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Pursuant to the foregoing resolution, the following named individuals were declared organised into a church :-
WILLIAM L. WILDMAN, MARY E. WILDMAN, EMILY A. NETTIE WILDMAN, SALLY C. WILDMAN, CORA BIRD WILDMAN,
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MARY WILDMAN,
WAITMAN T. WILLEY DAVIS,
LOUISA BELL DAVIS,
ALBERT SHOCK,
CINDERILLA SHOCK,
URIAH C. SHOCK,
IVA VIRGINIA SHOCK,
CLARA ETHEL SHOCK,
WILLIAM ALONZO GOCHENOUR.
Articles of faith and practise were adopted similar to those of other Seventh Day Baptist churches.
The following officers were chosen :-
ALBERT SHOCK, Moderator,
URIAH C. SHOCK, Clerk,
WAITMAN T. WILLEY DAVIS, Treasurer, WILLIAM L. WILDMAN, Deacon.
The following service was then conducted for the purpose of ordaining the newly appointed deacon :-
Prayer. By Rev. Hiram P. Burdick, accompanied by the impo- sition of hands.
Charge to the Candidate. By Deacon Asa F. Randolph.
Charge to the Church. By Rev. Samuel D. Davis.
The book of records of the church contains, in addition to the minutes of the council of organisation, the minutes of but six business meetings of the church. The first appears under date of November 13, 1887, the day following the date of the organisation; the last, May, 1891.
On November 13, 1887, the church voted to hold weekly service for worship on Sabbath morning, and invited Rev. Samuel D. Davis to attend their Quarterly Meetings.
On February 10, 1888, the church took initial steps toward uniting with the churches of other denominations in the neighbourhood in building a union meeting house. But nothing appears to have come of the action.
After the organisation of the church, there were added the following members :-
N. CLAYTON D. BOND, SARAH CATHARINE HITT,
JENNIE STEELE, (joined August 8, 1890).
MEMBERSHIP IN SUPERIOUR BODIES.
On May 1I, 1888, the church voted to request admission to the South-Eastern Seventh Day Baptist Association; and
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at the annual session of that body, held with the Lost Creek Church in May following, the request was presented and granted. The church continued to be recognised as an active member of the association as late as its annual session in 1896.
At the annual session of the General Conference held at Leonardsville, New York, in August, 1888, the Copen Church became a member of the General Conference. The church has not been represented at Conference, by delegate or other- wise, since 1890.
OFFICERS.
The officers elected at the time of the organisation, con- tinued in office, and Rev. Samuel D. Davis was the only pastor of the church.
RECORDS.
The records of the Copen Church are at the date of this writing in the hands of Albert Shock, of Burnsville, West Virginia.
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XVIII.
THE WEST UNION CHURCH.
N the 28th of September, 1888, a balon council convened at West Union, 000 Doddridge County, West Virginia, at the call of a number of Sabbath- keepers in that vicinity, to consider the propriety of organising a Sev- enth Day Baptist church at that place. The following delegates were present :- Rev. Samuel D. Davis and Preston F. Randolph, from the New Salem Church ; Rev. Hiram P. Burdick from the Middle Island and Greenbrier churches ; Rev. James B. Davis and Johnson Joseph Lowther, from the Middle Island Church ; and Mrs. Laura Ford and Rev. John L. Huffman, from the Lost Creek Church.
Rev. Samuel D. Davis was elected chairman, and Festus P. Ford, secretary, of the council.
The following resolution was adopted :-.
"RESOLVED, That it is the opinion of this council that the inter- ests of the cause of God would be better advanced by organising a Seventh Day Baptist church , in the vicinity of West Union, West Virginia, and we now recommend that the brethren and sisters living in this vicinity proceed at once to organise such a church."
A committee to draft articles of faith and a covenant, in order to carry out the object of the foregoing resolution, was appointed. The council then adjourned until the following day at 10:30 o'clock A. M., when it again met.
An exposé of faith and practise, and a covenant were presented by the committee and adopted. The church was then organised with the following constituent members :-
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FESTUS P. FORD, E. JANE FORD, S. PRESTON DAVIS, KATE DAVIS,
EMMA J. DAVIS,
JAMES FORD,
TALITHA W. FORD,
SEPTIMIUS ARDVERN FORD,
SAMUEL L. FORD,
LAURA A. FORD,
LILLIE M. FORD,
N. VICTORIA HUSTED,
DELIA ANN JEFFREY,
MELISSA DAVIS,
C. LATON FORD.
The constituent membership was drawn almost wholly from the New Salem and Middle Ilsand churches.
On the following day a business meeting of the church was called, at which the following officers were elected :-
JAMES FORD, Moderator,
KATE DAVIS, Clerk,
S. PPESTON, DAVIS, Treasurer, REV. SAMUEL D. DAVIS, Pastor.
Festus P. Ford and Samuel L. Ford were ordained dea- cons, and Experience Davis and Ollie Sullivan were received as members, and a constitution adopted at this meeting. The name was also selected as follows :- THE SEVENTH DAY BAP- TIST CHURCH OF WEST UNION, WEST VIRGINIA.
The public school house, known as the Rock Run School House, was used as a house of worship; and, on the 19th of April, 1889, a committee was appointed to find a suitable lot on which to erect a meeting house, and report at the next business meeting of the church, when the committee reported progress and was continued.
At a meeting held on the 18th of October, following, the committee reported that they had secured an option on a lot belonging to Franklin Maxwell just east of the old Seventh Day Baptist graveyard, but on the other side of the public road from it, at West Union, and recommended its purchase. The recommendation of the committee was adopted, the lot was purchased, and the following trustees appointed :- Gamble S. Davis, Herman Davis, Septimius Ardvern Ford, Festus P. Ford, and Samuel L. Ford.
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On the 18th of April, 1890, the church called Rev. Marcus E. Martin as pastor of the church for six months. The call was accepted, and service began at once.
On the 20th of September. 1890, a committee of five was appointed to solicit funds for the purpose of building a house of worship. On the 17th of October following, the soliciting committee reported subscriptions aggregating two hundred and ninety-three dollars and fifty cents ($293.50). A building committee was then appointed to proceed to build and complete the meeting house.
At the same meeting the pastor, Rev. Marcus E. Martin, was invited to continue his labours with the church for another year.
On the 18th of January, 1891, the committee appointed to close the purchase of the lot for the house of worship reported that he had not yet succeeded in obtaining the deed for it. On the same day the building committee reported that they had decided to build a meeting house forty-five feet long by thirty feet wide, and that they had made a contract for the necessary timber for the frame, and were awaiting the delivery of the deed for the lot.
On the 19th of the following April, the committee reported to the church that they had been unable to obtain the deed as yet, but had reason to hope that it would be delivered soon. The building committee reported that they had done nothing, pending the delivery of the deed.
On the Ioth of January, 1892, Rev. Marcus E. Martin received and accepted a call to continue his labours as pastor of the church for another year.
On the 15th of May, 1892, the committee on purchase of the lot, reported that a deed had been received and the lot paid for.
Rev. Marcus E. Martin discontinued his pastoral relations with the church at the end of the year 1892, and Rev. Samuel D. Davis accepted a call to visit the church once a month during the following year.
On the 13th of April, 1894, the church held its last busi- ness meeting, at which delegates were appointed to the asso- ciation and the clerk was directed to write a letter to the asso- ciation.
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Some of the families composing the membership of the church moved away about this time and left the organisation too weak to sustain itself. The most of the membership, accordingly, was transferred to other churches, principally the New Salem and Middle Island churches.
The lot purchased upon which to erect a house of worship, was sold by order of the Circuit Court of Doddridge County, and the proceeds applied toward the liquidation of the debts of the church.
It is a cause of sincere regret that the West Union Church, the second, and it may almost fairly be called the third, attempt to establish a Seventh Day Baptist church at West Union, should result in so signal a failure.
West Union, like Salem, is one of those stragetic points, which give strength, stability, and character to any religious denomination, and especially to one whose test of fealty is as critical as that of the Seventh Day Baptists.
The village of West Union was laid out on the lands of Captain Nathan Davis, a soldier of the War of 1812, and an influential member of the New Salem Church.
He exerted his influence, to the utmost, to have the Mid- dle Island Church erect a house of worship in West Union, at the time that village was established by act of the General Assembly of Virginia, in 1845, offering to contribute gener- ously for that purpose; but without avail. Afterward the West Union Academy was established at West Union, but it was short-lived, and when the Middle Island Church was finally resuscitated and re-organised, it had to be removed to New Milton, several miles away, in order to keep it alive.
MEMBERSHIP IN SUPERIOUR BODIES.
At the annual session of the South-Eastern Association held with the church at Salem, in May, 1889, the West Union Church was, upon its petition, received into membership in that body; and in the following August, at the annual session of the General Conference, at Alfred, New York, the church 1 became a member of the General Conference also.
RECORDS.
The records of the church are now in the care of Samuel L. Ford, one of the deacons of the defunct church. His Post Office address is West Union, West Virginia.
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MODERATOR.
On September, 30, 1888, at the first business meeting of the church held after its organisation, James Ford was elected moderator. His death on the 3Ist of December following, left the office vacant, and on the 19th of April, 1889, his son Septimius Ardvern Ford was elected in his stead.
At a later date, some-time before January 10, 1892, Gamble S. Davis became moderator, and continued in that office until the dissolution of the church.
CLERK.
Miss Kate Davis, the only clerk of the church, was elected on September 30, 1888, at the first business meeting held after the organisation of the church.
A LIST OF THE NAMES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE WEST UNION CHURCH, TOGETHER WITH THE DATE OF THEIR RECEPTION.
FESTUS P. FORD,
Constituent member, Constituent member,
E. JANE FORD,
KATE DAVIS,
JAMES FORD,
Constituent member, Constituent member, Constituent member, Constituent member, Constituent member,
TALITHA W. FORD,
MISS E. J. DAVIS,
SAMUEL L. FORD,
LAURA A. FORD,
S. ARDVERN FORD,
LILLIE M. FORD,
S. PRESTON DAVIS,
Constituent member,
MRS. N. VICTORIA HUSTED,
Constituent member,
C. LATON FORD,
Constituent member,
MELISSA DAVIS,
Constituent member,
OLLIE SULLIVAN,
September 30, 1888,
EXPERIENCE DAVIS Polan,
September 30, 1888,
BENJAMIN KINNEY,
September 30, 1888,
C. C. DAVIS,
April 28, 1889,
GAMBLE S. DAVIS,
June 9, 1889,
ALWILDA DAVIS,
July 20,
ISS9,
HARMON DAVIS,
July 20,
ISS9,
MARY D. DAVIS,
July 20,
1889,
XENIA DAVIS Holts,
July 20, IS89,
CECELIA DAVIS,
July 20, IS89,
MELVINA DAVIS Furby,
July 20, 1889,
IRENE BELLE DAVIS Ford,
July 21,
1889,
SYLVANUS DAVIS,
January 18,
1890,
Constituent member, Constituent member, Constituent member, Constituent member,
DELIA ANN JEFFREY,
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WILLIAM DAVIS,
January 18,
1890,
ELI R. DAVIS,
May 10,
1890,
OKEY S. DAVIS,
May 10,
1890,
NEWTON DAVIS,
May 10,
IS90,
ANDERSON DAVIS,
February 23,
1893,
MAGGIE E. DAVIS,
July 9,
I893,
XIX.
THE BLACK LICK CHURCH.
IN response to a request from members of the New Salem, Greenbrier, West Union, and Middle Island I churches residing in the vicinity of Black Lick Run, near Long Run Station, in Doddridge County, a council composed of delegates from the New Salem, Lost Creek, Green- brier, Middle Island, Ritchie, and West Union churches, met at the Trough School House, near the mouth of Black Lick Run, on the evening after the Sabbath, January 20, 1894, to consider the feasibility of organising a Seventh Day Baptist church at that place.
The following delegates were in attendance from their respective churches :-
New Salem :- REV. JOHN L. HUFFMAN, DARWIN C. LIPPINCOTT.
Lost Creek :- REV. JOHN L. HUFFMAN,
REV. WILLIAM L. BURDICK.
Greenbrier :-
REV. MARCUS E. MARTIN,
ETHELBERT J. DAVIS, ALFRED N. MEEK, RILEY G. DAVIS.
Middle Island :-
JOHNSON JOSEPH LOWTHER, ARCHIBALD W. KELLEY, JOHN A. POLAN, SAMUEL A. FORD.
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Ritchie :--- JOSHUA BOND,
West Union :-
SYLVANUS DAVIS.
The council organised by electing Rev. John L. Huffman, moderator, and Rev. William L. Burdick, secretary.
After a general discussion of the question in hand, it was voted to organise a church. Accordingly a constitution, arti- cles of faith and practise, and a covenant were adopted.
On the following morning, the organisation of the church was completed by the election of the following officers :-
ALFRED N. MEEK, Moderator, GERTRUDE COTTRILLE, Secretary, SYLVANUS DAVIS, Treasurer.
It was voted to recognise Cornelius S. Davis as a deacon, since he had been ordained previously to that office by the Greenbrier Church.
The organisation sermon was preached by Rev. John L. Huffman, after which Rev. Marcus E. Martin gave the right hand of fellowship to the members of the new church, and the work of the council was completed.
MEMBERSHIP IN SUPERIOUR BODIES.
At the annual session of the South-Eastern Association held at Roanoke, West Virginia, beginning May 17, 1894, the Black Lick Church was received into the association ; and at the annual session of the Seventh Day Baptist General Con- ference held at Brookfield, New York, in September, 1894, the church became a member of that body also.
HOUSE OF WORSHIP.
The Black Lick Church after its organisation united with the Baptist Church in the same neighbourhood, in building a house of worship on the Buckeye Fork of Middle Island Creek, at the mouth of Black Lick Run. This building the Black Lick Church continues to use.
PASTORS.
At a business meeting of the church held April 20, 1804, Alvin M. Davis, Darwin C. Lippincott, and Rev. Marcus E. Martin were each cordially invited to preach for the church when convenient to them.
On January 18, 1895, Rev. Marcus E. Martin, Darwin C.
THE BLACK LICK CHURCH.
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Lippincott, and Riley G. Davis were invited to preach to the church at their convenience.
On the 17th of April, 1897, Rev. Marcus E. Martin was called to the pastorate of the church, and continued to serve in that capacity for two years.
On the 14th of July, 1899, the Black Lick Church united with the Middle Island and Greenbrier churches in calling Rev. David W. Leath, who was already upon the field, to the pas- torate of the three churches, his term of service to date from May 1, 1899. He served the three churches in this manner for two years, and was succeeded by Rev. Darwin C. Lippin- cott, who entered upon his duties May 1, 1901.
LICENCED TO PREACH.
Alvin M. Davis was licenced to preach for one year, April 20, 1894. This licence was renewed for another year, January 18, 1895, and on January 17, 1896, licence was granted him for an indefinite period.
DEACONS.
Cornelius S. Davis, one of the constituent members of the church, had been ordained previous to the organisation of the Black Lick Church, by the Greenbrier Church, of which he was then a member. The Black Lick Church recognised him as a deacon from the time of its organisation.
Theodore Davis was chosen deacon April 20, 1894, and was ordained to that office on Sabbath Day, July 21, 1894.
MODERATORS.
At the time of the organisation of the church, Alfred N. Meek was elected moderator. He was succeeded after his term of service had expired by Alvin MI. Davis, who still occu- pies that office.
CLERKS.
At the time of the organisation of the church, Gertrude Cottrille was elected clerk. She was succeeded on January 18, 1895, by Sylvanus Davis, the present clerk.
CONSTITUENT MEMBERS.
SYLVANUS DAVIS, ELIZABETH A. DAVIS, wife of Sylvanus, ALFRED N. MEEK, LUCETTA MEEK, JOHN J. DAVIS,
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NANCY I. DAVIS, SARAH E. COTTRILLE, NANCY DAVIS, DELILAH DAVIS,
MAY M. HUTSON,
DELIA L. HUTSON,
ADDIE COTTRILLE,
GERTRUDE COTTRILLE,
GLADIE DAVIS,
JEAN DAVIS,
ALVIN M. DAVIS,
THEODORE DAVIS,
MARVEL DAVIS,
LORA DAVIS,
ANANIAS DAVIS,
CHARLOTTE DAVIS,
ZANIA DAVIS,
CORNELIUS S. DAVIS,
HANNAH DAVIS,
LEDA DAVIS,
POLINA S. W. DAVIS,
ARTHUR DAVIS,
VICTORIA DAVIS,
MARIA DAVIS,
ANANIAS R. DAVIS,
ELIJAH DAVIS,
NANCY E. DAVIS,
LOVERNA BEATRICE DAVIS,
ARTILLA DAVIS.
XX.
THE SOUTH-WESTERN ASSOCIATION.
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HESTHE Seventh Day Baptist General Conference at its annual session held with the First Hopkinton Church, of Rhode Island, in Sep- tember, 1835, took the following action :-
"RESOLVED, That a committee of XXX six be appointed to draft a plan for the new arrangement of Conference and prepare a complete system, for the con- sideration of Conference, and that breth- ren Orson Campbell. Alexander Campbell, Joel Greene, Amos R. Wells, Nathan V. Hull, and Ebenezer Davis be said committee."
This committee at the same session of the General Con- ference, rendered a report, which was adopted as follows :- "That upon mature reflection, we deem it expedient that the Sev- enth Day Baptist churches in the United States, form themselves into three associations, which may properly be denominated the Eastern, Middle, and Western associations, which shall hold sessions in each year, a little prior to the sitting of the General Conference; and we would suggest the appointment of twelve delegates, to sit in the Con- ference, from each of the several associations.
"And that the churches in Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Con- necticut, form the Eastern; and the churches east of Alleghany County, New York, and west of the Hudson River, form the Middle; leaving to the choice of the churches of Berlin, Petersburgh, and Schenectady, to attach themselves either to the Eastern or Middle, as they wish; and that all the churches including Alleghany [County], on westward and south, form the Western.
"ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, "Secretary of Committee."
In accordance with the foregoing action of the General Conference the churches in western Virginia were included in
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the territory covered by the Western Association. Accord- ingly at the annual session of the Western Association, held with the Second Alfred Church, at Alfred, New York, in June, 1837, the Lost Creek and North Fork of Hughes River churches in Virginia, made application for membership in that body, and were duly accepted. The New Salem Church sent an application also, but it arrived too late for action at that session of the association. However, at the next annual session of the association, held with the church at Clarence, Erie County, New York, in June, 1838, the request was formally presented, and granted.
Before the next annual meeting of the Western Associa- tion, the churches of western Virginia, south-western Pennsyl- vania, and the state of Ohio, had organised themselves into the South-Western Association, which upon application, was admitted into the General Conference, at its annual session, held with the First Brookfield Church, at Brookfield, New York, in September, 1839. Joel Greene and James H. Coch- ran represented the South-Western Association at this session of the General Conference.
This organisation was the outgrowth of a convention of Seventh Day Baptist churches of Ohio and Virginia, held at Lost Creek, Virginia, February 23, 1839, apparently under the leadership of Rev. Joel Greene, who at that time was engaged in missionary labour among the churches of western Virginia.
After prayer by Rev. Peter Davis, the convention organ- ised by appointing Lewis Bond, moderator, and Lewis A. Davis, secretary. After Joel Greene had stated the object of the convention, it was voted that measures be taken to form an association, and Lewis A. Davis, Lewis Bond, and Levi H. Bond were appointed a committee to draft a constitution to be presented at the next meeting with such resolutions as might be thought advisable. The convention met on the fol- lowing day, when the report of the committee was called for, and the following resolutions presented by them were unani- mously adopted :-
"I. RESOLVED, That the location and circumstances of the Seventh Day Baptist churches in this country, in our opinion, render it desirable and expedient that an association be organised.
"2. RESOLVED, That we respectfully solicit our brethren of the Western Association to send us a number of brethren, to sit with
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, us in council, and if thought proper, to assist in the organisation of an association, and that the time of our meeting be fixed on the 7th day of August next.
"3. RESOLVED, Unanimously, That we feel under great obli- gations to the Missionary Society for the aid hitherto afforded us, and that we solicit a continuance of their fostering care, and we solemnly pledge ourselves to use our best exertions to co-operate with them to sustain the interest of the Redeemer's kingdom in this country by supplying the Gospel, in the hope that at a future time we may be able to contribute our share to send the Gospel to those who may be dependent as we are now.
"4. RESOLVED, That Abel Bond, Levi H. Bond, Gamble Shannon, Lewis Bond, and Lewis A. Davis, be a committee to corre- spond with the Executive Committee of the S[eventh] D[ay Baptist] Missionary Society in behalf of the churches in reference to the pros- pects of future supplies of missionary helps, etc., in this country.
"5. RESOLVED, That the secretary of this convention revise the minutes of its proceedings and forward the same to the editor of the Protestant Sentinel for publication.
"6. RESOLVED, That this convention adjourn to meet at this place, on the Fourth Day of the week before the second Sabbath in August next, at 10 o'clock A. M., and that Brother L. A. Davis deliver an introductory discourse on that occasion; Bro. Lewis Bond [to be] his substitute in case of failure."
Before adjournment, the date of the First Annual Session was fixed for August 7, 1839, and the place of meeting was Lost Creek; at which time and place the association con- vened, and the introductory discourse was preached by Lewis Bond, after which the association organised for business by appointing Lewis Bond, moderator, and James Bailey and Richard C. Bond, clerks.
Seven churches appeared as members of the association. Those of Virginia were :- The New Salem, Lost Creek, North Fork of Hughes River, and South Fork of Hughes River. Those of Ohio were :- The Pike, and Temperance Reform Pike churches, both of Clark County. From Pennsylvania, was the Woodbridgetown Church of Fayette County. These seven churches represented a total membership of two hundred and seventy-one [271].
James Bailey appeared as a delegate from the Central Association, and James H. Cochran from the Western. Lewis Bond was appointed delegate to the Western Association with Peter Davis as his alternate ; and James Bailey delegate to the Central Association. Joel Greene and James H. Cochran were
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appointed delegates to the General Conference from this asso- ciation. Apparently the seeds of the discord, which was finally to destroy the organisation, appeared in this first annual con- vention, for we find that the two churches at Pike sent com- munications which were referred to a committee, whose report was adopted but not permitted to be entered upon the minutes.
The constitution which was adopted was as follows :-
"Art. I. This association may be composed of such churches of the Seventh Day Baptist order, as are now located in the states of Virginia, Ohio, and the church in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and such other churches as may from time to time be received by the association at its annual sessions; and shall be known by the name of the 'SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST SOUTH-WESTERN ASSOCIATION.'
"Art. 2. This association shall hold an annual meeting at such time and place as shall be agreed on at the preceding annual meeting and shall be composed of the elders and delegates from the several churches of which it is composed.
"Art. 3. A discourse shall be delivered at the opening of each session of the association, after which a moderator, one or more secre- taries, and a treasurer, shall be chosen.
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