Candy
Shops and Crossbones; Slaton, Texas 1920s by James Villanueva
9-10-10
The night when Reverend Hardesty
was to address the Skull and Crossbones militia, the Associated Press carried
an account of it. “On Sunday night there were more people on the outside of the
church building than on the inside,” he wrote. “People came from a radius of fifty
miles.”...
The
Circuit Rider by Bob Bowman 7-11-10
Fowler was a
circuit rider, missionary, marksman, chaplain of the Texas Senate and a brilliant
pulpiteer who rode and walked thousands of miles between the Sabine River and
San Antonio to found many of Texas’ Methodist churches...Texas
Mormons Clay Coppedge 6-11-10
If Lyman Wight could
have had his way, Texas and not Utah might have become home to the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints and the Mormon Church. Wight brought about 150 fellow
Mormons across the Red River into Texas in November of 1845...Making
Prayer A Habit Really Works by Britt Towery 5-5-10
Prayer has been an important and basic part of religions all the way back to the
time of the dinosaurs. (Save your opinions on dinosaurs and humans living at the
same time. I know they did not.) Here are some opinions on prayer...Father
John Caskey - Galveston's Pied Piper by Bill Cherry
Church going and memberships
seem to be in direct proportion to how scared and overwhelmed people are...Random
Notes from East Texas by Bob Bowman
The Holy Oak - An image of Jesus in
the end of the limb. It
was a time we must never forget by Britt Towery
Too soon we forget the
terrorism of the 1950s and 1960s. The cross-burnings, obscene telephone calls,
character assassination and political intrigue on those who believed in and fought
for human rights and dignity, and against bigotry, hate and indifference.I was
reminded of those years when I read of the passing of a man who stood for equality
for all races. Charles Wellborn... The
Good Old Days (for Some of Us) by Britt Towery 6-23-10
About five years
after America’s Civil War ended, 1870, the majority of American Protestants were
of the strong opinion that America was a Christian nation. There was in the nineteenth
century indications that the Protestant majority carried the day... Preacher
Freeman by Mike Cox
Religious beliefs aside, all of us owe a debt to the
early-day Baptist and Methodist preachers who made their way to Texas to try to
make a dent in all its sinners. Those Bible-toters not only saved souls, being
literate in an era when many were not, they saved a lot of history in their written
recollections... Mobeetie
Preachers by Mike Cox
In 1887 newly married John M. Barcus filled the pulpit
of the Methodist Church in Graham, then one of only a handful of towns in Northwest
Texas...Fall
Roundup by Mike Cox
Anyone who likes to hunt dove knows that hitting a
small, fast-moving object in the air is not easy. In his 1937 book, “Memories,”
J.B. Cranfill told the story of J. M. Carroll, a man who had the reputation of
being the best wing shot in Texas... Churches
Have Been Doing Their Best to Mask Financial Troubles by Bill Cherry
Many
find it troubling to drive by their city's old churches, some ornate and opulent,
others designed and built to be clean, pristine and sturdy, and to realize that
for years those buildings have been decaying. Each one began as a congruent vision
by a handful of people who somehow were able to take that vision and persuade
others to support it... Many have been on their corners for more than 100 years...
Memorial
Day Services at Old Saltillo Church by Robert CowserSanctified
Sisters by Clay Coppedge
"... In their day, which ran roughly from
the 1860s to just after the turn of the century, the Sanctified Sisters existed
as one of the most unusual and, in their own way, influential religious groups
in Bell County history..." Pistol-packing
Preacher by Bob Bowman
On his first morning in Groveton Lee presided at
the funeral of a young church member who had been murdered. He soon named criminals
from his pulpit and where they gathered...Lord's
Acre by Mike Cox
"... In addition to whatever they might put in the
collection plate each week, many farmers used to give the proceeds from one acre
of their crop land to their church each year. Though not as common as it used
to be, the tradition has endured in some corners of Texas..." Rev.
John August Tubbe by W. T. Block Jr.
An Immigrant Farmer, Sawmiller, and
Preacher
In 1845 the gates opened widely for a flood of German immigration
to Texas...The
Parker Family by Bob Bowman
"... In the 1820s, Daniel Parker, an
anti-missionary Baptist leader and member of the Parker clan that produced Cynthia
Ann, stirred up Baptists in Illinois with his separatist beliefs and eventually
led his family and neighbors to East Texas to write a new religious chapter in
Texas history..."
Man
with a Method by Archie P. McDonald
"... Samuel Doak McMahon held
the first meeting of Methodists in Texas in his home, located ten or so miles
east of San Augustine, in 1832, but the arrival of Littleton Fowler in 1837 was
the first authorized Methodist activity there..."Rev.
Jonas Franklin Dancer by Mike Cox
The namesake of Dancer Peak in Llano
CountyThe
Lady in Blue by Bob Bowman
For longer than anyone can remember, the story
of “the lady in blue” has existed on the fringes of East Texas history and religion.
A
Prudent Use of Guilt by Maggie Van OstrandRacing
Parson by Mike Cox
How a preacher held a horse race and build a churchThe
Church Lights by Bob Bowman
When the church decided to phase out the old
kerosene lights for safety reasons, Clark went to Jefferson Lighting Company of
Ann Arbor, Michigan, and told them what he wanted..Creating
a Gospel Classic by Bob Bowman ("All Things Historical")
Crusty
Old Baptist by Murray Montgomery ("Times Past")
Dogs
in Church by Murray Montgomery ("Times Past")
Fray
Antonio Margil de Jesus: Missionary by Archie P. McDonald
McMahan's
Chapel by Archie P. McDonald ("All Things Historical")
Mission
Tejas by Bob Bowman ("All Things Historical")
Nuestra
Senora de los Dolores de los Ais Mission by Archie P. McDonald
Holy
Rolling by Rick Vanderpool
All the "holy" places in Texas John
Wesley Kenney - (1799-1865) "One of great pioneer
Methodist ministers of Texas"Francis
Wilson - Historical Marker
1-8-11
"A central figure in the early days of Texas Methodism..."
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