The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-07

the result Of Il great revival in the
the year Previous The
number OF members was increased IA
Nv. II has been said frequently that
.the original type of Alamance Chris |
uanit! Was rervent. and it has so re-
named and the history Of the church
pas been marked by REVEALS. rhe |
hrst three pastors of the church-Rey.
David Caldwell. Rev. Eli Caruthers.
and Rev. William l.. Miller-were
missionaries sent from the United
Synod and their work extended
through 1866. Nine pastors have serv-
ed this church since that time, the
present pastor being Rev. A. ". Craw-
ford, who began his work there in
March Of the present wear. The
membership Of the church has now
reached 400.
P~ulpiteers From Alamanse.
A large number OF young men have
entered the ministry Of the Presby.
terian n other denominations from
the membership Of Alamance church
One for every six years OF the his
tory Of the church A large per cent
OF these ministers have risen to prom
inence in the pulpit, IN educational
work OF the church and as men OF let
ters. One Of these, Rev. William
Paisley, who was born and reared in
liz SOAS C60tAo1 "
was the founder and the first pastor
of the First Presbyterian church of
Greensboro. Interest attaches not only
to the religious history Of AlamanCo
church, but to the secular history as
we'll. The latter shows that this COM
munity included the territory Of
Orange and Rowan counties, all Of
this being embraced in Guilford coun-
ty at that time. This community has
been under two local and three ma
tional governments. 1t was originally
in the Province Of North Carolina
under the authority of the British
Crown, then in the United States OF
America, later in the Confederate
States, and now in the United States
again. 1t has contributed men to the
soldiery Of three wars, some Of these
rising to distinction in this service. L
, has given also numerous men to State
], and national Legislature and has con
tributed members to the Suprem'
4 Court, the District court and in man,
instances to the cause of secular edr
4 cation, furnishing many teachers f.
: this work.
One Hundred Yea Ago.
> On October the 7th, 1873, when th'
Z Synod Of North Carolina was organ
: lied, there were present in Alamanc
church twelve ministers and three rul
} ing elders; these represented threN
. p~resbyteries, in which it was est
mated there were probably four thou
sand communicates. II was from tina
n small beginning n ndr year
ago that the Presbyterian church
North Carolina has grown to g fel
gious force Of fifty thousand member
II and one that Is second to none in tn
commonwealth In point Of influenc
l. for good and splendid accomplish
n ment for the cause of Christianity, {
~ home II abroad. Presbyterianisl
&c has wrought SO we'll in North care
lima for the cause Of Christian educs
g ton and the extension or the nlt
sionary enterprise in the home lar
r and in foreign fields, and in l1ber;
"a giving to the same, that the work b
or gun in Alamance church a centul
&c ago has been justified many time
- And every honor hat comes TO II
&c SYNOD of North Carolina adds hon
10 to Alamance church, already rich
honor. because of the d%istinctit
which must and does belong TO Il
church which is the mother OF Orga1
he ICED Presbyterianism IN the old Nor
as State.
as The Addresses.
ry, The centennial celebration will j
ed clude an address Of welcome by I
wO pastor of the church, Rev. A.
he Crawford: two addresses on The b
ell %einningS n Development or Pfesp
IS terianisrn in North Carolina in 1855:
by Rev. Walter w. Moore, d. D.. a
as Rev. Walter l.. Lingle, D. D., of Ric
IN mond: two addresses On THE Perso
til mel Of the Presbyterian Church
it North Carolina to 1862 by Rev.
DDS G. Hill, d. d., of Maxton. n. G., a
ma Rev. ID. I. Craig, D. D., OF Reidsvil
cry N. c.; two addresses on The l.
at Fifty Years The Presbyterl
m Church as an Evangelistic Agenc
me by Rev. r. r. Campbell, u. d..
Org Asheville. n. c., and Rev. j. M. Re
D. D., of L~aurinburg. n. G.; t
raj addresses on "Presbyterianism IN
ich ucational Work in North Carol
or During the Century" by DR.. {.
!, a phonso Smith. Of the University
Virginia. and DR.. d. II. Hill. OF
Agricultural and Mechanical Cole
-, Raleigh, n. G.
D~iscOncerting Possibility.