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One Hundred Years Ago The Old Meeting House, 1794-1894 Author: Mrs. Lucy Randolph Fleming The blue hills rise in stately strength, Streams ripple soft below, As on those long-gone Sabbath days, One hundred years ago, When in these crumbling, roofless walls, Where birds flit to and fro, The Quaker fathers worshiped God One hundred years ago. And word of truth, or praise, or prayer, In measured tone, and slow, Was spoken as the Spirit moved One hundred years ago. Here many a calm and saintly brow Seemed lit by Heaven's glow, And caught the promised peace of God One hundred years ago. Perhaps just her the sunshine fell On golden heads below, Where children lifted patient eyes One hundred years ago. Here youth and maidens primly sat In silent decorous row, But, as to-day, Love stole his glance One hundred years ago. In ancient graves, where trailing vines And tender wild flowers grow, Sleep those whose footsteps thither turned One hundred years ago. Long have these altar fires been cold, And only ruins show The temple holy to the Lord One hundred year ago. But true and simple faith abides, Through centuries onward flow- The fathers did not build in vain Who reared this modest forest fane One hundred years ago. |
Cedar Creek Quaker Meeting House Description & History One of the few old colonial churches is Cedar Creek Quaker Church, which was situated in western Hanover County, Virginia, near the village of Montpelier. The church was constructed in 1770, by a man named Kimbrough. Most of the material used to build the church came from England. The church was built of brick and had an old fashioned steep roof covered with shingles. It had large galleries on all sides. The main body of the church was two rooms with a movable partition to convert it into one room. In olden times it the custom of this church for the ladies to sit in one room, and the men in the other room. The church was sixty feet by forty feet, and the windows, blinds, doors, were of solid heart pine plank. The old fashioned woodwork on the interior was of heart pine. This old structure was an interesting landmark, and a model of ancient architecture, which was situated in a forest of pine and cedar and near it ran a stream of clear, sweet water, known as Cedar Creek. At one time the church had a large membership, and at the big meetings thousands would often gather here. Reverend Nathaniel C. Crenshaw and his son John Bacon Crenshaw were two of the prominent old leaders. John Harris was one of the founders of the Cedar Creek Society of Friends of Hanover County. In 1904 a forest fire destroyed the Cedar Creek Meeting House. The Cedar Creek Meeting was established in 1721, and laid down in about 1874. Sources: Quaker Friends Of Ye Olden Time, James P. Bell Old Homes of Hanover County Virginia, Hanover County Historical Society From The Old Record Book Of Cedar Creek Meeting Of Hanover County, Record Of Deaths
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