Pilgrim rest baptist church cemetery8/15/2023 ![]() He did say that for some reason nobody ever took the bell. He said that it got so bad that they had to take the heaters home after church and bring them back early the next time they were to have church early the morning of the service to keep them from being stolen. The stole the heaters out of the church and even the propane tank. It got to a point that they could not keep anything. All of the people would be singing and they would be tapping on the floor with their feet and the sound would be in time with the music.Īs we went back outside and stood and I listed as he shared he told of how hard it was to have a church out there in the middle of nowhere in the latter days. Then as we walked across the wooden floor. Standing on the platform where the pulpit facing the back Irving said the men sat on the right and the women sat on the left. Over to the side of the wall is nails in the wall that the men would hang their coats and hats on. There was a very small room on the side right behind the pulpit that was the pastor’s study. There were long tables around the walls and then across the back outside there are still posts against the building that held another long table where people ate. The women would stay at times up all night that Saturday night preparing food for the Sunday meal. As we walked in Irving shared that the back room we were in was where they always had food on that 4 th Sunday. ![]() We walked around to the back of the church and went in through a side door. He laughed and said that his grand gather always called the place “The Holy Ghost Headquarters”. There would even be folks that had moved up north to places like Chicago that would come back. People would come from all over and many from out of town that had moved away would return. He went on to say that the crowds would be incredibly huge for the size of the building. One thing he shared was that for many years there was a revival there starting the 4 th Sunday in September of every year. He said that his father had told him that back in the hey days of the church that there was a community there as large as the town of Beatrice. He motioned over to the other side and said that one time there was another building there that served as a school and also a Masonic Lodge.Īs we stood and talked he told me many things that resonated with me giving me a feeling of how it was back in the day. He showed me the out house that still stands on the right hand side and laughed and said that was the ladies restroom. He went on to say that Will’s wife sewed the hole in Will’s shirt up with a needle and thread and they buried him in the same shirt. There was another man at the church that tried to break the fight up and the Sheriff shot him and he died as a result of the gun shot. He said he was not totally sure of dates and records had been lost over the years but in September 1927 there was an incident where the Sherriff came to arrest a man and they got into a fight. The original church burned and the congregation moved over to the present location and built the existing church. He said that originally the congregation had a church over beside the Red Hills Cemetery. ![]() ![]() Irving agreed to meet me at the old church and share with me memories of this old and for most of civilization forgotten church. The Proper name for the church to start with is Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church. The following is the information he was able to share with me. Two years later I finally got back on track on this old church and was able to find the guy who knew. ![]() I put it all on a back burner and started pursuing other interests. ![]()
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