The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-01-06

James Smith, Charles Smith, Robert
Wilmot and John Griggs. Bourbon
county at that time had six members
in the lower house of the Legisla-
ture. Mr.. Purviance was afterwards
one of the signers of the Last Will
and Testament of Springfield Pres
bytery."
1t was during this session of the
Legislature that Mr.. Pruviance, the
plain farmer, clad in his homespun
jeans and coarse cowhide boots, so
everlastingly walloped the noted
John Breckenridge, member from
Fayette county, in debate on a bill
to revive the Court of Oyez and
Terminer." Capt. Rogers account
of this affair is certainly very inter-
esting.
| In 1900 Mr.. Breckenridge was
elected to seat in the Senate of the
United States, and in 1902 he was
appointed Attorney General by Pres
ident Jefferson. He continued to fill
this important place in Jefferson's
cabinet till the year of his death,
1906
In 1903 Barton Stone, Richard Nc
Nemar, John Thompson, John Dun
lazy and Robert Marshall were &C
cused Of heresy and were notified to
appear before the synod which met
in Lexington.
These men, anticipating the unfa-
vorable action of the synod, with
drew and constituted themselves
into Presbytery, which they called
the Springfield Presbytery." Under
this name they continued to work
for about year, when they conclud-
ed to form new organization. So
while it is doubtless true that "they
were called Christians first at An
tioch," it is also true that the
christian Church" as We know it,
as modern organization, was born
in "Old Cane Ridge Meeting House,
June %, 1904, when Robert Nc
Nemar, Barton w. Stone, Jno. Thorn
son and David Purviance signed and
published the Last Will and Testa-
ment of the Springfield Presbytery."
"Propitious star, whose sacred
power
Presided DER her natal hour"
This was more than five years be-
fore Alexander Campbell landed in
Philadelphia from Scotland in Oc-
tober, 1909. AS to the old building,
Captain Rogers says: 1.-The original
structure still stands. It's ancient
r1dgepole remains where it was
placed in 1871. The graveyard, with
Its sainted dead of hallowed mem
DRY, is yet intact and that memora-
BILE era in her history inflexibly
written-June %, 1904. Here is the
birthplace of faith"
If the things which were done and
said at "Old Cane Ridge" had trans
pired in the Highlands of Scotland.
people from Bourbon county would
make long Journeys across the seas
to see 1t and would bring back some
leaf or twig as highly priced me-
mento. Perhaps there is not an
other relic like Cane Ridge Meet
Ing House" in all America. The
records Of the membership bear the
names Of those who in after life
became men of distinction" Robert
Millfgan began his career as a coun-
try school teacher at Little Rock in
1897, 1t would be an insult to the
historical learning of any Chris
tian" minister to tell him what Mil
ligan became in after years.
Jesse Peyton began his career as a |
clerk in a store at Little Rock. He
afterwards emigrated to Philadel-
phia, taking with him letters of rec
ommendation from Henry Clay. Pey-
ton made a fortune in PHILADELPHIA
and when Mr.. Clay became finan-
cially involved by indorsing a
friends paper. Mr.. Peyton came to
his rescue and Ashland was saved"
The last but not the least of this
trio of illustrious sons was Joel T.
Hart, the great SCULPTOR. Hart also