The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-20

The Union Commemorative Service
held on Wednesday night the FRS
Methodist Epipscopal Church, South
was largely attended and proved to b
most enjoyable, instructive and inspir
ing.
The service was opened at eigh
o'clock by Mrs. Audie Owen, wh'
played several beautiful selections OF
the sweet-toned pipe organ. For man.
years Mrs. Owen was organist a
the First Methodist Church, and hel
playing last night awakened memo
ries Of the early days. She is, one o.
Gods noblewomen, one of the "salt o.
the earth"
The meeting was presided over BY
the Rev. Thos H. Lipscomb, pastor OF
the church, who announced as the
opening hymn, 81 Am Bound for the
Pro m i Land" The opening
prayer was by the Rev Stephen A.
Brown. Following the invocation, the
Baptist Male Quartette, Messrs. Bur-
ris, Smith, Jacob and Johnson, rem
dered most sweetly that beautiful
hymn, "Softly and Tenderly."
The Rev. Thos II. Lipscomb then
said that one hundred years of history
was an occasion for serious thought
as well as rejoicing. "Our fathers" +"
said he. "were men of deep piety and
laid well the foundations for a
great religious superstructure
Church History.
The first of the speakers to present
historical facts in connection with
the church life of Columbus was For
mer Lieutenant Governor James T.
Harrison, Of the First Baptist Church.
Governor Harrison told of the estab-
lishment of the First Baptist Church
here in 1882, and of the erection of
the the first church building by that
denomination in 1888, and of the erec-
tion of the present splendid struct-
ure in 1908. He said that he OBJ
tanned many historical facts concern
ing the church from the history of
Columbus by the late Doctor William
Lowndes Lipscomb, who, he said, was
like the sun, Frightening everything
he touched. With beautiful and
appropriate tribute to the women Of
the church, past and present, he
closed
The second speaker was the Rev.
Jesse C. Rowan, who acted for Colo
mel HUMPHREYS in his illness. The
Rev. Mr.. Rowan read from histor-
ical sketch of the First Presbyterian
Church of Columbus written in 1904
by the Rev, Dunbar II. Ogden. The
Rev. Mr.. Rowan made the statement
that Colonel Humphries is the only
person now living who belonged to
the first Sunday School Colonel
Humpries attended here The First
Presbyterian Church of Columbus was
established ninety-two years ago. The
original congregation consisted of
eight members, and the church was
organized on the first Sunday of
May, 1929 Eight members were
transferred from the church which,
prior to that time, had been estab-
lished at Mayhem. From 1884 to the
present day, the Rev. Mr.. Rowan
said the First Presbyterian Church
of Columbus has been actively en-
gagged in work appertaining to the
Masters business.
With Mrs. Addie Owen at the pipe
organ as aceompanist, Mrs. William
T. Owen sang with feeling and ex-
precision. am Go Where You Want
DE to Co
The Rev. Thos. II. Lipscomb then
presented General Z. 7. Sykes 70 the
congregation as the representative Of
the First Methodist Episcopal Church,
south, Of Columbus. General Sykes,
n an intensely interesting way, gave
many historical facts in connection
with the church here, and some t.
miniscences that the people gladly
heard He stated that the First
Methodist Episcopal Church was or
ganized here in 1916, Columbus then
being in the Alabama Conference.
West Of Columbus the churches were
under the jurisdiction Of the Missis-
sippi Conference. The first time the
conference met in Columbus was in
1888. It met here again IN 1850, and