. 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. utiful new manse constructedduring his short pastorate. Having received a call from the Pine Grove Church,Westminster Presbytery (his present field of labor), resigned the pastorate of these churches October 4,1908. Having done so much both materially and spirituallyfor our Zion we were loathe to see him depart. Session passed the following minute: We deeply regretthe apparent necessity of
. 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. utiful new manse constructedduring his short pastorate. Having received a call from the Pine Grove Church,Westminster Presbytery (his present field of labor), resigned the pastorate of these churches October 4,1908. Having done so much both materially and spirituallyfor our Zion we were loathe to see him depart. Session passed the following minute: We deeply regretthe apparent necessity of such action (the resignation).Resolved, that his earnest and energetic work whilst amongus has greatly endeared him to the entire congregation andcall for him the highest encomium of the whole community. Rev. Baxter has been at Sunnyburn eight years andduring that time has seen 140 members added to the mem-bership of his church. His salary has been increased sev-eral times and he has had the joy of organizing a newchurch at Holtwood. Here a beautiful new church hasbeen erected under his supervision and the Lord has givenmany other instances of the Divine approval. 78 HISTORY OF PATH VALLEY. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Burnt Cabins, Pa. BURNT CABINS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. This church is a child of the Lower Path Valley the bounds of the mother congregation her childrenpressed westward over the Tuscarora Mountains, on roadsno more than trails, until they reached the fertile AughwickValley. Here to-day are found descendants bearing namesof many of these original settlers. We were not able to find the date of the first preachingby Presbyterian ministers in that new settlement. But it islikely that as early as the visit of the Rev. George Duffield(1766) these scattered settlers occasionally heard the Wordof God. Dr. West is authority for the statement that Denny frequently preached across the Tuscaroramountains in Augwick Valley, both in the vicinity of BurntCabins and
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