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During the British raid in the I'ari.sh the liible and the 

 I'rayer Book, presented by Mrs. Kebeeea Motte, was stolen 

 and carried to England, and returned to the elinreh after 

 the Revolutionary ^^'ar. 



At the same time the Silver Service given by Thomas 

 lyvncli was lost. 



During the Civil War the Northern raiders stole some of 

 the remaining silver communion i)late from the house of 

 Mr. Stephen D. Doar, warden, bnt it was recovered after 

 some trouble; (uie piece, the chalice, through the efforts of 

 the Rev. Alexander Glenrie, of Georgetown, and Mr. R. G. 

 Barclay, of Charleston. This service has been in use since 

 befiu-e the Revolution, and is still used. The register of 

 the Parish goes back to 1750, and those of the church who 

 come and those who go, are still written in it. This regis- 

 ter holds the names of the forefathers of many of those 

 who are now shining lights in other Christian bodies. 

 For this church alone and its pastors watched with jealous 

 care over the s])iritual affairs of all in the Parish, and 

 tendered ''the Bread of T>ife" to such as would receive it, 

 until Methodism, its offsi)ring, came to share its burdens 

 and to help lead men to salvation, in the latter ]tart of the 

 ISth century. 



The new church grew rai)idly from the old, until it has 

 be<'ome stronger than its mother, and is one of the strong- 

 est in the I'arish. From the early records we know of only 

 two of their churches amiongst us, one, and the oldest, was 

 the "Nazareth Meeting House.'' which sto<Ml at the bend 

 of the road, just below the ''32 Mile House." and the other 

 a few miles above Honey Hill. 



In those days there were no resident ministers for these 

 churches, but the itinerancy was in vogue, and these godly 

 and self-sacrificing men, "cji'cuit riders" they were called, 

 would CO about fronn church to church on ])ony back or in 

 gig with a few necessaries in saddle bag, carrvinii' the 

 Ciosj)el into dark places and c<>mfort to the sick and afflicted 

 without thought of heat or cold, or of hardshin that might 

 come on the morrow. They stoi)i)ed wherever nii>ht caucht 

 them, eatint;- and drinkinff what was set before them with- 

 out a murniur. and T need add never had occasion to shake 



