Several events involving a church are mentioned in the sources. A church and a Gypsies camp were located near each other. Rev. L. D. Gray preached at the Methodist Protestant Episcopal Church, and there was a meeting held at the church in Green Bank. The funeral of Peter Moore was held at the Protestant Episcopal Church and Rev. T. H. Lacy D.D. preached at the Presbyterian Church.
The sources mention the presence of a Gypsy camp in the vicinity of a church. The camp was close enough that they were mentioned together in the same article. There were people that did not believe that men had any good in them, but others said that there was good in the heart of the church.
The Gypsy camp was a subject of some curiosity. It was noted that the Gypsies were said to be engaged in horse trading, and fortune telling. This method of fortune telling was described as a science of "astrology," and was noted to have a "professor" in Mill Point. The article states that the methods of fortune telling used were considered by some to be "no less than a sort of mind reading, unscientific, and not sanctioned by human nature". It was also noted that they were believed to "play on the ignorance, curiosity, their passions and desires".
A series of revival meetings was held at the M.E. Church South, and the church was mentioned in the context of the need for proper pews. The Methodist Church in Marlinton was struck by lightning. The Green Bank Church was trying to get the church attached to another church.
A pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South was reported to have been preaching, and the church was mentioned in the context of the payment of the pastor. A man was mentioned as going to a church to be prayed for. The death of Rev. Edgar Fleet Alexander was reported, and his funeral service was held at the church with pallbearers and flowers.
A couple of Mormon missionaries were said to be preaching in a schoolhouse and at churches. A Sunday School was reported at the Haynes school house. A man was killed by a lightning strike while at the door of his church. The M. E. Church South is also mentioned in a list of churches.
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