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scrbes Savannah in 1888 and is quoted
by Messrs. Lee and Agnew in their
Historical Record of Savannah" says:
"A court house, being one handsome
room with a piache on three sides. This
likewise serves as a church." This evil
IDENTIFY was not the hut of 1876, but
where located, whether at the old place
where the Custom House now is, or
elsewhere, is the question.
On POstOmce Site.
According to the best evidence from
all sources the new Court House was
built upon the lot where the present
postoffice building now stands. The
fact that Oglethorpe ordered it built
upon the Upper Square," would at
first thought seem against this posi-
ton. but upper" is a term loosely
used and many denote the square fur
therest from the river. There were but
four squares at that time; two on
Bull street and two on Barnard, ana
as Barnard street was not built up,
there were practically but two, those
on Bull street. Mr. Moore's statement
implies that the house was moved to
the furtherest square from it's old To-
cation. the site of the present Custom
House.
The writer quoted above from the
Historical Records of Savannah" in
describing the city in 1873, after tell
ing of the Court House as quoted,
goes on to saw: Opposite the Court
House stands the log house prison. the
only one of five or six successfully
built. Nigh thereto is a house built
of logs at a very great charge, as was
said for the trustees steward the
foundation below ground is rotten, and
the whole fabric must be in a short
time, for the roof being fiat, the rain
comes in at all parts of it,"
The only lot that meets any of these
requirements is the one wherein the
postOffice building now stands, for in
the map of the city, made in 1857, it
is found the Council House." which
is probably the same as Court House,
located on that lot. Opposite that,
where the Chatham Artillery Armory
stand, was located the jail which con-
tinued It'll within the time of many cit
liens. This meets, the. description
quoted above. The one point still
open is found in the statement nigh
thereto is the house for the trustees
steward etc. On the same map of 1851
is marked where the Court House now
stands "Old Basilua," and where the
Lutheran Church is New Basiluag If
it be the same as "Basilica," that
mean originally the palace of kins,
but afterWard. came to mean a place
IN the mouse Oh an lInpOrtduL
age (such as the trustees steward
where justice was dispensed. If these
conjectures be correct, then the pres
ent postoffice is the place wherein the
first Sunday-schol was held in Ameri-
ca.
On Monday, March -, 1885, Mr..
Wesley moved into the minister's
house." which the maps show to be
Immediately in the rear of Christ
Church. AS there were no lots laid
off east of Drayton street the house
set further back than the width of the
present street, and with its inclos-
ures took in what is now Congress
street Of this house he says: 1T is
large enough for a larger family than
ours and has many conveniences be-
sides good garden"
Rise of MethOdism.
1t was here that Methodism had in
part its rise, and shares with. two other
spots the honor of giving to the world
one of its greatest moral forces. Some
time during the latter part of April
1896, Wesley adopted. among his par
ishioners, the same methods pursued
at Oxford England, among his fellows
that of organizing them into bands I'M
der the leadership of the most pious to
meet once or twice week for prayer
of them to meet at his house on Sun
day afternoon.
In after years, writing of MethodlSm,
he says: THE first rise of Methodism
was in 1929 when four of us met to-
gether at Oxford. The second was at
Savannah in 1876 when twenty or thir-
ty persons met at my house. The last
was at London on May =, 1913, when
forty or fifty of us agreed to meet. to-
HvaI 10 -
With Mr.. Wesley came one OF his
warmest friends, MIR. Delamotte, who
opened up a school in 1876, and had be-
tween thirty and forty pupils. Being
pious man he catechised the lower
classes in the early morning and after
school. In the evening he gave in
struction to the larger children. On
Saturday afternoon Mr.. Wesley gave
religious instruction to them all. He
also gave them a few minutes on Sun
day mornings after the second lesson,
and then had them meet him at 2
o'clock for an hours instruction. Thus
began the first Sunday-school in Amer
lea, which antedates the work Of Rob
ert Raikes in England by near fifty
Years, for it was not til 1871 that he
Inaugurated the movement that has
grown into the modern Sunday-school.
How Wesley LabOred.
The following will give some idea OF
MIR. Wesley's labors in Savannah. In
addition to the daily public prayers
held in the Court House, he went to
Highgate, a French settlement, hve
miles southwest of Savannah, where ne
conducted services in French every
saturday afternoon, from which ne
passed to Hampstead, German settle-
ment, one mile east of Highgate, where
he addressed the Germans IN tner
tongue. On Sundays 1.-THE f1rst Englisn
prayere lasted from to 6'oO. me
Italian begun at 3. The second Eng
hsh service Including sermon ana COM
munion) from 80 to 1880. The french
began at ! O'Clock. At catechised the
children. At began the English SER
vice. After this / had the happiness OF
joining with as many as my largest
room would hold, In reading prayer
and ringing praise. And about me
service OF the MOravians began az
which was glad 10 be present, not Az
a teacher. but as learner
His arduous iabOrs he continued
through his long life. preaching every
morning az s O'Clock. and Usually from
three 10 i've times day. Notwith-
standing this and the care OF az me
churches he found time 20 write OF
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