Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-26
ELlNT HILLS NEW CHURCH.

in the history of Flint Hill Baptist
church, Fort Mill township, as a red
letter day, with gold trimmings.
More than 1000 people gathered al
the church Sunday. including mem'
bers and visitors. Many Of the visi-
tors came from distances Of twenty.
five miles or more, and the immediate
neighborhood was out in full force.
The occasion was the opening
ceremonies incident to the occupancy
of the handsome new brick edifice
which is now all but completed, and
which will stand for years to come as
a monument to the untiring faith, yea
and religious sentiment Of the Flint
Hill Baptists.
Built of pressed brick, resting on
stone foundations, rooted with metal
from the outside the building presents
an appearance that is easily the equal
Of any country church in York coun-
ty-an appearance that will demand
more than a glance from the chance
passerby. The building faces the east
and is entered by vestibules on the
north and south corners. The
main auditorium is 49x4O feet
has a gently inclined floor to the
rostrum, and is equipped with hand
some oak pews of circular form
which serve to give a decidedly COM
Portable appearance to the interior OF
the building. Opening off the main
auditorium are five Sunday-schooI
class rooms, three at the front or the
church and one on each side OF the
pulpit, all of which can be thrown
open to form a part Of the main audi
torium, and giving, with the necessary
chairs, with which the rooms will be
equipped, comfortable seating ca
pacity of 500 or more. To the rear OF
the rostrum and on either side are
robing rooms of ample size, and be-
tween these and Immediately to the
rear of the rostrum Is the baptistry
The interior wood work, which Is OF
hard pine, and the handsome oak
pews, are finished in hard oil. The
walls are high, and pierced at proper
distances with large windows, which
add to the ventilation Of the building
and give plenty of light. The acous-
tic properties of the building are fine
and an ordinary tone of voice can be
heard with distinctness throughout
the building.
The people began to arrive at the
church as early as half past eight
many being impelled to earliness by
the fear that they would not be able
to get a seat in the building If they
were late in arriving. This precautior
was a wise one, as by 10 o'clock there
was scarcely a vacant seat in the
building, although painstaking ushers
were busy taking care of the large
congregation seeking admission into
the building.
At 10 o'clock the services of the
Sunday school were opened with a
song service lead by the selected choir
and joined in by the congregation
Then followed a short address by Rev
]. d. Moore, field secretary of the
State Sunday School board, on the
methods that are best to engage and
hold the minds Of the children who
make up the Sunday schools. And al
though the speakers address was
short, there was left no room for
doubt as to his being thoroughly IA
miliar with the best methods for ac-
complishing the work of the Sunday
school, and his remarks We're listened
to most attentively by his audience.
After the Sunday school exercises,
the appointed church services were
commenced with the singing OF a
hymn and the long metre doXology.
The pastor Rev. Edward 5. ReaVes
made a short prayer and Rev. Mr..
Moore read the Scripture lesson from
Acts i, 1-13. The pastor then made a
few remarks in which he stated that
there was some misapprehension as
to the services of the day. That many
people thought that this was to be a
dedcatory service, but that this was
an error, that there was still debt
upon the church, and while the
church could be used for the worship
of God, it was not thought proper
that the building should be offered as
a gift to Almighty God with a debt
resting upon it, and that the church
would be given to God when the
church was free of debt He then stat
ed that a most cordial invitation had
been extended to the former pastors
Of Flint Hill church and absent men,
bers and members who had gone from