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Mocksville First Presbyterian - Binder 1First Presbyterian Church of Mocksville Binder 1 Compiled Information from the Collection of the Martin-Wall History Room of the Davie County Public Library Mocksville, North Carolina vr» VI 2d O "O 2 < >- r* «£> Table of Contents Binder 1 Time Line 3-4 Miscellaneous Information 5-13 History 1755 - 1967 14 - 58 Bicentennial Celebration 59 - 87 Table of Contents Binder 2 Two Hundred Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Celebration Newspaper Articles c£ Davie County Public Library d, Mocksviile, North Carolina X u Od Sf K VI Oi > V> V d O 2 h ?• CS u~> Ui cs: ca- Time Line Pages 3-4 Davie County Public Library vo Mocksvllle, North Carolina X Time Line 1767 Forks of the Yadkin Presbyterian Church 1789 Joppa Presbyterian Church 1868 Mocksville Presbyterian Church 1940 First Presbyterian Church, Mocksville 1967 200 year anniversary celebration 1992 225 year anniversary celebration to U 0 SI \ 1 <c »- > CO to ai o- t CO UJ =F ci 3C o'H Miscellaneous Information Pages 5-13 %*> o o s: oL tit i- "K<x> Ui lU ai O- ) Davie County Public Library y> Mocksville, North Carolina 3: 5 y o C \ 2 ci W H y W Qi ) vo UJ o =1= •cJ ^\AA>- j^k^ie>/C<-,,yjLtSL B. S, KRIDER Born near 3rd Creek Churcli at "Mt. Vemon" ovaied by Curents now, house still there. Buried at 3rd Creek, Probably had pneumonia. Worked with soldiers in the field, ^ Miss Josie Graham a granddaughter. He was her mother's father, (Grahams in Cleveland), Has old sermons be preached in . ^ Hocksville, Has large picture, -ala-o—smaHr-fad^-en©^ * g Pastor at Thyatira wiien he died in 186?, Had 6 children, "Scott'J 'who died was last, g ^ a. S There are Kriders in Salisbury, Two married Knoxs. d S Q 9' Utit "Born Ap, 17, 1829 Died Oct. 20, 186? There rests the faithful Pastor, true friend, kind and devoted husband, tender and affectionate father. Peace be to his ashes and may his example be embalmed in the memory of his flock and family, etc. J. D. ICILPATRICK Born - i'oplar Tent.Cabarrus County, Oct. 8, I763 Died - Sept. 20, 1829 Studied under James Hall, D. D. Lived 1-g- mi. N.E. of church, on land now owned by Mr. Jas. F. Johnston, where in addition to his pastoral duties he taught a classical school in the early part of this century. "Building gone" except for fev/ stores. >ir. K. preached at Joppa and at old and new Unity, and Back Creek, in connection v/ith Third Creek. He v/as released from Joppa in 1796. His son, the Rev. josiah J. Kilpatrick, preached his funeral on the 7th of the next month, from .Exodus XXXLll, 18. His remains lie in yonder graveyard, immediately north of the place v/here the old log church then stood and just behind the pulpit in a spot said to have been selected by himself. A plain, upright marble marks the place inscribed "for 35 years pastor of 3rd Creek Church". Camp Meeting held Oct. I83I. Present.. .VJm. A. Hall. :> 2 O d \ 2 <±. u) H y C£Z Kn W ci o- \ ai o 1 WILLIAM A. IIALL )- a In either V/estern Carolinian or Carolina V/atchman there is reference to death of Julia C. Iiall,infaiit daughter of Uev. Win. A. liall 6: L. C. Hall. V/m. A. Hall*s wife was L. C. Hall. Somev/here in courthouse I found Livia C. tiall. 'I OS Q -Jl 2: ^ tJ J -J m _i ? >a. (D d po I U- J J 5 o o c w H r CO iV;w ) v> ac o c=i ri j: ■O % Re v . Jo s e p h Kl l p a t r l o k Ho C K S v ^ a i t 8™ fr o m th e Ca s h St o r e on th e Ac c t . To Ca s h en c l o s e d yo u by le t t e r on a n d "o o ' 3T a w Th i s Su m fo r yo u r Se r v i c e s pr e a c h i n g ?■ A. He s b e t t - Th i s su m fo r Ki l p a t r i c k Gi l e s P. Mu m f o r d - Th i s su n fo r Ki l p a t r i c k Pa g e 22 S J^ L j , is " ' " ' Is a a c D. Jo n e s — Th i s su r a pa i d Ki l p a t r i c k fo r yo u y- " A. R* Jo n e s - Th i s su r a pa i d Ki l p a t r i c k He n r y Cl e m e n t Jr . - Th i s su r a pa i d Ki l p a t r i c k Ri c h m o n d Pe a r s o n Jr . - Th i s su r a pa i d Ki l p a t r i c k Ni c h o l a s W. Ga i t h e r - Th i s su r a pa i d Ki l p a t r i c k Bi g Ro b e r t Po s t e r - Th i s su r a pa i d Ki l p a t r i c k Be n n e t t Au s t i n - Th i s su m pa i d Ki l p a t r i c k Ja m e s Sm i t h - Th i s su m pa i d Ki l p a t r i c k Eb e n e z e r Ne l s o n - Th i s su r a pa i d Ki l p a t r i c k Bi g t Jo h n Po s t e r - Pa i d Ki l p a t r i c k Da v i d Mc G u i r e - Th i s su r a pa i d Ki l p a t r i c k is > ■3 5 ■s f A 4 ^ 'c . 6S ' ^ y » / c . \ Cu V} € J b . e . ' T T - T » (7 # IP ' * T I ' ' 6r o i « ^ • Is u- c L L^ t i -h e - l T Se t . c^ l s v ^ Wm l l ' i Vi M f r t y 1S . 0 9 J 7. 2 5 30 . 0 0 2. 0 0 2. 0 0 I 2. 0 0 1 2. 0 0 1. 0 0 1. 0 0 2. 0 0 3. 0 0 1. 0 0 3. 0 0 1. 0 0 2. 0 0 - 1. 0 0 ^^.^OFFICB OF ( % EDITOR "DAVIE RECORD.")^EDITOR "DAVIE RE<MRD. Mocksville, JV. C.. (^ ' i^a-< /i*.— '^-^/(' c. n CXlJi i-^i >- or s m o -J 2 y uj? -J _i 03 J ^ > a. CO O S LJ ^ I \ |}avie ^0. Public Librai^ — 'Mocksville, N. C. ^ f. a; . ^j . , — ^ ^ g g/O-u-A^jCZZiuA-A ., Cjeu^ Ce/U£. KsZl:^ (JX-9-Ji Cct^rrt-Tfl^ ciju t-g ^is_. 'T'h^ ' vyLvvuZ^ -Tajo wUdA.4^ x/~ ' ;a. cLl. yQjL^J(UAj' J^3occc^^\ jylTK tt<. OX-eiJCy ':/-7xJn^^ ^2e.-&gR^e.e^ CeSiJUcLl^^ £ (ui^;u_ ^hn:) ^ ^^Vx. ^i/Y- c£^ £dLtX^ ^ ^ dZ-c^- icAc.i> ^■<^M^j^lLt^^ VvV>i5~K^(.X_, ^ ^ Jt4U^ ddLiA.y^A^ ^ ^ , X > li i T DA V I E CO . PU B L I C LI S R A S y MQ C K S V U X ^ NC ARCniTCLCTS Tivvsr BVIUiIN*CHARLOTTE. N.C History 1755 -1967 Pages 14 - 58 /- SA -> Jl 5 V. c i <c al v> y s O" Davie County Public Library Mocksville. North Carolina »> •X. o ai J m FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH MOCKSVILLE. NORTH CAROLINA MINUTES OF FAVOVER PiUi:SEYT'?FY*******&^=(5***1765-1785 Oct. 7th 1761 Tinkling Springs in Augusta "Petitions for supply v/ere presented Eico, Eno, Hawfield, Forth Tlountain, from Little rdver, Yadkin, etc. d ^ S si 176E Jersey settlement sfnx on Yadkin a; ^ • ^o o 1768—-The Shallow Ford on the Yadkin. Q y 1772—-McCummins is appointed to supply two Sabbaths in the Forks,..•• (Host likely this is reference to Forks of the James which has been mentioned previously) Orange Presbytery was formed in 1770. Heferonoe is made to this in meeting held at Buffalo Church, Rowan County, March 7th, 1770. (might be helpful to note names of those who petitioned tne formation of a new Presbytery) Ann and I reviev«red this book through minutes of 1775. Joppa Church Hanover Frecbj'tory 1755 Orange Presb^^tery.. ... • .1770 Concord Presbytery .1795. Winston Salem Presbytery Bynod of New York and Philadelphia Synod of the Carolinas .1788 to 1812 SjTiod of North Carolina 181S to date General Assembly 1789 includes JOPPA in a list of churches axid states bhut JOPPA was vacant. > 2 <z h r W ci ;* :aJ x o c> d X \5 First Iresbyterlan Cburoh I » ^ ^iooksvillop N* c* I Hiatorical Data I !• Monti on of **'fho Churoh in tho Forks of tho Yadkin**^ kinutos of bynod.. 1767# 2« Church listed in let minutes of Oeneral AoseBibly 1789• 3« Colored people, totalling 62, member of church between 1832*1864. 4, Name chanisod from Joipa to fi^iooksvllle, April 16, 1868, Built Kanoe, 1891. new Manse 1952. 6. Built Hut, 1928 >- ?• Organized air& Circle, December, 1939* Disbanded, 1955. § 8. Ken organized 1943. g ^ 9. Purchased Organ 1946. Manse 1952. Bducational Building , 1953,-1 2 y UJ -J —1 m ^ Iresidenta of tfomen of Church 2 ^ o oi 1926-8 Mrs, Alice Woodruff ^ 1928-30 Mrs. J. J. Larew 1930-2 Mrs. C. Q. Woodruff 1932-4 Mrs. Knox Johnstone 1934-5 >irB. Alice Woodruff 1935-6 Kra. Cecil Morris 1936-7 Mrs, J, J, Larew 1937-8 Mrs. Knox Johnatone 1939-40 Mrs. Knox Johnstons 1940-2 Kra# w. ?*. Hobinson 1942-4 Mrs. Hugh Sanford 1944-5 Kre. Gaither Sanford 1946-7 Mrs. w. h. Kimrey Mrs. Gaither Sanford , 1947-8 Mrs. J. p. Lowrancs i Mrs. Knox Johnctone 1948-50 Mrs. Paul Balckwelder 1950-2 Mrs. w. F. Hobinson 1952-5 Mrs. Paul Grubbs 1954-5 Mrs. w. !?•. Roblxiaon 1956- Mrs. Gaither Sanl'ord w 3 t; II £ 1 2 «c fc— ei cu i> vn hi X !o t'^ I (o friocksvllle, N, C* : •' -^^ar : Concord ; Jopra 1863 j 1866 1867 iHocksvllla 1868 1 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 11907 11908 .909 .910 .911 .912 i913 >14 klnlater Other Relation Churchea Member e of P Rec* £k)rollsient SS£Si* 8«S.' Ch^ Patrick Goerse M. Gibba H n M ss ss 83 M M tl H Fifth Creek B'ranklln Jeffereon Tabor tt 2 5 3 2 ft A JjitLAJt/ ^ Salisbury must haveconducted ©ervlces here occasionally 2 beglnnlns In 1Q73« Af L* Crawford/ • l>/» QQ tl tl M tl II It M N n Dal ton a n M If it M n H n tt tt M tl H n M n n W. J. ndbdll n M a a n M tl u M i\ K. Allen II tl a E. Bradley II H a a n tl tl n n M tl n It H tt a n N n n Franklin Franklin & Bethesda Third Creek Third Creek & Bethesda N a n a a n 10 1 £:vans« SB a a a a a SS a a a Taylorsvllle a a a Cool enoe (Sb) « a' P a a a a ^ Cooleemee & Franklin (SB) « •• (SS) » (P^^) P a a a II It Cooleemee (P) a a 1 4 1 10 8 10 1 4 2 3 2 7 3 1 2 1 18 Col« 42 59 30 ^ 3S~.7'? DO O a. CO 1 1 1 2 1 5 3 2 2 1 2 5 2 2 2 35 39 46 48 46 44 40 ? 37 37 41 40 ^+4 40 48 40 40 45 47 47 40 35 39 35 32 60 58 56 50 39 39 39 ? 38 44 45 49 49 56 53 62 61 7 60 57 55 59 60 68 69 64 67 72 59 57 52 56 57 55 Year Klniator aoi£ 2.P.Bradley P ^16 II It w p 1917 II tt tt It 1918 H tt M H 1919 H ' tt •tt H 1920 li It M II 1921 tt II tt tt 1922 H it It H 1923 H tt If tt Wins toU'SaloB 1 1924 ft M M 11 1925 tt tt It H 1926 tt tt tt it 1927 tt M N tt 1928 tt tt N 11 1929 N tt tt tt 1930 U tt 11 II 1931 N M tt H 1932 1933 I.Howell,Jr,P 1934 w.I.Hovell.Jr»II 1935 ft tt It M tt 1936 m 1937 c.Cooper P 1938 ft H It It 1 M uwer Keiaber Keo. jSnrollment s.s, cu, 939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1953 1954 1955 1956 «t II It M II M It It M n o John A* KcKurrc^ liobert King E. H. Oartrell It tt M P as p M « 6 Cooloemee(SS) « « XO m 2 U 7 1 6 1 8 Yadkinville (S3) 7It ^2 1 ^ 16 2 2 2 5 4 Blxby ACooleemee (sa) Blxby (P) »i tt Paul N H* II Hichards It P II Blxby n M It tt tt M It N It 11 tt tt M tt It tt n tt «N n N It N 7 15 6 6 3 9 11 4 2 8 6 8 3 10 m o 1 OQ Z) a. ^ d Q 34 38 ? 41 41 45 50 o 42 2 50 1 1 3 2 2 1 3 12 3 4 5 3 2 5 7 4 4 6 5 15 12 8 8 5 10 d 43 w 56 d 53 g 53 52 57 49 40 40 80 85 74 74 97 116 132 136 137 122 113 110 f 104 114 120 7 131 124 178 193 207 224 258 241 60 67 68 64 63 64 67 67 67 I 70 70 69 69 68 50 60 75 88 84 84 80 91 92 111 115 113 116 105 112 114 130 136 129 129 127 135 152 152 153 160 167 y> \n It o d •I •cJ \% % 0 1 ( • s C P T C S M O H * 1 ♦ « ' A a a H O M n H O M v i H a x x s g a a a a r n i A e a o o M a n i j o j m o j s i h S I O f e -3- n) J 5 V/> V !U o \ 2 |C ■> cD ; ^ n : : 3; O SCD O13 2 □ ^ OQ Z) D- C/>> iC oi LU Th« last datad antry la tha old Sasaioa Book laHarah 4^ 1876• ^^Tha Saaaion aat at tha housa of Thoa. Browa* Praaaatf Rav. A* L. Crawfordi Moderatori Thoa* Brown andR« Starlins* £ldara« Opanad with prayar* Mr. Joanna Starline and Mattia T. M. Starling praaantad a oartifioata of maabarahlp in Qraaa Praabytarian Ohuroh» Eyanaylllay Iad*» and wara^ on notion, raaaiyad into tha ooaounion of thia ohurah* Adjouraad*Conoludad with prayar* R* Starlins* 01k* Protan*** MookaviXla churoh waa aarwed for many yeara by atatad S auppliaa, anong tha naay, Raya* A. L* Crawford and P* H. Baltoa of blaaaad memory* Ray* F* M* Allan eaaa in 1901, ramaining until 1907 whan ha raturnad to hi a old hona in Virginia*Ray* E* P* Bradlay auooaadad him in 1908, aarying tha churoh until his daath in 1931* Tha praaant paator, Ray* W* X* Howall, oama to tha ohurah in 1932* Tha fir at Woman'a organisation in thia churoh waa "ThaLadiaa Banayolant Sooiaty of the Mookayilla Praabytarian Ohuroh" which waa organised July 30, 1890* The oonatitution was aafollowa:"Wa, tha undaraignad haraby form ouraalyaa into a"Banayolant Sooiaty" binding ouraalyaa to oontributa at laaatona penny a weak to tha Ladiaa Miaaionary Society oonuaotad with Oonoord Praabytary* Tha Ramaindar of tha funda will be appropriated aooording to tha vote of tha aooiaty*" From a curaory reading of tha mlnutaa of thia Sooiaty it can be aaan that it did much to build up tha apiritual life of tha church* There ware14 namaa aignad to thia, aix being atill membna of thia churoh and actiya in tha praaant Woman*a Auxiliary* It mat a need until tha formation of tha Woman*a Auxiliary* While reading through tha minute a of tha Ladiaa Banayolant Society a moat intaraating paragraph waa found which ahould notbe loat to poaterity* "In tha following year, 1891, tha building of the manaa gaya a definite object to work for* Onahundred dollara waa pledged, aftarwarda raiaad Twanty-fiya*" Wa find tha record of ice cream auppera, oyster auppara, candy atwaa and ao on* No mention of tired feat, and aching baekawith neryoua prostration following* All of which wa hope will be ramambarad to our credit* Should thia record be unaartkdd by some future generation, one feature might require explanation* Money raceiyad from carda-* |1*00 racaiyed from carda,$14*00 recaiyad from carda, $17*00 carda* Woman gambling for tha church in thoaa benign day a* hdt tham know that thoaa innocent bita of cardboard with gn ingenioua dayica for holding a aolicitad dollar had nothing to do with tha flaahing King of Cluba or the Quean of Diamonda* Two things in this sketch are of special interest, the data of tha building of tha manaa, I89I, and tha way of raiaing money* It is a thing for rejoicing that a newer and batter method of money raiaing haa bean found* W c : ui : J J -2- Tho third rooorded pastor of Joppa was the Roy. V. Hall. Ho was installod as pastor la 1828 and romalnod as pastor until 1351• Purias tho pastorato of Mr. Hall th# ohuroh & booano quito Influontial. Ho was a man of groat passion for S souls. At almost ovory mooting of tho sossloa during his S pastoratm on# or moro appliod for ohureh mombership or baptism*-j z It is quit# intoresting to road tho rooords of peoplo 8 ^ bolng oallod boforo tho sossloa to oxplala eoatlnuod absoaeo from BorYloosi alseonduetf and la faot for ororythiag whloh o o was vaboooming In a foUowfr of Christ* ^ ^ Many of tho paronts of prosont members of the ohuroh aro § found in this old session book* It is also proof of tho faot that many of our familios hayo romalnod faithful to tho ohuroh during most trying ciroumotanoos* A most important oongregatlonal mooting was hold April 6t 1840. Tho entry for that date la as followsi *^A meeting of the ohuroh wAs eallod, when it was dooidod by yoto to romoYo tho ohuroh* Cola. Vm. P. Kolloy^ 1. A. Withorspooa and Thos* Brown wore duly olootod trustees of Joppa Ohuroh to whom tho title is to bo made*** It appears that tho Aotual ohaago did not take plaoo until Maroh 1845. When tho ohuroh was moYod from Joppa to MooksYlllo tho first building was thf brisk building which now stands in tho yard of tho 0.0. Sanford plaoo* Tho parsonage stood on tho lot now owned by Mr. B. 0. Morris. Tho little brisk ohuroh was abandoned some years later and used as a sohool» known as the Brisk Aoademy. Following its use was tho ohuroh which stood on tho lot oooupiod by tho prosont building* K A most intoresting entry is found in tho old **Sossional Records** (O in tho year 1868* It is as follows! ''By request tho name of ^ this ohuroh was changed from Joppa to MooksYillo Ohuroh by tho Presbytery at Baok Crook in Rowan County on tho 13th of April 1868 One can soarooly help wondering why this happondd* How many of the old assooiatioas wore destroyed by this noYO on the 7 part of the people* 8 On tho next page of tho records is glYoa a list of tho <£ mmbors of tho ohuroh under tho new name. Although this partiar I lar book was closed in 1876 wo hayo with us twp people whoso ^ names aro recorded in it as members of tho ohurehi Miss Sarah ~ E. Kelly« who Joined tho ohuroh by oertifioato from the ohuroh % in Oreensboro. N. C*^ on Sept* 19, 1861, and Miss Jane Gaithor who married Mr. Sanford Woodruff» who is recorded to hayo ^ united with tho ohuroh on profession of faith Got* 7, 1866* ^ Those twp ladies still show a keen interest in tho affairs of Q> the ohuroh* o- \ » X 5 I- h) UJ > a HISTORY OF THE MOCg^TT.T.Tr. PRESBCTERIAN OHUROH > In ord«r to 6«t tho eorroot history of tho MoeksTlIlo |C Prosbytorlan Ohuroht it is nooosaary for us to fio book to tho n 2; J Joppa Proabytoriaa Ohuroh. Tho prosoat ohuroh is a ooatiauation o ^ of tho old ono, tho aaao haviae boon ohansod by Frosbytory in ^ dApril 169 1868« ^ ^ It is a aottor of eroat rogrot that tho old Sossioa Book 8 o of tho Joppa Ohuroh prior to tho yoor I832 has boon lost* Tho rooords of Oraago Prosbytory» of whioh Joppa was originally a nonbor up to and including tho yoar 1827# woro doatroyod in a firo in tho hoao of Dr* Withorspoon# who was tho olork of tho Prosbytory* For thoso roasons wo aro unablo to bo yory aoourato oonooming tho oarly history of Joppa* Thoro is littlo doubt of tho faet that at Joppa, or quito noar thoro, "Divino Sorvioos.* woro hold prior to tho Rot- olutioa* Skotohos of North OarolinOf Footo, edition 1912, pago 318, wo find this oomnontt — fron tho ninutos of tho Synod in tho yoar 1767* Bosidos montioning tho roeoption of potitions for supplios from Gathoy's Sottlooont (Thyatira)—• notions for supplios for Edonton—— tho forks of tho Yadkin, and Salisbury, oto** It is gonorally boliovod that tho **forko of tho Yadkin" rofors to tho meoting houso aftorwards oallod Joppa* Tradition has it that tho ohuroh was first oallod, **Tho Ohuroh in tho Forks of tho Yadkin*** Tho first offioial rooord whioh wo havo of tho Joppa Ohuroh is found in tho Minutos of tho Gonoral Assonbly of tho Prosbytorian Ohuroh in tho U. S* A*, 1789, which was tho first nooting of tho Assonbly* Undor tho heading Vacant Ohux^hos, Grange Prosbytory, N. 0*f is listed Joppa* This loads us to bolioTO that tho Ohuroh was ostablishod prior to this tine* In his **History of Rowan County**, Dr. J* Rumple states that i Joppa was founded about tho yoar 1792* Tho Minutes of tho - Gonoral Assembly aro preferable as a matter of ohuroh rooord* 5 Tho Rot* J* D. Kilpatriok is tho first pastor of whom w© hawo y rooord* Ho was roloasod from Joppa in 1796* The next rooordod ^ minister after him was tho Rot. Franklin Watts* ^ Beginning with tho year 1832 wo hayo an aoourato rooord "Z of tho ohuroh* Thoro is in tho posaossion of tho MooksTillo S Presbyterian Ohuroh, a rooord of tho minutes of tho sossion from Noronber 10, 1832 down to tho present* This book is entitled, \ **Joppa Ohuroh Sossion Book**, oomnonood 10th NoTombor A*D* 1832 • ) Mr. Thos* MoNeoly was tho olork of tho session at that tine* On tho first page aro listed, first, **Namoo of tho Male Mombors , **Nanos of tho Femalo Members**, and then "Colored Members"* There are tho names of 62 oolorod people who woro at one time or another mombors of tho ohuroh* sn X o ci a U) 2 o «3 £ 2 c C3 05 O- » V7 hJ ■:?: o ci 3: •4- Thf next matter of interest la the erection of the ^present house of worship. The Hev. F. M. Allen was pastor at § the time of its ereotion. It was largely due to his work that S othis was done. It was completed in 1905^ The Sunday School ^division of the building was donated by Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Bailf.^ ^A tablet in the room bears this inecriptions § ^ Q- CO**To the Glory of Ood and in lioving Memory of d oSarah Lemmon Bailey ^ g Erelyn Buckingham Bailey ^Ann Kail Bailey** | There are many things which cause one to be grateful withregard to the Mocks^lle Presbyterian Church. She has always been most liberal in her contributions to the causes ofChrist. Two of her sons have entered the ministry. She has never been very deeply in debt. So far as can be ascertained she hasnever failed to comply with the askiggs of the Presbytery. Especially is this true for the past twenty-five years. The present membership ot the church is seventy-six. The Sunday School for the past year has had an average attendance of about fifty. There has been one baptism and two additions to the communion of the church by certificate. And within the past year the church has allowed its pastor to take under hiscare an out station at Cherry Hill about eie^t miles distant from Mocksville. ''Truly God hath been good unto this people." (The foregoing "History of the Mocksville Presbyterian Church" was written by Rev. W. I. Howell who became pastor of thisJ church in 19?B.) 3v3 HlSDORlOiUu DAXA MOOICSVXIXB FRSSamRIAS OHUROH I. History of ths Mooksrills Prssbytsrloii Ohureb Rsv. tr. I. HowtU m O "I o o o o s % VI V 5 XX* Hlatory of tho Wpaan's Auxlliax^ of tho HooksvllX# Proabytoz^lax Church • 1890*1924 - Mrs* T* B. Ballsy IXI* History of the Woaaa's Auxiliary of ths Mooksvllls Prssbyteriaa Church * 1929*-1938 - Mrs* W* y* RoblBsoa il l E Y\ ( I S T r » g oc a gg §s «Sg IS fc fp • Cf t !►€§s §@ »- l 5 DA V I E CO . PU B U C UB R A R y IW O O K S V U a . ^ NO HXSTORX OF THE WOZWSI'S AUXILIARX OF THE C- £0 On z MOCKSVIXJLE PRESBrrmAN CUURGH o ^ £ >Th« Auxiliary waa orgaaisad as a fianavoiant Sooiaty in Juna 1690* . g 8 g Undar tha oonatitution adoptad it waa agraad that aaoh maobar ^ ahould aontributa ona panny a vaak to tha Ladiaa* Miaaionary ^ Sooiaty of Oonoord Praabytaryf any aurplua to ba giwan to tha ^ diffarant oauaaa of tha ohuroh* Of tha thirtaan ohartar maabara all haya paaaad away axoapt fiyai Miaa Sallia Kally, Hra. Jania Woodrufft Miaa Daiay Haapton» Mra. Jaaaia Bailay* thraa of thaaa now aaabara of tha Auxiliary* Tha Sooiaty waa organiaad by alaoting Mra* Prank Brown» praaidant; Nra. £• M« Dalton» vioa-praaident; and fiira. Bailay* aaoratary and traaaurar* Tha dutiaa of tha laat namad wara li^pit ainoa tha duaa for tha first month amountad to #2•35* Early in tha hiatory of tha Sooiaty it waa daoidad to abolish duas and that aaoh aambar maka a fraa will offaring* This plan has baan a aaryaloua auooaaa froa tha bagixming and offaringa haya inoraaaad ataadily ainoa its adoption* At that tima thare waa no organised Bible study ao it waa agraad that at aaoh meeting Bible readinga ahould be giyan in aooa subjaot aaaignad* Mra* Balton gaya tha firat on *'Faith*** Paw oopias of the Miaaionary wara taken so the souroes of information wara small* Leaflet a oonoaming tha work of Home and Foreign Missions took tha plaoa of our inyaluabla Suryay that oama muoh later* At tha olosa of tha year by tha aid of an oyster supper and oandy Btaw» tha amount reported by tha Treasurer waa ^59*50* During the summer months ioa oraam suppers supplied the hundred dollars promised for tha building of tha manse* This mode of raising money was finally abandoned for tha far better plan of the free will offering* During that firat year tha sum of $10*00 was glyen to Indian Mlsslonai now under tha control of our Home Mission Committee* In the follow* ing yeart 1B93* it waa agreed that we make an annual offering of |10*00 to foreign aisaionsp this amount to be placed in the hands of our Church Treasurarp Mr* £• L. Qaither* At the Thanksgiying Season it was decided to send a box of clothing and other naoassary articles to Synod's Home at Barium Springs. This practice has bean kept up throughout the yeers* the Chriatoott Season haying been substituted for Thanksgiving* At tha August meeting in 1696 the following resolution la foundi '*Raaolyad that we as a society send a letter to hj's* i alton axpraasing to her our sympathy in our ooiumon beroaveiaent*** Mr* Daltonp vho supplied our churoh for aayan years was an "laraelita in whom there was no guile"* -2- c W« notion th9t eaoh meeting was opened with prayer by the paator of the ehuroh or Krs* Palton» our members at that time being too S timid to lead in prayer* To overcome their diffidenoe» a slip of 1 paper ooatainlng a sentenoe prayer was* before the aeetingf given 3 § to each member» this leading to our present plan*o nj After Mrs* Palton*8 removal to Oreensboro# Kiss Mollie hall vas ^ g mQde presidenty holding this office until her removal by death in $ 1901. d g About this time the name of the Society was changed to Ladies* Aid ^ Society* ThiSf in time^ became the Woman's Auxiliary* g Puring the last years of the century> there was an increase in the number of memberst also in contributions* At the same time many of our most faithful members had been called to higher servloe^ among them were Mrs* Jane Bailey» Hiss Mary Clement» Mrs* Uarbin» Mrs* Tom Kelly I Bdiss Mollie Hall, Hiss Maggie BurkeKt and later Mrs* ahatterton, Mrs, Carter* Mrs* Sanford* Mrs* Bell* and Krs.Satle Kelly* Other nj^iDhero werfl lost by removals* All these have ''entered into thf t rest thf t reiralnfith to the people of God*** "They rest from their labors and their works do follow them*" With the coming of kev* F* M* Allen as pastor of the church* the society goined a loyal member in Mrs* Allen* and It was with genuine regret it gave her up to another and wider field of uaefulnesa* In April 1906 the Society was asked to send delegates to a meeting in ^3allabury for the purpose of forming a Bresbyterial Union* This was the forerunner of our Ps^esbyterial* which has done so much for the extension of the Kingdom in our own and other lands* At a meeting of the .'Society in March 1907* a vote was taken upon the matter of Joining the Missionary Union of Concord Presbytery and it g was decided affirmatively* Adelaide Galther was appointed a delegate ^ to the first meeting in Statesville* ^ In 1908 Hev* v.* f. Bradley became pastor of Mocksville Chux*oh* In - Mrs* Bradley the Society has fo\ind a faithful and tireXesa worker* ^ All Offerings prior to this time had been confined to Home and ^ Foreign Missions but an annual pledge of 4'5»00 was made to Union ^ Seminary until the sum of ^25*00 had been paid* Since that time 1 all the causes of the ohuroh have been remembered* 2 f The Society* from the beg-inning* had held monthly meetinga* To give the g many details of these meetings and the various obligations assumed I would make this paper too long but reference is made to the two ^ minute books so carefully kept by the various secretaries for ^ further facts and matters of interest* d In 1924 the Presbytery of Vlnston-Salem was formed eund immediately ^ after that* the iresbyterial %raa organised with Mre.ClmrXes Morfleet ^ as first President* b X o X •o a7 -3- Vho Mooksville aoolety was transferred to that body and has faithfully followed its sug^festions and loyally obeyed its mandates, the one requiring the shifting of oiroles theC . Auxiliary rather unwillingly obeyed, but has long sinoe reallaed tm wisdos of this plan* S That our Heavenly Father may prosper her undertakings and that ^ ^ she may have a part in bringing His Kingdom to earth is the prayer ^ li? of the Mooksville Woman's Auxiliary* m d Z) > 0- (/} O S us > (The foregoing histo^ of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Mooksville Presbyterian Church covering the years 1890-1924 was written by Mrs* T. B* Bailey*} 1 '' 2 c 5 cx- ID X o u d ^ . vi ""^bobv"'' HISTORX OF mi: WOMAN'S AUXIUABX OF THS MOCKSVXLUS FRESBXTKRIAN OHUROH - X9a5»X938 - MRS. V. F. ROBINSON SI I 2 <c 1 y cP V5 C)- I w X a i ^ ! X O 2 99 O • . -12: HISTORX OF THE WOMAN'S AUXXLURX OF THE 9 uf m Zl MOGKSVZLLS PRESBYTERIAN OHUROH ^ ^ i C ^ 8 i UJ A previous hiabory of the Mooksvllle Woman's Auxiliary was writtsi^ by Mrs. T. B* ^iley oovering the years from the orsanisatioa Q in 1890 throuc^ X92A. The book oontaining the minutes during the years 1911 through 1925 has been miaplaoed» though unlike Rip Van Winkle the Woman's Auxiliary was wide awake throughout these years of whioh we have no reeord* Of the fourteen charter members all have entered into rest except threes Miss Sallie Kelly» Mrs. Janie Gaither Woodruff and Mrs. Alice Woodruff. I have been asked to give e. list of the Presidents who have served one or more times from the date of the organization in 1890. Mrs. Frank Brown, Mrs. 'A. K. Balton, Miss Mollie Hall, Miss Sallie Kelly, Mrs. T. B. Bailey, Mrs. John B. Johnstons, Mrs. Alice Woodruff, 1926-1928; Mrs. J. J. Larew, 1928-1930; Mrs. C. G. Woodruff, 1930-1932; Mrs. Knox Johnstons, 1932-1934; Mrs. Alice Woodruff, 1934-19351 Mrs. Oeoil Morris, 1935-1938; Mra.J.J. Larew, 1936-1937. The officers elected in April, 1937i Mrs. Knox Johnstons, President; Miss v/illie Miller, Vice-President; Mrs. John B. Johnstons, Secretary; Mrs. C. 0. Woodruff, Treasurer. Secretaries of Oauseat Mrs. W. F. Robinson, Foreign Missions; Mrs. E. C. Momnis, Assembly's Home Missions; Mrs. R. B. Saiiford, K Synodical Home Missions; Miss Sallie Hunter, Spiritual XAfe; ^ Mrs. G. G. Daniel, Pastor's Afid; Miss Sarah Gaither, Barium ' Springs; Mrs. w. G. Gooper, Ghristian Social Service; Mrs. F. N. ^ Shearouse, Ghristian Education and Ministerial Relief; Mrs. R. M. Holthouser, Social Aotivitiea; Miss Daisy Holthouser, Religious 23 Education; Mrs. W. R. Wilkins, Ghairman Circle number one; 5 Mrs. C. G. Woodruff, Literature; Mrs. John B. Johnstons, Historian; ^ Mrs. W. 0. Cooper, Ghairman Girole number two; Miss Helen Holthouser, o Chairman Circle number three; Mrs. E. P. Bradley, Chairman £ Business Woman's Circle; Mrs. Alice Woodruff, Chairman Home Circle, ^ Circles number one and two meet in the homes of the members £ on Monday afternoon after the first Sunday in each month. Circle ^ three and Business Woman's Circle meet in the evenings of the same day in the homes of the members. The six members of the Home >-" Circle are visited regularly by their chairman. A report of each circle is given at the Auxiliary, which meets Monday afternoon uj after the third Sunday in each month, at the Hut. Q- l X o d The Hut was completed in 1928 largely through the efforts of the members of the Auxiliary, 35 c 5? -2- After fox^y-elf^ht years of oontlnuous growth tho enrollment numbers fortynlne Inoluding every member of the Church* In reviewing the work of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Mooksville Presbyterian Churoht muoh has been aooomplished to enoourage the ^ members to further goals and to make us grateful to our Heavenly ^ Father for His blessings to us* All the requirements of the ^ g Winston-Salem Presbyterial have been met» when possible* Bible ^ Btttdy and prayer has always been stressed in the Auxiliary and 3 j I Ciroles* A prayer band was organised in 1929 and for a time prayer^ % subjeots each month were siiggested by the President* Xn Beoember g 1934 our beloved oo*worker and Bible teaoher (Mrs* T. B. Bailey) 6 ^ passed into her eternal rest* What her Christ-like life meant to ^ the success of this Auxiliary eternity alone will reveal* After Mrs* Baileyp Mrs* W* F* Robinson taught Bible until providentially hindered* Xn 1936 Mrs* R. B* Sanford had charge of the Bible Study* ° "Daily Bible Readings" by Miss Janie McOutchen is the Study 1 being used now* Each cause of the Chusch is studied and contributed to during the year* Special days and seasons of prayer are observed and special offerings made* When possible delegates are sent to the Conferences at Montrealp Young People's Conference at Davidson and to the Colored Woman's Conference* Throughout the years Mission Study books have not been neglected* In January 1937 "CoxMo Crosses" by Mrs* Julia Lake Kellersberger was read by the Auxiliary and a meeting for reviewing the book was held at the home of the President during the "Week of Prayer and Self Denial" for Foreign Missions* In November 1937 "Other Men Labored" by Dr* Homer McMillan was ably taught by Mrs* W« F* Robinson at a special meeting at the Hutp and later in the week a prayer service was held in observance of the "Week of Prayer for Home Missions" • "Yester«Years" by Mrs* Winsborou^ was read during the summer monthSf andlllorious Living" by Dr* Nettie Qrier was read by d every member of the Auxiliary* U- . On different occasions we have had inspiring messages from both 3 Hone and Foreign Missionariesp among the number Dr* J* £* MoAjftpinep £ retired missionary from Chinap and Miss l^ona Fontaine of ChunjUp Korea* This Auxiliary is closely allied with Home Missions ^ because of two facts - Our pastor and his wifop Rev* and ^irs* <j W* C* Cooperf came to us in May 1936 from a group of Home MiaBion p Churches in Mecklenburg Presbytery* They are earnest oon&eorated c workers for the Masterp and faithful to every duty that devolves ) upon them* Miss Sallie Hunter of Bluefieldp West Virginiap who 2 has been an esteemed member of the school faculty here for many *z years p as well as a loyal member of the Auxiliary p gives without remuneration her services during the summer vacations to Foster Falls Xxxdustrial School in Virginia p ^ Ho one can associate with Miss Hunter without being impressed W with her Christian spirit and her Interest In Missions* » uj and at the Christmas season gifts and donations of money are sent o to one or more Home Mission Sunday Schools* The Auxiliary Birthday is appropriately celeorutecl annually and an offering made* The White Cross assignments have always been filled^ 3^ -3- D In thn Conatltution of the Ladies Aid (aa it waa then called) written In 1698 this paragraph la found, ''There ahall he no duea exacted, eaoh one making a free will offering"* Thia rule haa always been faithfully followed and la still a auooeaa - meeting / the needs of the annual budget* At the end of the church year, V. March 31, 1937, the Auxiliary waa very much gratified that an ^ increase of twenty-five percent hafl been made to Aaaemb3jr'a ^ Causes, and all pledges assumed had been paid in full* § CD O Prayer Calendars, Church papers and The Presbyterian Survey have ' ^ wldf circulation among our members* It was In Apz^l 1930 that =i ^ the WinBton<>Salem Presbyterial met, for the first time, with this 3 ^ Auxiliary with Oooleemee Auxiliary Joint hostess* It will be our ^ ^ pleasure and privilege to again entertain the Presbyterial on d ^ April 21«22, 1938, with Cooleemee again Joint hostessf ^ is y The most encouraging feature of this Auxiliary is the manifest % approval of His Spirit in the work and the steady growth In sttendc^noe at the meetings. This history would be incomplete without mentioning briefly the three charter members who are still aotive in carrying forwai^ the Lord's work* Miss SalXie Kelly endeared to all by her un<* selfish and exemplary life moved from our midst several years ago to the home of a niece in Klkin, N* C* While absent In body she is with us in spirit* Her constant interest in her home churoh and Woman's work is manifested by her prayers and gdfts. In Mrs* Janie Qaither Woodruff, though providentially prevented from meeting with us, we have ever before us the example of hi$T gentle Christian spirit* Mrs* Alice Woodruff is a most aotivo, useful and valued member* The interest and welfare of her churoh are dear to her heart* ^ Just here it seems most fitting to mention the fact that Laura Sanford Faucette (Mrs* R* T*) of Chattanooga, Tenn* is a j daughter of this churoh and a former member of this Auxiliary* In ^ her adopted State she was made President of Knoxville Presbyterial, ^ later President of the Synodieal and finally Chairmw of tho ^ Woman's Advisory Board of the Southern Presbyterian Church* o E Thanking Cod and taking courage from the past we resolve with :> divine help to "press toward the mark for the prias of the high 2 palling of Sod in Jesus Christ"* Maroh 15, 1938. ^ ] ^ (The foregoing history of the Woman's Auxiliary of the MocksvlU# \j Presbyterian Churoh oovering the years 1934-1938 was written ^ by Mrs* W* F* Robinson* In addition to this hiatorial summary ^ by Mrs* Robinson and the earlier one by Mrs* T* B* Bailey, the ^ Historian annual prepares a detailed reoozni which together form X a oomplete and full history*) o d rS X k 6/ i-. V ISie ^>ok3VlXl.e Pres^erian Sbubo Slie nead for a bettor and ^re ooofortabXe hose for oar ^ pastor had been eonsidered and^t^.diseassed bgr the officers ^ a and i^aiibers Ji^st Brasbyterlan Gbnrch of Siocksrilley lorth Oarolinao Msgr 169 I95I Barks the first definite steps toward the « o % oonstraotioh of the briek sanse which now stands on the site of the old sanse* a frase straotnre bailt in Id91» adjoining the Presbyterian Oboroha On that date. May 16, I951» a report of the Deacons endorsing the bnilding of a new sanse was read to the session along with a letter fron Mr* 0* Caudill, building ooonsellor of Winston BaXem Presbytery, reco^sending that a nanse be bailt. At this aeeting the Elders approved the hiilding or the poxohase of a oanse. At a Joint seeting of the Elders and Deacons, held on ^y Id, 1951, it was agreed to notify the congregation of their approval ^ of bailding a sanse. At the congregational seating held two wee]ss ^ later, the seslMrs of the ohorch ^xdorsed "Uie j^an that oonstraetion be a!id;#oted that the Joint boards appoint a bailding ^ coaaittee. ^ She appointed coiasittee consisted of: %8. Shox ^bbnstone, Ohaiman, Mr. Ihal Blackwelder, Mr. Jason Branch, Mr. Cecil Morris and ^8. W. F. Robinson« I.-."' r-^ D 33 a» *»•* ■? O r » 3 r U u? iV v' She baUdioig oosalttee mt oax^r tiiies in the next fern nontl^y stndyi&g floor plansy blue prints and available booses and lot8» £t a Besting of "Uie eongregatlon the pspeferenee for old § ^ sere reoeived for the ecmstroctlon of ^ Sis (JroMwille^- "WiB • chosen plan for nee siai^e* Gonstraction began on Septeiaber ly 195i by Mto Fi W. Cosarty c<mteiotor, whose bid was accepted and approved by the Building CoB^ttee • fhe. new sazise was complatsdy at a cost of #l6j564.15y early in 1952 and our pastor and his wifoy Bev* and Sr3« Bsol H« Richards BK>ved into their new hoBS S»bi i, 1952. Sis pledges were colXeotedy all bills paid and the new. Bsnse was dedicated on Hay lly 1952o sanse' site was expressed. ' ^ to 3 old Banse was sold for five Ixtndrod dollars and resoved iDoi ^ ofrom the ehnrCh property last week in lUigosty 1951* Bids « o ^ ui I 3H < -y-f %e dtolor Cho^ ^ ^junior vas orgaais^ in October oader the dix^tioa of Mrs. Jiack Sanfo^ ai^ Qali^^r Saaford with Wpb* Bessie Broason as organl^. ISie ohildxen were withia the age g^p op 9*-16 with an enroXlseat of 18 ^id an average attendance of fToa 10»I2 each fi»etii^. ^ cl^ir Giee^ for practice each aftemocm aft^ school and has song for the ehnrph service once each s^th since its inception. At Christsas they gave a song servioe in i^mJanct>ion with the celehnation of the Joy Gift \s^ the fos^n of tl» Choreh. On Baster Sunday soming; they sang two special naaihers darJ^ service. They are now planning to sing daring the week of special servicee the olnireh is planning for April X9»2^th* Most of the children attending the choir are girlSy so they ^ have tried to leam two^jsart songs suitable for church services. U, ul Jl Jl -> Vi c y?' j'f* X CD O: S"! O- g Q Q O u-i 35 & HosLwr Qraap cd a Pioneers orgaoised dbi^oveaberf 1952 with V on prograas* We ba^e a cotmcil m,d» up of President, ^ Wice-President, S^sretary and fraaaurer. Siis oonnoil ^ f&eets with an adnlt advisor and |:d,ans pzpgrasffi and ^ socials* f y^ We have had an average attendance of thirteen s^ohers at cor Bieetings and all aembers are active* a- * «/> % O <J a OS ::3 -4 CO ■«. a ni^teen neahers* We felt the need of two poath 6 q o fellowship groups in our claarch as we could include sore of our youth hy having two age levels* Also the prograos could be planned mxm effectively. Before this group was organised, our youth had to^ait to hecoQe of age to join the se^or youth fellowship ^up* Sosie were ready and needed the training before they were eleglble for the senior group. Soimtisss in this waiting period their interest is directed into the wrong ohaxmels or lost entirely* We feel that by ^ getting our youth early we can help to develop stron^r ^ chEtrch habits and a hecs^r interest in the fellowship* We tzy to teach them tB^t they seed the church and 3' > the church needs them* Bach one has a chance to serve V 4iU «« 7= V5 V U o •?- <3^ «/3 42» 40 iu :5 j: O s Seorganis&tioB of Sunday Sohool- Sooaziisig bM f3?a|ziliig of $(aia,ol»ra % m 3 'S- Qsat SoBday School attendance severlir overtaxed our ph^ioal plant, o 1^5© bahlea^ naraesgr class, ldnd«?garton and first yoar idiji^n g. ^ were taught in one large rooa divided hgr eoreens. fhe o^ser claaaes n ^ % ID were held la four vesy ssaU alcoves, the Sanctuary, the pastor's study o in the eifiirch, and ^ hasenent of the nanse. ^se elasses were not divided according to departsenta. hk the spring 1952, plaro weire sade for a new educaticnial hnllding. % July oonstruction had begun on a new wing to the church end hy dhnuary 11, 1953 we wffsr&Si into the new educational wing. It was ths desire of the session that leadership training proceed in CQBjunotiott with construction. So in Ingust a simll Religious Vacation coaaittee of four eieahers was appointed with three ioaediate teshss the securing and training of leadership and deteraining the of ec^p^t needed. |ob was ^?eatly nagnified because the Sunday Scluiol, until this tine, operated with a ^^yerintendent, a fTsasarer and ten teachers; little organisaticKU, few and inade<^te records, overlapping age groups, and a heterogeneous eurriealufa. Also, several of our faithful teachers desired a release from duties perform over the years wlt^t a bre^, i and their request, in all fairness to then, needed to be ^mored. ^ Ifae new Superintendent, who was to begin his ^tles when tl^ new gas eospleted, was ai^lnted by the session in An^t and padft a esaober of t^ Religimis Sdneatlon eoi^ttee. fhis cossittee began to secure leadership in Septesiber. la all, twenty three leadera Z1 «<s ■«a^ were clK>sen- a Si;q[»riiitefideEit, ^istaat Superintesdent^ SuperiBteadont for 6bi^dreB*8 Dlwlsicai, Seoretar^ and tireasarer, two teadtore ixi ^Mes roofii^ three in the zmrserar d^partaent^ three in hindergart<m^ in priaaxgr^ three in janior» two in pioneere^ ozie in aeniorf one for yooBg adulisp and one each for mn and wosm. next three nonths were ^pent in preparing these leaders for their iiE^rt^t work* ISeiqr hooks, paB^hlets were dietrihnted and read* Chtr speoifio jo^graB of in8tmetl<m was as followst Ootob^ She waricms depart^nts in the children's division visited ontatanding Sunday Selu^ols on at Ic^t two Sundays* Otdier teachers QBde additional visits* ffaie lah^atory training was indispnsable for teaching what esm he done and how to do it* l^owesbsr- A Arashytery wide leadership school was held in a city z^ar hy* 3evente«t of our new lead@?8 attended at least one session and ten of these earned a leadership certificate* Peoeadser- Early in this wcmth a three day woi^hop was held in our ehorch under the guidance of two Area w<n?ker3» Each departm&t had •p V o ■ ■£ several l^urs with these trained leaders, plus the op^rtunlty for X personal conaultations* S. January 11- We noved Into the new building on this day with an X- attendance of 138* Another worker's oonfer^oe was ]»»ld in this cs S EBontho ^ ■ . ^ On Easter Sund^ there was a record attendance of 16S at Sunday School* fhe average for April was around 150* % Q"S- O U3 ^ ^ entfattsiaaB of our new leaders is bcmndless* fhls enthusiasa d^ has been BBzIti^ed because they both understand the task which is theirs and h^ve grasped the sethod by which their sia say be fulfilled* 32 i j 1 ::2 :C cd I \u H >- icO ,ci o- \ \n X o cd d X CJ ^ (-•». "J v-'**' ! •/ f J. > >- cc 5 CaagrpgaUcm Viaitatioa Canvast □ ^ iJ ' ^ illOb DaoMdMr 3^ 1932» ttaa Daaoona and Kldars of tho p S ' • ^ CJ®, :acKooksviUo Aroilvtonan Gfaaroh Mtdo a tlwroa^ oanvaaa 3 M of tha oaigcogatliui for tba porpoao of otiottlattng and Inoraaalng attosdanoa at tha Bundajr a»niln|K vonhip sanrloa, Xfaia oanvaaa vaa aada on fadnaaday nijBht bafora tha fIrat Sunday la tha aonth of Gaoaabar* Svasy atabar of tha oonflvagatlon aaa vlaltod and waa aakad to ladioata on a pladga oard tha iniaihar of Sandaya tha aaabor plannad and axpaotad to attaad vorablp aarvioa during tha oonth* fha raaponaa Iqr tha oongragatlon waa aonalXent. tha attandanoa at worship aanrioa Jnapad fToa 77 tha laat Sunday In ^99lan to 117 tha flxwt Sunday In Paoaabar, ^ and whlla tha ayaraga attandanoa la Ibyaabar waa only 2 92 tha ayaraga during Gaoanbar waa Ul IXl , i fhla waa tha first tlna auoh a plan had bam uaad la thla oharob and tha offloara wara ao mthua^tlo ovar tha raaulta that thny plan to naha it an annual affair. 3^ \ \ UJ -? vn ■< <3? ■') ,"ac -CJ t-vi C2i EdaoitjUiiMil Ballding *ilelte| to • smbIoa of tbeksvlUo n^tgrtortiaif Stwdajr Sobool. la too aiumr of 1952 need wt Iwre been mmauaUy plwerTOnt to eee 13 3 tbi arylsg »t«d for an odttontlpiial MLlding* > ohW®®*' oln»» ^QQ J imdor tbo •hndto !*••• of tJ» aanao nnxt door, a young aduUU el«M g g in tho boaoMBnt, a ladloa^ olaaa of tmnty or aoro oroodod into 8 g ij.1 what vaa foriwljr tho paator'o study In tho ohoroh, and a olaos of ^ boys ast on tho oboroh poreh* Sorsoxy and klndorgarton ohUdron vsro tanght in tho Hub with no separatioa of oXassos oxoopit that ftimlsbud by a burlap sorssn. tho olasa rooiw arailablo vsro dark littlo oubby bolos vhors ths ohildron sat facing oaoh other on two along tho aids walis, with no spaos for aoUwlty of any kind, Fortnnataly, that ploturs has ohangod; «b now havo a now two story briok building oontoining tan spaoitfis xooss, gumaes roon, rost rooas for Isdios, nan and tiny tots, and all o^ppsd with now fumlturo, work tablss, blaokboards, buUotin gng pianos, Ifaw oaoh class of our &inday Bohpol Is abln to saat in its s^iarats roon for tha first tins sines the arooticn of the present otaEffoh, The realised ths need for such a building for P ff~fr Uw> flnaUjr • •ipolntai te atady 2 <wur Mads •• to opeoo ond oipliMioiit and th nko loflnmonrtotlnnii tho* oottow. Ths ooiwittoo oods vlolto to obmhes of oloo to otndjr tholr oot np and to talk alth tho sohool poraonaol aa to tha sdsqusojr of their hntldtoga and MO FpIXoviog the report thle eomiltteey a aacond ooaalttaa ^ waa appointed to aaka dafinita boilding pXanif worlcing with Bar* 0. ?• O iiT OewdllXt Spnod'a arahitaot* It waa daoided to join the saw oonatxuot- g ^ a. (f> ion. to tlia otaaroh on tha aonth aide* Jtortitlnna of the four aiiall ^ o CD e- Zj z O n iwaa letff hat a aapahia hnl'yng aan waa hired to work under tha auperviaion of the ooMaittea who did all the parohaalng of aatariala and aappliaa* Our new huliding oontftina oqinara feat of floor apa^ eonetraotad at a ooat of I , par acpiara foot and a total eoft of , t2X«Q33*d3* thf entiira eoat haa haea paid froe pladgea of the ehnroh eeebexo, aacoapt for a aaall heTwnoa and wa have anffioiant pladgaa doe within tha naoEt two paare to oovar thia ladahtadnaaa* gvaa hafora oonetxaotion of tha hu|Iding waa ooepXatOy plane ^ ware under waj tw tha aowplata raorganiaatlon of the Sunday School* ^ Baw taaobara ware aacuradf new aathode of ttftching ware introdnoad j and new and differant aide to taching ware awaUahla* Both ohildran 5^ and adplta are anthnpiaetie over the ohangae aado and oar attendance o 0 £ \ 2 01 W W- 7- di NO UJ Gi Ca- \ \A W X O bi 'ar at Sunday School hae raaohad an all tiaa high of 1S2* elaaa roow on tlmt aide ware knooked oat to provide two large roooa and a pesaagewf^ fron the ehnroh into the new addit^n*^^ Ho contract ^ o 5 \ i \ Bq|aijn»ing tbft Bduoatlonal Building ^6b0 oonaltton on pupchaolng and ijia. eqpiipjswnt for tbo naw ddaoatlonaX building has had aplandld oo-operatiott fttia our paator, the offioei^s of tha oburch and tba teaohara* Befo3?a any •quipoont van pturohaaed^ tha oonolttaa vialtad tha turn adooatlonal building at Flrot ftaoliytorlaia Cbnroh in Salisbuiy, djghiAnd Fpeatyterlan Ofaoroh In Wlnaton Salaa and tha Flrat Cborofa in Tboaaairllla* iiiob Inforoation and vaXuabla auggaationa vava gatharad firoa thaaa vlalta. CataXoguaa nara aaoorad froa tba lawdlng oannfaotariag ooq;ianiaa and mpraaantativae oaXlad ca tha eoanlttaa to abmr thair aqplpaent* Ro aqui^ant was pitrcliasadf bovavar^ bafora tba aoaalttaa oonanXtad vitb Klaa Sara KoKailX and Slaa dim IfoHlohaal, aroa vorlsara for tha Synod of Rdrtb OavpXinat who mm oaXXad in and who gatra vfOnabla auggaatloiia aa to . tha alia of tablaa, obaira^ blftek boarda and ballatin boorda* Tbay alao aaaiatad in tha placing of thla ecjolpaant. A ooanlttaa fkon tha Woaan of tha Gbaroh vaa appointed to look aftar tha porohaalng and tiwtaXling of draparlaa in aoaa of tha room* Alao a oonidttaa froa tha ahuroh arranged for tha inapaotion and porehaaa of aareral pianoa* through tha ganaroalty of the aanbara of the ohoroh and ^ Mr. Don Baadan of High Vbiat and itookavllla, mob of the aqolpaant 2: ^ tablaa» ohaira, ruga, babgr bade, booka and toya ware donated. w cU ) vo w X o> 2 of J J :aJ 3 ^ >CO oJ ^ MT* 3 Hi April I953* foox JohnstooA £ I I qL P- > 0 y>\xi Q> \ 53 1 ■ii si a . 43 Ths tMolwig irar« ooosultecl end tarn Soaiajr Sobool Utrafttoz* ^ and books «srs ordsrsd to gisa tbsii the best mterial to work with* ^ g CJ ?Keif interest bas been- shovn bgr tbe Saperintendenty the eoccelXent ^ ^ 3 >teaching staff end the growth in new neobeni,d g: We feel that a great need has been, fiXIedt and liDoksviUe ^ yl^hyterian Church. wilX ncet the chaX]Liu& to go forward. . » | i WU f l C H E S - 9( f e 5 6 ^ l AU - Pl 6 d l < S \ J II - L . ^ f/ R s r _£ r r f * * i " 5 I l| I ^ I e f I i 1 i I f 1 11 I II I ^ 1 I I f r I II I % f f t I I BI ^ I I ft s I ?1 8 I t I i t ft 2 I I I I I ?l I I I I fr ^ i •8 f I I mv j E CO . pu B L i e li s b a r v MO C K S V I L L I , Ne DAVIE REAL ESTATE LOAN & INS. CO. MOCKSVILLE, N. C Tho year 1952 was a yoar of psrogress for the Mooksvtlle Presbyterian Church, for it was during this period that its dreams of a much needed Educational Building were realised* A two story brick structure containg 10 rooms was constructed on the South side of the present church, and has been equipped with new furniture and equipment and our Sunday School has been able to meet each class in its separate room for the first time since the erection«of the present church* One of the outstanding things about the erection of this building was that the eongregation dipped into their pockets and paid for this building with the e^cception of a small balance, and enough is pledged over the next three years to retire the unpaid balance* We are proud of our building and iook foward to 1955 for bigger and better things for our Sunday School wad Church* am o Q a? -3CQ ^ ? >CL CO d o -Q L'J K- Vi 0 •o » 1 d w H 7- Vj Q- ) IC ^ 0 Qjtf » / CU-v^. ' (—, tCf ^ 7Ul urLt>nvtdu*4^ REPRESENTING ROUp FOR OVER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY H5 k v> d J Xonnn; AidtHts Xft April th« Xoung Adalta Sufidi^ School oXuso vaa oreanlsed, thlm oImui loolttdM Ahosd tr^m high gohool grwtaates thnmgh tho ag» of or eoaplM whooo ooahlnod agM a^ not orar 7I. Zt la wry "s ...........daolrahla to havo ooapXaa thla ago partlol|)a^j|ig In tha aaht blaoa* Shla eXaaa haa not ona taaohar, hat nu^ amolXant taaohara. Xharo ara ahmt eight of <mr nDObera who voZnntarlly ohooae tiie 8astda/ mmt oomrenlant for than to teaeh* At tha end of aaeh laaaon there la a gontral dlaoaaaion In whloh praotloaXljr every nanber taken part. Etexy third aonth thla olaan la raapoaalhle for tha devotional period la the opening of the Adult Sunday School elaaaea. Thla too la done hy different onea eaoh Sunday. Qaa of tha hlgt llghta of tha^oang Adult olaaa la the aupper naetlng held each nonth for aeidwra of the olaaa and thoae of the n n - f aaae age group who teaoh la other departaenta of the Sunday So)»ol« A ooanlttee of tao mnwn plaii tUm naala and aak eaoh couple to hrlng one Iten on the aenn. The auppera aro oaually aerved hoffat atyl* and are q^te Inforpal and gay* All planning la done with an J i o a ^ eye to a ntnim of proparatlxui and olaarlag up. Ohually thare la ^ a goeat apeaknr for the oooaalon and the aeabera are privileged to ^ heer nany Infomatlvo and atlanlatlng talka on pertinent auhjaota* ;C The organlaatlon of thla Xoung Adult group end their vomhlp oi. >) end aork together hae hrought ebout a oloaer fellonahlp anong ideui )— ^ and haa awoumgod nany of than to take a nere aotlvo part la the !</) varloua aotlvltlea of the ohaafoh# i X Ql - -- — - . . . 'a: V y/, j. i n *0 iT U) j j •7 0 •■o c 1 5 P! 7- o injjiU•ci P- ! ) yy Ui ;X \x ■tJ OrMtiiig OoMiltt«« B*«ry finndaar « wobtr of th# Woawi of tho Clxtroh ond 0 oonlbor of tho Han of tho Glnroh otond at of tba two doom loading Into tbo aanntaary of ,f. HoikavUXa ftpoabgrtorlan Qtaoroh' in ordor to great tboae aatoHng and to latrodaee ttawfelveo and othom of tf^ otuBgregation to any Tialtora or nawopgara to the tM« wa/ tbo/ ahow their frlondlinoaa OBd lAtereot In onr own naidwra and thoao who are wioiting* Baeh aontb eno of our Clroloa la reaponalblo for baring a Xadjr to greet at the dooTy and the nan who greet are Beaoona in tbp oharoh» Ve fpel that thin nothod of greeting ban pxoven rer/ worthwhile# Hm# Paul Qrabba s CD O 3 Z" O. uj) -1 -4CD 3■ 2i ^ Q ^ HI K v/> cL uJ o p X/ O o k 2 <. 2 ui P > 0 vo U> <3d Q- 1 vo X vj Ci ;3' IT o #.. .3-V\ Betty Beta Club ^ ;l ^ The members of the Mocksville Presbyterian Youth ^ Fellowship, together with some of the members of the Cooleemee Presbyterian Youth Fellowship, joined the Betty Beta Pen Pal Club last June while a Caravan of young people were in Mocksville helping with the young peoples worko It was only a matter of about two months until the members began receiving letters from Japanese boys and girls. The letters have been enjoyed by every member of the Presbyterian Youth Fellowship, Many Japanese friends have been gained through this club. The attached letter is from a Japanese boy to one of our members• H"? xJ 3 I , ^ 4 I-lARIAJi KELLY B. 1661 Mrs. Mason Lillard - 60 years old School building - never loiew it to be church. Used to play in it. House she lived in burned. uu 99 o -1 2 8 oa d Q- w . ic oo w > . Loom house in slave days (Kelly) 50 b^ck / Tobacco factory (2 doors from Larev/) ; r- Old Kelly home - close to St. grandmother's home (Sarah A. Kelly) Kitchen (log?) 15 ft. behind house l-lir. Morris - Mr. Tom Kelly (T. L.) lived here c. 1685 has never heard any reference to parson age lot or church. ' Larew At one time Kellys lived up to Larew line. V/. F. L. mentioned a lot of names to Mrs. Lillard. None rang a bell. She thought Thos McHeely lived in Salisbury? Brick church.- rectangular, two doors in front. Vestibule across front; Steps went up from eac]^ end of vestibule. Galleries on each side, not over front as you enter. Has heard that pulpit was at one time at the entrance—you went in facing congregation. Did not see it. I remember pulpit at back in center. Organ in front on floor, directly in front of pulpit. My mother played, my aunt played. "Amen Coi^iier" on both sides of pulpiti Seats running so as to face pulpit.- Choir sat right behind organist. Front porch but no inside as vestibule. Porch vra.s iinder roof. VJhether or not a dividing line inside I don't remember. Stove in the center. Big, wood. Clear glass windov/s. Don't loiow how many. V/indov/s high. Q) -5 K sn lU -j J MRS. HENRY KELLY - 77 years old >- I DO O Doesn't remember when church moved to Mocksville. School ^ where i'j?s. Larew\«nt — Suniiyside Academy. Remembers u? S. Milton irost, all the kids liked him. Stephen liowell lived in house where Larews live. g S Sue Pledrick o S Lape Hedrick - great grandson ui Howe 11 came here from Charlotte. Emma IIowoll Stephen's daughter, v/ent back to see v/here her fatlisr lived, I MRS. DOVfl^JUM - 95 years old Sept. 1 Never heard of church being on Salisbury St. Cousin Em's property - W. K. Clement lived there and mother. Uncle Ed - part of Clement Property. Sprinkle house - Ed Sanford lived tliere. Ed Sanford built house Lookabills live in. Harbin taught school first in Larev; yard (taught in another place, too;. This was first school . she , went to. Only time ever used. It was there - she didn't build it. Uncle VJill Brovaa - "I thought he built it." Never v/as fond of him. Stern, didn't like children. Loved Uncle Rufus. lias heard Ben Morris property was parsonage once. ^ There was brick Academy where Depot is. VJent to that Sunnyside Y below old jail. 0 ^ Played organ in old church when Miss Sally couldn't go—little. ^ Had key, cleanded up church. Brick bldg. No porch, 2 doors. 1 Vestibule. 2 more doors into vestibule. Hinge on shutter. 2 Girls'seats and boys' scats. From vestibule—balcony each side. Pulpit in back. 2 stairways in vestibule leading up to balconies. P^-^in glass windows, side and back. Amen corners on both sides. Pulpit raised. Moved organ to front of pu^-pit in back of stove in middle. • ^ great big windows. Shutters outside. Cleaning up one day hinge of blind came imdone. Big doors. Nearly square building. Pitched roof. No belfry— no bell. Stove in middle. 'Wine colored cloth on end of stick—not very long—for collection. Communion set had one cup. ^ Window on each side of pulpit. Not clear about door. Small trees in front v/here horses hitcxied. Amanda/^ame/ ^ ^ church and sat in bAlcony. Balcony in 3 sections. One or ^ 2 others—Amanda often. 5 50 1- U- w i vo 0 0 1 2 <SL ih :>• cs c/^ ,W :ci Q- 'S3 "J- I-Irs. Downum Lamps on post and 2 on organ—kerosene. Tin plate behind to reflect light. ^ Joppa—frame building. Gaither gave some but not all. g G =1 2i O G?3 -S ca ^ :d > Q. </) d g 0 S ui 1 o ^' Squire Boone Sarah Boone ^saac Wilcockson Oct. 11 Rebeka Joimston Lydia Morgin February JOPPA CE^^ETERY Old Dates 176? 1777 1769 —Joppa may have come from this man, says Rauss. Austen & Gaither vn'ong—much earlier. 1771 1772 Also VJilson family in there •Abraham Adams. Frost. CD Q -j 2 li? CQ 3 CL O o UJ Boones, Bryans, Morgans, VJilsons and VJilcocksons are / , first families — agree Raus & Kizziah... Johns ton V/il cock sons ^ Boones intermarried. 7 (/ C/) o o K. Gi uJ -> J V) V O 0 j 2 <c v- > io cs^ Vol. II of Moravian Records — refers to meeting house, man spent nipiit with Boone and rode 5 miles toward Dutch Greek. Raus & Kij^iah feel this is Joppa. (Miss Flossie Martin.) ; ) vo \x) X O ci : 3: o* sa WILL BOOK REFERENCES TO MOCKSVILLE £ PRESBYTEHIM CHURCH 3 (A cL 2 \ 5 tc. cL W H > U» ei I v/> UJ X -c) 9 uJ V/. L. Brovai - 4^500.00 to trustees of Mocksville PresLy. Ch. g ^ OQ -J 3 > Q. CO . ^UJ 5j1 Mrs. T. B. Bailey (also) 8 § Salisbury - VJill Book H, page ^07-^08 g Joanna Smith, August 1827 (Oct. 18, 1826) S "Item 2. All the balance of property about the house and premise that is not disposed of to the said R. J. and my husband ^ i^ll to be sold and the money arising from the same together v/ith v/hat money is on hand and owing, I will that tiie amoimt of ;,ii600,00 be appropriated at the discretion of my executor to the support of the Presbyterian Church to some v/ell recommended Presbytex^ian minister whose labors may be engaged at Joppa Church and to be appropriated thtfs for the term of 10 years." Thos. McNeely, Executor Salisbury - VJill Book D-108,.April 1793? Henry Rich "I give 5 £ the finishing Joppa Meeting house to be made out of my stock." John Johnston, Witness S3 SESSION BOOK, STATESVILLE, N. G. S DQ Q Stephen L. liowell died April 26, 1885 t! ^ wife ^ ^ Susan Howell died June 25, 1897 § ^ a. ui Rec'd Statesville Church on certificate d from the Taylorsville Church, Oct. 2, 1&75* ^ s UJ i Isaac A V/it her spoon K. v> csd uJ J p 2 O O £ 2 <c 5 *7- to UJ to w X o ^ 54 B. S» ICRIDEH The following information was obtained from old sermons and notes witten by Mr. Krider. These papers are now in the possession of Miss Josie Graham, a descendant of lir. ICrider, who lives near Cleveland. Mocksville — Dec. 1858 Lulce 17:32 ^ Remember Lot's Wife ^ June, 1859 Heb. 12:25 tn o _J z March '59 . Joim 8:12 £ S [1-9 Hog H C T June 1863 Lulce l^i-tlS o " 1+6 K «i " 11 II 11 • o S 1+8 " " " " " y § Mocksville 1857 Matt 8:2-3 ^ In IC^iS^preaciied 103 sermons, ik funerals. Great & merciful God, |bless the sower and the seed. B. S. Krider (Rone dm Mocksville) Sunday 16 Jan 1859 — "This is my regular day for Mocksville. I regret that I could not get there for I dislike ever to cause a disappointment. I spent the day in reading, trust I spent it to some profit...read some in Bunyan, most capital thing." Peb 6, 1859 — "Sabbath. Preached in Mocksville fromhp. 3:26. 'Unto him who is able' (Sec. Had an attentive audience. Took dimer with Bro. Campbell, he is discouraged in his school, thinlcs lie will leave as soon as practical; preached at nighc K from Ep. 5:18 'Be not drunk with wine'. Audience larger than ^ in the morning. Staid (sic) with Bro. Setzer. I enjoyed tiie Z services of the day." Feb «::i6, 1859 "Started on to Moclisville, came to tlie river d: found it full anu still rising- could not R#3+.i-,T»n/=./q -t-r, 1 c.anu still rising could not cross. Returned to Pa's r-d ^ spent the night. ^ Mocksville: Rec'd payment. Thomas Brown June 1858 3200.00 c For the year ending June 1859 01 Rec'd of Thos Bro\7n 3158.00 {iJ PpLac -cd ever my regular time. y 2 Also rec'd 200.00 from Lnity June I858 " " 225.00 " Franiain " " 55 J K io di Vi O O 'SC <5 i- <3i- ) vo X i.w • 35 s OQ o IJ 2 SCHOOLS MD ACiiUEMYS B ^ CQ _J 3 ^ Q- 26-266 Brick Academy on Depot St. (Martin) o " o o 2-599 Et)enezer Nelson a toMocksvllle ^ademy - Miss Martin feels this on Salisb\iry ft. Mfteger^No l0on^ln'^4^ajbfte%«r y.VC iO". Giiin Oil 15-32't Hef, to school in Item 10, p. 330 3-3^-3 Deed to trustees for M. E. Church adjoining lot belonging (July 26 18^9) parsonage 2-106 Thomas McNeely to •^'istin, & John W. TurrentineScnool committee for school dist. #1 "^ginning at Daniel Brown's corner in A. G. Carter's •LXXxG • • • (Dec. 20, 18^-7) FBOM H. N. C. LIBRARY, CHAPEL HILL Latin School J* D. Kilpatrick Rowan, N. C., Nov. 20, 1820 Western Carolinian Nov. 28, 1820 Mrs. Geo. Miimford's School -J June 23, 1815 •mJ Raleigh Register, June 23, 1815 i Milton, Rov/an County j Randolph County John B. Troy Southern Citizen, Aug. 8, I837 5 Jesse Kar^^in, principal of Oxford Female Seminary, 1835 JO Raleigh Register, Dec. 2, 183^ Chapman's Classical SchoolCentre Meeting House in Iredell Cty - 25 mi. west of Salisbury, of Statesville.o Catawba Journal, 1828 -o 56 • •J.' •p v/> o o <£ I © 5 ci rS SEE !fJ. C. Schools <£i: Aacademios, 1790—18^0," Coon-State Library, Raleigh Ebenezer Academy, 1823 Incorporated Gen*l Assembly 1822 6 mi. from Statesville, so that student vrlll be measurably free from temptations to vice. It is convenient to church where there is preaching steadily. ^ Iredell County, N. C., Nov. 1823, Wm. A. Hall g Western CarolinatO-n Dec. 9i 1823 S o ^ 2 2: s A School . § d Kilpatrick's School Q-0 15 mi. above Salisbury — under direction of Rev. Joseph D. d Kilpatrick. "The price of tuition will be ;!?12.00 and of ^ § boarding forty dollars per year. Boarding may be had in ~ genteel houses in the neighborhood, and tolerably g convenient. The utmost care will be talten to preserve the morals of young men who may be sent to this place fca? instruction." Feb. 20, 1809 Raleigh ^tar, Harch 9, 1809 5"? tt (1^ 1 2 c <5 ii) >- >- c£2 w oi RICH*S MTICLE Wm. Buford I83O-36 ct: < A. G. Miller cc CQ Armfield -I "2^ Rev. John I'illett 0 u: Robt. E. Troy •—i CD Rev. Baxter CDngg - 18^0-55 Z) CL > C) Rev. Campbell Q V.-* 6 Samuel Davis 0 0 Jacob Eaton 1875 - 83 LU Rev. E. M. Downum - Bander Marcey L. John Geo. E. Barnett 1893-97. Av. att. 50# \ to \L/ X O cd 3: Bicentennial Celebration Pages 59-87 i- a u- o }- ■S> iW /-y' o-Davie County Public Library ^ Mocksville, North Carolina s: % cJ 5"^ LJi Mocksville, North Carolina 1767-1967 I ri' nn I i ili A • |gjry ( _L I.>., April 12 through April 16, 1967 DAVIE CO. PUBLIC UB8&RY MGCKSVlLa Commemorating Two Centuries of Service s- o) (o O o 1 2 <c W h > m UJ c:i \ «D iu X o od X For many months we have looked forward with happy anticipation to i-h^ celebration of our church's two hundredth anniversary. Such events inevitably involve the reuniting of friends, relatives, former ministers and church mem bers in a spirit of relaxed fellowship which is truly unique. Many people have contributed their ideas and efforts in the formulation and execution of our bicentennial plans, and it is hoped that all who share this great hour in our church's history will find refreshment and blessing, "We were honored earlier this year when the Presbytery of Winston-Salem held its January meeting in our church. On March 12, Dr. Ben L Rose, faculty member of Union Theological Seminary and Chairman of the Board of Church Extension, led us in a community-wide union service which was deeply in spirational. We are now especially grateful that four of our five living former ministers can be with us this week as we worship and fellowship together. We hope to see the Gartrells later this year when they arrive on furlough from BraziL To these men and their wives we owe an everlasting debt of gratitude and thanksgiving, and we extend to them a most cordial welcome. Combined with and complementing the festival atmosphere of our celebration are the solemn obligations which we must discharge. We must pause to honor those who founded this congregation even before our country had gained its independence. This was largely wilderness country when the decision was made to biiild the first log building at the present site of Joppa Cemetery. Small in numbers and burdened with the cares and dangers of primitive life, our founding fathers must certainly have been rich in courage, determination and devotion to God. W^e do not honor them as perfect but we praise God that He was with them as they formed this branch of His body which has borne fruit for two centuries. This is a time when we must try to see what great lessons are to be learned from so many yesterdays. In and of itself history is a catalog of hap penings. But these happenings properly analyzed and evaluated become a lamp for tomorrow's pathways. In 1963 our church published a complete history which will be an invaluable guide for generations still to come. So complete is this work that no condensation would be possible or desirable here. Aware of our great legacy and noble heritage, we cannot afford too long to look backward. As long as there are wars, poverty, social injustice and sin we will be challenged to lift high the banner of our King and move forward in His service. And so two centuries of service have been completed. "We pause in reflection. We begin our third century of witness. nb\io UbrarV MC Bicentennial Worship Service Wednesday, April 12, 1967 Seven-Thirty O'Clock Organ Prelude The G\.ll To Worship The Minister Hymn No. 482 '^he Light of God Is Tdling" The Invocation The Minister The Responsive Reading Selection No. 18 The Evening Anthem The Choir "It Is A Precious Thing" — Johann F. Peter, Arr. by Dickinson Welcome and Announcements Mr. Ratchford The Reading of the Scripture Psalm 100 The Evening Prayer The Minister Hymn No. 435 "/ Love Thy Kingdom, Lord" The Sermon The Rev. William P. Long "God's Faithfulness and Man's" Hymn No. 101 "This Is My Father's World" Benediction and Choral Response It is hoped that all who attend the worship service will also he able to come to the church hut immediately following the service for refreshments and informal fellowship. Bicentennial Worship Service Thursday, April 13, 1967 Seven-Thirty O'Clock Organ Prelude The Call To Worship T^he Minister Hymn No. 515 "<^od of Our Fathers" The Invocation Minister The Responsive Reading Selection No. 29 The Evening Anthem "^t^e Choir "Honor and Glory" — J. S. Bach Welcome and Announcements Mr. Ratchford The Reading of the Scripture John 3:1-21 The Evening Prayer T^ke Minister Hymn No, 111 God, Our Help In Ages Past" The Sermon T^he Rev. W. C. Cooper "The Church's Supreme Mission Today" — John 3:14-15 Hymn No. 434 "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken" Benediction and Choral Response POSTLUDE It is hoped that all who attend the worship service will also be able to come to the church hut immediately following the service for refreshments and informal fellowship. Bicentennial Worship Service Friday, April 14, 1967 Seven-Thirty 0*Clock Organ Prelude The Call To Worship The Mimster Hymn No. 369 "How Firm a Foundation" The Invocation The Minister The Responsive Reading Selection No. 21 The Evening Anthem The Youth Choir "Angels Ever Bright and Fair" — G. F. Handel, Arr. by Bliss Welcome and Announcements Mr. Ratchford The Reading of the Scripture II Corinthians 5:11-21 The Evening Prayer The Minister Hymn No. 349 "Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus" The Sermon The Rev. W. I. Howell, D.D. "The Church, the Future" — II Corinthians 5:20 Hymn No. 307 "O Jesus, I Have Promised" Benediction and Choral Response I Postlude It is hoped that all who attend the worship service will also be able to come to the church hut immediately following the service for refreshments and informal fellowship. 2 <c ui )- 5- ca u; <2> X Bicentennial Open House Saturday, April 15, 1967 Members of the congregation, their guests and friends, and former members of our church are cordially invited to attend an open house this date between the hours of three o'clock and four-thirty o'clock at the home of Dr. and Mrs. E. A Eckerd, on North Main Street, Mocks- ville, N. C It is especially hoped that guests who are coming from out of town for this last part of our celebration will arrive in time for this event. Bicentennial Historical ProgramK s I w I Saturday, April 15, 1967 - ! Seven-Thirty O'Clock \r> X O ^ A presentation in the Sanctuary of the history of our church through color slides, drama, music and narration written and produced by Mr. and Mrs. James W. WalL ^ J ... MQ n FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BICENTENNIAL HISTORICAL PROGRAM April 15, 1967 ORGAN PRELUDE THE CALL TO WORSHIP The Minister HYMN NO. 325 "0 for a Heart to Praise My God" THE INVOCATION The Minister WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS .... Mr. Ratchford ''TWO CENTURIES OF CHRISTIAN WITNESS" Narration, slides, and scenes THE DOXOLOGY BENEDTCTION COME, WE THAT LOVE THE LORD (Congregation, remaining seated, will join in the singing of this hymn. Verses will be repeated until the young people are back to their seats.) ''Come, we that love the Lord, And let our joys be known; Join in a song with sweet accord, And thus surround the throne. "Then let our songs abound. And every tear be dry; We're marching through Emmanuel's ground To fairer worlds on high." "TWO CENTUEIES OF CHRISTIAN WITNESS" by Mr. and Mrs. James W. Wall Narrators: James W. Wall and Mrs. Virginia Waters Participants The Reverend William A. Hall John Johnstone Mrs. William A. Hall Mrs. Roberta Goodwin Thomas McNeely John Hatcher Thomas Brown Hugh S. Larew (great-grandson) Joppa Sunday School Class Pioneer Fellowship: Gary Beaver, Paul Beaver, Steve Beaver, Lynn Blaekwood, Betsy Clark, Debbie Cox, Annette Eckerd, Steve John son, Terry Johnson, Peggy McCoy, Joe Phillips, Jane Smith, Nancy Wall, Craig Ward, and Lii Young Junior Fellowship: Jill Beaver, Charles Blaekwood, Lucy Bowman, Billy Clark, Susan Goodwin, Eva Phillips, Carol Wall, Jimmy Wall, and Jeff Ward Assisting with presentation: Mr. and Mrs. James B. Ratchford, Mrs. Irene 1 Young, Mrs. Sylvia Beaver, Mrs. Carolyn Hatcher, Mrs. Sydna San- ford, D. J. Mando, Mrs. Frankie Long, Miss Claire Wall, Miss Kath leen Craven, Mrs. Mae Evans, and B. C. Moore and Company Slides and Photography: Hugh S. Larew, Joe H. Langston, and Prank Larew Sketches: E. W. Button and Darrell Edwards Bicentennial Worship Service Sunday, April 16, 1967 Eleven O'Clock Organ Prelude The Call To Worship T^he Choir The Doxology Invocation and The Lord's Prayer Gloria Patri Hymn No. U - "Holy, Holy, Holy" The Apostles' Creed The Responsive Reading Selection No. 28 Greetings from the Synod of North Carolina The Rev. Harold ]. Dudley, D.D. The Pastoral Prayer and Choral Response ^Presentation of Tithes and Offerings The Anthem—-"Built on the Rock" Lindeman-Christiansen The Dedicatory Prayer t Greetings from our Missionary Family Hr. William F. Junkin, III Hymn No. 301 "A Charge to Keep I Have" Greetings from Winston-Salem Presbytery The Rev. James H. Monroe The Reading of the Scripture Isaiah 42:1-9 The Sermon The Rev. Paul H. Richards, Th.D. "Where Do We Go From Here?" Hymn No. 435 "I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord" Benediction and Choral Response POSTLUDE •The Estey reed organ being used for the offertory this morning was built in 1870 and used for many years in the worship services of our church. The collection bags used today were first used about the middle of the nineteenth century. tDr. Junkin, a research scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the son of Dr. and Mrs. William F. Junkin, Jr., our missionaries in Taiwan. * « « All persons in the congregation are most cordially invited to the picnic dinner to he served on the church lawn at the conclusion of the morning worship service. Bicentennial Exhibit Sunday, April 16, 1967 From One-Thirty Until Two O'Clock An interesting display of various items which have played a part in the history of our church has been installed in the Ladies Parlor. A guide will explain their role in the life of our church. Present and Future Sunday, April 16, 1967 Two O'CLOCK Hymn No. 437 Church's One Foundation" Unison Reading Selection No. 65 ^ Prayer Message The Rev, J. H. Ratchford A brief, informal, hut informative presentation of where this church stands today and of what our hopes are for the im mediate future. Benediction DIRECTORY OF MINISTERS PARTICIPATING IN THE BICENTENNAL CELEBRATION April 12, 1967 ■— April 16, 1967 The Rev. William F. Long is pastor of the Armstrong Memorial Pres byterian Church, 825 Union Road, Gastonia, N. C. Mr. Long was pastor of our church 1958-1962. The Rev. W. C. Cooper is pastor of the Buffalo Presbyterian Church, Route 3 — Box 750, Sanford, N. C. Mr. Cooper was pastor of our church I936-I943. The Rev. W. 1. Howell, D.D., is associate pastor of the First Pres byterian Church, 1328 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Howell was pastor of our church 1932-1935. The Rev. Paul H. Richards, Th.D., is pastor of the Parkway Presbyterian Church, 6200 Camphor Street, Metakie, Louisiana. Dr. Richards was pastor of our church 1951-1957. * * « The Rev. Harold J. Dudley, D.D., is Executive Secretary and Stated Clerk, Synod of North Carolina, Box 10785 Cameron Village, Raleigh, N. C The Rev. James H. Monroe, is Executive Secretary and Stated Clerk, Presb3^ery of Winston-Salem, 200 Magnolia Street, Winston-Salem, N. C. 44: # The Rev. James E. Ratchford has since 1962 been the pastor of our church. L/i BICEN'JSi^.ilAL iilBTOidCAL PFvE'SEKTAiPION FIRST PRESBYTERIAll CHUHCH MOCKSVILLS APRIL 15, -1967 Invoca.Tcion^ {ici-ipcuro pru.yisi'' a.nct a.nriounconioi3Ci9 •• with < Bilriifftep stating that this is a so^vico of vjoj^shipj tbankagivingi, and^ ^ praise to God for two hundrod yeajt-s of His bioac?trigs - wo i"ro looking^ y CQ baokv.ird to inspire to us to look forvjard* Organ music will be used £ ^ S^MTu/ifKH ^fO-HTS OFP at 5-ntervftls during the pi'Qsontalilon^ o/^6/9y/-"y? Fo/iTAess'* 0r pRoJ^r-stCfy/ ~SLIDfijS- Present church 'Vjsiu) - qh^/^cei.-PRws€j^t eHU/^en g Prologue 1767-1967 - Tvjo hundred years, ti^o conturias - Yea, the First Prosbytei'lan Church of MocksvilXe is an "old" cburcn^ Its long list of twenty-'two ministoi"»s; its church roll of approximately 120C com- munioant membera and baptized children; its five sanctuaries - all attest to the chronological and physical ag^ of this "old^ churcbu Yes, for two hundred years these ministern, those communicant members, and these five aanotuarios have cmbodiod, epitomized, and proclalraecl God'a Vici'd from the pulpit and in daily life. "F'or we are labourara togefchar with led: ye are God*3 husbandry, ye are God's buildings" Who could begin to ascertain the mission accompli3bed? Two hundred years of Christian Witness - a glance in retrospoct is in ordar^, SLIDE - Squire Boone burial The Year Is 1765 - two huriif-rsd two yoars ago - the occasion, the x'uneral of Squire Boons - the place, Joppa C6matery« Ye8, there may have been a non-denominational meeting house at O'oppa wbon Squii's Boone waa buried there Iti 1765- Thore was no oigaiiized chia^oh and no mlniatex*< SLIDE - Grave-marker. Squire Boona^Ji gra,va marker ia the oldest known k iJ gravs-ui-ont- at Joppa Cemetery, SLIDE - "iinutes ad bclou, o ^ "In the MiiiUtes af tho Bynon of Philadelphia and New York, May 28^ 176?, ia recoi'dad, ^Motions .for euppllea yaro also raado in behalf of Goshon In the forks of the Catawba> the south fork of Oatawba, tho forks of YarJkirj;, and Saliabury, in Hcrth Carolina The "Porks of the ^ Yadkin" Church yas this cburoh, locatud in a vast aewi-wildernoso area CO o 3 25 O 17? a. c/) then called the Porks of Yadkin in what vjaa then Rowan County^ The § a. ^ church was called Forks of Yadlcin until 1789 when at the meeting of the d § o " first General Assercbly it was listed as Joppa.. It vjaa In Orange Presby-^ ^ <c tary then and was vacant., SLIDE - Log church The first church building at Joppa undoubtedly looked very much like this artist's sketch, Proaching services and catoobiaings vjore very Infrequontv SLIDE n Frame Church ID 1792 - one hundred sovonty-five years ago - Joppa called Its first n tor, the Reverend J. Do Kilpatrick, and erected a neiv aanctuaryo Prom existing records we knov) its exterior looked like this sketch - id. th a ^oor at each end. Inside there was a high pulpit on tho southsido K reacbud by narrox^f steps. We know that the benches had very high backs, 2 11^0 n;tjmbar»a could almost have been counted on one^a fingers, Kilpatriok j usrved Joppa four years ivbllo also serving Unity and Thlx»d Creak in I Rowan County. Aftor Kilpatrick left in 1796, Joppa did not have another J ordained pastor for twonty-nino years, Several ministers and one layirion ^ evangelist were cent by Concord "^resbytery, organijied in 1795, to preach - to and catechisiQ the congregation at Oo\ Gop^ ooA Hsup tr^ Ul ^Vsr" I- THE KINETEEKlli CENTURY Za The Yaav 1827 - ono hundred forty ysnra ago - marked the dawn of oi I V5 lli Xo forming a separate county - a fact aocomplisbed ten years later. d X 11 a now and prograsclvo era for Joppa, The present Davis County part of Rowan and the village of Mockavillo wer« growing. There was talk of U- vj o o !3 3r o csi X OQ -3" Itos, in OctoboT;, 1627^ Joppa finully callod anothcir paator, Tho Revorend William A, Hall. Tharo ia an intorosting oxcanuating civ- Giuastance har-e. Tv;o months bal'ore- this call a will had bean probatad ^ □ ti?giving $600 to Joppa church to be spent $60 per yaar "to some wall" ^ ? ^CU (/)rocotntnonded Presbyterian win Is tor wnona labors way be engaged at j'oppa o ^ O OChurch." When Hall le^t Joppa tiienty-lour yaars later in I851, hie y salary paid by Joppa was $77.00 per year for one-third of his time. ^ OPoTt-Uhr or/SLIDJ3 - Martha Call House SCEHE - Hall and wife walk in front of screen SPOTt^iO-HT OPFWilliam A. Hall soon oiarried, and he and Mrs. Hall lived in this house - a four-room log atructure at that time - the present home of Miaa Martha Call and Mrs. J. If. Thompson. Hall owned some ninety-»nino acres of land in the present south Moclcsville. He was a well-educated, energetic, forceful speaker, with a consuming passion for i>fInning par sons to Christ. At almost every meeting of the Session, one or Dioro persons were received into Joppa Oburch - most of them by baptism. Our Sossional Hocorda begin in I832 during Hall's ministry. SPOTLl&HT Of/ ^ jSCEME - Hall talking i?ltb Thomas McWeely about Session Book ^POTKi&rf^T OFF^ SLIDE - Eirsfc page of Session Book VA^ Joppa modo much progress under Hall's leadership partly because of bis and the congregation's efforts, and partly because of the fact that Joppa xjaa tba only church in the Mocksville area until I833 when S the prosent HQthodist Church was organised. The Hocksville Baptist £ Cbupcb waa not organized until 1864. j2 Joppa Church indeed every church - baa at times been eapacially ^ blosQGd with a particular membex'' oi-» group of members who have made ^ outstanding contributions bo It. Many of these - especially of taore voy rocenb cucadvirj - must go unrinracd. Gs:One - cbe first known one - of these "plllai's" of Joppa Church ' Thooiaa MctJooly. A prosrosalvM windea, ci.viu loadaf and buainoaa w; 13 be owned and operatod one of the twelve "cotton .faotoi^ies" in North Carolina In July^j 1833* This three-story^ 3'00 spindle, ateaai-operated cotton Diill stood near the present Hallroad overpass on Highway 6i|.4, - o Thowaa McNeely was a very active churchman* He was the firsu Clerk ^ - OJ I -Iof the Session; ho led the singing; be '.jas the first Superintendent of 5 ^ u ^ the Sunday School. ^ o ; j) 3 SLIDE - Prost letter as below. i! > "In a letter from tho Reverend S. Milton Prost to T, B. Ba51ey In ^ 1899, Mr. Prost wrote: »V/ben a little boy I went to Sunday School held in old Joppa Church. My father /Samuel Frosju7 taught the olaas of small, boys. The seats had very high backs, fie* ThomaG McMeely was the Superintendent of the school. He often gave a lecture on some religious subject ... his keen black eyes soQiii to pierco through me ... Of all the teachers I aver had, I ever regardod Thoroaa MoNeoly with the greatest affection and admiration ... Tho school was closed In winter. It was kept every suramer till 1032 (poaaibly 1033) when it was moved to Mocksville." <S/Oo r o// SCENE - Thomas WoNeoly and Sunday School class at Joppa. Recite ^ Spor^/Gfir OFP Qh tLORAJsf vC Scripture, sing, and or answer catcholum questions. UJ j Records indicate that the Sunday School at Joppa was in operation prior to 1823 and was one of the first in Davie County. The pupils o taught to read and write. They road the Bible, memorized Scripture, ^ and gang. Negro membors'' cbildren ware also taught to i»aad and write 2 S although it was illegal to do this* On April 20, 1061, one week after ^ Port Sutiiter, tho Board of CommisGioners for the Town of Mooksville 7- ^ ordered this teaching of "slaves or persons of color, in Sabbath Schools" vu^ stopp'odw Mr. Frost also tells us that wben tho Methodist Church was dedicated ill J in 1033^ Thomas McHoely, who had "a vary sweet voice," sang "How Tedious I 5 and Tasteless the Hours a hywn still xouiid in bytanals today„ dPOTt-t^HT OAf SCENE - Thomas McNeely sings Spor^i&HT qfp~^out 183I} the church moved frcin thj Joppa Cemetery site to Salisbury Street, Mockavillog Apparently services wei^a continued at ^ g O ri?Joppa for about two years► Tradition has said that Joppa Church 33 g accepted a gift of $1500 to renovato and remain at the Joppa Cemetery g - oo site but then movad to Mocksvill© anyway and this move brought the church "bad luok^" V/a do not knoxv what this "bad luck" waso We '< hope it isn^t still due to befall ua„ Evidence indioatea that this Salisbury Street Church was in a dwelling house owned by Thoaias McHeely and was from the beginning meant to be a temporary location, SLIDE - Schoolhouaa, Wa beiiov© it stood just aouth of the present brick school houeo atlll standing at 518 Salisbury Street, It is probably that this school house vjas also used by the church on occasion. The mamberahip was about tbirty-five^ Reverend Frost tells us that on the first Sunday the congregation gatbei^ed in front of William A, Hall's house and led by Thcmaa HcNeoly marched to the new S^/YQTu/)ti*4 aM church singing "ComO'Ye That Love tho Lord," SCENE - Costumed group K2 march and all sing^ ^ SP/\klTO/^Aif JUiG-HTS OPFOn April 6, iBijO, - one hundred twenty-aeven yaax's ago^. the ^ '■i congregation of Joppa '"^reabyterian Church voted to build a new sane-" •p ^ tuary - on this site ho re where we ar-e tonight, Thomas McWsely had s^ resarvea this lot for the church site when be had donated most of tbs 2 nineteen acres of tho business section of Mockaville in lo37o e: 5 SLIDE - Exterior of iQljO church, ?- The church croctacl was a very substantial brick building with to^ sisituen-'lnch walla - most of our present sanctuary stands on the huge o-* granite foundation stones laid for this I8I4O structure. Those who X ^ one or two front doors, ^ T5 rQmciinber this church., torn down In 1905> differ as to uhother It had o ^6— >- tt SLIDE - Interior I84O church g s O The interiox* la described fcr ua pp« 28 and 29% ("ioad i'l'Otn ^ book here.) § ^ SjLlP£' Oi-O G'Oi.ceCJIO^ 0/^<rS f9/>fO GO/O/rfijr/toA/ ^£7 ^ fO A new church sanctuary in a newly incorporated town and county«o o o o s The year l8t|l also witnessed a new devolooment in the election of th^ firat deacons> a ueu body in the Presbyterian Church, and a new treffd toward benevolences with the first recorded giving to Foreign Misslonsa November 2, I651* must have been a sad day for many of the con gregation of Joppa Church for on that day Mr. Hall resigned to connect himself with the Presbytery of the V/eatern District, (Tennessee) and he and bis family moved from their home i/hlch they had known for a quarter of a century. A six-year old daughter and an Infant son had been buried at Joppa Cemetery. Their roots were deep - their memories many - Joy and sorrow, auocoss and failure, sadness avid anticipation filled their minds as they paid goodbye, Mr, Hall visited in Mocksville again in 1875. Ho was related to the Bailey, Lee, and Gaither farallieso Dulling the decade of the l8i^0*a, several disciplinary actions were taken by the Session, The case a were met aquarely and rlr«ily« 2 While some were suspended, the Soaaion tried to keep the door of for- givunesa open If the aocuaad gave evidence of repentance. The weiabor- abip whan Hall left in 1051 was 35 whites and 27 Negroes, u- j V The decade of the 1850^3 ahov/ed somewhat less gx>owth and activity C. for the oburobv Revoi'snd B. S. Krider of Third Creek served the church 1 2 about four years during this decade, Mr. Krider»3 grand'-daughter, Mlsa £ <2 Joaie Graham, has several copies of sermons which Mr. Krider px*eaGbed y— ^ at Joppa. Some hove notations such as those SLIDE - could not cross cO Li 30Uuh Yadkin, q tj. oi The question of slavery bad boon debated in the local church and at Presbytery and Synod levels for many yetrs prior to I86I, The CO w zc. o d ^ Genoral Asseoibly, hovjsver, knowing thiit a debate would oertaiuly split ^ 76 . '"*7 *" ^be Pr03byt6x»ian Church into northern and aoutbern branches, had refused to bo drawn into this controversy which had split the Methodists in l8i^ aiid the Baptists in ^ Te/^rtjve Toj^i6»7 " The war came - the church split - "On page l}7 of the Saaslonal Record ore thcae words: 'iSxaiuiriod & approved with exceptions Mallard >- %Qrsek April 12th IQ6I, J, Ruoiplo, Mod,* At the very moment tho above g was being x^x'ittsn, Confederate shore batteries v?ere shelling Port '2 Sumter, Pour bloody, frightening, sorrowful, starving years lay ahead? § with untold heartache auid hardship. The war cost the lives of at least ^ four young men whose church botae was or had been Joppa: J'ohn Kelly, " Leminuel Bailey, prisoner at Point Lookout, Francis McWeely, killed defending the Confederate arsenal at Salisbury, and Henry Gaither, killed at Gbancolloravilla," Tliree ministers served the church during these x^ar years. The Session mat very irregularly. The only reference in the Session Record to the Civil War was September 20, I863, when "a collection waa taken up to pay pai't of our Ministei^s expenses to go and Preach to our Soldiers in the field whereupon Plghty«tbree dollars and was collected and paid over .to blni," ^ SporKtG-Hr 0// ^ SCENE - Thomas Brown take offering - use collection bags, OPp> ThefisS ts r/o x*J0flOQp THiS 4jUF KAfOoj THRT^ SLIDE - Reverend Murkland approaching Civil War camp /^urku/^/vjo ^ ^NrsTeR^ff'o 70 QojsipeO' j SLIDE-- Stonemau^s Army be twos n the church and jail, soi^oiEas 5 \ ^ Wh^Q only four of Joppa*a fliembership ai''e known to have paid the VJ ^ <3^ supreme sao^ifice, all suffered the anxiety, sorrow, and privation of I tho War years'SN^omQ, including the Braxton Baileys and Ephriam and ^ E, L, Gaithor, blows of Stonoman when he came through Mookavillo )~> on April 11, 166?, among thono 3000 soldiers was one caiU'ying ^ a hatful of boiled gooao eggj^jxyjocting a delicious nioaX, Not being ^ acquainted with country lifo, he did not realize that ho had robbed u «/> \o X ^ wero alnioat ready to hatch, 2 X x::) aatting goose's nest and ordered those eggs boiled even though they 11 ..8.. After the Civil War ended^ the Negro uiaciburs formad tbe Mocksvillo Colored Presbyterian Church a The Church roll dropped I'voxa fifty-nine comtaunicanta in 1866 to thirty in 1867- Some Dioved away frotu Mocksville during these war ycare^ One tiho ^ s moved was So Lu Howell, Clerk of the SQS;.xon. and his family, who §o lived In the proaant SLIDE - Larew house (smaller then) and whose □ j ? >three young children were buried somQwhere In the yard of this place ^ Q oi^ithln a period of thirty-one days in 1862- ^ SFor many years years between 186)4.-13?6, Thomas Br'own was the only q alder- Thomas Brown also led tho singing and uaa Clerk of the Session^ He was the only elder in I868 when the name of the Churoh was change Spor^^ic^HT 0/^SCENE - Thomas Brown and name change- Use Session Book reference, orF Sufoe^Jopp/^ CensT^/ii "Thus the quaint old name was from now on applied only to the ancient graaeyardp where rest the remains of so many of the early members of this great old church." "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me^ VJrite, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from hancflforth: Yes, saith the Spii-lt, that they Diay rest from their labours; and their works do follow thevii„" 1767-1868 - Joppa Presbyterian Church - for at least one hundred K*2 one years a beacon light of Christian influence and for approximately u) sixty-six years the only known church In Mocksvillo ox' the nearby area. j 7 Its members of colonial days and of the Revolutionary period, as 0 well as many of those who had been a part of the great forward surge ^ of the 1830*3 and l8ii.0*a, bad long since passed to tbelr reward. The -2< tori»ible Civil War vias now ovor; tho wouuda and scars wore beginning ai^ to heal- The Negroes were citizens with cburchoc of their ovjn. Most 5 S01 of the Southern states including North Carolina were back in the Union. A new day was dawning. Joppa had stood firm. Truly tho change of tho ) uj name from Joppa to Mocksville Prosb^torian Church in I868 marked the ^ end of an era. a^<S'.?/V-V"Wg ChanaH's Ome F6of/o/)T/oAf" S iz SoHofiH moM/Atc On ^January 7? 1876, a congref^^ai'ional maGting tjaa calXv^d for TH/^T sfiroE four p.m. in ttbo afternoon to elect one or tnoro eldery, Mr* Thomas Br-own, the only elder, was ill and not expaotsd to live. Mr. Richard a: sterling, principal of a boys' school In tha Episcopal Church then S CO ( ) zstanding on Salisbury Street, was e loo ted. Mr. Sterling later served q CQ ^as Davio County's first Suparintendent of Schools. 5^' C_ CO s-- The poat'-Civil War decades were difficult for the South and for R o the Mockaville Presbyterian Ghurch« Five ministers served as pastors of the church from 1866-1900. One of tbese. Reverend Qeorga Mo Gibba and his family, lived in the former William A. Hall house. He and bis family were much loved we are told, and iirs. Gibbs, did much good for Mockaville. Twenty-one persons were received into the church by Mr. Glbbs, and in April, 1871, the membership xms fifty. In 1875, Reverend A. L. Camwford received twenty persons Into the church. However, so many had left that the roll of fifty in I87I had shrunk to twenty-four in 1875; foi-* with the above additions, the report to Preabytery April 1, I676, showed forti/-four communicants. SLIDS - 1876 Report This Is the first complete report to be recorded in tha Sessional 2 V(tiCord. This report shows forty children in Sabbath Schools - no aduli;s, ^ In this year the Session approved a year-round Sabbath School for each Si) j Sabbath afternoon. In 1899 there was the first reference to the purchase - -7 ^ of Sunday School literature. Rally Day programs began shortly after- 0£ ward. 2 SLIDE - Sunday School titles. < ^ Titles of volumes used In our Sunday School In the Nineteenth y V- Century include: The Childs Scripture Question Book, The Catechetical VA^ Question Book, Remarkable Places Hentloned In Tdo Holy Scriptures, o. ^ IV-aditions of the Covenanters, The Groat Defect or Ellen and Her Cousin u> 5 julla. Light anc] Support for the Dark Valloy, V/orda to the V/innera of 1 L'-i c. K Cri O- i Jf ^iO- Souls, avid An Alarci to UnconvGriod Sinasrs^ This lasb -^oI-ukg confcaxus a pencilod note of prayop aupporl; to ConfodGrato noldiei'iu About 1075 this Eotoy CottagG Organ was acquired by tbo churchy and Miss Sailio Kelly was orgaiiisfc for many yoGrs^ SLIDE « organ SLIDE - Mr„ Dalton Reverend P. fU Dalton camo as pastor of the church in May, 1069c _ >!oi He and his wife, a formier Mocksville girl, Eliaabeth Mitchell Carter-, lived in their own home which stood wbei-a tha prosont bank building is , being eractedu The cburcb rented the now Man so corapleted In 1090 and $ paid the $100 por year rent to the DaXtone^. The soven yo&rs of Hr^ § ^ -1 2^: Dalton® a ministry ware year a of growth and progress for the chuz»chc ii5f i d Membership grew from forty-four in 1806 to siixty-ono in 1096.- G Hioetlnga foi^ prayo2», Oj?ganizod Bible study,and prog-raiaa oa the work of ^ tho churchy Each weoting was oponod by pi'^i.yer by the pastor or Mrs« X vj a iving more than doubled during Mr» Dalton'a oiinistry^ However, of much of this was for the first Manse, orocted in 1090 at a cost of about $1500« SLIDE - 1090 Manse exterior^ The Church had never had a Manae® Two pastors had lived in their own housesj others bad oomniufced to Mocksvilleo This large, elgbt-room, two-atox'y frame house la woll-ramemberod by most of ua^ The interioi' was plaaterod, and v/blle It was neither pretentious nor fancy, it was a great aourco of pride for the congregation- The organization known today as the VJomen of the Church began M- ui during Mr- Dalton*s mlniati**y when in 1090 ®'The Ladies Benevolent -j — Scciots^ was organized with fourteen charter rnambGrSt. The Minutes of CO ^ the Session, however, record a donation by the ^Ladies of the congroga- ^ tion* towards the roofing of the church In i860- This would seem to ^ indicate that there was a womun'a organization at that time- Certainly ^ there was a treasury- h* S This Ladies* BenGvoiont Sscioty of 1890 mot in rogu?.ar monthiy s >■11-. Daltcn, cba ra arabcrs at tbat tiiiii baing too timid to load in prayorr. To ovorcODiG tbeir diffidancG^ a slip of papar coritaining a sentoiico of prayer was, bsforo tho nieoting; glvon to oacb woinbor - until tayuibors ^ m fj \3QVQ willing to lead in public pru/oro ^ ^ >- £C ■o Dues of "onQ ponny a waro scon aiscontinuod in favor of a g ^ free-i^ill offering x^hich was collected in ''a bag».« placed in a con~ g iaplcuouD place at Auxiliary and circle meetings. For many years the V/oman pledgad $100 per year toward the pastor* a £dary„ For the f irst ^ txiio decades of tbo women's organisation, this would have amounted to about one third of the salary» Too Wotaon XiJox'g vitally intern steel In the building of the first Kanse In 1891. They plodgad $100 which they raised by an oyster supper, a candy stew, ice cream suppars, and solicitation cards (to hold money), in adciibion to the $59.50, which they had in their Troasui'y at the cioco of tho first yoar^ Mr. Dalton died in April, 1396. He v/as asvonty-five and was greatly admired and lov<3d. Rovorend W. J*. Tidball served as Stated Supply until April, 1900. "Thus the ilocksvilla Presbyter Ian Church xjitnesaed tho dawn of ^ the Twentieth Oontury Just; as It did the Ulnoieontih - without a 5 pastor. The situation, however, vjaa not truly a comparison, butVo 0 i^ather a contrast. For In every v/ay the church lu 1900 was now a • o ^ W0ll.'6stabllshed one hundred thlrty-'three- yoar^old church, carrying 2 on a octapleto program of x/ork. It had not grown rapidly in numberu partly becauso of the fact that so many who Joined tho church latex-' p->• moved elsawbci^o to live. But it hxid shown a steady gi'owth - x«?eathorcd V/5^ ths Oivll V/ar iind loan, hard yours v.lrlch folloi-aod « erected a now \ sunctuury and manso - and ooatinuaily onj.argod the scope of the 1 church'.. F^thbos" K V) Qi I vo u. O :7: ■U -IB- •- .j.'.- '"••DO orr^oo):^n v^:-.ro in-..• J.l r.v:-d bOUiy ir-cD ,.. tbv; -| .'.V vj..'.C» . ■ •••.'.'v.l v.''..;D..-tlij i-\riCi "'t; » • • ^;4iD'j'-'Vii.',1 J. i.'.:. ui-.-' ■■ 0I..4 Dil /3^• 70l''*y cliOicGj. j.y np'w.V:'Dj.'D£'> «■ * * • yuC-S t*.*i i-.{OL-J. J. Ox* iX _ ^ "y C>uu^', i-j.Xii iii. l'A} ixUi'j.vj «;XjiiD.'itj'C'iC'O liixii! vJjlO irn'Oti^.. liisix.* @ . . S"Wt'o '^ho Heaf-oroni'i. F, past-or .at nocksvlllo § i'00X*liD.vy;. 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'.j ' \. v i;,/:.-..' -vw*. . so ;.•«•»..Vj - »' -- • i • .'. -■,. <" A'»'. .*'.; ''ti •■'. v . ii (J ci 3-,1. • E/.O (XClvP ,; y J. 0 iox 1} U.D' ;:!• ■.; ic;0 ■..Oj.l. .', h'. ; t'. .;D .': i b/ :x xOi iuOic:* t5Ji sUw:r2* ■' '..." !..> -.13" Tho foundation of fc ho 1.0i}O tructuru (bugo rocke) vjas uaud, and ths proaont outaide wal?-.s of tho oano L-uary, vrith poasibly a foii- change in doaign, wore built on it. Sociuj of tha brick from the old l8l^0 m building w^?ro salvaged and used lj?;:.in in the inaida couraoa of the praaent walls,. V/ban tboso walls wore bcring ra-plastered In the i'enO"-^ zi z vatiOD of 1953fl these old brick wsro easily racognlaedo SLXDB — ^ liF -Ji -J GET sJ Interior 190? building. 2 S is: ' Tbo interior of this Danctivir-y is wull"ro>:iambGi»ad by moat ol' ua § o UJ ^ here tonights It was the as tho prcsjnt sanctuary except ^ foi' tho cbancol aroUw. Tho walls wore plastcrocl with a dax'k stainud walnaccting and atalnod coiling,. Tho v/all o// the loft contained a largo passageway to tbo Sunday School annoxj and stainad glass v/ln- 1 dows wero behind the pulpit platform and in tho roar la ft wall,» The right wall and roax* wal3- and iiindov;u remain^ At x'lrst a large chando'- liar using ecctylene gas hung from tha ceiling for lighting. Then I'our electric fixturoa wei^o installed. A aide poi'ch was part of the /9/V^ POACH pi'esent hall;, and a pas'i^br*B study/^worQ to the rearc SLIDE <- Sunday School Annen. When this sanctuary was built In 1905, Mr. and Hra. T. B. Bailey 2 Ul gave the Sunday School Annex in metaory of their three deceased daughtorsg j Prior to this time there had been no Sunday School clasaroooia. Classes a 7 also continued to Oieetln the sanctuary and paator*e study.us 5 Sr.IDB - Mr, Bradley o C Fifty-nine years ago the beloved Reverend E. P. Bradley - remeoibared j ^ by many of us here tonight - vms called to Borvc the Mocksville« Presbyterian Church. His pastorate extondod until bis death twenty- 1- ^ three years later. He also served Cooloemoo for about two years and 13 vjas Suparintendent of Davio County Schools for almost tvienty yoare,. a- M liradloy was also Stated Clorl'.: of VJifiyton-Sulom Prosbytary oi^'anlviud vo UJ X in 1923 - thus oux' church has been in Oranp^o. Joncord, and Wlnaton- o ~ d ^ Sale.a Presbyterios« Duriiig the L'orld War I period and for some yeurQ ^ d3 o o 1 -14- a±'tQi"ward, he held services for the unchurched all over Davie Co\mty in churches and school houseso In 1917 two youn^i men - Henry and Howa rd Poole - joined the Mocksville Presbyterian Ohr.^Qh. They both became ministers and are | currently servinii ohur-ciies in lexinrton and St. Pauls, North Cfarolina.l o SLIDE - Old Courthouse and church steeple ^ ^ In 1922 the old Courthovise which stood in the center of the § — sq.uar-e was removed, and an elder pui-chased the bell which for decados % had been used to call worshipers to the virrious churches of MocksvillQ and had it installed in the steeple of this church. The price paid was bhe same as ThoD\a3 McNsely had first paid for it eighty-three years earljler. lb conbinuea to call us to woi-ship as it has been doing for approxiraate3-y one hundred and twenty years. SCENE - ring bell SLIDE - Hut In 1928, the Hut was built, greatly facilitating the Simday School and Youth v;ork and also providing a place for fellowship suppers and programs. A Ohi'istian Endeavor was organized in 1923. The recent decades are remembered and req.uire less interpretation. Reverend U. I. Howell was parstor from 1932 to I934 and Reverend VV. 0. Cooper from 1936 to '1943o During three of these years, 1938, ^39, and '40, the church was presented a Church of Distinction Award based on growth, increase in giving, and expansion and growth of the total program of the church. During the pastorates of these two ministers, departmentalization and better organization of the Sunday School were accomplishedo In ^ 1936 Mr. Cooper directed the first Vacation Bible School to be held in our church. It has continued since, although for some yeui's in the j 1940's it was conducted jointly with the Methodist and Baptist Churches ^ in ou:c town, £ from 1943 to 1945, Reverend John R. McMurray v/as our minister, , and in 1946 Reverend Robert King supplied the church. i In 1947 the present pipe organ was installed. Reverend E. H. Crartrell v/aa our minister from May, 1947, vintil February, 1990, at which time he resigned in order that he and jMrs. G£irtrell might go as missionaries. SLIDE - Gartrellso They are atil.l serving in Brazil, During the 1940's our church gradually came to be known as thts First Presbyterian Church of Mocksville. No official action regarding bhis name chmige was ever taliten. CD Q 3 Z O hi LiJ During thia aaifie the v/oi-ien^s organization becaDie knov/n officially as the V/omen of the Church after having formerly "been called the Ladies' Aid Society and Women's Auxiliai"y« The women of the First Presbyterian Chiirch of Mocksville have "been very active in the twentieth century. They have contributed generously to the many causes of the church at the local. Presbytery, Syxiod, and Coneral O Ass embly level. They have always i)laood emphasis on spiritual things, 3 ^CO j Bible study, and missions. 2 5 About 1915, two circles wore formed v/hich met monthly in o g addition to the general meeting each month« Forty-three years ago when they became a part of the newly formed Winston-Salem Presbyterial, § they (q. uote) "rather unv/illingly" (end q:aote) began shifting circle membershipflg While the record says th t they have long since recog nized the "wisdom of this plan", it seems that the "rather unwillingly" part still holds true todayo There are five active circles at presento In recent years there have been an increasing number of point meetings v/ith the Men of the i?hurch, which has functioned continuously since 1944o Many of these joint meetings have been Fellowship Supperso In 1947 a nursery diiring the church service was begun, and during World War II the Women organized special directed prajrer bands to pray daily for the members of the church In the Armed Services o They are also responsible for the sanctuai'y flowers, decorations, fellowship hours, and monthly suppers for the young people« ^In 1955 a Scholarship Fund was esbablished by the Women of the Church, and since that time approximat ely/ 2000 has been contributed to help our young people continue their education beyond higii sohool^ "It is with joy and hiimility that I accept the invitation to oerT-e as your undorshepherd. I know tha t we shall work together for our Lordo" - Thus wrote the Kev. Paxil II. Richards to the congre gation of the First Presbyterian Church of Mocksville on May 16, 1951. During the six years of Mr. Richards' ministry, the church made 3?apid strides forward. There was considerable grov/th in Sunday School and churdh membership — the pre—budget canvas was adopted — giving increased — the Diacoxiate began a rotaciion system — a nex^sletter was XD-ablished - regi.aar weekly prayer services were begun again. During the summers from 195 2 through 1958, seminaa-y students served intern ships working in ox'jr chui*ch, ShlDD - Present Manse In 1951 oui* nroi-jcnt Llanso was bailb; costing tl6,000« Oi U) J •? . DAVIE CO. PUiUO MOCKSVlLE, we SLIDE - Educational Building In 1932 v/e erected our Educational Building, costing aoout .':?20,000 ReVo V/illiaid E» Long served as our pastor from January 1, 1958, until June, 19620 JVIr, Long a3.so directed the choir. Our growth in memhers, giving, and total church program continued under his leader ship. An Outreach Committee functioned for some tiiree years - the rotation plan for elders v;ao adopted - and in Novomher, 1959) SLIDE - Junkins, we began partial, salary support for the missionai^iee, Mr. and Mrs, William E. Junkin in Taiwan. In 1958 dui-ing Mr, Long's ministry, we complofcely renovated our sanctuary, added the chancel area and the educa tional facilities to the rear of the church at a cost of approximately s^550, OOOo Wo get Sil/0£' C/fUAQ/f many compliments on ours being a most worshipful s^uictuary. Our church continues to forge ahead under the able and dedicated leadership of our pastor, Rev. J« E, Ratchford, as v^e plan additional physical plant facilities, and as we, with him, strive to adapt our total church progx^am to the complexities and needs of today's worldo Y/e are continuing to ^^pgI•ade, strengthen, and make more effective the educational program of our church with additional Sunday School apace, use of audio-visuals and other new techniques, careful planning by the Christian Education CoiBmittee, leadership training progrj^uas, and the Covenant Life Curriculum. In an attempt to reach the whole membership, we are now conducting a Etunily Bible School which meots at night for one vweeko EPILOGUE 1767-1967 — hxmdred years of Christian witness by the ministers and congregation of the church kr>.own at different times as ^ Porks of Yadkin, Joppa, and Pirst Presbyterian Church of Mocksville, ^ In mimbers the church has grown from a very small group to the ^ present mei&bership of llwo hundred thirty-four coiflmunioants - the 2 largest in the history of the chixrcho plant facilities the church has expanded from a W small one-room log building to the present bDautiful and very adequate ir" 2 edifice. 13 Prom an occasional preaching service the church has developed a cs^ very ooBiplete program of worship, teaching, prayer, stewardship, and in fellowship o X But this growth and these achievements , while impressive and ^ easily recogniacd, clo not comprise the church - the church is the ^ody <) -17- of "believers in Christ through whom He works and who are His worloaen. This cluirch has, for two hundred "been G-od's insbrument in 3^ Mocksville and Havie County, in Horth Carolina, in our Southland, in S 2 o our nation - and v.'harever His name is known, ^ o ^ May this glance in retrospect serve to inspire us to greater § ^ service so that v;e may ever declare with the Psalmist, "Truly G-oa § hath been good unto this people," o g It is, of course, impossible to name the hundreds of dsdioated ^ ^ Christian men and women and boys and girls who have faithfully 2 conbributed of their time, their balents, their money, their concerxi, and their prayers to the service of God thi'ough bhis cha2roh during the past tv/o centurieso Theirs has been and is a witnaes beyond ours to comprehend. V/e, the present congregation of the Pirst Presbyterian Church of Mockeville, are deeply grateful as we pause to pay them honor p ' StSpring, 1967 - and once again v/e thrill with the sight of God's renev/al in Nature« Just as the trees around the first log church house at Joppa blossomed in the spiking of 1767 ao the trees in ou3? church yard put on new, fresh, and beautiftil array aot^ording to God's planp May we, as our church approaches the dav/n of a third century, be led to prey v/ith the Psalmist, "Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish thou the v/ork of our hands upon us, K yea, the work of our hands establish thou it," ^ OA sreBPLS ujfiluB orgM Lu /^•noi.oG H HeN eoio-T tojJ w o £ \ 2 <c W V- 7- |y U/ X o d X O %1