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■■ In .. Ed F. Smith,
'^stor. Rev. J. M. Arnette,
The
'^^I'ch pastors served the
^'*Use; worshiped in the log
Lanier, A. Kinney,
Morris, David
The W. Littleton.
I'ch
worsliiped in the house'
G. 0. Wilhoit,
pastors served the
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_ W. J] down:
B ■Jas^ T"’ Littleton, J. W.
It ^^'-rill' W. M. Bostick, W.
’ • C. Donny, and Haywood
V- "'e li'i, . have served us
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ill: I 1^°'' house we now
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^L Davenport,
£ Miller, D. W.
■ ‘ C. E. Edwards,
J. M. Arnette, who
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''eav ™ beginning bap-
hsT 1 Yadkin River,
Plac' Narrows. It was
the 'Ivi*‘“P'^'2ing, and known
It ^ ‘’f)Untry ’round about
'*f 1) ^'^'inist'. **' these earlier days
the performed the rites
the water’s edge,
5 Mv,.i VP*'’^''-'es on the subject of
1 iH(l fv, •’ on
‘*'Va?*’''^y 1 ■ follow the same with
f which almost
beiigj*^ ol'fense to those
v
failed to make
^'6 ® f-'lt greatly mortified
>
.hi
aile^i ,’ thought he had
C'**' '“f th ° ^ proper inter-
®^i’lier h‘ The church
"^Oiit}, '®*'0*‘y mot in conference
' Sunday'"'”^ P*’®'
Or,] ‘ ^ I'^'caching. They had
'' °f business.
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'"“'merviii was organized at
up tl P'-’actically all our mem-
^‘iltnei-viii'^ letters and went to
^'■^e b,' weakened us for the
^*^0 calV^f P'^-'^tor, who was
^'almei-\-n serve the new church at
all •'‘^ivised us to disband and
the ’ ^'^t during the year
"’“I'shin ■ structure that we now
oiir■
church by
‘^O'lsent decided to build a
date '^•^. strutture, which at
'^he process of construction,
“''ittee; building com-
First, The door of the church was
open for reception of members, either
by letter, experience, or restoration.
Second, References were called for,
which meant business brought over from
the preceding conference.
Third, The health of the church was
inquired into, which was understood to
have" a spiritual application. If any
brother or sister had been offended, and
had taken Gospel steps m the matter,
it was ready to be brought before the
church. ■ • , -
Fourth, New Business was called for.
The conferences in those days were y
no means dull. They usually had busi
ness of a disciplinary character to look
after. If a member swore, or ^runk,
he was at once taken up and dealt
with, and if he failed to make satis
factory acknowledgments to the church
‘'V:IT“-Kc.rds, ...... .H.,
,»e .h.r=h «d.« .n- ”™;
bers almost montniy. ^
whirh were considered
between membeio whicn, we
of a private nature were usually re
ferred to an investigating committee, and
the matter committed to them was gone
into very thoroly, and the church usually
acted in accordance with their recom
mendation. While those old brethren
were strict in their religious duties, and
scrupulously honest in all ,their dealings
with their fellow-men, yet some of them
did not regard it as anything wrong to
have their fruit made into brandy, and
take a little occasionally for the stom
ach’s sake.
This church has sent out the follow
ing ministers: William Solomon, J. W.
Littleton, A. G. Calloway, Jas. R. Lit
tleton, and Jas. L. Jenkins.
The Land
The church when it was organized did
not own the land on which it built, but
in the year 1857, twenty-one years after
it was organized, Gen. Alfred Dockery,
a prominent and wealthy Baptist of the
State, deeded the church one acre of
land.
On March 8, 1876, J. M. Jenkins and
wife deeded the church one-half acre of
land opposite thei church lot, just across
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