The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-05-18

SNoAlSi eu- 1IOLH ulne TO uNle lneN
were visited by ministers Of their
faith who mad tedious and perilous
Journeys over wide distances. with
all the zeal of evangelS, holding to-
gether the little bands of heroic peo-
pie who had fed from home and ma
1--WE and that they might worship
God according to the dictates OF their
own hearts and souls. Among these
marvellous preachers are such names
as Loretz. Suther, Theeus. Martin.
Aubly, and many others. The history
or their labors is the history of the
growth OF enlightenment and civiliza-
uon in the rude backwoods of the
Piedmont counties. Unde their ef-
forts churches and schools were estab-
llshed and grew, fer these Germans
DelleVed IN education from the first. |
Indeed, there were more school mas
ters than preachers, and when the
latter could not be mad, the teachers |
led the simple meetings held from
time to time. The church and the
school house were one: and a fea-
ture of this early church development
in these counties that must ever be
looked backward to with admiration
is the union church, built and occu-
pied by Lutherans and Reformeds.
tremendously and in full accord The
two faiths knew little of division,
and both denominations had been
actuated by the same spirit when
their adherents fed from Europe and
its religious prosecutions. The two
peoples. blood brothers, have not yet
given up the happy union idea, and
there are yet churches of this char
acter; and in all the Piedmont coun-
ties there stand one or more of these
mighty engines for civilization.
Famous Old st. Paul's.
One church especially is called to
mind here-old St. PauTs, a mile and
a half west of Newton. 1t is one of
the most ancient houses of worship
ip this part of the State. The date
it was founded is in dispute but it
vas probably about 1850. In it's
mossgrOwn graveyard are tombstOnes
5 bearing dates that belong to a far
flung period Of the history Of the new
) America, and the whole vicinity is
5 filled with the spirit of pioneer day.
. The Newton Church, with which
the Chassis meets this Spring, also
t has an interesting history. 1t was
4 likely founded in 1S49 by the Rev.
J. II. Crawford. A lot had been
: bought and a building secured prior
f to this date. The elders were DAME
: Rauch CRowe), father of ex-Sherif1
l NJ. j. Rowe Of Newton; and Abe
lkerd. 1.-The White Church." New
+ stands. In it's time it has housed
$ Catawba College, that splendid Re.
:. formed institution which has played
d such a large part in the educationa
: history of the State. In it the lat
Majoy Sidney M. Finger, once Super
:. %intendent of Public instruction, Sc
q cured his education, as did the lat
DR.. J. A. Foil and the late DR.. j. c
Clapp, towers of strength in Reformed
church development. Besides CataW
h ba, it may be remarked, the churcl
also has Claremont College at Hick
Dry, for girls; and another institution
Of which the denomination is prou'
+ is the Nazareth ~Orphanage at Ores
cent, in Stanly county.
n A Part of the Piedmont.
\ So closely has the Reformed PEG
, pie been identified with the PiedmOn
d that their church is hardly known i
l. other parts of the State. Performed
" strikes upon the ear Of the strange
with puzzling popularity. reform
&c Church is older than its name. 1t
e, early leaders objected to being calle
le after any individual teacher. To b
exact, they had no idea Of establish
as ing a separate Christian denOminatiO
1T when they joined in the Reformatio
l. in Europe. When a more distinctly
I'd name was demanded for the CROWN
IN body of Catholics who could nc
e. longer conform with the Roma
l. church, some one in France, it is sait
n called the church Reformed" an
there came into existence the RE
or formed Church Of France then th
IL, German Reformed Church, etc. Tt
name leads TO perplexities which q
not annoy M~ethOdists, Presbyterian
he Baptists, Ep~iscopalians or Lutheran
OF for each bears a distinctive nam
he which carries an unmistakable colo
ad The name Reformed" however.
fl vague, lacks concreteness. 1t repr
on sents tina schOo of refOrmers heade
nd by Zwingli and after him, Calvin, ar
r. the faith spread from Geneva
IL 164S this division of PrOtestantisl
gh was granted recognition and receive
m equal legal rights with Catholics ar
Lutherans. The Reformed Churc
les then, in the United States is a branC
VI Of Reformed Professionalism which or
tn ginated in Switzerland in the siXteen1
nd century under the leadership
ZWingli and Calvin; was founded