Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-08-30

dismission from the Pickene court
house church, he had been diligent
and Jealous in the employment of
every means for our growth and
prosperity. 1t is greatly owing to
his prayers and labors that in this
time our membership had increased
from eighteen to nearly eighty. Our
house of worship had become more
comfortable and respectable in it's
appearance, our people more liberal
in their religious contributions, our
Sabbath schools and prayer meetings
had been brought into being and
kept in existence. During all this
time he, too, had been the faithful
clerk and recorder of the business of
session and the important events of
our church's history. In his removal
from us our loss seems too great to
be easily supplied, but we will pray
that this sore bereavement and chas.
tisement may be made the means of
our increased sanctification and
faithfulness as surviving overseers of
the Lords household, and that it
may be also overruled by the grace
of our Lord Jesus to the furtherance
of the piety and zeal of the whole
membership. While making this
minute the session feel themselves
called upon to notice the great in
roads that death has been making of
late upon our membership and to
urge it upon the attention of the
church for their admonition. Several
have very recently been called to
their eternal homes Among these
we would particularly notice the de.
parture of Anna and w. H. Gail
lard, the beloved wife and son of our
aged and venerated elder, Josiah D.
Gaillard, who has our sympathies
and prayers and S. N. w. McFall,
the noble son of our lamented elder,
who fell upon the same battle field
with the father"
AT the session of the church held
July 6, 1868, letter was received
from the Rev. j. Munroe Anderson,
chaplain of the Twelfth Regiment,
South Carolina Volunteers, stating
therein that A. j. Pendley and G.
Nj. Morgan had united themselves
with the church of Christ in camp
in Virginia, and that they had ex-
pressed desire to become members
of Bethel church.
The following pastors served
Bethel church during the century we
are now celebrating: Andrew Brown,
Benjamin d. DuPre, Joseph Hill
house, John L. Kennedy, William
McWhorter, w. II. Singletary,
David Humphreys, Anthony w.
Ross, John B. Adger, d. Chalmers
Boggs, F. P. Mullally, W.P. Gready,
S. S. Gaillard, Hugh McLees, D. Nc
Neill Turner, E. f. Hyde, John G.
Law, John r. Riley Hugh Strong,
w. d. Spurlin, j. E. Fogartie, G. G.
Mays, Robert Lee Rogers. OF this
number seventeen have departed
this life. Hugh McLees, John G.
Law, John r. Riley, W. d. Spurlin,
j. E. Fogartie and G. G. Mayes sur
vive.
Rev. Andrew Brown was the first
pastor of Bethel church and served
the people faithfully. He was also
teacher of the youth of the country,
his first school having been located
near the church. Not only were the
youth of the country taught, but in
the higher departments young men
were prepared for the ministry and
other avocations. Rev. Hugh Nc
Lees, who survives this celebration,
and Rev. David Humphreys, of pre-
cious memory, were fortunate in this
regard. There were others also, but
their names have not been given.
One of the small pupils has survived.
Her name was Minerva McGuffin,
and she was at this time seven years
of age. On attaining womanhood
she was happily married to William
Bearden. She is now ninety three