Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-29
DEDICATION AT MT. VERNON.

The handsome new Mt. vernon
church that the Methodist congregation
completed at Hickory Grove about two
wears ago, was solemnly dedicated 10
the service of God last Sunday with
exercises that were interesting ana ap,
propriate and which were participated
in by a large congregation from the
people Of the town and surrounding
country and from distant points IN the
county.
The gathering was not quite as large
as was expected. The morning skies
gave signs of rain, and many from a
distance who had been looking forward
to making the trip backed out; but
still the congregation was as large as
could have been made entirely comfort
able. and there was no reason for dis
appointment on account OF attendance.
Ali the visitors were taken care or with
Hickory Groves traditional hospital
ity. and had the crowd been much
larger none OF the visitors would nave
even been able to tell the difference
from the attention that was accordeo
them.
The services of the day were con-
Quoted by Bishop e. K. Hendrlx, VI
the Methodist Episcopal Churcn'
South, assisted by Rev. I. Z. oDeli,
Rev. S. A. Nettles, editor of the Chris
tian Advocate; Rev. H. w. Whitaker,
the pastor of Mount Vernon, and Rev.
G. l.. Kerr, pastor of the Associate Re-
formed church of Hickory Grove.
Bishop Hendrix preached the dedica-
tory sermon from Luke TX, 33, on the
TRANSPORTATION" and handled the
subject in a manner that commanded
the closest attention. The bishop also
offered the dedicatory prayer, and IN
the course of statement subsequent
ly made, took occasion to state that
this was the 249th church at the ueu-
ication of which he had assisted. Al
ter the sermon, the church was uuiS
accepted from the building commlttee
in behalf of the South Carolina Con-
ference, the building committee con-
sistine of r. l.. A. Smith, chairman;
w s. Wilkerson, w. T. Slaughter, D.
]. Smith, ]. D. Whiteside, j. P. Ram
sey, r. 4. Foster, ]. T. Wilkerson, j.
Buice, J. NJ. Leech.
The history of Mt. Vernon goes back
to about 1885, when the congregation
was organized at what is now caileo
Unity. a church at this time belonging
to the Baptist; but which at that time
was the common property of all Chris
tian denominations that desired to use
1t. The movement that resulted In the
erection of Mt. Vernon originated IN
1856, and carried to success in 1893, the
dedication taking place in July of that
year. Rev. ]. w. North was the cir
cult rider in charge at the time. rms
old building, plain frame structure,
was used continuously up to about two
years ago, when the present handsome
building was completed as the result OF
efforts commenced year or two be-
fore, on the basis of a proposition
like this advanced by one of the MEM
bers: I'VE have all the time been wor,
Shipping in building that was erected
by our fathers and grandfathers, and
it Is time now that the present genera.
ton should do something for itself and
for the generation to come after. Ihe
subscriptions to the new church build
ing were very general and some were
quite liberal The new building, as
may be seen from the photograph pup
lished elsewhere in The Enquirer or to-
day, is one Of the handsomest frame
churches in the whole county.