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Worship
of God in the Early Days of Chattanooga
The
number of churches in our midst is a gratifying source of rejection. Although
we may not be designated as a city of churches, still it may not he amiss to
say that, in the matter of places of worship,
both for white and colored, our city is not to be exceeded by any other of
equal population and advantages.
The
first place of worship in Ross' Landing, was in a little log cabin which stood
on the lot where the Methodists subsequently erected their Church, on Fifth,
between High and Lookout Streets.
This
house is still standing, and is the property of the A. M. E. Church. The log
cabin has been razed to the ground log ago, but its reminiscences linger with
us still in the minds of those who remember the events of 1837-8, ere yet the
town was laid off into lots.
Among
the preachers were, Rev. T. C. Atkins, late Presiding Elder of the Methodist Church, South, in this city, and Rev.
— Hicks.
Chattanooga,
Tennessee; Hamilton County, and Lookout Mountain – Louis L. Parham - 1876
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