Ahurobi met and after pra)'l'r pro- oeded in busineaao lat. fhe iuquire wae made tor peaoeo 2nd., The reteren04t conoerniqg Brother Jaoob Vam.ter end· the oharge prowno. Saturday 4 111 18 and 1 August. Gilead Churoh of Christ met and after praJ8r continued in bttsinesa. lat. On Saturday the 4th of April 1832., the Churoja of Gilead of Christ gathered and after prayer continued in buain•••• lat.
Inquiry 11as made for the peace of the church.. The 2nd reference respecting Brother Abraham Cash accepted respecting the letter and after hearing himself and the best evidence both sides could have, the church agreed to absolve him. Gray11 Ro R:\ohe.rdEl,_ and 1'/illi.a.'!n Jaokson8 to meet th8m the last day of February at ••thlg house to help them try to settle their problem is acceptable for advice ohuroha cOJllllittee agreed to the appointment. Prather read and accepted and is excluded from our fellowship until he is legally restored by repentance., Reference con.
3. o church agreed to appoint a colleague to get rid of the difficulty and they • de ohioe of Brother 1'o Jetf'erea, Wm. Mount, John Briacoe and Christopher Reno to settle the matter between them and the member of the college reported herein. Iaaac took his hand away, but not • • • the satiety he would have and he thwarted him. On Saturday the 4th of May, l8S6o, the Church of Gilead met, and after the lesson proceeded to work. lat. the said reference Brother Isaac referred to our next ohuroh aetizlg azad, who appointed Brother John Bland to take it up on the subject and report at the next meeting.
Sister Jllary Beet and Sister Bazmah KiDg reoeiwd by lettero .. Gilead Church • t the Saturday before the 4th Sunday in April 183? and after prayer proceeded to the buaineea. lat. The inquiry was made for the peace of the ohuroh.. ooler • to attend our next •etirag and the ohurah is to· write a letter to Bro o Iaaao ~ asking him to attend it. o Reference matteriDg Broo Thoaa Hicks was taken up and he is excluded for ohuroh because of his retuaal to hear the ohuroh and the charge • • against him. 1D& tbey. oh~roh, is to have. used until September .. t and after prayer continued with bueineas. lat.
Upon request, the Church agreed to reconsider its vote at the May 10 April meeting and refuse to cast its ballot. the report of committee & or any church with the aim of settling eto. while the 'l'rustees called the ballot, the church voted that it would receive the report and comply with the demands of the same and then adjourned. proceeded to business after the usual ceremonies. On the move and secondly the church considered Joel's oaae 'l'e.bb foX' to have closed the Methodist Church and the church. The Gilead Church measured the 3rd Saturday July 1st and after song and pra, He got to the point. It was found that two of the brethren, Gabriel Du'ftll and Jesse Bland, had not been to the Church meeting for several months and the Church leader had appointed Brother Ib Jackson to see them and to consult with the council. steps. add them to attend our next course and show why it had been the old one. April, Saturday before tirat Sunday 1846o The Church of Gilead continued with its usual ceremonies. Brother James Wo Jenkins was called to preach for us during the Preaente 2nd. He invoked the peace of the church and all found peace, and then were suspended.
11th Baptist Church in Gilead • on the first Saturday in August, 1846, and after the usual solemnities proceeded to business. lat.. 1'a letter 'Association reoeiwdo 2nd.. de to change opening time:lg meetiDg for business frOJD. 12:00 to eleven agreed which was then adjourned. Brother Jenkins inform.d the churoh preaent was to attend the ohuroh preacher aa then adjourned. On the Saturday before ~ the first year in June 1848, Galaad Ohuroh met and after singing and praying continued their work.
December 1848 • The Gilead Churob met on Saturday for the first Sabbath in December and began business after the usual ceremonies.
All books, except the last, are written in the same handwriting as the first few pages of the registry book. On the next page of the eoord appears the continuation of alaw members. All of the above names appear in the s&JII8 manuscript as the first part of the .. picture book., except ·Lucy and Polly;.
These are all that are mentioned in the Historical Sketch, but the e:amination of the Clerk's Book 1849-1861 would probably ihow •ny other !Dimbera of Gilead. In January 1871, six years after emancipation, the board notified all black members of the ohuroh to be present at the next regular meeting, at which they were handed letters of dismissal. Owing to the absence of a complete record and the abbreviated -.z:mera in which a large quantity of important ewnta are narrated, your .. Committee has been forced to rely on tradition at least for part of the early history of the churoh.
•mbera of the original cburoh (United Baptist) appointed Elder Jamea lfall. who liWd near the church, as pastor anc. continued to serve in that capacity until his death in 1842. Several members are very prominent in church affairs, especially Brother Fielder W'. In January, 1858, all the deacons and church officers donated .. their resipation. who were immediately accepted, and in February, 1858, Roab Engliah ad J. Ro Gaither were elected deacons and J.J.
A resolution was • • withdrawn from the community of those who habitually and persistently… indulged in the popular entertainments of the day, auoh aa gflming at oardli. etc. Soon he began to preach some Ohleric views, "causing disturbance in the sewers of" the oburchea. Ohio County, and on that tU. one of the state's leading Baptist ministers, to hold a protracted meeting with the Church of Gilead, where these brethren accepted the invitation, but for some reason Elder Colean was unable to attend.
Elder Self would not remain, but Elder Jones remained and assisted until the meeting closed on November 16. The result of the meeting was the conversion of twenty-six persons. Lattera e dia• . mission were given at thia Jll8eting .a muaber of colored members. A coDI!lite was appointed for the plunder of the churoh house, the koneyatiug of M. a.
