The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-06-27
ROUND HILL BAPTIST CHURCH NEAR
LYNVILLE
People Gather from Every Quarter
Some from as Far as Texas-Hls-
tory of the Church Reads Like
Romance - Eorty-seVen
Years Since Organization
inspiring Sermons
and Addresses.

Special to the Globe.
Lynnville, Tenn, June 23.-At the
Round Hill Baptist Church here yes
terday the annual basket meeting
was held. A great outpouring of the
people on this occasion demonstrated
the fact that the citizens of this COM
munity are set on keeping the histor-
ic day alive. The Sunday-school was
largely attended and the Temperance
Lesson was discussed with deep
earnestness. Prof. Nansen, Rev. Bra
Sen and Mr.. D. A. Hart, editor of the
Nashville Globe were introduced and
made short talks At the opening OF
the services the house was crowded,
many being compelled to remain on
the outside. Rev. ]. S. Gilmore in
troduced Mr.. Hart, who printed "The
Monitor" book containing the his
tory Of the Richland Creek Associa-
ton. in which Round Hill Baptist
Church is located. In introducing the
speaker, DR.. Gilmore said This is
the man who printed the history of
this church; he Is is the man with
whom | made the contract and he
was setn here to-day to read this
sketch that will point out to him in
a few minutes. He did not know
what he was coming here to-day for,
any more than did, but l deemed it
very appropriate that he who made
the book should on the forty-seventh
anniversary of the history of this
church read from book printed by
him, this sketch"
Mr. Hart then read from "The Mon
itor" that portion of the book that re-
ferred specifically to Round Hill Bap-
tlst Church. In concluding he said
II am deeply impressed with this oc-
casion. This is a big day for me.
Little did ! dream, several years ago
when was printing this book for DIR.
Gilmore, that l would ever be called
on in this church to read the lines
that l have just read When this
book was being published there were
times when became so deeply inter-
ested in it's matter that | would for
get that was working and l would
find myself completely absorbed in
the history of this Association and
recall to my mind to-day very dis
tinctly this portion of the history that
refers to the Round Hill Baptist
Church. AS | stand in your presence
to-day l feel greatly inspired and
highly complimented at having this
privilege Of reading this history to
you
"The community in which the
Round Hill Baptist Church is located
is one where Negroes own farms for
miles in every direction in radius
of about seven miles. The farms are
prosperous and the families are per
petuated. The young people who
grow up in community like Round
Hill do not go away to large cities
when they reach manhood and wom-
anhood, but the parents get together
and start the young men in business.
A little farm is purchased for the
young man, he is encouraged to get
him a wife and settle down in life.
BY this method the landowners are
increasing and young people are in
duced to remain on the farm. There
is a degree of intelligence that is able
to average the most improved meth
ods in farming and the community is
is an ideal one from every point of
view
The services on this occasion were
fully indicative of the progress and
prosperity Of the people in the COM
munity. Rev. H. A. Braden was the
first speaker, he preached fOrceful
sermon and when he stopped after
about twenty minutes in which he
had stirred the people to high pitch,
theer was heard from all parts of the
house the cry of GO on" Preach
ahead" but as there were several
others to speak he could not he in
duced to do so.
The next speaker was Kev. j. 5.
Gilmore, founder of the church DR..
Gilmore might appropriately be called
to Old War Horse of Round Hill
settlement He took for his text
Matthew 20th chapter, a portion Of
tile 9Th and 18th erses, and Matthew
cGth chapter and 10th verse Ee
preached forceful sermon, full of
wisdom and showed clearly how he
has been such a force in building up
the community Forty-seven years
ago he established the church at
Round Hill, and if he serves them
as pastor until October he will have
served them thirty-one years. In his
sermon he emphasized what it meant
tO do LITTLE deede of kindness to DeO-
pie and pointed out that it was the
duty of all to make sacrifices for hui
manity. Dir. Gilmore is loved and |
highly respected by all the people in
nomination, and when he isin Round |
Hill all turn out to see him.
Rev Caswell pastor of the Round |
Hill A. NJ. 2. Church, offered rrayer