The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-22
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HE Revival etirgs at Brick
Church Compared With
the Earlier Days. 55#
SOME MARX 60 lMPR'0',y ( EM | e.
$Order1iness and Attention ai1ltlls5
Good Behavior Is q 5#
u. 81; Contrast. S88

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written for, Thc r,mes- Dispatch.l
a most satisfying revival at q protraso.t!od
meeting conducted ~ REV. william q.
8Ball, Baptist minister of v r iof,l11tondd,
va, was rtnlnated In the Fork Union
E Church, Tluvanna county, v ~ the Rav.
George HI snead pastor, on Wednesday, ne
August 18th. Owe familiar with that
community In past years has observed
with great satisfaction the 4 Improvement
made IN many respects III The orderliness
was particularly noticeable, the behavior
+ or tho children, OF which there was q
large number, was especially good - the
attire OF these young people being simple
and attractive. sSs iii "A IA So tf4S
#tE Above the door Of this building the
date TIA showed tina the Brick Church
Fl another name given to this edlfice) an-i
#tcdnted Washingtons Il war. The fine
grove Of noble old ohats in which tho
church stands are historical land inar tk
5ot the meetings held there W en- tho early
settlers rested their rifles beside thern IN.
@tllo church at times whom 10th Indians
and British soldiers troubled tho land.
ig Colonel Tarleton.s the Eng lsh trooper
pitched his tcnt&o the Carysbro ok lawn
and his men tried to capture the Conti-i
mental barracks ut Point OF Forks, both
Splaces near to this church, Gen. Sheridan
and his thieving soldiers deflled z Fork
Union and that ectlon. leaving impress
{5slons hard to- forgive and II ever 4 to y be-
forgotten F1uvanna furnished many
yeomen who followed the flag that Wash
sington made immortal and 4, their XII de- e;.
sscendants. stauloh Baptist mostly, Were!
true Confederatos that5worship8 here ~
q They ar 9 n convinced people, thorough
8.ly knit in & unity. Their Longevity Tor
both men and women Is very ma ked.i
They are OF unusual size. and the county
he's sent into the world notable men
FOR their honesty II industry, courage and
sound Judgment. Many changes show
4 the material advance Of this neighbor-
hood. Cornfields, ont and 20 tato patches
& have aken the place OF the gum, turkey,
oak and SB chinduapin Tickets at Fork
4 Union that offered to hold times admirable
3hitching places and shelter for ii horses,
mules and oxen In 'ny- tines T hose pa
5tient animals drew the carry-alls wagons
and carts, with families. and grand
mothers old hair trunk. placed beside the,
5fwhite-oak- lit hamper and long basket,
raised ION the farm. On low chairs or
seated on bright clean straw In II the bots
tom of the ample vehicles, 4 sat the old.
women and tender children VI Sss%
* The vehicles, In q long Interrupted line,
held the middle OF the road leading from
8all quarters to the meeting house: tail
mounted men, with their wives or d augh Y.
tiers seated behind them on tile family
mare, kept to the highway side-path.
while young men and boys on shy young
mules and colts, not yet 6ridle-wse,t
raised dust and confusion II Vance OF
the caravan or fetched UP a devious,
doubtful following In the rear. i,
Carried Their Shoes.
{E on the road were also squads / Of men
and women afoot, Il heading y for " Brick
Church." some carrying their new shoes
In their hands that grew too tight in the
Journey. Many negroes, dressed In tn cir
Sunday best, went to the same meeting
Carriages and buggies were few in those.
times. This was "a meeting Of yeomen8
assembled at the castle dedicated TO their
sfalth-yeomen, their wivos, sons and
such ns Sir Walter Scott de-
5scribes. n "A fs
In season the boys brought boiled chin
5quaplns In their pockets. and those more
favored brought goober peas, and who
could prevent these being nibbled at In
church ?A5 w g must remember that boys
have hands, teeth and appotltes that ARD
ever active and never Satisfied 81 They
were by no means disobedient boys.
They We're rather aboVo the average in
their behavior. Their plain manners,
touched with5sa little shyness; M was ! the
hallmark of the forest homes from which
they came, and showed that their tute-3
&lage was In the cabin and In the nearby,
ilog-house free school. In those simple
days, too, the girls wore strings OF chin
5quapins about their necks and 10 q ed very
sweet III their. plain flnery. and simple
{heartedness was their chief charm. 5s
4 Iaesolute, strong men, destined to meet
great trials and to conquer finally, were
thus being educated in simplest fashion,
rs their history has shown. The Baptlsts
majority There worBh!ped with them
regularly in this church r resbyterlans,
Mcthodlstsf and Episoopnlians, MI In, good
fellowship. for they were all of Christ
Rev William a. Whitescarver, a much
beloved man, WAS their minister for n
long period before, during md after the
war. He was firm, earnest. most deyout
and charitable. Tie loved his people, ana
brothers OF his. in Christ, On Sabbath
days. when the Episcopal minister held
services. the Baptists OF the community
constituted most OF the congregation,
ana It WINS their singing which sustained
that portion of tho service, In a. fetho-]
dist'a house close to the church the IIpis-
'copnl minister put on his vestments,
which common Christian unity and
II "a 4 r'AInr &