspennel in lJiH "]{('gi~t('l' of

Ba pr ist Churches of Virginia" as the "Up-per Church" and havl ug 50 members ancIvev. Benjamin Cotoman. pastor.'

A. Hey. James McDonald, a "gHtE'lspeaker" with attractive appearance wa:the pastor of the Buff a lo church, and 1-

must have been duriug his pastorate thathe first brick church was built and ttIrua.me chn nged to "Mt. Moriah". ~!rMcDonald resigned the pastorate for :whllo so he could return to Englund III

legal matters. He never returned anti iwas supposed that tile vessel on whiclhe took passage to return was lost asell. He had said to his congregation tha

he wished to be burled at sell.In ] 79U, Rev. John Young came Iron

Caroline County to Amherst, and purchaseJ a borne from the Charles Talinferro esta te, and the !ollowing yea r bf(':1 me the IHlHtor of ,fl'. Moria II. M I

Young had served a lengthy jail conf:nemeut in Caroline County for preachill;,.!. There are mn.nv in::-l"an(,C'H who ro ttumeek and pious man was tile subject 0

unholy opposition because he chose tr.hey God rather than man. During 1.11

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Young's pastorate the divided churches\\'('1'(' nn ilcd. and in l~():{ ahollt (JII(' huu-

dred members were baptized and re-col ved into the membership of the cuurch.

Hl'Y, ,1;JllI(,~ C'h ildx, "n ,l!;"milkl' \\'I}()(IIGod plucked from the fire" and HI~V,William Webber, "who hall suf'fererlmuch by jail conf'tucmenr", oftpl1 aidedMr. Young in the great rev ivnla of that(lay and were used of Gorl in Ilrin/.':i IIgmuny souls into his kingdom.

April IG, 1817 at thc age of 'if) vcars.

~[r. Young in a happy stn te of m iudyielded his soul into the 111\11118of lli~Raviour whom he so dearly lovell and

had served so faithfnlly, If is remu insH1'(~ a wu it itur tho rr-surrcct.ion ot 1111'just in an unmn rked grave nen r IIi!'; oldhome, which in later years has uccouicthe property of the Massie fi1mi ly.

Mr. Young had a ~()'ll, HI~v. .rOllllWuit.efield Young, who left Amherst ill1829 and was ordained in mUm 13"VI'i~I,Church of Huvwood Co uutv. TI'IlIWs-see, He became {In eminently usefulmlnister in the lli)!; Hatchie A:;1<ocial'iollof Illn t stato.

Tn 181;;, Rev. ,Yillial11 H. Duuca n, I'hreldest son of Rev, Joh n Duncan (WI1'1was the father of the Baptist prt ncl plesor the Christian religion ill AmherstCounty), became the pastor of Mt. Mo-ria h church. His populari tv as llnsl'\l'1'and nreachcr was so great thul: the Iitt.le1.!111Irch could not accomorlate the tarxocongregat ions, a nd it was t'1l1Hl'ged bvan addition on the 'West side, Mr. Dun-can like the apostles or old, IHlptizmland received iuauv entire tmnlues intot he membership of his church. "fanycame from quite a distauce to unitewit h 1IIt, Moriah,

'rile clay that Mr. Duncan preached his[:ll'ewell s('rml)-11 to ML "Inl'iah tile I'on·~~1'{'gfiti0n \"Vas so lCll'~':(l that tilt' !=il'l'viceR\\'I,re helll on the church yanl. ,\Ill)] II'lRil2 Mr. Dnncan resi~llell his [lHqt'oratpwith ;Vft. Moriah 11ml removed to Calo-WflY County, ~Ihlsouri. wher0. in 18:Ja 111'nc('('pted work ns ~l missionn,l'>' to tIll'pioneers and Indinns of the ~I t. 1'1('11:;-ant Association 01' that flint!'. Hev. Wil-linm n, 1)1111('nn';; 11I'othpI'~, ,John flnll

\\'C';;l\\:\,, sur-ceedcd him in t lu: pastorate.H!'\'. .Iolm servel\ only :1 short wh ilo.HI'Y. 'Vl'slp'y Dunca ns m in istry was (01'iI muulx-r of vea rs wi th f'a irhf'ul sr r-\'1<'1', LIe l'('::;i/.':Il.l!ll to accept chn rge of('il\ll'eill':; ill IklUol't\ C011Uty, FrOID anold 1I1il111l:!'or tilt; Al hcmu rle Assoclu tlun(01' 1R4S, 1 f(H111(] that the following'11 lI'lllbers of ~[t. Uoriah wore onrollcd:1" Ilel.l'gat0s to the Associutiou : Leonu rrlJTl'llil'y, Chrules .JO'IlCS, Jrunos Cash,);;(1 hu uirl ~1(lnl·iJlI,\' and Ch,lI'i('::; ~[flssil~,

Rev. ,V('SII'Y Dnvis accepted the pas-torn te :J nd lahorud many wear!'; zcalnuslvfor his Ma;;t!'r's kingdom. which waslll(';;sl'd of (loll in lhe conn~rsions of manrso uls. \11', Davis wns I'he rounrler a ndfn tlu-r of ;";CIV Prospect church. and Tlla YC no doubt hut thn t he gave up Mr.':'Joriah 1:0 devote his rune and talentsto this dl>lrgl'.

Rev. Samuel H. nice, of Bedford coun-I,\', j'oll()\\'(ell Rev. \\'I'~ll'.\' navis a~ 1"1;<-I(11'. He was a mall of "ability and~ll.'pll/.':lh of uitctlr-ct'": "l)sl'eeial!y 011theological subjects was his knowledge('nlal'!!:e!i nnd flmfl)\lIIl1"; "A tn lenrcdpulpit orator". It was said that hisSI~1'11l01lS were characteristically doc-triun! aud mighty in fundamental truths.])1'. Jtic(~ purchased a home 'from Rich-u rdsnn Henlr-y which was destroyed b)'[ire, IIi::; popularity was so great thatnot 1)l1ly mombr-rs of :.It. Xloriah churchIllil puopl« from IURIant Ilart~ of the('''\lilt,\' a idt'd him ill rebuilding a much1:1rger and 1I10re couveuleut home.

Du rirur 1Jr. Rice's pastorate the pres-out "Xl t. :lloriah" churr.li was built Il~t lu- f irxt Dill' could not hoJd the Increas-ingl,- lal'l;'C' cOll)!;regations, The present~1t. Mo riu h was well plrumed with gal-ll'des for the llccoIllodatioll of the large11l1lUbers of SlaYI'R \Yho ntt('uIl,,(\ :\Id w('l'''1l1l'lllbel'S of tllp ('hurch, The s[lll'itnuli'Yr,r ~I:n'e~ waR. CHl'eJ:ull:'T ~ual'(lcll hy tllf'pastors Hl111 llWlllbpl's, Orphe11s Galyin,n consecralm\ cIJlo!'E'1J brother. was or-dnill(\(l a~ 1)t'. l{ice'~ <l:'\si~tal1t pnRtUl' to11](' colore(1 lllclllhers and served withfilll'lHy HIlI'if 11i,; death, which was some,I'I':1!'H after the close of the Civil War.'I'!ll'l'l' is n tlPn/' Ilulrhle 1l10nllllll?Ilt over

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his ,,!;l'al'e \\'111<:11is 111':11'UK' church, hav-ing- the Iolto wnu; inscription: "Erecterl~:lc!'l'll to thu memory of Rev, Orpheus(;aJ vin by the white members of Mt.:'I[ori>ill Churc-h". .Ill'. Hiel' \'I'si;.;nl'l1 tl]('\1:1,,1.01'1'11'(,in lRG4 1'0 accept the pastorate01' Adil'1 l'h 11rch ,in )i'l'ls()ll Coulll,-.

Itcv, F, :If. Barker tolowed Dr. Rice:IS pastor of Mt, Moil ah and served till'('ill1l'l:it wit h Ih'\'otioll nnd nl>ilit,\' for nIlnIIlIH'!' of vea rs. Mr. Barker had mar-rir-d a dangtu er of Rev. Wesley Davis, i1former PH stor.

After i:llr. Harker's resignation. Rev.Thomas Roborts of Nelson Countv. ac-I'l'\ltpll the pastorate, and like his pre-dl'ee~~()l'~. h('(:a mo popu In r H lid drrw In rf.!,'p

l'on/(l.'l'gatiolls, Many were the additionshy ba pttsm. Dn ri ng Mr. Roberts' miuls-II'>' the first Mason a nd Ha mlin organWHS 1111rclia s('(\, u.nrl much interest tnkouin church music and si ng ing. :l1rs.Thomas Va rIa nd Richeson was the fi.rstelected orgnnlst and Dr, Samuel Gibson,:1 prominent phvsk-in n nntl 1I1P1111H'1'01'the clm rch. tauuht YO(,HI music and

I ru incrl Ihe large church choir.Dr. Gibson was also the efficlent

sunorf nteurlent of the Sl1l1day School. Iti~ salrl that: he would ride' until lateRat\11'cl!1>' night visltlng his pa.tlents solie could IJ~~ prompt OJl Runtlay morning'merf.ing hi~ i'iIllldu,\' f,dIOOI, whic}: he al-\\"IY;; opr-nor! HI' f) :00 o'clock by sill/.':ing,"Al wn ys TIp T'hr-rt- at Niue ill the Mnrn-inrr."

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Dr. Gibson mn rrtcd first a daughteror Hl'V, 'VeRley Davis, secondly, Widow('aroline (Bourne ) Monriply. wholloK~Cl'~r~ll a hi~h (It-'~rep Chri sfiun expert-~'llCP unrl knowledge 01 the scr ipturos,Rhl' wa.s a great aid to him in his Chris-tian labors,

~1is;.; ~1'al')' Davis, a (laui:hter of Hev.\\'I'f'le,' Du vis allrl sister of Dr. Gibson'sfi ('st wi fe, was hio, most Ilseful SundayR('lio()1 tC'ucher Hnll snng- the first· aHovllil'r ill the choir.

np\r, !lIr. Hohert·s 1'esign(,ll his pnstor-litc in lR70, TIe COI1(ll1ctC'll a school for~'I',l1n," 1>I(lil-'1';ill :<elsou COl1l1t,' known fiRIhC' Oalclan(1 Acalle1ll~', whicb \Vas lal'g<'-Iy Httl'l1d('rl hy many YO'llng lalliE'S from

""I'. Xlorin li" r-hurch. 1\11'. i{olwrts "n rrlr-nf in ma nv gn'aL a nr] p;lorinusvi vu ls :II. :\il. Moriah hy thl' follow'nrominent m in istr- ra : Rov. I'uindcxI I1-'11SOli, 1),1).. "\\'h\l~<' keeu lv lop:iiui nt] \\'a~ sk i llr-d ill :l11:1('kill,l!; error :I(Jl'fl'lldil1~ truth": Rr-v. \\'lIlinmHl''':1I111~, 'fl.]).. "whu \\':1S ('nlll'l1I'n rucst. ncrsuasi ve. pract icn I pa sjwho Iw1!! tnnn.clously l n tho tunda n:«a l doctri no of /!:1'nf:l"'; Iccv. A, E. UidSOl1, l r.D. under whose eurunst, polnnronehlng many coulrl date their Cinwa kcnlng of consciousness to 111l:'gr(\f 0011: Rev. A, 1If. Poindexter, D.whos« prr-uchi ng was d lst inguishcd,l!I'('nt Iluoucv and power of spor-ch wIIRW;],'I'(l 011(1 moved the l11flSSPS with g rno wer: Rev. Cornellus 'I'yree. DiD .. "I'I'CI!iV('11 ortl lnatiou at ;\£1:. Moriau'1 f-;:~l', a nd Rev. Abram B1'OWll, ».n.,lR1G,

~Jt. Moriah, II mother of churcr)11'('ccding the Civil 'Val', g-ranted I:tel's of dismission to many of her ill'

ht-rs to become members of i\'I'W I'r osp-PIney Rlver, and mbenE'7.er churches. 1

f,'1' some years following the war, uuletters were p:iven to members to aSI

in organizing; A mharst. Contrn l. 11:\\'(I,\' HIHl l~jnlJlln 11\1('1 c-h urr-he».

]"1'0111tho l1\',!!:illllillg' (1'1';'1 t. 11ol'inll II:so III(' years atter the Civil War,1';I1lscopalianR 1181'0 tho C11l11'ch..regulafor their sprviceR. and it WIIS said t

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grnnl:il1l!,' t.h0 lot fol' thl' church. that

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A Ch rist-l il«: sj iiri! of eOI1g-('ninlity

fl'il'II(!,IJij1 nl\\,ny;; pxistt~(l betwRPn

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"I':\l'l~' nil of :'lIt, :'Irorif\I.I'~ whitC' 11

lP('llllH'l':-; \YPl'P eJlli~ll'd in Ih0 ~f'l'yiee

Illl' ('ollfplll'rHlr army. 'rhp slIry(>

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impossiblc to descrtbe here.With an untried future, a "new cra"

in adjustment and organization of thechurch must now begin. aud under tho

loudcrship of Dr. Samuel Gibson, Cup-tnin Nathaniel Montillly, Captain JohnWoorltorrt Broadus, ooi. William Hic!w-Ron, Charles Massie, Taliaferro Stinnettand many others of like zeal and fidel·ity, Mt, Moriah launched forth with nnow life for Christ and humanity.

At the close of the Civil 'War, l\lt.Moriah's member-ship was conslderablyover 500 members, and many over hair:of that number were colored membnrs.

All but a few old ones were givcn lettersto nrga n ize churches of thcir color. St.IIIary's, Pincy G rove and St. Mark's werethe churches organized.

Rev, Vinccnt Settle accepted the chargeof the new organ lzatton fwd served n n-tit 1872. He resigned the pastorate for 'Ifield of labor in Missourt. He harl beenthe pastor of St. Stephens and Ebene?l'rcburchr-s, ant! had also conducted aschool for boys and young ladies at hf shome, "Winton", at Clifford. "Hls min-istry was sigually blessed, many wereadded to the membership by baptlsm aridrestoration."

The beloved 'William Allen 'I'y ree wasthe next pastor, and many happy con-versions resutted from the numerous re-vivals held during his ministry of three:1·parR. IIp l'l'Rign('(1 the pastorate May.1875.

Following are t he names a ntl dates orsorvice of the pastors of l\It. lIIoriah lw·ginni ilA' year 1875:

(1) Rev. Samuel Massle-c-Irnm Ma y.1875 to J\1ay 187n; (2) Rev. Cornelius'I'yrec, D.D. (supply pastor r=-xtav 187!ltA Dec. JR7!): (:-l) Rr-v, A. G. L<H'ln~;-Jun nn rv 1880 to All';1ISt lSg1 (rl'~igncllt~ attend S.B T.R.): (-1) Rev. HenryPr-ttv-s-Oetobor 188] to October 1882:(;;) It£:'v. Uorl1<'.lin'< Tyrpp. n. 1).--'181'2 toNov. 1884; Rev. William Cornelius T.vrc('-Dec. lH84 to Jan. 1888 (resigned to at-tond HH'r}-;): (7) Hl'V. PUU1iUR 1'. i\lat<-Ri(' (Rupply p:u;tol')-,JHn. 18RR to .Iuno1888; (8) Rev. Otts Hugbson-e-J'uno1888 to Nov. lRn1 (resigned to attf'nr]

~'WI'::':): (D) I{(·\'. Archil' A. Ncrnggs-xov. 11\91 to Dec. 18!J3; (lO) nov. J. A.Sessom-July 1804 to Nov. 180G (he rc-si~net1 to accept call to Oordeul, Ga.):(11) Rev, James L. Witty-Jan. 1890 tolHOB; (12) Rev. J. B. Cook-Jan. 1f.J04to lUO;;; (la) Rev . .T. H. Owen-1905 tolD07: (H) Ht,\,. 11. P. Littlc-l!lO'i LoJUII. 1000; (lG) Rev. W. R. :lIci\Iillian-June lUO!) to 1912; (10) Rev. J. R. Cole-Il)Hn-Aug;ll~t 1812 Lo nns , (17) Rev. O.1'. LloyLl-l!)lG to 1917; (18) Hev. EJ. M.H IIIllscr- H117 to 1!)20: ('H)) Rev. E. EJ.~umpter-Jul!(.' U)20 to October 1025;(20) Rev . .1. ~l. ~treet-l\lnrch 192(\ Lo.July 1!)20: (21) Hey. K K Sumpter-(:,·tlJbpl' If.l2D---.

In lOlG :\It:. ~Iorillh cutercd into a new«hu rch field composed of Piney River.Cont ru l, Emmanuel.

For several years Iolluwi ug' 187G, Mt.:\loria11 held through many glorious re-vlvals wi th many a dd itlons to her mem-bership. Dr. Cornelius 'I'y rec held a meet-Ing at Mt, Moriah, assisted by SamuelR Rice, Rev. Wm. A. Tyler and Samuel\fassie. all former pastors of lilt. lIIoriah.and a large number of couvorsions andba pt.lsrns, Non rly all of thorn wcro 1)('1'-SOliS passed middle age.

During tile pastorate of Dr. Coruul insand 'Y. C. Tyree, 108 members were re-ccived by baptism. 8 received by letterunrl 27 g ivun letters to unit e wit Ii ot horua nttst churches.

Dr. Byron H. Dement a idcd Rev.i\. rchie Scruggs in 1\ meeting resulting Inover 80 con verstous and 7n uniting withthe church by baptism. Rev. AtwellTucker assisted Mr. Scruggs in bapti7.inl!the candidates. A hullowed scene it was.both minIsters immersing candidates att'h0 same time.

In 'tWiG. Rev. Wm. C. 'I'v rce aided Rev.Ja tries Wi ley in a protractod meeting at:'1ft. Moria h, with many conversions andresrorut ions and a number huptized. Dr.'l';nee's preach ing was full of holy zealand power. A Rev. Mr. Stealy alsoaR"i~tl'<l Mr. 'Yi!0,Y in a IIll'l-'l'ing with.,·.r('at resul ts.

..••.t It rneetl ug held June G. 1884, Mrs.1,1)('.1' Penn was granled pormlsston tf'

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sollvthe old chu rch oruuu and purchase anew one, and Sunday .July 13, 1884, anow Mason and Hamlin organ. costlng$175.00 was Insta lled.

Mt. Moriah cn terta ined the AlbemarleAssociation August 12, 1R, 14, 1884. A

large crowd attended. Many visitingmin lstcrs from othr-r ussocla tlons. alltaking part in dtscusslng the problemsu nd topics for debate.

Another big ~t"S:~'C:iItlon convened atMt. Moriah, and at this meeting the Am-herst and Nelsua Countv cburchcs with-drew from the Albemarle Associationu rul formed the Piedmont Association,cousisting of ah.mr 21 r-hurt-ht-s and over,WOO members.

Previous to the meeting of the Associa-tion in 1884, nearly all the femnle mem-hers of the church orpwlzed into a.Indies' aid society and I'll ised consider-ahle money for use in l'f'pn iri 'Jg andpainting the church, paying on the neworuan, purchased n lH'W Rofn tor the pul-pit, a neat walnut marble top table forthe rostrum. a handsome sterling silverwater set for the pulpit stn nd, a watercooler for the church. rna ny new hymnbooks anrl a new Bihle rest. for the pul-pit. The merchants of Amherst presentedt.he church with one <107.<:'11new BaptistHymnals with notes.

Mr. Thomas Richeson. a former mem-ber, who harl removed to Missouri, pre-sented Mt, Moriah with a ha ndsomepulpit Bible and a iJeautiful sterling sil-ver communion service set.

The following members were the or-dained deacons of Mt. Moriah arter theCivil War: Joseph H. Massie, WilliamSuurlldge, Gandy Brockman, SamuelLawman, John T. Sa nd idge, 'I'a.llarerr-oStInnett and Nathaniel MootipJy.

Mr. William SAndidge removed bi~membcrshtp to thl' Amherst Baptist

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c-liu rch. Mr. Willdns G. "'Ilt.sl)n WURelected a deacon at a uieottng held ~('pt.ao. 1883 and ordained a deacon of Mt .1\.lorillh Sunday, October 28. 1883.

'I'he following IVl're the treasurers ofMt. Moriah. bcgi nnlng year L8RO: W. G."'at'son for vc-a r 1.881. Richeson I1(,llll'yfor vea r lRR2. W. G. Watson for yearlSR3. I-Ion. Joseph H. Massie 1884, w.u-tr-r 1'. Mason 188G. \Y. n. wntscn arulnfor a number of yearN f'ollovved 1,:.-It lchu rrlson Henley. Sims Brockman.Ju mes IV. Henley. nn(1 W. G. Wn tson

The following were the pfficicnt SUIl-(lay School Superlntendenrs after Dr .Gibson's long servtce as superln tendont :Capt. Nathantet l\{ontiply for severn Iyear's, Mr. Price 1101wrt8 for sev 1.'.1' n1vears, William Rnndi(lg-e. \V. G. Wars')lI.Silas Stinnett. TIev .. John Martin, P. L.Svlnor. Capt. Geo. Henley. W. G. WatSOil. Walter P. Massie.

After Mrs. Thomas Varia nrl Richeson',reslgnatton as orrra ntst. ~IJ'R. Lucy ~IPPIlJl was elected and RI')'\'~(] fnHh(IlI!~for years; she was succeorled by Mrs. IVIi. 'Watson, Mrs. Penn. Misses Alrru\""Od801l, Ora A. run. "orll wu-« Ann.Cn nnawnv n nd Ora A. Ll i ll.

If the church is founded upon n 1>1"t"r:it is not a history which ends with don t Ihilt a history renewed by the new lIfe-Th(~ Resurrectton.

11: Is said to be n n al!'f' of 11ol111t »nscopttclsm whon Chrlstiall b isto ry is fa(ill.!!' away among- other myths and tra dtions of an ell rly da WH. 'I'he writ.er suimi ts this paper to the Virginia Bapti:IIistll)'ical Societ·y and Mt. Moriatrusting that it may stimulate all ins!ration to return to the "Faith of 01

Fathers" and consecration of our IIv·(A Christ and His Church. Cb ristin nltyTInt nn influence. but a life.

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