Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Newspapers.....Church, 1891 

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           Southampton Church Notes. 

  FRANKLIN, SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA., Feb. 26-[Special.]- 
Bishop Whittle visited this section this week.  Monday 
night he preached and confirmed in St. Paul's church, 
Suffolk.  Thirteen persons were received into the church 
by this rite.  This congregation has every reason to be 
encouraged. 
  The Rev. H. L. Derby has been here less than two years, 
and in that time the numbers of communicants has been 
doubled.  Forty-four persons have been added by confirmation, 
and the rest by removals into the parish. 
  The St. Paul's people expect to begin to build a new church 
at an early day.  They need a larger building to accomodate 
the congregations who attend here. 
  To-day Emmanuel Episcopal church, in Franklin, was consecrated 
by Bishop Whittle, and four persons were confirmed.  The Rev. 
Mr. Derby, the Rev. Mr. Meade and the rector, the Rev. C. E. 
Woodson, assisted in the services. 
  To-morrow the Bishop visits the church at Courtland.  Mr. 
C. E. Woodson has had sixteen persons added to his church in 
less than a year.  He seems determined to stay in his present 
field of labor, in spite of the fact that he has been called 
lately to Ohio, to New York, and to a parish in Virginia. 


"The Times" (Richmond, VA), Feb. 27, 1891 (Vol. 5, No. 17), 
   p. 2, col. 2 


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