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Spring Hill Methodist Church
SPRINGHILL. ITS HISTORY
AND ITS PEOPLE.
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•i V. M. Morris.' Hr was on?■
a',!;;i 'led by 4 ten. Robert l ocmbs.
Moms l;. ld him, he -ays, as he !
Vans! i old a eyild, iI .• would
not ! uri tin" grand o’d Seiialm,
bni hr- k< ; t the General from
hurting h in. lie lived at Spiling
Hill four years and travelled the
iat- •< db rict in Georg a. if not
in Southern Methodism. He rode [
in a high gig or sulky, becaus. •
he said he must cro^s two-1 bird < j
of all the water that fell in Gem-1
gia. He was a very laborious i
and constant -preacher. He ।
preached in all Hie churches and j
in all the school houses and ha I
brush shelters built in all desti
tute communities, lie *gave the
<r sfiel to all. He loved the
Spring Hill school, recommend 'd
it to all wherever he went. H"
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will have many stars, in lusl
erown. He also sold a great;
nrany good books and gave many |
away.
Another great presiding id<^‘rj
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The Merchants Bank
OF
Mcßae, Georgia.
Capital Stock, - - - - ” - - $25,000.00
Surplus, -------- $26,000.00
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This is one of the oldest banks in this section, and it
has always ranked high in the financial world.
Courteous treatment of customers and the extension of every ad
vantage consistent w>lh sound banking principles are items that have
counted in the success of the institution : : , : ; : :
Accounts of farmers, merchants and business men solicited.
We offer every inducement to be had by the strongest banks.
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THE MERCHANTS BANK, Mcßae, Ga.
E. F, M< RAE. ’ • C. 6. PARKER, O. F. McRAE,
President Vice-President Cashier
'was I‘obert B. Lester, a brother-'
! in-law ■■! ( 01. Walter B. 1 till of
Macon. He resided at Spring Hill I
a pall, of rhe time. 11 ■ had ehos- ■
en the law .-.. Ids profess on, bin
God had an • ; tier plan lor him.'
,nd called him m the ministry. ■
lie gave up ah his brilliant pros-'
peels and for ~iy year , nlf'j ■
c or t ;: Ist i m port an! i
works in Georgia as pa-tor and
as elder. He had a gigantic mind. :
vmdth seiz 'd evmy salient point
[ < ■ liis siiljert and guve it to his
. Haiiers with no uin-mlaiii sound. I
j .1 : , memory is as oinf no ml pour- ,
i dfml h. He was a t ‘\ir st lan (
'gentleman of the highest yi-. pe— i
■ iin-elb h ad devoted 10; bis
| w rk.
Among the old pastors weep .
W. T. McMiv-huel, I’. C. Harris.,'
W E. Roberts W. M. G. ('only.
W. ]•'. Ehnilers. W. -I. Elanders, j
.! im !.. Williams. Joseph Carr j
I'. ('. Eineher. W. A. Huckabee.
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li. ('. Brew tun and many oth
ers who gave io the church their
best talent, e h one excelling in
some way ami uppbmenting the
work of the m o\ . all worker
' together to save souls and build
up the idngdc.m of God. i
W e had some great revivals at
' Spring Hill. In ISG9 we had eainji
; meeting and disti Ld conference
! combined. We had seine great
I g en dmrs a Iso. We h d Dr.
Imr icl; Pierce p\ !>r Sa years of
age, who pr. nehi d every day at
11 o'clock". He was the travelling
com] aiiivn of Bishop Asbury, th,.'
first preacher sent over In M r
Wesley. His sermons were r ■
plete with the early history o''
: Methodism, ami with great expo
! sit bn o! Bible 1 rut h . When the
.scores surrendered to God, how ।
It he old man did shout and r>‘
I joice . .1. W . Itnrk e was thee*.
j lle put n acme line work for t h • i
lord. Xow they are nearly ailj
gone fa join the multitude that ;
yiio man can. number. A pCeuli ir !
i fi.’,'it lire of this meeting was, sono j
i fell' at the altar as if dead, but r 1 >
a l a' f hour t hey would emnn’ 1 1
shout fygain, then seem to die off
and tbiHi fevive apd so op, unt 1,
midnig|'.‘:. : 'L; . W"'■ , ■
4^ K - 4g; .f [
\ 11 m iPGgr
th, ■^■l^ ; ^..
11. ('. Brewton. We used grove'
meetings- a powerful factor in
’revivals. Hany boys and girls
' were con\, rted and joined, the
;church. j
i t in' r the leadership of Bro i
IJ. I . \nthony we hud sonm
1;; in r.'vi\ls. One yer r. Dr
Ila ,;.' oi Xorth Geurgia am!
i Mum f rd. our (Irphan . Home
' hwii and others came. We had
| a splendid meet 'ng.
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This school was finally merged
iut,i the college al Mcßae as a
{। Irnreh school . Xo school in
i Geurgia lias ever don? better in,
j the making of good men andj
. wmmm. Its influence for gm d wil'i
| abide for many yeas, I heard i
| they still have school there al
I part es ea h year. May it eon I
I ciijite to grow and wield a mightyj
i ntimmee in file future.
(>lir commellcements seemed
to gi\ ;‘ universal satisfael ion.
Public examinations wore h<dd all
day •Saturday’ preceding the
emmiieiH-emit Sunday. Tin 1
test in de-clamalion came oti" Sat
urday night, ami mi Sunday
some prominent m nister preach
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f i Hill Baptist Church,
rd the usual sernma to the young
people, and | ri ? - were awarded'
one of the firs' preaebers was
Re\. J. R. Met - v. He was a
finished orator and fine scholar.
His disemirse was widely admit
cd and long remembered. Rev. T.
T. t hrisHaii, that prince of pre
siding elders, gave us a great ser
mon later on. Dr. Bass of Wes
loyan would sometimes be with
ns. He was a great platform
speaker and always made a line
impress on. besides getting some
of our noble girls to go on to
n- ,
\\ esleyan .
• Militaiy
Spring Hill has a thousand
sacred memories like Jerusalem
of eld These (•luster around and
cling to the sacred spot like Ih?
balm of a thousand flowers over
the vale of Sharon. I'must md for
get 1o speak of some military
features associated with this hi
toric ground.
When the tocsin of \\ar sound
-I. ('harh'sMeAMhui'. the only
son of his widowed mother, or
ganizi'd a military company here
He was elected captain: Vaughn
: was 2nd. Lieut.; Thos. S. Mcßae,
a brother ol Judge John Mcßae,
। was the Ist Lieut. These men
made a high mark in Virginia.
I'hey led their command through'
; many bloody/bTtWcs. Charles Mc-
Arthur l^wame Acolonel of the
6th Georgiy by repeated gallant
ry. He wa^ greatly beloved by a
I multitude in Lee's Army. He lost
his Hie at Spottsylvania near the
bloody angle, where Grant tried
to dislodge Lee. hurling two of.'
■ his best corps on Lee’s pos'tibe
* lor thirl'y-six hours, ('apt. Tom',
j Mcßae lost his life the morning
Lee left Petersburg. -Judge John
Mcßae told me that after years
ol trying Io find out the fate of
bis brother, one day he receive 1
a ] .. y age containing his piieket
. book.'• । <d<et knife and some let
l> r- I com a kind officer of the
Xortliern Army informing him
Gif his brothel - --where he died
land wher^ the body was laid to
rest. Lieul. J»mes Vaughn-liv^.S
through every campaign—was tin
active and useful mmtther of
Shil.ih church many years befe m
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