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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  ident, 
  and 
  J. 
  S. 
  Harris, 
  Secretary. 
  Rev. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Moore 
  held 
  

   the 
  pastorate 
  for 
  75 
  and 
  '7G. 
  Rev. 
  William 
  Call 
  succeeded 
  

   him, 
  and 
  remained 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  '77. 
  Rev. 
  F. 
  H. 
  Wood 
  

   was 
  appointed 
  to 
  the 
  pastorate 
  in 
  '7S. 
  He 
  remained 
  three 
  

   years. 
  During 
  his 
  ministry 
  was 
  originated 
  the 
  enterprise 
  

   which 
  culminated 
  in 
  the 
  completion, 
  under 
  the 
  ministry 
  of 
  

   Rev. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Cunninggim. 
  the 
  present 
  elegant 
  church 
  build- 
  

   ing, 
  which 
  is 
  an 
  imposing 
  ornament 
  to 
  our 
  town 
  and 
  a 
  

   credit 
  to 
  the 
  Methodist 
  congregation. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  Mary 
  Moon 
  held 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  meetings 
  in 
  Trinity 
  

   Church 
  in 
  1879, 
  continuing 
  about 
  four 
  weeks, 
  resulting 
  in 
  a 
  

   great 
  awakening 
  and 
  many 
  conversions, 
  and 
  about 
  seventy 
  

   additions 
  to 
  the 
  churches 
  of 
  Durham. 
  Two 
  prayer 
  meet- 
  

   ings 
  were 
  organized 
  to 
  meet 
  every 
  Sunday 
  evening, 
  one 
  in 
  

   the 
  church 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  in 
  the 
  Female 
  Seminary, 
  one 
  for 
  

   young 
  men 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  for 
  females. 
  These 
  meetings 
  are 
  

   still 
  kept 
  up 
  with 
  interest 
  and 
  profit 
  to 
  the 
  church. 
  Tiiis 
  

   church 
  paid 
  the 
  pastor 
  and 
  Presiding 
  Elder 
  for 
  last 
  year 
  

   $1,250. 
  

  

  Rev. 
  Jesse 
  A. 
  Cunninggim 
  succeeded 
  Rev. 
  Mr. 
  Wood 
  in 
  

   1881, 
  who 
  did 
  a 
  good 
  work 
  for 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  truth 
  during 
  a 
  

   ministry 
  of 
  two 
  years. 
  He 
  raised 
  several 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  

   for 
  the 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  church 
  and 
  carried 
  it 
  througjh 
  to 
  its 
  

   completion. 
  He 
  left 
  the 
  impress 
  of 
  his 
  character 
  engraved 
  

   upon 
  the 
  community, 
  and, 
  as 
  it 
  were, 
  engraved 
  in 
  the 
  or- 
  

   ganic 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  church. 
  He 
  gave 
  system 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  

   the 
  church, 
  and 
  thus 
  gave 
  it 
  strength 
  and 
  permanency. 
  

   The 
  ladies 
  of 
  this 
  church 
  did 
  a 
  large 
  and 
  important 
  work 
  

   in 
  aiding 
  the 
  pastors 
  to 
  bring 
  up 
  the 
  church 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

   wilderness 
  and 
  to 
  settle 
  it 
  on 
  its 
  present 
  firm 
  foundation. 
  

  

  Rev. 
  T. 
  A. 
  Boone 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  pastoral 
  care 
  of 
  this 
  

   church 
  as 
  the 
  successor 
  of 
  Rev. 
  Mr. 
  Cunninggim. 
  This 
  is 
  

   his 
  second 
  year. 
  Since 
  Mr. 
  Boone's 
  connection 
  with 
  this 
  

   church, 
  great 
  advancement 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  all 
  her 
  de- 
  

   partments. 
  He 
  is 
  an 
  eloquent, 
  able 
  and 
  assiduous 
  worker, 
  

   and 
  is 
  loved 
  devotedl}^ 
  not 
  only 
  by 
  his 
  flock, 
  but 
  by 
  the 
  

   citizens 
  of 
  Durham 
  generally. 
  • 
  

  

  DURHAM 
  BAPTIST 
  CHURCH. 
  

  

  This 
  Church 
  was 
  organized 
  August 
  12th, 
  1845, 
  in 
  Piny 
  

   Grove 
  School 
  House, 
  about 
  one 
  mile 
  west 
  of 
  this 
  place. 
  

   Rev. 
  Jesse 
  Howell 
  was 
  assisting 
  the 
  pastor 
  of 
  Eno 
  Baptist 
  

  

  