"We Are In Peace."

Subject: "We Are In Peace." Fri 08 Jun 2007, 2:57 pm

In June of 1853, the Sister Grove association of Baptist churches was organized in "this part of the country," which in those days spread across the counties of Grayson, Cooke, Collin, Lamar and Fannin .... as well as a section of the southeastern portion of the Choctaw Nation. Its congregational names were heavily thrust into the land and fundamental: Zion Hill, White Creek, Salem, Philadelphia, Ephesus. Its representative church members were of a like constitution:

"The delegates at the June organizational meeting must have felt some disappointment in having only three churches represented. But they, undaunted, did organize the association, wrote its Articles of Faith, and made plans for the first annual meeting."

They had faith, knowing their country, which readily swallowed up wagon wheels after a spring rain. They had confidence, as one of their fellow settlers would be sure to offer hospitality to their meeting .... as did Andrew Thomas and family from a brush arbor on their young farm at Kentucky Town (formerly Ann Eliza), Grayson County.

Looking back on their efforts the following year, the delegates reflected from Bonham:

"We were constituted into an Association in June, 1853 on three churches numbering 92 members total. Now we have 11 churches numbering 752 members and one church not represented and we can truly say, we are in peace."

Taken from, 'Kentucky Town and Its Baptist Church,' by Joe W. Chumbley, 1975, pages 10 - 12.

Subject: Re: "We Are In Peace." Fri 08 Jun 2007, 4:47 pm

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