Author : Edward P. Humphrey
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ISBN 13 : 9781331864974
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (649 download)
Book Synopsis The Dead of the Presbyterian Church in Kentucky by : Edward P. Humphrey
Download or read book The Dead of the Presbyterian Church in Kentucky written by Edward P. Humphrey and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Dead of the Presbyterian Church in Kentucky: Address Delivered Before the Two Synods of Kentucky at Their Joint Centennial, Held at Harrodsburg, October 12, 1883 The time and place of this commemoration have been happily chosen. The time is the close of the first century of Presbyterianisra in Kentucky, and in the region round about. The place at which we are metis near the site of the Harrodstown station, a stockade built about 1774 by the white settlers for protection against the Indians. Harrods station was a few miles distant toward the south; beyond it was Crows, near Danville. In an easterly direction, similar stockades were built on the other side of Dix river, and nearer to Harrodstown, another at Cane Run, and still another toward the north, the famous McAfee station. Here the Gospel began to be preached by David Rice in the year 1783; and the congregations gathered in this circuit of entrenchments made up his first pastoral charge. And so a great light suddenly sprang up in the thick woods and cane-brakes of far-off Kentucky. The accomplished historian of the.;occasion, the Rev. J.N. Saunders, has supplied us with a vivid word picture of the primitive places of worship and the appearance of the worshipers. The wilderness became a dark and bloody ground before it began to blossom. Two years earlier than the arrival of Mr. Rice, young John McCoun, an only son, had been captured by the Shawnee Indians near McAfees, carried to Ohio, and burned at the stake with excruciating tortures. The savages, one hundred and fifty strong, returned to the station, but were repulsed by thirteen of our marksmen, who kept up a well-directed fire from the blockhouse, using the bullets molded by the women and children as the fight went on. The Presbyterian pioneers at McAfees, in recognition of this and other divine interpositions, gave to their church, when it was founded, the name of New Providence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
