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Providence (NC): Bailey Marquand, High School.


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night he “lodged in a cabin in which a few months previous an entire family had been killed by Indians.” In 1839, McCreary accepted a call to become the pastor of what is now the


Bethel Church in Wilcox County, AL. And on August 15, 1839, he married Mary Bonner. Her family had lived in the same Cedar Springs community that was McCreary’s childhood home. But the Bonners had moved to Alabama when Mary was only a year old. McCreary was described as a “faithful shepherd” for the four years that he was minister at the Bethel Church. In 1844, the meeting of Synod was in October, at the Ebenezer Church in Jes-


samine County, KY. That church had become a part of the Associate Reformed Presbytery of Kentucky on Feb. 1, 1801. In 1840, the church transferred from the Synod of the West, to the Synod of the South. Rev. Neal McDougal Gordon became pastor of the Ebenezer Church in 1841. Under his long ministry, the church had as many as 185 members. When the Ebenezer Church extended the invitation for Synod to meet with


them, it would probably have meant more to Joseph McCreary than to many others who would attend. Neal M. Gordon and his brother Gilbert Gordon had been students at Miami University. Both finished in 1836. Even today, meetings of Synod not only conduct the business of the denomination, but provide a time of reunion and fellowship. Following the Synod meeting, Joseph McCreary planned to return home to Alabama by taking a steam boat down the Ohio River, then down the Missis- sippi. On October 23, 1844, the boilers of the river boat “LUCY WALKER” ex- ploded. Rev. Joseph McCreary died from his wounds two days later, on October 25, 1844. He was buried in New Albany, IN, across the river from Louisville, KY. His widow and the three children later moved to Corsican, TX. Also on the steamboat were oth-


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September 11 Annual Day of Prayer Against Oppression


ers who had attended the meeting of Synod. Rev. John Wilson, pastor of the Salem, TN. Wilson recalled that “we felt a sudden shock, and a trem- bling fo the boat, and soon found that the boilers had burst. Those in the front part of the boat were scattered in every direction, many maimed, some killed, and others thrown into the river.” About 50 people were killed. In


Pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters remembering the words of Jesus, “ In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have


The General Synod has set aside Friday, September 11 for each ARP overcome the world.” (John 16:33) helping you reach your community


Church to pray specifically against oppression. We would ask that all congregations pray for our brothers and sisters around the world who are persecuted because of their faith in Christ.


addition to Rev. McCreary, the vic- tims included William Watt, an elder from Starkville, MS. Rev. James M. Young, pastor of the Prosperity, TN Church and Rev. David Pressly, pas- tor of the Starkville, MS Church were injured. Elder W.T. McCain of the Sa- lem, TN church was also wounded. Rev. John Wilson, along with his new bride Arpasia Butler Wilson were rescued from the river. (Centennial History, page 387).?


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