The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-03

School, and the other by the Old
School This division took place in
this church and continued for some
thing like twenty years, when the
differences between the two branches
were adjusted and the two congrega
ton again were united to be a most
harmonious and united congregation
until about 1866, when another di-
vision arose, growing out of issues
connected with the Civil War. None
of these divisions, as far as am able
to understand, grew out of any doc
trinal differences, or any differences
in the teachings of the church, but
were differences more in regard to
questions of government.
After the division of the church in
1866 that portion of it adhering to
the Northern Assembly of the Pres
byterian church of the United States
erected the brick church now stand
ing upon Pleasant street only a block
away; and in September, 1868, Rev.
L. II. Blanton, D. D., was called to
the pastorate of that wing of the
church which was connected with
what is known as the Southern Gen
eral Assembly, and in 1859 and 1870
the Southern branch of the Presby-
trian church built the church which
has been recently torn down and
which was dedicated on the 25th day
of September, 1870, and which is in
tended to be replaced by the new
structure we are now engaged In
erecting. Rev. Blanton continued as
the pastor of this church from Sep
TENDER, 1858 until September, 1880.
In recent years the differences be-
tween the Northern and Southern
branches in Paris have been happily
adjusted and a few years ago they
were again reunited, and the church
is now more harmonious, more zeal
Gus, more prosperous and stronger
than it has even been in any period
of it's history. It's membership now
is about two hundred and fifty.
In the earlier periods of the his
tory of this church it was the custorI
of the Session of the church to Sc
lect young men of piety and of good
ability and to educate them for the
In one case they went so
far as to buy the time of a young
man who had been apprenticed to
learn a trade, and took him and edu-
Gated him, and he became minister
of this church. The young men who
went out as ministers from this
church have been, many of them,
among the most prominent and the
most efficient in our entire church.
There were twenty-seven of them IN
all.
Among the Elders of this church
in its early period, Mr.. Alexander
had three sons who entered the min
istry, Mr.. Mcconnell, one son, Mr..
Curry, one son, and Mr.. Joseph
Mitchell, one son. All of these young
men were sons of. Elders of this
church.
1t is likewise fact worthy OF
comment that this church has always
been a warm advocate and supporter
of foreign missions. One of the SONS
of Mr.. Alexander went as a mission
airy to the Sandwich Islands in 1881,
when the inhabitants were still SAL
ages and were addicted to the prac-
tice of cannibalism. So great was
his work among those people that in
the year 1869. thirty-eight years al
ter Mr.. Alexander went to the Sand
it is recorded that his
church in those Islands contributed
more to, the cause of foreign missions
than all of the chuches in the Synod !
Of Kentucky combined, that year.
In the spring of 1872 Mrs. Annie |
Edgar Randolph, member OF this |
went as "a missionary TO
China, and after having conducted
most successfully a school for girls
in Hangchow, China, she was remoy-
I'd to Nagoya, Japan, in 1888, and
,or your years she labored most effl-
GENTLY and. successfully in the es-
of an institution for. the
education of Japanese women, when,
her health having failed, after an abb
;ence of twenty years, she returned !;
o her native land. To undertake to
'ecount the wonderful work that was
by this devoted woman,
while most interesting and instr'lc'
i've, would occupy more time than
We can command at this time. II
In 1881 the congregation extended
call to Rev. E. n. Rutherford, OF
It. Louis, Mo-, which was accepted.
md DR.. Rutherford served the con-
faithfully until his death,
which occurred in July, 1908, having
erved the local congregation for a
,eriod of twenty-seven- years. DR..
was succeeded by Rev. B.
". Shive, who remained the pastor
# the church for a period of seven
rears; severing his connection with
he local church in September, 1915.
Prominent among the pastors; of
he former u. s. A. church was DR..
,. J.. Cheek, now of Danville. Ky.
)r. Cheek was in Paris for many r
y