Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-25

years has never ceased to hold regu-
| lar worship. Here was a protected and
| suitable location--the Blue Ridge to
the West, the Shore Hill range to the
northwest the kittoctan creek, with an
abundant supply of water; the natural
| fertility of the Loudoun valley, and
| freedom from persecution.
| -Four churches during the century
and a half have been built on the spot
| two of logs the second In 1880;
stone church in 1900, and the present
substantial brick church, in 1854.
| The following graphic account of a
Baptist encampment in those early
days shows us the nature of the first
rather temporary log church.
This encampment was formed of
| three continuous lines, each occupying
side of, square, and about $50 feet
in length. Each row was divided into
six or eight cabins, with partitions be-
4 tween. The door of each cabin opened
on the inner side Of the area, and at
the back was a log chimney, which
| came up even with the roof AT the
upper extremity of the enclosure form
| ed by three lines of cabins was a
shed 30x50 feet, in which was coarse
pulpit and log seats. few tall trees
| were standing in the area and many
| stumps scattered here and there. The
| whole establishment was in the depth
| Of forest and wild and rude as can
well be imagined.
Religious Persecution.
| While the Baptist clergymen OF
| Loudoun county do not seem to have
suffered persecution from the English
| church, those in other parts Of the
| state suffered bitterly for opinions
sake. The Rev. John Ireland of Gull
| pepper was seized and imprisoned. OF
his treatment while in the Culpepper
Jail he gives the following details:
"a number of my prosecutors re-
sorted to- the tavern at the courthouse,
| where they plotted to blow me up with
powder that night, as l was Informed,
| but all they could collect was half a
pound They fired it for explosion, ex-
pecting that was sitting directly over
| it, but in this they were mistaken. Fire
was put to it, and' 1t went off with con-
siderable noise, forcing up small
plank, from which / received no dam
| age. The next scheme they devised
| was to smoke me with brlmstone and
| Indian pepper. They had to wait GER
tain opportunities to accomplish tae
same. The lower part of the jail 1oor
was a few inches above its sill. When
the wind was favorable they would
get pods of Indian pepper, empty taem
of their contents and fill them with
birthstone and set them burning, SO
that the whole Jail would be filled With
the killing smoke and oblige ME 10 go
to cracks and put my mou-h to them,
in order to prevent suffo1atien."
Despite prosecutions els svhere, the
determination increased, AMI The Kit
toctan church was able as early as
1905 to invite three sister churches OF
northern Virginia to form vita her the
first association.
First Negro Baptists.
Nor were the slaves neglected. In
1 1890 the first negro person was baptlz-
ed. A committee was appointed TO
consider the attendance of slaves. AS
result galleries were put In where
the slaves might sit and under the
same room with their masters worship
| the same God Now, in 1906, you may
4 sit in the church built on historic
/ ground and look up in the gallery,
where the colored people still gather
as in the old days.
Looking back thru the years, we find
names of ministers and laymen noted
in this and adjacent counties and
states - the Jameses, the Heatons
(spelled them Heton), the Osbornes
the Purcells, John l.. Massie of polit-
ical fame, the Grimsleys, DIR. William
f. Broadus, DR.. G. w. Harris, DR.
Dodge. the Herndons, and the present
minister, DR.. l. B. Lake, known in Bap-
list circles along the cities of the At
lantic coast, who has served the church
for thirty-four consecutive years.
In the old cemetery may be seen the
grave Of continental soldier, with
marble slab laid horizontally upon a
brick four dation; the tall monument OF
Senator Henry Heaton; graves with
stones so dark from age that you can
not decipher the dates; graves of the
slaves of the early days and graves OF
their masters.
:. In this secluded spot, away from the
rush of modern life, one stands under
| the same trees, by the same stream
I which the Indians named Kettactcan
and witness the solemn scene of prim-
tive baptism as the forefathers did In
1856.
Didn't Admire Mrs. Cleveland.
(Memphis News-Scnitar)
4 A loluble young girl was one day
going from New York to New London
4 when she found herself seated next to