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MT. HERMON BAPTIST CHURCH
Mt. Hermon Baptist church had its origin in a Union Sunday
school organized June 11, 1869, by C. A. Shuman, of Mt. Horeb
Baptist church and Mrs. Martha Sirles, of Shiloh Methodist
church. On the 11th of the following October there were 61
students, and officers and teachers as follows: C. A. Shuman,
Mrs. C. A. Shuman, W. S. Cecil, W. S. Moore, A. Judson Blanton,
J. H. Covington, Mrs. Martha Sirles, Mrs. Emeline Blanton,
Mrs. L. J. Vaughan, Miss Lelia Page, T. W. Green and T. G.
Burke.
In November of the same year a series of meetings were held
by the Rev. Messrs. J. W. Hart and N. Short, during which W. P.
Sirles, James Vaughan, Lucy J. Vaughan and Lucy Pavy became
members of the church. Thomas R. Dew, of King and Queen
county gave one acre of land to the new congregation in 1870,
which was cleared of the pine growth, leaving the young oak
shrubs to grow into the present beautiful shade trees. In 1871
26 united with the church during a meeting held by the Rev.
Messrs. Hart, Short and Broaddus. The church was formally
organized in 1872 with 14 male and 13 female members from
Mt. Horeb and 1 male and 9 female members from Providence,
making a total of 37 members. Dr. Andrew Broaddus preached
the organization sermon.
The origin of the name of Mt. Hermon is interesting. A
colored congregation had been organized nearby and a committee
from the same called on Mr. C. A. Shuman for a name for their
new church. Mr. Shuman read to them Psalm 89:12, "The
North and South thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon shall
rejoice in thy name." Then he said, "You can take Mt. Tabor
you leave for our church which we now call Mt. Horeb Mission."
Thus the names of the two congregations were fixed at once.
The Mt. Hermon Baptist Association is named for this church.
Mt. Hermon church has been served by the following ministers:
Rev. Messrs. J. W. Hart, 1872; I. T. Wallace, 1877-78; W. T.
Derieux, J. R. Land, Alexander H. Sands, Howard Montague,
James Mitchell, S. U. Grimsley, 1879; P. J. M. Osborne, 1884;
Rev. J. R. Moffett, 1887; J. T. Lynch, 1888; J. J. Wicker, H. H.
Street, F. E. Beale, E. E. Northern, Jacob Sallade, 1895; Andrew
Broaddus II, 1896; H. T. Musselman, J. F. Billingsley, George
M. Donahoe and W. D. Bremner, 1921-24.
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