Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-03-18

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The name of this beautiful town, on
the Southern Railroad, aud twenty miles
from tho Georgia line, is an Indian name,
taken from tho river which flows near,
by. It means "happy grounds.s Why
did the Indians give It such q nama !?
Did that savage heart of the lons y 20
have poetry in it, and did it respond 10
the beautiful (? Such must have been
true. For as he came up from the low
country, following che trail of the river,
when he reached this section the Blue
Ridge mountains came into view--i came
near saying burst into view, for so they
do--and what grandeur is spread out be-
fore you How clear the atmosphere as
you look toward the hills from whence
cometh your heipI Even a savage heart
could not resist the enchanting spell
thrown about him, aud as his eye looked
about him and hei saw the river with its
eddying tides and the forests with their
game, and the beautiful mountains, he
murmured, "Happy grounds p Or in
our day, with a John Bunyan to describe
it, he would have said. '.The Land of
Beulah 70
And here, where the savage stopped to
drink into his soul the beauties osna-
ture. they are building the town. j. r..
Moore lis the pastor of the Baptist church.
He has been laboring here for over a
year, and you can see evidences of his
fine work everywhere. A religious at
mosphere, akin to that of a true revival,
pervades every nook and corner. We
rejoiced greatly to note how grandly he
is succeeding. The church has about
one hundred members, but some as good
as is In the land, and every department.
of work seems to be In a healthy condi-
tion. Old and young are deeply in love
with the pastor and when he asked them
to take The Baptist Courier they all did
1T, with only one or two exceptions.
Last Sunday Bro. Moore preached in the
morning from the 5lst Psalm, Our sin,
its realization and confession: and at
plight he preached from Col. 1927 and
Heb. e:l0, The Christians hope. We
heard both sermons complimented very
highly, one lady saying they ought to be
Bro. Moore came to us from North Ca
rolina, and is valuable acquisition. He
is distant relative to Bill Nye. won't
stop To say what the distance is, but it is
near enough to resemble him very much,
or rather the pictures published of that
gentleman few years ago, and this
might account, to some extent, for his
singleness of life. The rumor was
started on Bro. Moore few weeks ago
that he was getting tleshy, advancing
rapidly in weight, and this rumor.- so
soarGeu his people tnaC Cney arose up
in arms at once against it; they said il,
would cause such change in him that
he would lose his identity, and SO Moore
is the same lean, lank, rawbone, big
hearted, whole-souled person that you
love for him to be.
WALHALLA.
This lovely little city of some $500 is
situated nine miles above Seneca, on the
Blue Ridge Railroad, and right in the
mountains. This town was founded by
the Germans over fifty years ago and is
as interesting town as any in the State.
The Baptist church is at present without
pastor. The membership is about one
hundred apd includes some excellent
people. Many of the county officers are
members Of this church and with the
material to work with strong organiza-
ton ought to be built up. We were pas
tor of this people for two years and
know of what we are saying. 1t was
pleasure to be in the home of Rev. G. l..
Craig, who is the efficient superintendent
of Education for Oconee county, and a
preacher of fine ability, and to spend a
while in the home of Bro. James Sea-
born, a leading citizen of Walhalla and
deacon in the Baptist church. Rev. j.
y. McMapaway in The Baptist Courier,
March 5th.