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NEW HOPE M E
CHURCH SOUTH
IN THE SUMMER OF 1881
THE CHURCH EDIFICE NOW
OCCUPIED BY THIS
CONGERGATION WAS BUILT
AT AN EXPENDITURE OF
$1,200.IT IS A FRAME
STURCTURE 30 X 15 FEET
AND WAS DEDICATED THE
SAME YEAR,AFTER WHICH
IN THE FALL OF 1881 AN
ORGANIZATION WAS
AFFECTED,THE ORIGINAL
MEMBERS BEING G H
COTTINGHAM AND WIFE,
S D LYONS WIFE AND
TWO DAUGHTERS,JOHN J
MATHEWS AND WIFE,S
ROBERTSON,AND J T S
GATES AND WIFE.REVS
WILLIAM WARREN,SPENCER,
AND R BEAVER HAVE BEEN
ITS MINISTERS.SERVICES
ARE CONDUCTED BY THE
METHODIST DENOMINATION
IN THIS HOUSE ONCE A
MONTH,AND THE CHRISTIANS
AND BAPTISTS ALSO HOLD
MEETINGS ONCE A MONTH.
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