The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07

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penter Jim" he was called to dis.
|tlngulSh him from another man ir
the community of the same name
erected, three miles south o.
Plymouth and a mile or so north
east OF Wolf Creek mills, a large
frame building which was called
"Pisgah Meeting House." The
owner the past week has torn il
down for the purpose of using the
mt material in the construction oi
other buildings on his farm.
AT the time of its erection il
was considered the finest building
for the purposes for which it was
intended in the county; and when
big meetings" were held there,
people came from every direction
from all over the county. 1t was
shortly after the erection of the
building that a series of meetings
were held in it by Ephraim Miller
and Mead Catlin, in which they
advocated the conclusion that the
second coming of Christ would
take place during the year 1913,
the day and hour not remember
ed. They illustrated their lectures
by large maps hung on the walls
ON which were painted "the Beast
with Seven Heads and Ten
Horns and many other impossi-
Bile things like that. They were
excellent men and fine speakers
and the spectacular manner in
which they delivered their ora
tions, and the exciting character
OF their subject naturally created
great excitement among the peo-
pie generally, many praying con-
stantly and some getting their as
cension robes ready so that if the
world did actually come to an
end as predicted, they would be
ready to fly away to glory. But
the time passed and the world re-
'voived aroundSits. axis, Just as it
had done for more than six thous-
and years.
1t was about a year before the
preachers again returned. This
time they had revised their fig
ures, and had come TO the conclu-
sion that the day and hour could
not be fixed, but that the scrip
lures plainly taught that Christ
would descend to the earth at
some future period the same as
he had ascended into heaven at
the time of his crucifixion. With
the time limit eliminated the
Second Advent Church" was
formed, branch of which : that
grew out OF these meetings is To-
Gated in Plymouth in the Little
Church around the corner"
For several years country
schools were taught in this build
ing during the winter months, the
teacher for many years being
Miss Helen Leland, an educated
lady of most excellent qualities in
every way. She passed away
many years ago.
During the school months once
every week there were spelling
schools and among the young
men and women there was lively
competition as to who should
stand ait the head of the class.
The book used was the old "W eb-
ster's Elementary Spelling book. !"
1t did not take long for several
of the pupils to learn by heart
every word in it, and of course,
there was lively interest among
those on each side to get these
spoilers on "our side"
During the winter also, there
were singing schools once week
They were taught generally by
some one, who did not know any
thing about ''the rudiments OF
music" but who had learned all
the familiar songs SO he could
lead and the others follow. In this
way a good many singers who
could make the welkin ring,
were turned out from time to
time. The book used was the old
Missouri Harmony" and the
music was printed in what was
called the Buck Wheat Notes"
During the winter of 1888 Louis
A. Joseph, who then resided in
Plymouth, who was something of
a musician. organized class to
learn to sing by the round notes.
The class was quite successful
and through his efforts there and
elsewhere in the county the buck
wheat notes were discarded and
the round notes substituted.
1t was also in this old Pisgall
Meeting House that the news of
the discovery of Spiritualism
through what was called the
Rochester Knockings, as they
were called, produced by the Fox
sisters, at Rochester, \. Y, in
1913. was first announced to the
people of this part of the country.
This news produced nearly as
much excitement as did the pre-
diction that the world would
come to an end at a certain time.
So great was the excitement at
Rochester where the Fox sisters
lived, that a self appointed COM