1809-1909 Centennial Souvenir

Ii ., ,;j ~! ,, } THIRD CHURCH long as he lived if they could only give him enough bread and meat to support his family; but this he knew they could not· do, and ·so he would resign. The congregation had not immbered over forty communicants at any time during this period. From 1823 till the spring of 1829, Rev. Gavin McMillan preached to them about one-fourth of his time. He also stirred them to build a more comfortable house for public worship, which was opened in 1824. It was erected· on a lot two miles east of the old log church, six miles from Xenia and two miles from Cedarville, on the bank of Massie's Creek. It was of stone, forty feet long by thirty-six wide. -ln·the fall of 1828, Rev. Hugh McMillan, on his return from Synod, assisted his brother Gavin tp dispense the Lord's Supper in the congregation. They .were greatly pleased with Mr. McMillan's service on the occasion; and under– standing that he wished to remove from South Carolina with as many of his congregation as could accompany him, and settle in some of the free states, where there was already the beginning of a congregation; and understanding also, that he had expressed 14