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Our Beloved Deal
How I realize my inability to
meet this obligation, 'which ! the
pastor has seen fit to 'e©nsign to
me, is more sensibly felt than ex¬
pressed. Tho’, when we consider
the wonderful letter '-of the great
Apostle to the Gentile, to his be
loved brethren, holding up to
them the faith of the ©Id patriots,,
as great clouds of witnesses, and
how they were exhorted to emu
late their example of faith, by
laying aside the weigfot and the
sin that so easily beset them, so
does the example ©f faith and
godliness of those that have lived
among us, appeal tows with;fozee,
that we also strive to follow them
as they followed Chiist.
It was not the privilege'of the
writer to know' personally all of
the faithful ones of the Methodist
church, who have gone from
among us, yet it was our privilege
to know and appreciate a large
numoer of them. If there Should
be any errors in this sketch, I
hope that all such errors shall be
covered with the mantle of love,
and the writer wilt not have to
bear any uncharitable censure
for such errors.
We shall mention first -some of
rhe pioneer members <ef the
. church—those who were there; for
, so long a while as sheep without
a shepherd—for such was the
. condition when the writer first
knew Camilla. Of these, we will
first mention Mr. Jamesand Mrs,
Elizabeth Hudson. Mr, iludson
■ was a good singer, and his chief
j joy was to sing praises "to God.
iBefore there was any ehswoh in
‘Camilla, it was his custom to hold
j^usong service somewhereon the
^Sabbath, and often these ©as-vices
\were held io his own hired house.
’Mrs. Hudson was a woman of
«4eep piety and strong faith, which
«he maintained through tho dark
days of pioneerism of CamtlSa, to
her departure from the ekurah
to*he church above.
T-ke.next that we shall mention
is ]&K?.t£>wen. But very few peo¬
ple oi ‘Camilla today know of this
noble ediSistian woman- She was
an owe .aunt of our lamented
Thomas .Lyons, whose useful¬
ness in USs was iargely shaped by
the wi&e counsel of such a Chris¬
tian woman. We can never esti¬
mate the worth of a good woman.
The power of influence exerted
by such a womaa is often seen in
the life of some ofte else, even af¬
ter they have gone from the walks
of life. There were some noble
traits of character in the life of
Thomas Lyons. He was a good
and faithful superintendent of the
.Sunday school and was just en¬
tering into the work with his
characteristic energy, when his
health failed and he was called
fro #2 his beloved labors on earth.
Nejst, we shall mention Mr. Am¬
brose jpowell and his wife, people
of sfroeg character and unwaver¬
ing faith. Few such men and
women dignify and adorn the
church of this day. Theses were
the parents of cur beloved broth¬
er J, H. Powell and sister Hilliard,
whose lives are living evidences
of a father and mother’s good ex¬
ample.
Mrs. Lou Heath, another pio¬
neer member of the church was
noted for her devotion to the
church and her simple trusting
faith in God and her Savior.
Mrs. Henrietta Brimberry, tho’
feeble and frail in person, was a
monument of a bving faith in the
pev : o* Gcd L save. She with
her two boy;. Will and Alvin and
one daughter, Elmore, have
crossed over and are resting from
toil, where the weary are at rest.
Miss Willie Bush, eldest daugh¬
ter of Col. and Mrs. I. A. Bush,
died eariy in life. She demon-
'the power of religion over
a yosSthful life. Miss Irene Bush,
of the same home, after comple¬
ting'with credit, the work of the
sdfeool at Camilla, had entered
Wesleyan College at Macon,
where she maintained her Chris¬
tian character, and so impressed
ifhe hearts and minds of the facul¬
ty of the college, that when God
called her from the lower walk of
;iife, the president, a man of God
accompanied her remains home,
and preached a powerful sermon
on the power of faith to save.
Another from this home so re¬
cently gone that the fragrance of
his life is still fresh in our mem¬
ory. I refer you to the obituary
of M. E. Bush.
Iverson Butler, son of Jas. and
Elizabeth Butler, the first of the
family to join the churcn and the
first to be called from this earth
to a better home, was a noble
young man, passed of just such
disposition as to impress the im¬
age of the man in the image of
tne boy. James Butler, father of
Iverson, died a few years later in
the full triumph of Christian faith.
Mrs. Sallie Butler was a true
searcher after the truth, with a
strong desire, that the truth as it
was in Christ, might make her
free from sin, which desire she
fully realized.
James Baggs and Mrs. Baggs
were of that type of humanity
that adorned their daily walk
with the meekness and gentleness
of disposition thatbecometh those
who love the Lord.
John W. Pearce died about the
same time of Mr. Baggs. He
was, for a long time recording
steward of the church. The neat¬
ness and accuracy of his record
j testify of his devotion to the duty
of his office.
J. B- Butler, whom we ail loved
was, far a long time, one of the
■strongest supporters of the church.
His devotion to the church was
marked by his untiring efforts to
meet its demands. He was for a
long time chairman of the board
©' stewards and was always pre¬
sent at ;their monthly meetings.
Brother Butler was a good man.
We never know the value of a
man until wo miss their wise and
good eotinseling. In the work of
the church, tho’ Brother Bulter
has been gone from us but a short
while- we realize what a loss he
is to the church. But we are per¬
suaded that the church’s loss is
his gain.
Mr. and Mr*. John H. Hall
gave of their time and means to
the church.
John C. and W. T. Wilson were
too well known to need any com¬
ment on their devotion of duty.
Mrs. Coachman was truly a de
monstration of the virtues of a
holy life, an open book read of all
who knew her. The lines of those
of her family, who are still with
us, iejfcti ong evidence of her godly
walk in this life. Mr. Coachman
was not a member of the church
in Camilla, but, had he lived,
would have joined the church by
letter. He died soon after mov¬
ing to Camilla.
Mr. T. R. Bennett was for a
number of years associated with
the Methodist church at Camilla,
serving in the capacity of steward
and trustee of the church, and we
would, do violence to his efficien¬
cy as an official in the church,
were we to fail to mention him
among our worthy dead, though
at the time of his death he was
not a member of the Methodist
church, he and his entire family,
having gone to the Presbyterian
church, we still cherish his mem
ory as a brother beloved.
Mrs. Mattie Acree was a well
rounded Christian character, pos¬
sessed of many of those virtues
adorn the daily walk of the
meek and lowly Savior. She
loved the church and rendered
efficient service in whatever ca¬
pacity she was placed. While we
realize something of tho loss of
the church in the death of such a
good woman, we cannot forget,
the loss of those two noble boys
whieh she has left to the cave of
the church. Let the church
throw its arm of protection around
those boys, Guss and George
Acree, and try to bring them into
the possession of those virtues
which adorned the daily walk of
their departed mother.
Mr. Owen Acree was the eldest
son of our esteemed Brother J. B.
Acree. He was among that large
number of young men in and
around Camilla, who gave them¬
selves to the church and its ser¬
vices early in life. He died in
the fall of 1897, leaving several
children to the care of the church,
their mother having preceded
their father several years to the
spirit land.
^ John Hartsfield, James Jones,
Murdock Cameron, Judge Cullens
and Harry Powell, were the fruits
of the church at Camilla, and
when God shall send his angels
to write up the pfople, these it will be
written that many of were
born in Camilla.
Respectfully,
J. M. Wilson.
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