. History of the Presbyterian Churches of Path Valley : addresses delivered at the sesquicentennial of the upper and lower Path Valley churches and a history of these churches, October 18-20, 1916. h pinholes, where Mr. McGinley was accus-tomed to pin a small square of paper with a brief outline ofhis sermon. I remember where James Withrow sat at theend of a seat in the Southeast corner block, and near theaisle, which was entirely innocent of carpet or matting. I remember the long tables, a foot or so wide, withbenches which were arranged on either side on communionoccasions. On these occasion
. History of the Presbyterian Churches of Path Valley : addresses delivered at the sesquicentennial of the upper and lower Path Valley churches and a history of these churches, October 18-20, 1916. h pinholes, where Mr. McGinley was accus-tomed to pin a small square of paper with a brief outline ofhis sermon. I remember where James Withrow sat at theend of a seat in the Southeast corner block, and near theaisle, which was entirely innocent of carpet or matting. I remember the long tables, a foot or so wide, withbenches which were arranged on either side on communionoccasions. On these occasions there were always two ser-mons, with an intermission between. I remember the bigspring walled and fenced in, with the tin cups with twohandles, set in a niche in the wall. There had been a previous building of logs, and theselogs had been used in the building of my fathers barn, forwhen riding the horses in tramping out grain I used torelieve the tedium somewhat by observing the Roman num- 28 HISTORY OF PATH VALLEY hers which had been used to secure their replacement inproper order. But now even this barn is gone, and only afew pieces of the logs are used as supports in a more D. O. SHEARERClerk of Session, U. P. V. R. D. COWAJfClerk of Session, L. P. V Church Church ] remember riding on horseback with my father over themountain to a communion service at Crees Schoolhouse,before the church at Burnt Cabins was built. The tableswere out under the trees, and Mr. McGinley stood in thedoor of the schoolhouse and preached. All this was beforeI was ten years old. When a little over fourteen, I remem-ber, my sister, Emma, and I were received into the mem-bership of the church. Mr. McGinley came back where wewere sitting and spoke to us about it. He reported to theSession, and we were received. I remember the catecheticalshe used to hold in the Carrick schoolhouse. We childrenwould recite the Shorter Catechism, and the older members(or some of them), had written questions
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