The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-01-05
semi-centenniaI at the Baptist Church.


The Newberry Baptist Church has
| Just completed the fftieth year Of its
| existence. instrumentation of this
e7vens, The Pastor; Revs Luther Broad =,
| dus,E delivered last ESuoday, the lst
] .iostant, an interesting discourse on-the
HISTORY of the church from its organl
cation to the present time. The dis.
| cocFses re unde,ssaRd,s gill DE pub
lished By the cohgrssatiduiD pamphlet
| form ; it deserves to be preserved
! 4 short summary of the. history OF
! the Church viii pDve sinteresttng to
our readers ). aud this we propose to
|: give.
! Prior to>aS31 there vas no church
/ organization and no church building
I.in the Town of Ncwberry, then a
small village of few hundred inhab
|. itases. es.eI1s-the sunsper of thas year
NV. Hodges. JSsM Chiless Josiah
Furman and Jno. NJ Barns, students
Of. the. Furuap Theological! Inst itute
of South Carolina, we're conducting
meetings in various parts of the State
With much success They were iu-
vited to Newberry; iu September they
came, and began to preach from a
stand erected for that purpose in
grove that then stood in the rear. of
the present residence Of, Mr.. A. NJ.
Bowers. They soon attracted a crowd
which grew from day to day; people
came from all parts of Newberry" and
adjoicing Districts to hear them, and
very soon the most remarkable and
genuine religious awakening eyer
known iu Newberry occurred. As
one of the results of this meeting, and
chiefly of persons baptized during its
progress, the Newberry Baptist Church
was organized ou the Both of eeptem-
Der. 1881, with 42 members The
Ministers present at the organization
wer. n W. Hodges. Jnnatlan Davis,
S. Nnrthington aud Daniel Mangum.
TnA Ehnrch Buildiug-stili used
was erected in 1882 ) the ground upou
which it and The Parsonage stand Was
given by Y. J. Harrington and Jno.
T. Young. The Church Building
vas renodeIed in 1858 uDder a con-
tract with Mr. Wallace "A. Cline.
The Bell, which is still used, was pre-,
sented BY Mr. Kerr Boyce, Of Charles
ton, Sc. >5r-.>.. stzasG
The following Ministers have served
the Church as Pastors, in the order in
which they are named: Jno. NJ.
Barnes, d. W. Hodges, Daniel MaD-
gun, Ehos: Frean, SAM Gibson, J.
G. Landrnm, ~ G. Barnett, J.
Brantly,J- T:zealY, Rich d Furmau,
Jao: Steut, ESM. Eason aaa rAuther
Broaddus. The pastorate Of Rev. NJ
We: Hodges, who was the most distin-
guished of the early Pastors of the:
Church, lBegan~in' 1882, saud lasted
about four years. The spastorate of
Rev. 8: Brantly began 10 1850,
and lasted sixteen years: The ability
Of Dr. Brantly as preacher, his
scholarly attachments, and his success
as teacher, are still remembered by
many of the citizens Of Newberry.
Of the Pastors Of the Church, Revss
Juo. NJ. Barnes; n ~. Hodges, Dau'l
Maogpm, sam'l Gibson, Thos. Frean
and N. c. Barnett are dead: Dr..
Brantly is Professor in Mercer Uni.
versity, Macon, Georgia Rev. J. 7.
Zesly is in Mississippi; DR.. R'ch'd
FurMsn is 10 Texas; Rev. Jno. Stout
is Pastor at Society Hill, Darlington
County, S.. c.; and Rev. F. ". Eason
is at Newberne, N. G. .. =.
| The fulloBiog is list of the, ,pea-,
cons, 10 the order Of their appoint
rneut:~Juo.~ S.~CarBils, Y~J. .aar,
ripgtou, Thos. Pratt, ,Drayton. Nance,
John >BeIton Or NealE M T3Wenden-
hall, G. T. Scott, VIM. II. Harring.
top,. Jno! B .2;Garwile, Jno:! B: Leavell,
". T. Wright apd pf. James McIu
tosh. Of these Jno.. s. Carvile, Y.
J, Harrington Thos. Pratt, Draytou
| Nance, John Behonl lONeaA, M. IT.
| Mendenhail and &C.. T; Scott are dead.
VIM. Il. Harrington is living in Mis-
tsissippi.' o 'r.:.,. .-..-.,? n,:y -
E"~~The Sunday School Of the Church
'wS'aa's vas organized in 1882, and has con-
tinued without interruption ever since.
| Dearo1 r. e. e. Harrfngton was the first
Superintendent ''''';: -5 '-~-.:
/, 1nstrRnental music vas introdaRced
into the worship in 1871 aud the
| excellent pipe organ nov in use was
( bought-in 1855: ,:sr..o.' =. ''~e 80"
+ Mrs: Elizabeth Higgins and Mrs.
,Elvlra Rutherford are the only survi-
vors now living in Newberry of all the
members who united in the orgauiza-
tiop of the Church or Joined shortly
thereafter.
Two members Of tae Church, l'hom-
as H. Pope anti Wm 'Hayhe Leavell,
have been ordained as Ministers. The
former. after a short but eu,iaeutly
useful career died at Greenwvod, s.
c., Oh the Sth fully, 1915, at the
age of,S6; the latter is now, aud has
been for several years, Pastor Of the
First Baptist Church at Manchester,
New =: Hampshire: PPaI: y. / -.
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