The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-28
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
New Hope Church Celebrates its Gen.
tennia! Anniversary.
A DELIGHTFUL OCCASION.

Mrs. Ii. S. Bradshaw, who hac
the good fortune to be present
furnishing the following inter
| csting account.
Nov. 18th was a day pleasant,
ly and proftably spent at New
Hope Church. The clear sky
and bright sunshine, for it was a
perfect day, were enough to in
cline any one to 60, but this only
added to an occasion, which was
the centennial of the church, also
the gathering of childrens mission
ary corn. Last spring there were
twenty packages of corn contain
ing one hunderd grains each dis
tributed By the pastor among the
children of the Sabbath School.
As the proceeds of those grains a
number of sacks Of corn were pill
ed up in the church with the
name of the planter on each. Of
the twenty packages nineteen were
reported from, and from the two
thousand grains, fourteen and a
half bushels resulted. An interest
ing feauture to the little workers
were two prizes to be awarded tothe
largest yields. The first of these
was awarded to Master Sharp,
quite a little man, not long out Of
skirts and lapland, we judge,
the amount eighty-four pounds.
If there are many little farmers
like this one in that community,
New Hope would be an Egypt,
whence we might gather corn in
case of famine. The second prize
was awarded to Master Claytor.
That it is the true and lasting
prize they work for was clearly
seen in the bright faces and by
the number of willing hands that
went up in response to the ques-
ton from the pastor to be answer
ed BY the children themselves.
"Shall we have another Mis-
sionary corn CROP" We were glad
they said yes, and wish them
much success with the next, and
the next, till they come rejoicing
bringing in the golden sheaves.
The program for the day was
as follows. Exercises introduced
by reading scripture, singing and
prayers, address on Missions based
upon the words "Come over into
Macedonia and help US" by Rev.
H. s. Bradshaw, Atthe close Of
the services the ladies Of New Hope
church were organized into a Mis-
sionary society by Mrs. Harris of
Chapel Hill, who is full of zeal for
MISSIONS. Dinner was served in
the grove from bountiful baskets.
The first order Of the afternoon was
the awarding Of the prizes, which
was conducted by Rev. III. G.
Kegly of Mebane, n. c., in his
usually interesting and pleasant
manner, with a beautiful speech to
the children. Next in order were
the centennial exercises proper,
consisting Of an address by Rev.
NJ. Nc Shields Of Burlington,
n. c., which was a brief resume
Of the century through which New
Hope had existed, then he turned,
from the past to the future, and;
without the pretention, Of a pro.
phet, ventured to anticipate the
following features, as characseriz.
ing the Presbyterian church in the
future-lst. A moeactive church;
2nd. More sympathetic church 3rd
Distinctively a missionary church.
This skeleton was clothed in clear
thought and practical, truth, we'll
illustrated and delivered with just
such force as Mr.. Shields alone
can employ.
We were received and treated
with a kindness by the earnest,
faithful and eiFe3ient PASTOR and
kind, hospitahle people, which
makes US wish centennials could
come oftener.