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VOL. III. RICHMOND, r
W aynesbon
This church was organized in 1846 as a branch
from the Tinkling Spring church, Rev. W. T.
Richardson. D. D., was its lirst pastor and
served it for many years. The lirst structure
was of brick and stood near the old cemetery.
The second pastor was Rev. S. J. Baird, D. 1).,
who came in 1870, but served the church only
mree years auu was sueeeeaed by Kev. Frank
McCutciieon, D. D., under whose ministry of
about twelve years the church prospered so that
a new building was found necessary. Thi$ -was
a substantial brick structure that fiAly answf
ed the requirements of the c)RU?h at that tiiw
and in which the congregation has continued
to worship until the present
time. In 1886 Rev. A. R.
Cocke, D. 1)., became the
pastor of this church and ^
continued in that relationship
until his death in 1901.
This pastorate was the
meeting of the hour and the
man. The community was
increasing rapidly in popula
tion and, under Dr. Cocke's
wise leadership, tender past- tlgjggkt.
oral ministrations and able L8 I
pulpit work, the membership SSfigj
increased with almost phe- ^
nomenal rapidity. At the 1
jubilee celebration in 1898 MiildMltffiffitifrll
there were 500 communicants
on the roll of the church. ImMMBBBBBBb
Later, owing to the organization
of the Basic church and
the business depression of that period, the membership
decreased to 367.
Under the ministry of Rev. C. R. Stribling,
the fourth pastor, the church continued to
prosper. He is described by those who knew
him as a preacher of power, unusually gifted in
prayer and in his ministrations to the sick and
afflicted.
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D., began his pastorate on December 1, 1911.
Meanwhile, the congregation had, for some
time, outgrown its building. The Sunday
school especially needed larger and more
modern accommodations. So, after careful and
mature deliberation, it was decided to build
, again. An elaborate set of plans were drawn
jPA and presented to the church by Mr. R. G.
nCxM Vance, one of the elders, and ground for the
new church broken in August, 1910. The buildint*
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7, ber 12, 1911. Rev. W. W. Moore, D. D., preach,
ed the dedicatory sermon and the former pastors
of the church who are now alive, took part
in the exercises of that day, a full account of
which appears in the news columns.
This structure is a beautiful and commodeous
building, costing about $32,000 and capable of
THESOU7
vlEW ORLEANS, ATLANTA, NOVEME
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Waynesboro, - Virginia
accommodating an audience of 1,000. Setting
back somewhat from the street in a small but
beautiful grove it presents a most pleasing
appearance.
The exterior is of white pressed brick, adorn.e1
*3*tli a spacious portico, ornamented with
!ns with corinthian capitals.
The interior of the church is particularly
attractive, the exterior design of columns and
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capitals being here carried out with great effect.
The color scheme is white and mahogany with
two tone green for the carpet.
The iSabbatli school rooms, at the rear of the
main auditorium, are two stories in height and
are to be equipped with every facility for work
?iinj.ug uie ^uuug people.
The completion of this building marks an
epoch in the life of the Waynesboro church.
With thanksgiving to God for great blessings
in the past, we look forward to a future of increasing
usefulness, as a sketch of the work accomplished
during the past twelve months will
show:
During that time forty-eight have been added
to the church, which now number 460 communicants;
$11,000 additional has been subscribed
on the new building; the General Assembly's
plan for benevolence., adopted and so far carried
out as to insure the largest annual offering
ever given by this church to these causes; a
young ladies missionary society organized, and
plans projected for the grading of the Sabbath
School and the organization of covenanters work
among the boys.
During all its history the church has been
fortunate in its officers. To mention all those
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be to draw out the list to too great length, but
chief among them may be mentioned, in the
earliest period, Elders Daniel Fishburn and
Clias. Patrick; somewhat later, Elders Wm.
With row, Jr., and Geo. A. Bruce; still later,
Elders Dr. Jos. B. Winston and C. R. Haines.
The present church officers, faithful and
efficient, are: Elders?T. H. Antrim, Chas.
Brooks, J. L. Barksdale, Jas. II. Bell, Jas. A.
Fishburne (clerk), J. II. Fauber, Jas. A. Patterson
and R. G. Vance. Deacons?Chas. W. Alexander,
T. B. Coiner, It. N. Gaw (Treas.), W. H.
Lavell, T. W. Quesenbery, W. A. Rife and J. F.
Templeton (^chairman).
The aviators tell us that the
iirst rule of iiight is to turn
the llying machine against the
? wind, and let it lift you into
k ^0 the heights. When the bird is
jsTi hying for pleasure, it liies
^ with the wind, but if you lift
a club toward the bird, and it
i I ^ isnes 10 rise, it turns and dies
i?if kwB against the wind, and upward
IliiilySSBS soars toward the sun. Trouble
1jPv_i imbibbi *s a divine wind, let loose to
lilt man into the heights,
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and suffering cleanse the soul
*" as storms and thunderbolts
burn the poison and sickness out of the
heated August air, in the hour when it threatens
the health of the city. All the finest
Dresden china is burned three times, because
the colors of crimson and gold can only be set
into the texture by repeated firings. And that
is what the seer meant when he savs Hint ti>o
faithful disciple shall sit 011 the throne of judgment
in heaven. Alas, for these poor angels
that stayed at home, never struggled, never
won their sword and spur?but man, out on the
frontier lines, fighting for his life, struggling
against ignorance, hate, falsehood, selfishness
and sin, comes home victorious, with dents in
his shield, scars in his body, wounded unto
death, but victorious, lie has earned the right
to sit on a throne and rule over ansrels. There
fore the Crowned Sufferer of Calvary is the
king of joy, the Prince of Happiness and the
Lord of Peace.?Newell Dwight Hillis.
No doubt, God will save multitudes of people
who do not think as we do. He would be a
petty sort of deity if he confined his mercy to
the limits of our human thought. But this does
not release us from the obligation to maintain
the truth as he reveals it to us.?Examiner.
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