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LUMBUS, VISITED THIS PARISH ONE SUNDAY IN EACH MONTH. FOLLOW-
ING THIS THE REV. IRi. PIONGES SERVED A FEW MONTHS.
IN 1867 THE REV. Pn. RAYS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COUNCIL OF THIS
YEAR, GAVE TO COLUMBUS AND LA GRANGE HIS SERVICES, ONE SUNDAY
IN EACH MONTH TO THIS PARISHo WE, AT THIS TIME HAD A HOST
FLOURISHING SUNDAY SCHOOL WITH R. BATTHEWS As SUPERINTENDENT
IN 1868 PLo ROSENBERG WAS SETTLED IN THE PARISH, STUDYING FOR
THE MINISTRY AND GAVE HIS SERVICES AS LAY READER. HE WAS OR&
DAINED IN 1869 AND PREACHED HERE FOR A SHORT TIME AFTERWARDS.
IN JULY 1869 OCCURED THE REMARKABLE OVERFLOW WHICH SO BLIGHTED
THE PROSPECTS- OF THE TOWN AS TO CHECK FUR THER- PROGRESS UNTIL
THE YEAR 1872, WHEN THE REV. JOHN Wo PHILLIPS, NOW OF GRACE CHURCH,
WASHINGTON Do Co, GIVING ONE SUNDAY IN EACH MONTH.
IN DECEMBER 1876, THE REV. W. G. W. SMITH, THE PRESENT RECTOR
OF THE PARISH, BEING THEN -N DEACON'S ORDERS WAS APPOINTED
MISSIONARY TO THIS SECTION, GIVING TWO SUNDAYS TO BASTROP, TWO
SUNDAYS TO LA GRANGE, IN EACH MONTH, AND THE FIFTH SUNDAY TO
GIDDINGS, WITH SERVICES ONCE EACH MONTH ON WEEK DAYS IN ALUM
CREEK, WINCHESTER AND LExINGTON. 'DURING THE ABSENCE OF TRE
MISSaONAR Y ON ;IIS ROUNDS, JUDGE L. LINDSAY SERVED AS LAY-READER
IN THIS PARISH, SERVING ALSO THE WHOLE TIME FROM PlAY '79 UNTIL
APRIL '81, DURING THE ABSENCE OF THE MISSIONARY ON ACCOUNT OF
POOR HEAL TH,
AT EASTER '81 hR. SMITH WAS CALLED AS RECTOR OF SAINT- JAHES,
GIVING ALL HIS TIME TO THIS PARISH;, PRE7IOUS TO 1876, SERVICES
WERE HELD WHEREVER' A PLACE OFFERED, COURT HOUSE, UNION CHURCH,
AND PRIVATE HOUSES, IN THE FALL OF ' 76 A TWO STORY SCHOOL
HOUSE WAS BOUGHT BY THE PARISH AND THE UPPER ROOM USED FOR
SERVICES, AFTER BEING'PUT INTO AS CHURCHLY SHAPE AS THE SMALL
MEANS AT HAND ALLOWED,
THIS IS A SHORT HISTORY OF THE PARISH TO PRESENT DATE
THE LIST Of DEPOSITS IN THE CORNER STONE WERE: ONE PRAY ER BOOK
WITH HYMNS; ORIGINAL DEED TO THE LOT, MADE BY iNRSo G. SxBOP-
SHIRE IN 18681 COPY OF THE JOURNAL OF- THE DIOCEASE OF TEXAS,
FOR '82 AND '83:CoPY OF THE CHURCHMAN, N. Y : COPY OF THE
LIVING CHURCH, CHICAGO: COPY OF THE GALVESTON KEWS. COPY OF
THE TEXAS CHURCHAN, AUSTIN: COPY OF THE'LA GRANGE JOTrNAL:
COPY OF THE OBITUARY NOTICE OF RS. O D~ EROWNo
COINS -- COPPER CENT, ISSUE OF 1881: FIVE CENT NICKEL, ISSUE OF
18761 SILVER DIME, ISJE OF 1877.
...(THERE FOLLOWS A PROLONGUED LIST OF CHURCH OFFICIALS) e ..