The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-04-27
CEDAR MOUNT ACADEMY
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| alterward learned to love him), the
MOODS and scores of others. There |
saw and heard for the only time that
eccentric preacher, Lucius Bellingcr
can see him yet standing in the pull
pit. l must have been quite small for
The only thing he said that remem-
Der was frequent repetition of the
phrase, Il fancy, my brethren" | pre-.
Gumc | was too young to take in his
discourse, but it was the first time
! ever heard Il fancy" and shall car
ry that much Of the old preachers SER
mon to my grave.
Mount Bethel was the church Of the
Souths, Pools, Sullivans. McCulloughs,
lGambrells, Epps, Gikysons and
Woods. They were great people.
Jodic Mccullough, one Of the eminent
lawyers Of the state and now OF Balti-
more. was from this church.
One Of the remarkable features of
this old camping ground was the great
spring the waters Of which were SO
strongly impregnated with lime that
the horses refused to drink it until
they were forced to do so from thirst.
1t boiled up from basin at the foot
or steep dcclivity and formed pool
twenty feet in diameter and several
considerable creek. remember
that there were fish in the spring.
Across this spring there was always
a bridge way Of thick plank. 1 have
stood and watched an almost INTERIM
Unable line of negro ccoks end wait
ing men file across this bridge, plunge
their buckets into the spring and pass
on. One dip filled them and after
thousands Of gallons had been dipped
out there did not seem to be the
least diminution in the out-fowing
stream. Nor were the waters the
least discolored by the continual
splashing from morning till dark.
few miles from Mount Bethel was
Oak Hill Methodist church in Green
vile county. prominent among its
members were the Epps, Scots, Hum
bcrts, Sullivans, Gilkersons, Stokes,
Chambers, McDavids, Chapmans.
Vances and Gambrells we're among the
first attendants of this church-a re-
fined and gentle people.
Oak Hill was at first union church
and was given by Ransom Cobb, ESQ.
who owns a large tract Of land ad-
Joining the seven acres which he gave
for church purposes the use of
all denominations. The building was
originally small frame building un-
ceilcd. The Baptists organized a
church in this old building and wor-
shipped there for many years but the
churcn did not grow. that denomina-
hion, therefore, abandoned it's efforts
TO maintain an organization at that
point. Euring The year 1855 there was
az unprecedented revival at Mount
Bethel. The effects Of this great aw;li.
cning reached and permeated tho
ncighEol'hood Of Oak Hill. A brush
arbor was built there and the minis
terS who had conducted the revival
at Mount Bethel went, at the solicita-
tlon or the community, over to Oak
Hill aobut the middle OF September ol
that year and conducted a meeting for
Two weeks. The first woman who con
nected herself with the church was
Phoebe a. Chandler, the mother of
Mrs. l.. II. III. Daniel, and the first male
member was p. A. McDavid. then lad.
He still lives at Greenville. Robt. j.
Smith, Col. James Mccullough and II.
Stokes transferred their member
ship from Mount Bethel and with Mrs.
Theresa McDavid, woman OF large
intellect and devoted to every good
cause, with the members received at
the revival organiZd the Oak Hill
Methodist church.
The ministers who conducted the
rcyiva were Thomas Raysor, Judge
Glenn, Addison p. Martin, an uncle
of W. S. Martin or the Upper South
Carolina Conference. John Hum
bert, the father Of the saintcd j. B.
Humbcrt and Joseph Humbcrt, who
still lives in the vicinity OF Mount
Bethel, and James f.. Smith tho IA
ther OF Dr. Charles f., Smith, Of Michi-
gan University. The Baptists trans
fcrrcd their rights in the property to
the zeal and conservation Of those
goodly men who conducted the great
revival
O., W,