﻿Durham 
  Baptist 
  Church. 
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  church 
  ill 
  a 
  revival 
  meeting, 
  and, 
  when 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  mem- 
  

   bers 
  objected 
  to 
  his 
  preachiuf^ 
  in 
  their 
  house 
  of 
  worshif), 
  he 
  

   left, 
  and 
  soon 
  began 
  to 
  preach 
  monthl}' 
  at 
  the 
  above 
  named 
  

   School 
  House, 
  and 
  the 
  result 
  was 
  the 
  organization 
  of 
  this 
  

   church. 
  He 
  was 
  pastor 
  of 
  the 
  church 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  twenty- 
  

   five 
  years. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  house 
  of 
  worship 
  built 
  by 
  this 
  church 
  was 
  the 
  

   buiUling 
  now 
  used 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  D. 
  Markliam 
  as 
  a 
  residence. 
  

  

  The 
  railroad 
  was 
  built 
  and 
  the 
  depot 
  was 
  located 
  so 
  near 
  

   them 
  that 
  they 
  thought 
  it 
  wise 
  to 
  sell 
  out 
  and 
  re-build. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  house 
  of 
  worship 
  was 
  built 
  on 
  what 
  is 
  now 
  

   Roxboro 
  Street, 
  and 
  it 
  stood 
  over 
  the 
  same 
  spot 
  of 
  ground 
  

   now 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  residence 
  of 
  John 
  L. 
  Markham. 
  

  

  The 
  third 
  and 
  present 
  house 
  of 
  worship 
  was 
  begun 
  in 
  

   1877, 
  and 
  was 
  finished, 
  and 
  entered 
  free 
  of 
  debt, 
  and 
  dedi- 
  

   cated 
  by 
  the 
  pastor 
  and 
  congregation 
  on 
  Tiiursday 
  night 
  

   before 
  the 
  1st 
  Sabbath 
  in 
  November, 
  1878. 
  A 
  simple 
  hour 
  

   of 
  thanksgiving 
  and 
  joy 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  service 
  of 
  dedication. 
  

   This 
  house 
  cost 
  812,400. 
  Five 
  persons 
  gave 
  $1,000 
  each 
  for 
  

   this 
  purpose 
  ; 
  viz 
  : 
  \V. 
  T. 
  Blackwell, 
  Jas. 
  R. 
  Day, 
  F. 
  C. 
  Green, 
  

   A. 
  M. 
  Rigsbee 
  and 
  Mrs. 
  A. 
  D. 
  Markham. 
  

  

  The 
  church 
  owns 
  a 
  parsonage. 
  It 
  cost, 
  besides 
  ihe 
  lot 
  of 
  

   about 
  one 
  acre 
  upon 
  whirh 
  it 
  is 
  located, 
  about 
  $2,100. 
  This 
  

   was 
  begun 
  in 
  1879, 
  and 
  finished 
  free 
  of 
  debt 
  and 
  occupied 
  

   April 
  1st, 
  1880. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  membership 
  of 
  the 
  church 
  is 
  about 
  three 
  

   hundred, 
  and 
  their 
  Sunday 
  School 
  numbers 
  over 
  three 
  hun- 
  

   dred. 
  

  

  Rev. 
  C. 
  Durham, 
  the 
  pastor 
  of 
  this 
  church, 
  was 
  a 
  soldier 
  

   in 
  the 
  late 
  war 
  from 
  April, 
  '01, 
  to 
  the 
  surrender. 
  He 
  grad- 
  

   uated 
  from 
  Wake 
  Forest 
  College 
  in 
  '71, 
  and 
  was 
  pastor 
  in 
  

   Goldsboro 
  four 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  years. 
  He 
  has 
  been 
  pastor 
  of 
  

   this 
  church 
  since 
  Jan., 
  '7G, 
  and 
  hence 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  ninth 
  

   year 
  of 
  his 
  pastorate. 
  

  

  The 
  contributions 
  of 
  this 
  congregation 
  to 
  all 
  religious 
  

   objects 
  during 
  his 
  pastorate 
  is 
  about 
  1$34,000. 
  

  

  There 
  have 
  been 
  two 
  churches 
  organized 
  out 
  of 
  this 
  one 
  

   in 
  the 
  past 
  eight 
  years 
  — 
  Yates 
  Baptist 
  church, 
  and 
  Rose 
  of 
  

   Sharon, 
  six 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Durham, 
  both 
  churches 
  being 
  

   built 
  from 
  contributions 
  raised 
  by 
  the 
  Durham 
  Baptist 
  

   Church. 
  

  

  ]\Ir. 
  Durham, 
  pastor 
  of 
  the 
  church 
  in 
  this 
  city, 
  is 
  an 
  able, 
  

   pious 
  and 
  hard-working 
  laborer 
  in 
  the 
  vine3'ard 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  