The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-05-29
Generostee.

1T Is the part OF true WlSuonl W chooao
the least OF two evils.
Generostee.
litter longer absence than usual 1t was
our privilege TO spend the first Saturday
ard Sabbath inst, with the good people
Of Generostee Church, III Anderson Dis
trict and a pleasant time it was. We
found the Pastor very comfortably lodged
in the parsonage. Ies-littlc as the
world knows about it, Generostee has a
parsonage, and not merely house, but a
rood tarm-one of the best in the neigh
borhood-for the use of the Pastor. 1t is
the house of old Father Irwin, which was
left at his death to his widow, and at her
death to become parsonage. The good
mother in Israel lived and occupied the
place for thirty-two years after the death
of the testator, ana then was gathered
home rs a shock of corn, fully ripe, i'll s65.
Since her death, the Pastor Rev. w l..
PRESLEY has occupied the place. Thus the
wise provision OF that best Of men, the
Rev. Robert Irwin, is rcdounding to the
advantage Of the descendants of the peo-
pie over whom he watched with q shep-
herds care. That parsonage is helping
and will continue to help the good people
of Gcncros,ce, who are not rich in this
worlds goods, but who love the church,
to pcrpctuatc the ordinances as administer
ed bv the ASsociate Reformed Church
among them 1t is, in a word, a great
blessing. And so would a parsonage be
in many otherplaces Congregations owe
it to their Pastor and to themselves to
provide Il home for him who la.
bors among thcm in word and doctrine.
Pastors c:lnnct live on the mcagre salaries
that they usually get. This matter must
receive more attention i'll the future than
it has received i'll the past.
1t gave ls pleasure to see some new
Sinns of life in old Gcncrostcc. When
We first knew it. there was just beginning
II tile of emigration from the nrighhor-
hood which threatened the EXTINCTION of
the congregation, and this was kept up fo,
wears, and Was source Of great diScour-
arcmcnt to the late Pastor There is now
y slight reaction Some are coming i'll
and Gcnero<tcc is growing. May the
rood work go on until the congregation
Shall reach the prosperity Of its rallnicst
days.
in the grave ward close by the church
sleeps Rev. Robert Irwin. From the re
cord ON the tombstone we learn that he
WAS iitly-cight wears old when he entered
the mnistrv-tat he lived after this
about twenty two years that for
twenty wears he was PaStorof ticnrrostcr,
and that he died in 1923. What would
We think now of man commencing to
preach at flv-ci "ht years Of age? Most
men are laid aside, feel themselves worn
ont bv that time Of day i'll their history
And vet Father Irwin made his mark, WAS
q nscii, and greatly beloved minister
A striking coincidence is found in that
same grave yard. Close by the side of
Father Irwin lies the mortal remains of
John :. Prcssly. From the maidstone that
marks his grave, it appears that the latter
died in 1868, in the 10Th year of his are,
and the twcntv-lhir,l of his ministry. So
that he was about forty seven wlrcnie WAS
licensed to preach the Gospel, and yet, rs
in the ether case, lie WAS for many years i
useful minister The two good men sleep
side bv side. One was tie pupil of the
other. Rev. John 5. Presley grew up
nn,lcr the ministry of Rev Robert Irwin.
They were both past the meridian of lite
when licensed They preached about the
same number of wears; were Pastors, each
nf them, OF only one congregation. Both
were earnest defenders OF the f:lith. Both
were married ut III advanced age. Both
were rhirllrss At the time OF death one
WIS living OH one side of Grncrnstcc
Church, u short distance, say - halt mile,
and the other on the opposite side, within
a few hundred yards. Isn't it remarkable? !?
What greetings there would he when they
would meet in the heavenly home! We
can easily Imagine that their spirits are
loldiur converse in the skies above, and
the thought is pleasant. The good motif
or Irwin has Joined them, and may it not
be that they sometimes look down with
wonder at scenes once familiar to their
eyes?
Gcncrostcc has noble record. She has
in times past given To the Associate Re
formed Church mere ministers, perhaps, in
proportion to hernumbers and ability than
any other congregation. Some might point
with pride to such names as Johns. Press
IL. Thomas Turner. William Turner, Gow
Of the North-west,) JAS. j.. Young, recent
" deceased, .Jno. n. Young, L. Mcdonald,
Gilbert Gordon, n. NJ. Gordon, and a:
Ransom. Beside these she has furnished
one or two to the Presbyterian Church.
What congregation has done more?
raSSo. Ret. PrtSbWtrion.
Gen. Henry n. Wise, il is stated
will deliver the annual address = pc.oro .,'o