The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-02-08
NINETY-sEvENTH BIRTHDAY OF
THE Q. P. CHURCH.


three humble ministers of the Cos
pei met in the home of one of the
three, two-room log cabin in Dick
son County, Tenn, for the purpose
of prayer and consultation as to the
wisest course to pursue IN an effort
to spread the gospel in what was
then called ..the Cumberland coun-
try
These men had once been minis
tiers in the Presbyterian Church,
but differences arising over ques.
tions of doctrine, policy and the
educational qualifications OF coun-
try ministers caused dissention and
division resulted and these three
ministers started out to battle for
the cause of Christ in the Great
Cumberland country, which at that
time was sparsely settled. The
three ministers in question were
Samuel McAdoo, at whose house
they met. and Finis Ewing and
Samuel King.
The one question that troubled
the minds of these good men was
what course they should pursue so
as to properly care for the spiritual
welfare of the people Of the Cum-
berland country. Much time was
spent in prayer for divine guidance
The three ministers then consti-
tinted Cumberland Presbytery.
electing Samuel McAdoo Moderator
aud young Ewing, son of Finis
Ewing, Stated Clerk. One of the
FIRST acts was to ordain into the
ministry Ephraim Mel can. young
lincientiate. The next meeting Of
the young denomination was at
Ridge Meeting House, Sumner
County, on March 20 Of the same
year, with fourteen members pres
ent, and again on Oct. % at Leba-
non Meeting House, with sixteen
present.
By the fall Of 1913 the young de-
nomination had grown strong
enough to constitute Synod, and
on Oct. S, 1913, the first Synod OF
the Cumberland Pres b yterian
Church was constructed in the old
B eech Meeting House, Sumner
County. where the Loyal Cum
bertrand Presbyterians held their
historic rally on July 81, 1906. The
FIRST Synod elected VIM. McGhee as
Moderator, and Finis Ewing Stat
ed Clerk.
|. The FIRST General Assembly was
constituted at Princeton KY, on
May 10, 1929, with Thomas Calhoun
as Moderator; first meeting of any
of the church bodies in Nashville
was the General Assembly on May
Is, 1882, and again in 1888 and 1884.
The Moderator at the first Nash
vile meeting was Samuel King, one
of the founders of the church.
Some of the most noted preachers
during the early struggles of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
were the three founders and VIM.
McGhee. Thomas Calhoun. David
Foster, Reuben Burrow. Robert
Donnell. Milton Bird, Fl. S. Porter,
Richard Beard. S. g. Burney, T. c..
Blake and the late DR.. Baird, who
served the First Cumberland Pres
byterian Church of Nashville, The
late John Frizzell, of Nashville. was
the General Assembly's Stated Clerk
from May is, 1878, to May II. 1883.
The Cumberland Presbyterians OF
Nashville will tonight at 7 30o'clock
assemble at the Addison Avenue
Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
and in betting manner celebrate
the ninety-seventh anniversary of
the founding of the denomination
to which they have given adher-
ence and which they proposed to
perpetuate.
Rev. J. r. Goodpasture will act
as pastor-host. There will be Sc
lect musical programme led by the
choir Of Edg efield Cumberland
Church. There will
also be two addresses, one BY Rev.
A. N. Eshman, of Radnor College.
On the Ideals and H@tory of the
Past" eother by RI ]. H. Twin
gle, pastor of the Cumberland Pres
Dyterian Church, on THE Cumber-
and Presbyterian Church and Its
Future. One interesting feature
If the service will be the unvailing
# miniature reproduction Of the
old Log House ia which the Cum
,erland Church was originally