The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29
The Baptist GrayeyardA Voice From
the Dead.

the Ueaa.
Editor of The Item: am not an
sold man. but fifty years has WEougns
many changes IN Sumter and her peo-
Ma, some Of the changes nave oeeh
.-.s ,,s,.1 ,jaasant. and some extremely
painful for they marx tne s,e seseiane0 =
ties that were tender ana stus Ia
few mornings ago enese pas;ss mas
man standing IN sne olu s.n5 9apos1, n1,o,,
church graveyard with ms mana upon
Fsa tannbstone that maTkea the grave
off 81 woman. As he $1,000 SneEe ano
Sbnnoft of the past, 50 not 0ecame ~ Ine
S-ss ss-esess sof his. soul the wonder IS tne
-;s-hla .,ssy Ia lid not crumhle IN his hand.
Ts,a To ~ suo,nan. l,y whose grave ne stooo,
80 = same who had mlnls5ereo Sen-
Sa-lvs sss,.1 r., his dying sister IN 1904 ana
ss- 3orn, IN all OF its loVellness came
= eai;n from the Pecesses or memory,
! 20 IA saw her as she sat at Gne peo-
s;5e ss;;Se rsa5;ng 10 ard sweetly comforting
$I,a a sS;sf,sr gla,o was soon 10 pass INTO
the great unlneWn. ,,om
slS TsIssn Ehe solemn past began TO SLOW
= ~ nnen. He, saw q little, nightmares,
~ ,afooIed bow 5ngging at his moener,s
s3-sss while she and Mrs. Ann aranam
sd Nrs S1,san Norton with many
assar ~. ladies' were cleaning up Snls
esrna os.,ss ecraysyard. The graves were
numerous then and very nsaIls So'SsSI ass-
! Ahe inciosnre- little ssooasn pas-
ings put around the graves o. 1alii.lss IL ase
~ relatiYas extending even se.o -. VIZ
northeast corner OF the los. Ieuioay IL
Was busy, and he saw again s1s gnea
elastic fornla aof the Rev. moan Iaaala az
w;sh uncovered head treaa1ng e.ie
walEys of this graveyard as IT c0noa-
:ng ss,, W;th The dead he loved. Gut INTO
4bs si,ss front ward where Ben Evans IS
S,1;ldSnp she new church ana see hith
So : basrd IN one Of the wlnooWs
~ -, en- Sra Tyles and Maggie Brunson,
{ s+rg,, 70. iiffle Girls. to slide down upon,
snSs =, +he lissIs boy joins In the sport;
{ Pr4 11s.ss fha clau.ch is completed noW ana
: ss,s st.ss rsstor is that gentlest OF gentle
Gbr;ss;; Nh ans under whose ministry sne
ef1nrch was reore greatly blessed saan
ss--sc. s--s,. before or since. Some OF sne
Sarr,s S,sr, that now come III view as
{ -s,11Tr -,-oTnn;ne,,t members are those OF Amos 10
Netslss, Elijah Przngie, ,W.,a.tb ".
HaynsWorsh. Jno: =. HaynsMossns; yIs r,,s
Henry Haynsworssh, ois ,bau+ an4
Dr. NJ. j. Dargan- sfne year is saiDng sovas
1885 and Rev. Mr.. Dargan Is neiplng
Mr. Rice III pretracGeo mseSlng'
and. with some twenty Gao osnesss
I thosa cody men. Samuel WATSON aaa
sPSehars Kerdrick are being 6aps,zeo.
Tyn i,Sn1es vaars more and Dr. Teasdate mas
aoTsa M 10 The help Of Mr.. Rice, ar,d now
} she.chu es- rch has her greatest spirl5nai
sreviyaT and adds more than hfSy mem
brss res n her already well grown Dooy-
sbe esteemed brother, Col.
Walsh. now joins, with mis- vigorous
! mind and manly form, IL memory 5
throng. a,,o-v
bacr ;pfo the records, and he hears an
oId man slaeut, Wake up! wake up;
Bro 1nPres,. anticipate the trump OF
{ I'D and gather around you 5hose
SrS,or, Vou loved and who loved you.
Y,u who wore out your ilfe peIoEe
) gon !, ryaacSled vigorous manhood aJ q
Z sssIarvs IF 800 year IN the service OF
gonr s,-oss ,sTethrsn. wake mp! and preach
them one nore sermon. ssoM esets
corner Of the old graveyard sney c1ae, os,
and others from distant places " MneLe sIls
thgy had fallen on Sleep, uhsii I'll Tue
DIace Is alive with moving Iorms. ile
sermea is tender and true as Inose m ne ne
nreacned III the long ago; me tsAS
( WAS. For the Lord himself saau &c
scend from heaven with shout, WIZ
4lse voice oi. the archangel. ana WIZ
tSs ia ssrurnp Of God: and the dead Ia
{ S.Srist S1l saaij rise first. - Now the busl-
noss neesirg begins and the preacher
savs Fssrntlaer Elijah Pringle Will you
ear sesTa g moderator. The moderator
sekes the chair and asks, is Bro:
.Henry. .HaynsWo-th, the clerk. present!
TSen wg,I be led in prayer by brother
s.nDel Watson. A wonderfully sweet
prayer "a shontod
for Mr. DuPree now rises and is rec
egnized by the chairman as BIO. 'ho.
B. Miller J.
sRro Moderator, says he-ssit is
nleasant to see so many OF my brethren
bara ses and some OF them have ssa.
vsisd many miles. / am sorry
- 80 have disturbed their rest
and n wouId not have done so.
i,,, bnt fnr tEss importance Of the matter
: wish TO Law before them, and that Is
the present condition Of the last rest rest,
no s-. 9Iaca oe the bodies OF our loyeo
ones. With the infancy OF the nlne- ,s-
s sssnth esnsury 1 came to s1mtervllie
and innaeSiately set to work to ad-
vance the cause Of our Master Dy
helping TO organize the church y Mn.es Msa
abssay I Z through nay efforts that the
~ lof Was purchased and after the Little
hand had raised all they could, In,
eIuding my subseripSion, they lac lacked I'd
ssT.H. naY FOR the lot, and this amount 1
ppa.d pay M myself. / sorked with the bseth5 h;
re,, paos IN the bonds of love for third
oi Of ! century and the records Of the
~ naoas Besides, sixty-fve years ago the
eSgreh sss by special vote granted me
s5a r;gtit 10 bury my loved ones here
and s, 60 be buried here myself. The
n-assnt ma. pastor, in reference to this.
= g@SsSsSe-s~ booH roNIr nvaT