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Kingston Presbyterian
Church
Conway
In the town of Conway we
find beautiful little Kingston Presbyterian Church. A white
frame structure, its shingled steeple rises above a portico
supported by four small columns. It was built in 1858 on land
given by Mrs. Jane Norman. The erection of the edifice was
commenced on the site of the village burial ground, which some
of the oldest inhabitants of the district mark as the site of
a Presbyterian church before the Revolutionary War. This was
changed to the present location due to objections made to the
first.
On November 27th, 1858, the church was visited
by the Reverend T. R. English, and on the next day the
Ordinance of Baptism and the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper
were for the first time observed. On this occasion, also, the
building was dedicated to the worship of the Most High
God.
This section of South Carolina had for a long time
been unknown to Presbyterian influence, and it was in the face
of much opposition that the congregation was organized and a
building erected. From that time forward the church has had a
slow but steady growth.
BY
HAZEL CROWSON SELLERS
South Carolina
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