Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
BULL HILL
A Sunday In Beaufort County, s. Ca
Ray of Light from the Dark Corner.

nay VI AlEnb lTOm Tile O6fk corner
About 20 miles from Savannah, in Beau
fort county, S. c., on the broad highway
which skirts or crosses the headwaters of
the innUmerable rivers and creeks which
come up from the Atlantic ocean, or flow
down through the deep cypress and white
oak swamps, is Bull Hill Church, a we'll
built wooden structure with more syme-
try than is usually found in a house of
God built in the forests of this or any
other country. Under the old plantation
regime the edifice was known as
st. Luke's Church, taking it's name
from the parish in which it is located,
and the supplied priests of Episcopacy
occupied its affairs. 1t was sold some
years since to the Wesleyans. Last Sun
day it was filled with a large cOngrega-
ton of deVOut M~ethodists and other Wor-
shippers, who had gathered together to
listen TO the eloquent Presiding Elder of
the conference, the Rev. Elias J. Meynardie,
who was for many years pastor of Bethel
Church, Charleston. The numbers in at
tendance, and their general comfortable,
Well-tO-dO appearance, gaV evidence that
what has been called 'the dark corner of
South Carolina" is not so dark as 1t is
pictured, and that there is a sturdy
white population coming into the country,
which, added to that which is native to
the soil, will throw a bright ray of light
upon the dark shadow. 1t was a pleasure
to see well-dressed gentlemen and ladies
drive up in their neat turnouts. drawn by
well-kept horses. Some had come 10
worship. A representative of the MORN
ING NEWS, who was present, expressed
surprise at the number present. He was
told that some 8 miles distant there was a
Baptist Church, where there were as
many, if not more, people in attendance
that day.
Bull Hill Church is not a name to COM
mend itself for beauty. 1t is appropriate,
however, and comes from the same source
as does the name OF Savannah's Bull
street. In the low country any rise above
the usual fiat level is called a hill, and on
this slightly elevated plateau where the
church is located a Mr.. Bull settled away
back in the last century, and hence the
name. To-day for q mile OF more around
the church there is apparently an I'M
broken pine forest. About a half mile
from the church and a hundred yards
from the highway, on the opposite side,
is the last, the only remaining memento
of the Bull family. A lonely grave
marks the place where once all was life.
Near this sad token vas probably the
planters happy home, suddenly made
desolate by the loss of his loved ones.
The towering pines are pressing slowly
but surely upon the heavy brown stone
tablet which stands almost erect over the
last resting place of a wife and child.
The stone bears the inscription:
= ...--.'''-... .-.''.'.-..''.
Ia memory
of
MRS. A BULL,
wife of VIM. Robt. Bull,
and daughter of James and Margaret:
Cameron, of the Island of An
tigua. in the West Indies.
Who departed this life after q painful:
illness.
On Nov. 3, 1896,
Aged IS years.
Here follows affections tribute to the
loved ones many virtues.
Here also lies the body of
ROBT. WM. BULL,
Second son of VIM. RObt. and Mary Bull:
Who departed this life
ON
Nov. l. 1895,
Aged l day.
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