This was a church built before churches decided they needed big fancy multimillion dollar churches. All the money raised went to the people. Wouldn't it be amazing to go back to that way of thinking ????? All preachers really need is a place to preach. It could actually be in a park. God is everywhere folks, not just in multimillion dollar churches.
I miss the old church. Today's churches are too much of the world. Using terms like corporate worship, campuses and services like rock concerts are just wrong.
THANK YOU! For sharing it's beauty. Reminds of a song my momaw used to sing to me: "Come to the church in the wildwood Come to the church in the [v]ale No place is so dear to my childhood As the little brown church in the [v]ale She'd sing to me with her clear "Native soul voice" she called it. And she'd tell me about their sacred little church in the little clearing in the woods they would walk the trail to. And how they'd all bring dishes so after the service they'd "spread dinner on the ground" with quilts under a big old shade tree; and they'd all share in "meals-a-vittles" to make sure the little ones who were hungry got fed, and so no one went home hungry; and how "the children would play among the trees while the grown ups got things all picked up," before they'd all walk their trails back home to get back before sundown. And I could see in her face the joy it brought her. How she missed those days. I would just picture it all. Now I get to share precious remains, thanks to you. Thank you for not swinging wild with the camera, and for taking the time to share the historic architectural distinctions! Just Lovely! Thank you for bringing it's history! You've done the little church and it's community proud! Is there no historical society interested in restoring the historical church? :( Bless you! All! (I still have the primitive "shingle hasp" that belonged to my great grandfather. I'm 65 years young.)
Shalom ,thank you for sharing , its so good to hear ,I am sure that there was joy and faith in those meetings no matter the poverty and hardship, many blessings in Jesus ,love **
I don't know if you would be interested, or if you already know the facts behind the song you mentioned. Here is what I found: The Story behind the Song - Church in the Wildwood Posted on February 26, 2015 By Richard Thompson Church in the Wildwood isn’t a recently written song. It was actually composed in 1857 by a young music teacher named William S Pitts as a result of a June visit to Bradford, Iowa. Pitts was on a stagecoach ride that stopped at the town. During a trip to visit his fiancée in Fredericksburg, Iowa, the stagecoach stopped at Bradford, allowing Pitts to wander through the woodlands there. He happened upon a particularly beautiful spot in a valley close to the Cedar River and an image formed in his mind of a church building at the location. Returning to his home in Wisconsin and unable to forget about the image, Pitts wrote a poem that he later set to music, saying at its completion, “only then was I at peace with myself”. When Pitts returned to the area with his wife in 1862 he discovered a church being erected where he had imagined it to be. The church members had been meeting in a variety of temporary rooms until Rev. J.K. Nutting led the drive to create a permanent home for the congregation. Providentially, the very plot where Pitt imagined a church would stand was donated by the family that owned it and soon a church building was erected on the exact spot. Not only that, the church was being painted brown, the colour mentioned in the song. At the time, Ohio Mineral Paint’s brown paint was the cheapest paint to be found. During the winter of 1863-1864 Pitts taught a singing class at Bradford Academy. He resurrected the song and tutored his class to sing the song at the dedication of the new church in 1864. This was the first time the song was sung by anyone other than Pitts himself. In 1865 Pitts moved to Chicago, Illinois, to enrol at Rush Medical College. To pay for his enrolment fees, he sold the rights to the song to a music publisher for $25. He completed medical school, graduating in 1868, but the song was forgotten once again. After the church closed in 1888 due to an economic downturn in the town, the Society for the Preservation of The Little Brown Church was founded. In the 1890s evangelists Arthur Chapman and Charles Alexander helped to popularize the song. By 1914, services were again held in the church. Shortly afterward, the small congregation experienced a revival that attracted new attention to it and to the song, Church in the Wildwood. Among those who found and loved the song at this time was the Weatherwax Brothers Quartet. This group of traveling singers journeyed throughout Canada and the USA in the 1920s and 1930s and used The Church in the Wildwood as their trademark song. As the song grew in popularity, the church has become a popular tourist spot, and remains so today. It attracts thousands of visitors every year to see or be married in the little brown church in the vale. The Church in the Wildwood was recorded by the Carter Family for RCA Victor Records on October 13, 1932. In 1994 it was recorded by Bill Clifton and Jimmy Gaudreau for Clifton’s Elf Records. Clifton reflects …… “Personally, I fell in love with the Carter Family recording of the song when I was a pre-teen…and always enjoyed hearing many other families and groups sing the song over the years. When Red Rector and I recorded a County LP in Roanoke, Virginia, we were joined by several members of The Shenandoah Valley Boys and Church in the Valley was on our to-do list…but it failed to come together quickly enough, and we abandoned it. Some years ago I was in Iowa to perform and to receive an award, and it was at this time that I first got to go to the village, meet the preacher of this little Congregational church and actually sing the song to a couple of dozen members of the congregation and maybe a tourist or two. It sits close to a country road (now hard-surfaced due to a recent governor’s wife complaints about the dust when she visited it) and it continues to be painted brown. It was originally painted brown because brown was the cheapest paint…but I have no idea whether this is still the case. The church keeps various souvenirs available for purchase…including a brochure about William Pitts, copies of the original sheet music, picture postcards, a booklet that tells the story behind the song etc.”
I just recently found your channel, I'm so glad I did, I'm a 68 yr old lady grew up in the 50's and 60's and we had so much respect for old houses and buildings, so happy to see a young man like yourself to show so much respect. Thank you
If this old church could talk. How many Christmas's were celebrated there. Weddings, funerals. Parishioners long since in their graves. That beam down the center is probably the reason it has not collapsed. Enjoyed it.
It’s amazing when you think about the history that’s happened in those walls. And as time moved on around the church it still remains, now those walls only have memories.
It's also a parasite on the trees. When it takes "root" on a branch, the rest of the branch further out will eventually die off from lack of nutrition. Eventually, the entire tree will succumb.
@@sherlockhemlock1246 I'm sorry yt didn't alert me to your comment sooner. I wasn't aware of that! I have several bunches growing from an aussie native at my back door, and knowing this could now work in my favor! Thanks :)
The outhouse, itself is a treasure! It's standing proud! When us kids would all be outside running around playing while the grown ups visited, I'm not too proud to say we'd use the outhouse that still stood at my great grandparents' home! I'll never forget how the scent of hickory-wood fires was even on the front porch before ever stepping into their house. The sweet and pungent aroma of generations of hickory-wood fires seeping into the very presence of the home! Thank you for precious memories!
As u were walking through, I closed my eyes, imagining the beautiful singing that must have drifted out the open windows...tyvm for the video, well done!
I once had a Glass worker tell me that actually glass is a liquid. Even though it is “hard” it still flowing. That is why older homes and buildings have “wavy and uneven” glass panes. The glass wants to flow downward. The wavy glass is considered fashionable. Great adventure video.
Our old hand-blown glass will be the only interesting remnant for future explorers as they sift through mounds of plastic and other garbage many moons from now.
I'm from rural North Carolina originally, my family actually owned some land with an old cabin from the 1800s just over the Virginia line, and I always loved visiting it as a kid. There's just something fascinating about walking through all the old forgotten history that's in places like that.
I visited a Cemetary in Huntsville, Alabama. It was of an Ester’s of mine from generations back. I’m from Colorado and did not grow up down there or anywhere in the south. The huge Moore family still resides there. My great, great grandfather left the acres for the 7 Seven Day Adventice college which is still active. It was originally a school that black youth attended since they had few others. Now it is attended by all races. I loved watching this.
My mother-n-law who was born in the early 1900's told me , her church would would hold picnics after service on the 5th Sunday of the month. If you look at a calendar, some months have 5 Sunday's. Church members would bring their own food and the families would hold the picnic, in a clearing, outside the church.
There's an outhouse just like that one in a cemetery in Arbela, Missouri. That cemetery has grave stones dating back from the mid to late 1700's. There are also up to date graves as well. It's upkept by a local farmer, Mr. Harvey.
@William Matthews why should people go around hating others because some supreme being said so? Levitucus 20:13 Exodus 21:20 Those are just what I could think up at the moment. But the real beef i have with god, the Christian god, because that's what most Americans think is god, is that , if he exists , he let's children be raped. What goddamn maniac let's children be raped and scarred, physically, mentally and emotionally for the rest of their lives or until they commit suicide ? Why just not prevent the rape to begin with ? Why not smite their attacker(s) ? Is he waiting until the attackers die to send them to hell, and he's just sitting back and thinking I'll let them do this but I'll get them later ? That's a pretty fucked up thing to do. Why won't he heal people with diseases ? Or if he does heal some , why not all , and make it clear that he is lord, or at least has the power to do that ? Why let some people live their whole lives in agony from disease, going bankrupt from the cost of treatment , all the while their praying to the point of sobbing , that god will heal them and no answer comes and they die a horrible death, but they were told all their lives that God would heal them .? And someone dying of a disease is not "healing". Healing would that person suddenly getting test results back that read negative on an illness, and them going back to how they were , to have their mind back and be physically fit, and then we'd have to figure out if it actually was a god that did it or another reason. What sick being would let infants die before they had a chance to live life ? Some say that well they belong to god, but if they only lived for 1 month, 6 months , a year , whatever , if their gods , why waste the time to create them , let it bond with its parent(s), then go through a disease , or wreck , etc, and then die? Why put the child and their family through that? That's an evil thing to do. Why let animals drown in floods, or burn alive in fires ? Why let them suffer through that? They've done nothing wrong , supposedly. Why won't he just take them to safety , just snap his fingers? I don't believe in the bible and theres no reason I should. I have no reason to believe the words in a book just because they said an important person is the main character . The Noahs ark story is laughable at best . Do you really expect people to believe that two of every species on the planet walked/flew/slithered/ swam to the middle east, all of them got on a boat and they sailed around for 40 days and nights ? How did they keep the polar bears and the other arctic animals cold ? Where did they put the food for just the elephants ?they need massive amounts every day. What about the meat eaters , where did they keep all their meat , without spoiling ? Did God divinely feed them manna and keep the Arctic animals cold, did he shrink all the animals down so he could fit all.pf them on the ark? Doesnt say he did or didnt in the bible, What about the fish ? Some fish can't live in freshwater and some can't live in saltwater , but if the waters reached the tallest peaks , the tallest mountains, then those waters would have mixed and that would have been detrimental to the fish. Were there two of every fish on the Ark as well ? Doesn't say that in there either , but it is a legitimate curiosity . There is more I'd like to add but I've got to work tomorrow. But in closing , I have no respect for any god, much less the Christian god. I never will and the only time I'd ever say anything different is if I was not in control of my body , which if a god has to take control of my body so that I worship them or respect them , that's a pretty petty god. If they have to manipulate me to do those things instead of showing me why they are worthy or that they aren't a dictator with just their thoughts in mind , but also have my own in mind and that they have a good plan for me , then why would I or should I respect them ? Can they not operate by the golden rule ? Treat others like you want to be treated. Or would they just throw their weight around because they were divine ? I don't respect that. There's no reason I should respect someone that just throws their weight around and says love me or you'll burn forever. I have no use for a god and I do not and will.not respect one. I live my life by being the best I can be, by being fair , by loving people that are different , even if their gay, trans, black, asian, etc. I'm no better than they are but I am better than the god that says to kill gay people. What kind of God creates people , let's Satan supposedly talk them into sin , which turns them into liking their own sex and then gets mad about it? Why not just renew their minds and make them like the opposite sex? Why not reveal himself to them , teach them his way of doing things and most importantly ,why they should give a shit, and prove to them it's wrong and not just something he happens to not like ? That's a pretty pathetic god, seems to just be able to reveal himself in a book written by man , that's been translated from different versions , having words taken out and new ones substituted , which is what happens with different versions and what about Revelation 22:18-19? Where God says those who add or take away from his book are cursed or will not see heaven. Are the people that have these different versions cursed? Is there a true version? Which one? The KJV 1611? , the ESV? The NLT? He sure does a piss poor job of making things simple for his creation to follow him, he doesn't give signs of his presence. And if he does we humans can't always understand them , and that's a failure on God's part , because as the supreme being of the universe , surely he'd know how to convince and what measures to tahe, after all , he knows our thoughts and how our brains work, supposedly.. Long story short, God is worthless and is unworthy of worship .
The life that once filled that church, really makes ya think of the people, how they dressed back then, in their Sunday best. Thanks so much for sharing this. Too bad you didn't come across an old prayer book, or Bible or choir hymnal. Again thank you.
I found your channel last night while trying to sleep. Seriously this is some great content. I’ve been obsessed with history and genealogy for the past 10+ years and this channel fits that perfectly. I’m also a nature lover, but am disabled so I don’t get out much anymore. Love following your adventures!
Beautiful Not just a Church for sermons palace for babtiasims funerals but courthouse a meeting place what history it holds the story’s it could tell how amazing
It's so sad to see these old buildings just being left to fall down to the ground . They are not just old wooden structures they are literally history before our eyes. It appears that no one seems remotely interested in trying to save any of them that you have shown us. Images are all we will have soon but just imagine if you could just save one of them!! I guess it's money and time BUT that would be a great project and indeed a lasting legacy for future generations. It would beat just looking at images don't you think!!! Many thanks for this great channel you have.
You get out of church what you put into going and learning.Often people leave for some dis agreement among members and that is when the church needs you the most! Try and stick it out! The reward maybe more than you ever hoped for. Love these old church buildings that have been abandoned. They tell us history,not so much about the Bible but about how and what they were built with what kind of people "raised" them.
Excellent video!! You moved slowly enough to see everything well! Your narrative was very easy to listen to and understand!! I appreciate your not rushing!! Could’ve used a tad more light in some darker areas, but GREAT job!! Very enjoyable!!
Wow! So cool. I love seeing old buildings like this still standing after soooo many years. Surrounded by all those trees covered with Spanish moss. Beautiful 😊
What a most wonderful Church. Thank you for the brief history of the town. Glad you did not crawl under the Church I shuddered when you said you were going to, lot of nasty looking holes under that Church. Our big problem with deadly spiders in my home area are Funnel Webs & Trap Door Spiders. The Rattlers you are welcome to, we have own our share of deadly snakes. Anyway this was a most beautiful video, love seeing old Churches well, this one wow. Thanks again from Australia.
My livingroom windows have the really old wavy glass and it looks so pretty when the sun is directly on them. Have no plans to replacing them, although every winter I have to cover them with window plastic because they are not really winterized.
That is one way antique hunters check furniture that has glass to see if any of the glass on the piece has been replaced. If one is real smooth and perfect then they know they are not 100% as all antique.
Thank you guys for sharing your video. The church would be packed on Sundays. Then you would have lunch on the grounds. Which were called potluck lunch. Each family of the church. Would bring a dish. And everybody would share what they brought. Mothers would bring one or two quilts. They would be laid out on the ground. For the families to sit on. And eat their lunch. Shame that the church couldn' be restored. Lot of lovely memories in the church. And the outhouse everybody. Used them back in them days. They had two sitters or three sitters. Sears and Roebuck catalogs. Was placed for your convenience. And each time you went in. You check to be sure. The catalog was in its place. The outhouse was a good ways from the house. So if you hollered nobody could hear you. Somebody would miss you sooner or later. And come looking for you.
Well done video! Y’all provide beautiful videography, great history, great attention to fine detail, and you’re very respectful-the focus is on your subject, not how many "selfie" opportunities can you produce. This won’t be the last Sidestep Adventures I watch. Thank you for posting it.
Heeey, I really like this channel. A bunch of handsome men exploring and explaining, that’s my kind of UA-cam watching. Keep up the amazing work guys 👍🏽
You do a great service to us as Americans. Many, have relatives nation wide who could appreciate this kind of things! From sea to shining sea! Let God be honored for those who have gone before us! Amen! Thank you!!
As a current pastor and a continuous history buff- I loved this video!!! I can absolutely imagine the pastor and congregation meeting and worshipping!! Thank you for the tour!!
Awesome video! The emptiness and abandoned of this church reminds me of how many of the young people no longer believe in God or worship other than their self-serving direction. Thanks for sharing
I enjoyed this although I get somewhat saddened to see things like this that have fallen into such disrepair. Here in NE Ohio, there still are some outhouses far out in rural areas, not many but still a few, far from access to electric power. There are some people that prefer to live far from small towns and live a primitive lifestyle like those did who moved west 200 years ago in wagon trains.
I like how you point out certain pertinent historic details, like the square nails, the wavy glass, so young people can learn what things were like! I’m stoked !
Brian ... I think the way you describe the beauty of old building , etc... is how I look at them also. There is just something that draws me to them and I see beauty in the ruin... especially the old Churches! I remember when my sister lived in South Carolina for a year and we went to visit... I fell I. Love with the moss on the trees and the sounds of the South. Only been there once and I was young... but have always loved it! Thank you so much for your time in creating this channel Robert and Brian... it is loved for sure!
. LOVING YOUR VIDEOS. FOLLOWED YOU INTO A CEMETERY SO FAR AND SHADOWING YOUR FOOTSTEPS. LOVE Y'ALLS RESPECT FOR THE ONES WHO'S HANDS THAT BUILT IT. WISH WE WERE ALL GOOD STEWARDS. THANK YOU FOR SHARING ENJOYED VERY MUCH. NEW SUBSCRIBER. 😃
I just LOVE your videos!! Showing the old cemeteries and old stuctures are AMAZING! I would LOVE to see some of this in person! I think I'd be so emotional just knowing all the souls that's been there and is now gone. If walls could talk, The stories that would be told.... THANK YOU for sharing!
Best service i ever attended was sitting on some ol telephone poles for benches out in middle of woods that were u find him not in a building of brick n stone
Poor old forgotten church.. it's @ 10 years older than my family chuch in Robeson county, founded by my ancestors.. Which BTW, is still attended every Sunday
Wow, I guarantee you would find some coins, rings, jewelry and other artifacts if you went metal detecting around this church and outhouse. I'd imagine they might have used the church for town meetings, hospital during the civil war and for elections and voting at one point or another, church picnics etc. I'd love to see you go back with a team of UA-cam metal detectors and re explore it, and make a video of it and what you found. It would be amazing. There are hidden treasures in the ground all around you there.
My dad built a small country church in a small town in north Louisiana when he and my mom were newly married. About 20 years ago it was torn down for a new one. The new church held a candle lighting service to remember all the original members. I lit the candle for my father. It is so sad that none of us five daughters ever visited the original church. I don't recall ever seeing pictures of it. R.I.P. mom and dad. I love your videos. Thank you.
I’m so happy your channel showed up on my recommended videos on UA-cam yesterday. I just love all of this History. I’ve been binge watching off and on since yesterday. After my mom passed away in March I was going through her stuff and I found a picture of her at maybe 5-6 years old that somebody took of her coming out of the out house in Idaho where she was born and lived until her family all moved to Las Vegas where my grandfather and great grandfather and uncle helped build Hoover Dam. Then they moved to California like my fathers part Muskogee Creek family left Oklahoma and Texas to Southern California and they met in 64 at the Garden Grove Strawberry festival. I’ve got so much cool history in my family line. One of my relatives on my father side died on the titanic Alfred G. Rowe and he was such a nice man he gave up his seat on the lifeboat to somebody else and they later found him frozen on an iceberg
The information you pack into your videos is amazing and fun ...and of all things you went under this beautiful church, that was cool👍🏻 Thank You for doing what you do ☮️🌸🤗
I always think of churches as being filled with music. I kept waiting for one of you to breakout with a little hymn. If I had been there I would not have been able to not honor the memory of those walls and those who attended for decades with a little tune, Amazing Grace comes to mind. Imagine how many times those walls have heard that song.
Very well done. I am an old fella who remembers places like this when I was a child. My dad was once preaching a revival in a church and used the outhouse before preaching. A black widow spider bit him on the bottom . Looking under these churches is a good idea, if you are careful. Children used to drop coins that would fall through the cracks in the floor. Thank you for the adventure.
Today it's all about their bottom line and membership rolls. So politically correct that many are afraid of even mentioning God's name but take to "preaching" soft sermons to tickle the ears of the listeners...much like Joel Osteen and his kind that only present feel good "sermons" while raking in the money like the fallen leaves of autumn.
Thanks a million Sidestep adventure for your likes to my comments. Wishing y'all the best of everything. God bless 😇 you and your friends. Keep up the good work.
That church is truly amazing. You can almost see the people sitting there on a old hot summers day with the windows opened and fanning themselves as the music makes its way out the windows and fills the humid air. Beautiful.
Robert, this small church is lovely! So many memories within its walls, how many shoes on its floor? People married, funerals, baptism services! So many aspects of a persons’ life revolved around their church……amazing find! Even the “convenience” out back cuz one never knew when THAT spirit might move one. I hope someone or some agency will step in and rescue it before it falls down and crumbles into the ground below. That would be a shame for sure! There are ALWAYS those who can make use of a weatherproof building for a night or perhaps longer. Thanks so much for going out to places I can’t and showing me what there was to see! You’ve become one of my top 5 channels!
As the video played I kept thinking I have been there before. When you said the name of the community I then knew where you were. Across the dirt road is a geocache that is part of a tour of Marion Co. There are several across the county that are at historical points of interest.
Tina Gallagher And they all probably "worked the farm" for about everything they had, too. Still, walk a mile to see a friend. Hauled water up from the spring--it was always uphill bringing the cool water back because springs are always "in the bottom." Ppl worked hard. But they'd sit on their porches and sing in the cool of the evening. My Grandma and my mom would tell me stories.
A lot of the wood in the church is probably heart pine which is extremely rare extremely beautiful and heart pine longleaf pine was in Georgia one of the trees they gathered the ryzen in the sap from to make turpentine also the Spanish moss was used for making car seats furniture and in the 1800's for insulation of houses doing a great job guys
This is so nice to see! Many of these places still exist in Georgia, but they are vanishing fast. There was so much more around even when I was a kid in the 1970s, there were tenant and sharecropper houses, barns, sheds & yes, even outhouses, all over rural south Georgia and so many of them are torn down and fallen in now. Please keep up your good work.
*Nice video my friend..that preacher William F. Thompson you mentioned just may be the preacher William F Thompson that im directly related to from the 1800's. I do have a 4th cousin 3 x removed from that area who was a preacher and his name was William Franklin Thompson. Hmmm.*
made me stop and think about this church.....no "church shopping", no political correctness, no entertainment, no sign outside with witty sayings......just worship, Bible preaching, hymn singing and an occasional picnic.....not perfect by a long shot.....but had a lot to be said for it.
Im glad someone else thinks about that. Im not saying other people should, but this is exactly why I quit going to church and started studying at home. Its not church anymore, it is a money trap and a second job and they dont teach the bible.
There is a presence on that property that is GOOD! It is strong and makes a person feel good.It is imprinted there and some of us can still feel it! even the horse racing tract was a good thing.I do not feel any corruption at all.I never did feel the Old South was bad. The Civil War was political just like DC today! There is a website called sonsofthe south.net where you can read the actual letters and books etc by the Generals of the Civil War and others. What they say and what is said about them may surprise most of us?
@NSeiling: People in general try to accuse Christians of wrongdoing. Misplaced energy, yet folks like to judge. But really, only one created being has permission to accuse believers of misconduct, and that is satan himself. It's in the book of Job. God requires mercy and not sacrifice- go learn what this really means! Your comments on this church and this era are true- no frills, just God recievong praise.
Very Good Video and Exploration. I wish I could find an old place like that cheep. Being a Craftsman I could easily Restore it completely by myself. Not really as difficult as most people think. Just have to have the knowledge and time.
You guys are folks after my own heart. Love your channel. I too love to walk through old buildings and imagine the people who gave life to them. Who they were, what kinds of jokes made them laugh, what they liked to do for fun, the dreams they had. I was right there with you at the window, imagining it thrown open on a warm spring day, lively churchgoers lingering around it after a Sunday service to catch up on gossip. Thank you.
Reading very old churches is something that intrigued me for a long time. By looking at the construction method, and updates, you can accurately determine time periods. By checking data on the grave stones, you can determine ethnicity, plagues, wars, droughts, etc. Church's give a lots of community data if you study it. Great video. Thanks.
Yeah I wish I knew where to find the minutes for this one. The other old church I filmed I found studied the minutes for... dating back to the 1830’s. It was so interesting.
Aged about 190 years as far as foundation location in that area. Some indian tribes were around I'm sure. An old Bible would have been a neat find. Thanks for the video; back in the day come back to life. 👍
I love Spanish Moss, the church looks like it can be restored still. There is something so beautiful and Gothic about Spanish Moss in the deep South! Always reminds me of my favorite city St.Augustine, Florida 💕
Hallelujah, Peace be with you, Happy Holy Week, Easter & Pesach; Thank you & your supporters for all Your good works, God bless you… ✝🙀😇🙏 God bless America, in Jesus name, amen.
You all have done a great job videotaping this old church. I am thankful to see it. Perhaps one of you gents could go to whatever little town or county its in and request it to me put on the National Records of Historical Places. Perhaps there might be some hope for this building. Pretty soon the scavengers and coin hunters will tear up the floors an grounds up to find a lost coin or token. Right now the building looks sound enough to repair. I will Request the building be put on the National Records of Historical Places if you would like. Regards from Ody Slim
Sure thing, I generally no longer get involved with trying to get places or sites protected. Generally I find that no one really cares or sees the same historical value that I see. Also if there’s no money to be made on it, the powers that be around here definitely don’t care. Heck, I couldn’t even find someone to fix a damaged grave from the 1860’s that had exposed human remains (bones). So now I just document the sites on video and don’t get involved much otherwise. But you are definitely welcome to recommend it. Maybe if places like this keep getting positive attention and more people interested there will be a greater effort.
I love old buildings but have my own opinion on them. I would like to see it preserved but not modified. I would buy the land because moving it would take away the history. I would also clean it up but not renovate it because i again feel every new piece added takes away from it's history. Even if they use old wood. It is not part of that churches history. I would just buy the land, clean up the church and maintain it to prevent future decay. When you move old buildings or alter the appearance, it is hard to visualize the day when people walked across that grass and walked through those doors. This is just my opinion.
The ship of Theseus! Overall I agree exactly. So many times things that are “preserved” lose their original identity. Which is why I mainly film old, original structures, vs restored ones. The new wood doesn’t hold the old history.
This was a church built before churches decided they needed big fancy multimillion dollar churches. All the money raised went to the people. Wouldn't it be amazing to go back to that way of thinking ????? All preachers really need is a place to preach. It could actually be in a park. God is everywhere folks, not just in multimillion dollar churches.
you said a mouthful there
I agree with you
The people ARE the church, not the buildings. People have lost sight of that.
So true
I miss the old church. Today's churches are too much of the world. Using terms like corporate worship, campuses and services like rock concerts are just wrong.
THANK YOU! For sharing it's beauty. Reminds of a song my momaw used to sing to me:
"Come to the church in the wildwood
Come to the church in the [v]ale
No place is so dear to my childhood
As the little brown church in the [v]ale
She'd sing to me with her clear "Native soul voice" she called it.
And she'd tell me about their sacred little church in the little clearing in the woods they would walk the trail to. And how they'd all bring dishes so after the service they'd "spread dinner on the ground" with quilts under a big old shade tree; and they'd all share in "meals-a-vittles" to make sure the little ones who were hungry got fed, and so no one went home hungry; and how "the children would play among the trees while the grown ups got things all picked up," before they'd all walk their trails back home to get back before sundown. And I could see in her face the joy it brought her. How she missed those days.
I would just picture it all. Now I get to share precious remains, thanks to you.
Thank you for not swinging wild with the camera, and for taking the time to share the historic architectural distinctions! Just Lovely!
Thank you for bringing it's history! You've done the little church and it's community proud! Is there no historical society interested in restoring the historical church? :(
Bless you! All!
(I still have the primitive "shingle hasp" that belonged to my great grandfather. I'm 65 years young.)
Thanks so much for sharing :)))
Shalom ,thank you for sharing , its so good to hear ,I am sure that there was joy and faith in those meetings no matter the poverty and hardship, many blessings in Jesus ,love **
I loved this! Thank you for sharing your Grandmothers memories. 💕
Thank you for sharing your mother's beautiful story.
I don't know if you would be interested, or if you already know the facts behind the song you mentioned. Here is what I found: The Story behind the Song - Church in the Wildwood
Posted on February 26, 2015 By Richard Thompson
Church in the Wildwood isn’t a recently written song.
It was actually composed in 1857 by a young music teacher named William S Pitts as a result of a June visit to Bradford, Iowa. Pitts was on a stagecoach ride that stopped at the town.
During a trip to visit his fiancée in Fredericksburg, Iowa, the stagecoach stopped at Bradford, allowing Pitts to wander through the woodlands there. He happened upon a particularly beautiful spot in a valley close to the Cedar River and an image formed in his mind of a church building at the location.
Returning to his home in Wisconsin and unable to forget about the image, Pitts wrote a poem that he later set to music, saying at its completion, “only then was I at peace with myself”.
When Pitts returned to the area with his wife in 1862 he discovered a church being erected where he had imagined it to be. The church members had been meeting in a variety of temporary rooms until Rev. J.K. Nutting led the drive to create a permanent home for the congregation. Providentially, the very plot where Pitt imagined a church would stand was donated by the family that owned it and soon a church building was erected on the exact spot.
Not only that, the church was being painted brown, the colour mentioned in the song. At the time, Ohio Mineral Paint’s brown paint was the cheapest paint to be found.
During the winter of 1863-1864 Pitts taught a singing class at Bradford Academy. He resurrected the song and tutored his class to sing the song at the dedication of the new church in 1864. This was the first time the song was sung by anyone other than Pitts himself.
In 1865 Pitts moved to Chicago, Illinois, to enrol at Rush Medical College. To pay for his enrolment fees, he sold the rights to the song to a music publisher for $25. He completed medical school, graduating in 1868, but the song was forgotten once again.
After the church closed in 1888 due to an economic downturn in the town, the Society for the Preservation of The Little Brown Church was founded.
In the 1890s evangelists Arthur Chapman and Charles Alexander helped to popularize the song.
By 1914, services were again held in the church. Shortly afterward, the small congregation experienced a revival that attracted new attention to it and to the song, Church in the Wildwood.
Among those who found and loved the song at this time was the Weatherwax Brothers Quartet.
This group of traveling singers journeyed throughout Canada and the USA in the 1920s and 1930s and used The Church in the Wildwood as their trademark song.
As the song grew in popularity, the church has become a popular tourist spot, and remains so today. It attracts thousands of visitors every year to see or be married in the little brown church in the vale.
The Church in the Wildwood was recorded by the Carter Family for RCA Victor Records on October 13, 1932.
In 1994 it was recorded by Bill Clifton and Jimmy Gaudreau for Clifton’s Elf Records. Clifton reflects ……
“Personally, I fell in love with the Carter Family recording of the song when I was a pre-teen…and always enjoyed hearing many other families and groups sing the song over the years. When Red Rector and I recorded a County LP in Roanoke, Virginia, we were joined by several members of The Shenandoah Valley Boys and Church in the Valley was on our to-do list…but it failed to come together quickly enough, and we abandoned it. Some years ago I was in Iowa to perform and to receive an award, and it was at this time that I first got to go to the village, meet the preacher of this little Congregational church and actually sing the song to a couple of dozen members of the congregation and maybe a tourist or two. It sits close to a country road (now hard-surfaced due to a recent governor’s wife complaints about the dust when she visited it) and it continues to be painted brown. It was originally painted brown because brown was the cheapest paint…but I have no idea whether this is still the case.
The church keeps various souvenirs available for purchase…including a brochure about William Pitts, copies of the original sheet music, picture postcards, a booklet that tells the story behind the song etc.”
That church has seen some good old fashioned Southern fire and brimstone preaching.
I just recently found your channel, I'm so glad I did, I'm a 68 yr old lady grew up in the 50's and 60's and we had so much respect for old houses and buildings, so happy to see a young man like yourself to show so much respect. Thank you
If this old church could talk. How many Christmas's were celebrated there. Weddings, funerals. Parishioners long since in their graves. That beam down the center is probably the reason it has not collapsed. Enjoyed it.
As a Baptist Church, they would not have celebrated Christmas as a congregation.
There’s also got to be some cemeteries in the area out in the woods there somewhere
Unit 38 / How many baptisms? There might be records!
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That's the kind of thing I usually think when I see videos like this. If only the walls could talk.
So awesome to see. Think of all the happy moments. The sad moments. Weddings, baptisms, funerals, dedications, prayers and worship.
It’s amazing when you think about the history that’s happened in those walls. And as time moved on around the church it still remains, now those walls only have memories.
RhettyforFun I can't help but think of the many prayers our living loving almighty God still holds in his bottle. Some may not have been answered yet.
I can just imagine hearing the echos of the people singing through the woods. brings a smile to my soul
Amazing scenes. Spanish moss was used to stuff the early model T Fords seats (for anyone who doesn't know).
It's also a parasite on the trees. When it takes "root" on a branch, the rest of the branch further out will eventually die off from lack of nutrition. Eventually, the entire tree will succumb.
I learned something new today.
@@sherlockhemlock1246 I'm sorry yt didn't alert me to your comment sooner. I wasn't aware of that! I have several bunches growing from an aussie native at my back door, and knowing this could now work in my favor! Thanks :)
@@cherietillman9279 so did I! We are all teachers and we are all students. Ahoy from Australia :)
Until they discovered Spanish Moss was full of chiggers! I am itching just typing this!
The outhouse, itself is a treasure! It's standing proud! When us kids would all be outside running around playing while the grown ups visited, I'm not too proud to say we'd use the outhouse that still stood at my great grandparents' home!
I'll never forget how the scent of hickory-wood fires was even on the front porch before ever stepping into their house. The sweet and pungent aroma of generations of hickory-wood fires seeping into the very presence of the home!
Thank you for precious memories!
J Yi those were the days when kids played outside and weren’t involved in any adult conversations. The good ole days
As u were walking through, I closed my eyes, imagining the beautiful singing that must have drifted out the open windows...tyvm for the video, well done!
I once had a Glass worker tell me that actually glass is a liquid. Even though it is “hard” it still flowing. That is why older homes and buildings have “wavy and uneven” glass panes. The glass wants to flow downward. The wavy glass is considered fashionable. Great adventure video.
Bill Capps That's amazing.
Old "rolled glass"was made using metal rollers while the glass still pliable. Sometimes even bubbles would be imbedded in the glass.
Our old hand-blown glass will be the only interesting remnant for future explorers as they sift through mounds of plastic and other garbage many moons from now.
I'm from rural North Carolina originally, my family actually owned some land with an old cabin from the 1800s just over the Virginia line, and I always loved visiting it as a kid. There's just something fascinating about walking through all the old forgotten history that's in places like that.
"Oh come, come, come to the church in the wildwood!"
That song comes to my mind when I am watching this video of yours.
Yes ...and The Old Country Church ua-cam.com/video/b6xZ3k7yHNM/v-deo.html
I visited a Cemetary in Huntsville, Alabama. It was of an Ester’s of mine from generations back. I’m from Colorado and did not grow up down there or anywhere in the south. The huge Moore family still resides there. My great, great grandfather left the acres for the 7 Seven Day Adventice college which is still active. It was originally a school that black youth attended since they had few others. Now it is attended by all races. I loved watching this.
My mother-n-law who was born in the early 1900's told me , her church would would hold picnics after service on the 5th Sunday of the month. If you look at a calendar, some months have 5 Sunday's. Church members would bring their own food and the families would hold the picnic, in a clearing, outside the church.
There's an outhouse just like that one in a cemetery in Arbela, Missouri. That cemetery has grave stones dating back from the mid to late 1700's. There are also up to date graves as well. It's upkept by a local farmer, Mr. Harvey.
Oh you look beautiful .
Hugh...??
There used to be an outhouse like it in a cemetery near Novinger, Missouri, I'm from Kirksville
I love Missouri
That church is bittersweet, I bet it's seen some good ole gospel preached and its sad to see it in such ruins.
Amazingly, There is still the presence of LIFE! His presence is there!
Makes you wonder how many souls were won there?
Makes you wonder how any people's brain were filled with hatred there
@William Matthews why should people go around hating others because some supreme being said so?
Levitucus 20:13
Exodus 21:20
Those are just what I could think up at the moment. But the real beef i have with god, the Christian god, because that's what most Americans think is god, is that , if he exists , he let's children be raped. What goddamn maniac let's children be raped and scarred, physically, mentally and emotionally for the rest of their lives or until they commit suicide ? Why just not prevent the rape to begin with ? Why not smite their attacker(s) ? Is he waiting until the attackers die to send them to hell, and he's just sitting back and thinking I'll let them do this but I'll get them later ? That's a pretty fucked up thing to do. Why won't he heal people with diseases ? Or if he does heal some , why not all , and make it clear that he is lord, or at least has the power to do that ? Why let some people live their whole lives in agony from disease, going bankrupt from the cost of treatment , all the while their praying to the point of sobbing , that god will heal them and no answer comes and they die a horrible death, but they were told all their lives that God would heal them .? And someone dying of a disease is not "healing". Healing would that person suddenly getting test results back that read negative on an illness, and them going back to how they were , to have their mind back and be physically fit, and then we'd have to figure out if it actually was a god that did it or another reason. What sick being would let infants die before they had a chance to live life ? Some say that well they belong to god, but if they only lived for 1 month, 6 months , a year , whatever , if their gods , why waste the time to create them , let it bond with its parent(s), then go through a disease , or wreck , etc, and then die? Why put the child and their family through that? That's an evil thing to do. Why let animals drown in floods, or burn alive in fires ? Why let them suffer through that? They've done nothing wrong , supposedly. Why won't he just take them to safety , just snap his fingers? I don't believe in the bible and theres no reason I should. I have no reason to believe the words in a book just because they said an important person is the main character . The Noahs ark story is laughable at best . Do you really expect people to believe that two of every species on the planet walked/flew/slithered/ swam to the middle east, all of them got on a boat and they sailed around for 40 days and nights ? How did they keep the polar bears and the other arctic animals cold ? Where did they put the food for just the elephants ?they need massive amounts every day. What about the meat eaters , where did they keep all their meat , without spoiling ? Did God divinely feed them manna and keep the Arctic animals cold, did he shrink all the animals down so he could fit all.pf them on the ark? Doesnt say he did or didnt in the bible, What about the fish ? Some fish can't live in freshwater and some can't live in saltwater , but if the waters reached the tallest peaks , the tallest mountains, then those waters would have mixed and that would have been detrimental to the fish. Were there two of every fish on the Ark as well ? Doesn't say that in there either , but it is a legitimate curiosity . There is more I'd like to add but I've got to work tomorrow. But in closing , I have no respect for any god, much less the Christian god. I never will and the only time I'd ever say anything different is if I was not in control of my body , which if a god has to take control of my body so that I worship them or respect them , that's a pretty petty god. If they have to manipulate me to do those things instead of showing me why they are worthy or that they aren't a dictator with just their thoughts in mind , but also have my own in mind and that they have a good plan for me , then why would I or should I respect them ? Can they not operate by the golden rule ? Treat others like you want to be treated. Or would they just throw their weight around because they were divine ? I don't respect that. There's no reason I should respect someone that just throws their weight around and says love me or you'll burn forever. I have no use for a god and I do not and will.not respect one. I live my life by being the best I can be, by being fair , by loving people that are different , even if their gay, trans, black, asian, etc. I'm no better than they are but I am better than the god that says to kill gay people. What kind of God creates people , let's Satan supposedly talk them into sin , which turns them into liking their own sex and then gets mad about it? Why not just renew their minds and make them like the opposite sex? Why not reveal himself to them , teach them his way of doing things and most importantly ,why they should give a shit, and prove to them it's wrong and not just something he happens to not like ? That's a pretty pathetic god, seems to just be able to reveal himself in a book written by man , that's been translated from different versions , having words taken out and new ones substituted , which is what happens with different versions and what about Revelation 22:18-19? Where God says those who add or take away from his book are cursed or will not see heaven. Are the people that have these different versions cursed? Is there a true version? Which one? The KJV 1611? , the ESV? The NLT? He sure does a piss poor job of making things simple for his creation to follow him, he doesn't give signs of his presence. And if he does we humans can't always understand them , and that's a failure on God's part , because as the supreme being of the universe , surely he'd know how to convince and what measures to tahe, after all , he knows our thoughts and how our brains work, supposedly.. Long story short, God is worthless and is unworthy of worship .
William Mathews are you going to answer me or not ?
Great to see someone else who loves history
As I watched this one of my Mom's favorite hymns kept running through my mind, "The Church in the Wildwood". Thanks for the tour.
Each time you gentlemen take a step I'm like "oh be careful, oh boy be careful."
I really enjoyed this video. Thank you, stay safe.
The life that once filled that church, really makes ya think of the people, how they dressed back then, in their Sunday best. Thanks so much for sharing this. Too bad you didn't come across an old prayer book, or Bible or choir hymnal. Again thank you.
A moment of a vintage hymn being played as background, would have totally transported us back to its day.😊
I found your channel last night while trying to sleep. Seriously this is some great content. I’ve been obsessed with history and genealogy for the past 10+ years and this channel fits that perfectly. I’m also a nature lover, but am disabled so I don’t get out much anymore. Love following your adventures!
Beautiful Not just a Church for sermons palace for babtiasims funerals but courthouse a meeting place what history it holds the story’s it could tell how amazing
reminds me of my grandparents house-they had that same floor,same wiring-it had been a school,same windows,double seater outt house
It's so sad to see these old buildings just being left to fall
down to the ground . They are not just old wooden structures they
are literally history before our eyes.
It appears that no one seems remotely interested in trying to save
any of them that you have shown us.
Images are all we will have soon but just imagine if you could just
save one of them!!
I guess it's money and time BUT that would be a great project and indeed
a lasting legacy for future generations.
It would beat just looking at images don't you think!!!
Many thanks for this great channel you have.
You get out of church what you put into going and learning.Often people leave for some dis agreement among members and that is when the church needs you the most! Try and stick it out!
The reward maybe more than you ever hoped for. Love these old church buildings that have been abandoned. They tell us history,not so much about the Bible but about how and what they were built with what kind of people "raised" them.
Jarene Teters Very true !!
That's beautiful. It's amazing how these buildings withstood storms.
I'm not surprised on how they've withstood storms... it is the house, or was, of God.
Excellent video!! You moved slowly enough to see everything well! Your narrative was very easy to listen to and understand!! I appreciate your not rushing!! Could’ve used a tad more light in some darker areas, but GREAT job!! Very enjoyable!!
Poor lighting only intensifies the exploration. My opinion. Maybe you? I did enjoy this.
Wow! So cool. I love seeing old buildings like this still standing after soooo many years. Surrounded by all those trees covered with Spanish moss. Beautiful 😊
What a most wonderful Church. Thank you for the brief history of the town. Glad you did not crawl under the Church I shuddered when you said you were going to, lot of nasty looking holes under that Church. Our big problem with deadly spiders in my home area are Funnel Webs & Trap Door Spiders. The Rattlers you are welcome to, we have own our share of deadly snakes. Anyway this was a most beautiful video, love seeing old Churches well, this one wow. Thanks again from Australia.
This place looks like it's a movie set. Beautiful
It really does and is.
My livingroom windows have the really old wavy glass and it looks so pretty when the sun is directly on them. Have no plans to replacing them, although every winter I have to cover them with window plastic because they are not really winterized.
That is one way antique hunters check furniture that has glass to see if any of the glass on the piece has been replaced. If one is real smooth and perfect then they know they are not 100% as all antique.
Can you imagine the hymns being sung and how wonderful it must have sounded.
Wonder if someone started an old country church. No music, no concert church, just real truth. How many show up.
I would LOOOVE to be there.♡
Still can feel the presence of what happened there! that property would be worth having for that reason! It is in the earth here. It will never leave!
Jeanie Delgado Amen!
A humble church bldg!! Precious memories there I'm sure. Thanks for video.
Thank you guys for sharing your video. The church would be packed on Sundays. Then you would have lunch on the grounds. Which were called potluck lunch. Each family of the church. Would bring a dish. And everybody would share what they brought. Mothers would bring one or two quilts. They would be laid out on the ground. For the families to sit on. And eat their lunch. Shame that the church couldn' be restored. Lot of lovely memories in the church. And the outhouse everybody. Used them back in them days. They had two sitters or three sitters. Sears and Roebuck catalogs. Was placed for your convenience. And each time you went in. You check to be sure. The catalog was in its place. The outhouse was a good ways from the house. So if you hollered nobody could hear you. Somebody would miss you sooner or later. And come looking for you.
Well done video! Y’all provide beautiful videography, great history, great attention to fine detail, and you’re very respectful-the focus is on your subject, not how many "selfie" opportunities can you produce. This won’t be the last Sidestep Adventures I watch.
Thank you for posting it.
Heeey, I really like this channel. A bunch of handsome men exploring and explaining, that’s my kind of UA-cam watching. Keep up the amazing work guys 👍🏽
Thanks!
What a beautiful church ❤️😍😍
You do a great service to us as Americans. Many, have relatives nation wide who could appreciate this kind of things! From sea to shining sea! Let God be honored for those who have gone before us! Amen! Thank you!!
As a current pastor and a continuous history buff- I loved this video!!! I can absolutely imagine the pastor and congregation meeting and worshipping!! Thank you for the tour!!
interesting video, I love these old buildings and the history that goes with them.
Awesome video! The emptiness and abandoned of this church reminds me of how many of the young people no longer believe in God or worship other than their self-serving direction. Thanks for sharing
Sure Glad you got this Church on Video before it's gone.
1830 Wow. 30 YRS before the Civil War.
Interesting
Like all these Videos
lbbradley55 I engy seeing old building?
I l8ke old buildings
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Yeah... Gives you something to think about. How things were. I enjoy all these old places & Buildings.
I enjoyed this although I get somewhat saddened to see things like this that have fallen into such disrepair. Here in NE Ohio, there still are some outhouses far out in rural areas, not many but still a few, far from access to electric power. There are some people that prefer to live far from small towns and live a primitive lifestyle like those did who moved west 200 years ago in wagon trains.
Absolutely beautiful!!! I love your adventures. More Please ;)
God Bless, Y'all be safe out there.
I like how you point out certain pertinent historic details, like the square nails, the wavy glass, so young people can learn what things were like! I’m stoked !
Brian ... I think the way you describe the beauty of old building , etc... is how I look at them also. There is just something that draws me to them and I see beauty in the ruin... especially the old Churches!
I remember when my sister lived in South Carolina for a year and we went to visit... I fell I. Love with the moss on the trees and the sounds of the South. Only been there once and I was young... but have always loved it!
Thank you so much for your time in creating this channel Robert and Brian... it is loved for sure!
Beautiful old church. 😊👍
thank you for takeing me back in time, and i believe a better time..
. LOVING YOUR VIDEOS. FOLLOWED YOU INTO A CEMETERY SO FAR AND SHADOWING YOUR FOOTSTEPS. LOVE Y'ALLS RESPECT FOR THE ONES WHO'S HANDS THAT BUILT IT. WISH WE WERE ALL GOOD STEWARDS. THANK YOU FOR SHARING
ENJOYED VERY MUCH. NEW SUBSCRIBER. 😃
Love old buildings! Thank you for sharing this awesome place💕
Thanks for sharing this video and, wishing that someone. Someday will rebuilt that church. God bless 😇 y'all.
Thankyou 4 showing such beautiful history before its gone. It's so important to remember the past
I just LOVE your videos!! Showing the old cemeteries and old stuctures are AMAZING! I would LOVE to see some of this in person! I think I'd be so emotional just knowing all the souls that's been there and is now gone.
If walls could talk,
The stories that would be told....
THANK YOU for sharing!
Thank you!
Best service i ever attended was sitting on some ol telephone poles for benches out in middle of woods that were u find him not in a building of brick n stone
Poor old forgotten church.. it's @ 10 years older than my family chuch in Robeson county, founded by my ancestors.. Which BTW, is still attended every Sunday
fireball1322 WOW
Wow, I guarantee you would find some coins, rings, jewelry and other artifacts if you went metal detecting around this church and outhouse. I'd imagine they might have used the church for town meetings, hospital during the civil war and for elections and voting at one point or another, church picnics etc. I'd love to see you go back with a team of UA-cam metal detectors and re explore it, and make a video of it and what you found. It would be amazing. There are hidden treasures in the ground all around you there.
My dad built a small country church in a small town in north Louisiana when he and my mom were newly married. About 20 years ago it was torn down for a new one. The new church held a candle lighting service to remember all the original members. I lit the candle for my father. It is so sad that none of us five daughters ever visited the original church. I don't recall ever seeing pictures of it. R.I.P. mom and dad.
I love your videos. Thank you.
Thanks a million for your likes to my comments. God bless 😇 y'all.
I’m so happy your channel showed up on my recommended videos on UA-cam yesterday. I just love all of this History. I’ve been binge watching off and on since yesterday. After my mom passed away in March I was going through her stuff and I found a picture of her at maybe 5-6 years old that somebody took of her coming out of the out house in Idaho where she was born and lived until her family all moved to Las Vegas where my grandfather and great grandfather and uncle helped build Hoover Dam. Then they moved to California like my fathers part Muskogee Creek family left Oklahoma and Texas to Southern California and they met in 64 at the Garden Grove Strawberry festival. I’ve got so much cool history in my family line. One of my relatives on my father side died on the titanic Alfred G. Rowe and he was such a nice man he gave up his seat on the lifeboat to somebody else and they later found him frozen on an iceberg
About the glass. Glass was very expensive , smaller pcs were cheaper to ship
What wonderful history, loving your showing it!!! Oh my, the lives who worshipped there, what a story it could tell. Thanks!
The information you pack into your videos is amazing and fun ...and of all things you went under this beautiful church, that was cool👍🏻 Thank You for doing what you do ☮️🌸🤗
I appreciate you showing us this old church I will pray that it gets restored so not all of our history gets erased
I always think of churches as being filled with music. I kept waiting for one of you to breakout with a little hymn. If I had been there I would not have been able to not honor the memory of those walls and those who attended for decades with a little tune, Amazing Grace comes to mind. Imagine how many times those walls have heard that song.
Very well done. I am an old fella who remembers places like this when I was a child. My dad
was once preaching a revival in a church and used the outhouse before preaching. A black
widow spider bit him on the bottom . Looking under these churches is a good idea, if you are
careful. Children used to drop coins that would fall through the cracks in the floor. Thank you
for the adventure.
So enjoy these adventures ! Music is great . Loved how much detail you show
A much simpler time , they still faced challenges but non of this modern garbage of today makes me long for a simpler time. Thanks!
I bet they heard the truer word of God in this building then they do nowadays in churches.
no LGBT.
Today it's all about their bottom line and membership rolls. So politically correct that many are afraid of even mentioning God's name but take to "preaching" soft sermons to tickle the ears of the listeners...much like Joel Osteen and his kind that only present feel good "sermons" while raking in the money like the fallen leaves of autumn.
I avoid church religiously.
Yeah, that makes sense.
@Thystaff Thywill Not the church I attend:)
Amen! Truthfully I miss those churches.
sad thats the kind of church were preaching the word of God was awesome
Thanks a million Sidestep adventure for your likes to my comments. Wishing y'all the best of everything. God bless 😇 you and your friends. Keep up the good work.
That church is truly amazing.
You can almost see the people sitting there on a old hot summers day with the windows opened and fanning themselves as the music makes its way out the windows and fills the humid air.
Beautiful.
Love old church's thanks for sharing wish you guys could Restore it .share more places.
Absolutely brilliant! Thanks I enjoy these vids so interesting thanks from Bath England
Robert, this small church is lovely! So many memories within its walls, how many shoes on its floor? People married, funerals, baptism services! So many aspects of a persons’ life revolved around their church……amazing find! Even the “convenience” out back cuz one never knew when THAT spirit might move one.
I hope someone or some agency will step in and rescue it before it falls down and crumbles into the ground below. That would be a shame for sure!
There are ALWAYS those who can make use of a weatherproof building for a night or perhaps longer.
Thanks so much for going out to places I can’t and showing me what there was to see! You’ve become one of my top 5 channels!
Outstanding! What a picture of another time. Well done.
As the video played I kept thinking I have been there before. When you said the name of the community I then knew where you were. Across the dirt road is a geocache that is part of a tour of Marion Co. There are several across the county that are at historical points of interest.
built by hand tools-- weathered storms, wars and so on. STILL standing. Today's buildings fall in a few years. Makes you think.
Tina Gallagher And they all probably "worked the farm" for about everything they had, too. Still, walk a mile to see a friend. Hauled water up from the spring--it was always uphill bringing the cool water back because springs are always "in the bottom." Ppl worked hard. But they'd sit on their porches and sing in the cool of the evening. My Grandma and my mom would tell me stories.
If they don't fall down they're knocked down
in the name of so called progress.
I long for the past.
Ikr it's amazing!
I was thinking the same thing.
I know it’s old, but I hate that it will be torn down .
A lot of the wood in the church is probably heart pine which is extremely rare extremely beautiful and heart pine longleaf pine was in Georgia one of the trees they gathered the ryzen in the sap from to make turpentine also the Spanish moss was used for making car seats furniture and in the 1800's for insulation of houses doing a great job guys
Thank you for the input Joyce Gaines.
Joyce Gaines, we had moss pickers come in by us even into the early 1990's.
Fantastic video, really loved this glimpse into the past. Thank you
Love sidestep adventures. Always feel like I'm there with you. Thanks
This is so nice to see! Many of these places still exist in Georgia, but they are vanishing fast. There was so much more around even when I was a kid in the 1970s, there were tenant and sharecropper houses, barns, sheds & yes, even outhouses, all over rural south Georgia and so many of them are torn down and fallen in now. Please keep up your good work.
Yes, when I was growing up there was so much more. It is vanishing so quickly. That’s why I started doing this sort of thing, to document these places
Awesome adventure on the old church guys!! I been out exploring and getting a few pics of some of the old houses and buildings near me😊😊😊
That old church has beautiful aged wood, and old glass.
Hope somebody salvaged it.
*Nice video my friend..that preacher William F. Thompson you mentioned just may be the preacher William F Thompson that im directly related to from the 1800's. I do have a 4th cousin 3 x removed from that area who was a preacher and his name was William Franklin Thompson. Hmmm.*
Wow! That would be amazing.
@@AdventuresIntoHistory what state is this in?
Awesome video. Love this kind of video. Churches of this age fascinate me. Thank you guys
Me too, and thank you.
made me stop and think about this church.....no "church shopping", no political correctness, no entertainment, no sign outside with witty sayings......just worship, Bible preaching, hymn singing and an occasional picnic.....not perfect by a long shot.....but had a lot to be said for it.
Im glad someone else thinks about that. Im not saying other people should, but this is exactly why I quit going to church and started studying at home. Its not church anymore, it is a money trap and a second job and they dont teach the bible.
And the exact opposite turn on "brothers", startling.
There is a presence on that property that is GOOD! It is strong and makes a person feel good.It is imprinted there and some of us can still feel it! even the horse racing tract was a good thing.I do not feel any corruption at all.I never did feel the Old South was bad. The Civil War was political just like DC today! There is a website called sonsofthe south.net where you can read the actual letters and books etc by the Generals of the Civil War and others. What they say and what is said about them may surprise most of us?
@NSeiling:
People in general try to accuse Christians of wrongdoing. Misplaced energy, yet folks like to judge. But really, only one created being has permission to accuse believers of misconduct, and that is satan himself. It's in the book of Job. God requires mercy and not sacrifice- go learn what this really means! Your comments on this church and this era are true- no frills, just God recievong praise.
Now days it is on TV and they say send a Hundred up a Thousand dollars to make that Joker richer. Just sayin.
I love old buildings like that. So glad you explore those too!
Very Good Video and Exploration. I wish I could find an old place like that cheep. Being a Craftsman I could easily Restore it completely by myself. Not really as difficult as most people think. Just have to have the knowledge and time.
You guys are folks after my own heart. Love your channel. I too love to walk through old buildings and imagine the people who gave life to them. Who they were, what kinds of jokes made them laugh, what they liked to do for fun, the dreams they had. I was right there with you at the window, imagining it thrown open on a warm spring day, lively churchgoers lingering around it after a Sunday service to catch up on gossip. Thank you.
Reading very old churches is something that intrigued me for a long time. By looking at the construction method, and updates, you can accurately determine time periods. By checking data on the grave stones, you can determine ethnicity, plagues, wars, droughts, etc. Church's give a lots of community data if you study it. Great video. Thanks.
Yeah I wish I knew where to find the minutes for this one. The other old church I filmed I found studied the minutes for... dating back to the 1830’s. It was so interesting.
Aged about 190 years as far as foundation location in that area. Some indian tribes were around I'm sure. An old Bible would have been a neat find. Thanks for the video; back in the day come back to life. 👍
I love Spanish Moss, the church looks like it can be restored still. There is something so beautiful and Gothic about Spanish Moss in the deep South! Always reminds me of my favorite city St.Augustine, Florida 💕
Beautiful old church
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You all have done a great job videotaping this old church. I am thankful to see it. Perhaps one of you gents
could go to whatever little town or county its in and request it to me put on the National Records of Historical Places.
Perhaps there might be some hope for this building. Pretty soon the scavengers and coin hunters will tear up
the floors an grounds up to find a lost coin or token. Right now the building looks sound enough to repair. I will Request
the building be put on the National Records of Historical Places if you would like. Regards from Ody Slim
Sure thing, I generally no longer get involved with trying to get places or sites protected. Generally I find that no one really cares or sees the same historical value that I see. Also if there’s no money to be made on it, the powers that be around here definitely don’t care.
Heck, I couldn’t even find someone to fix a damaged grave from the 1860’s that had exposed human remains (bones).
So now I just document the sites on video and don’t get involved much otherwise. But you are definitely welcome to recommend it. Maybe if places like this keep getting positive attention and more people interested there will be a greater effort.
I love old buildings but have my own opinion on them. I would like to see it preserved but not modified. I would buy the land because moving it would take away the history. I would also clean it up but not renovate it because i again feel every new piece added takes away from it's history. Even if they use old wood. It is not part of that churches history. I would just buy the land, clean up the church and maintain it to prevent future decay. When you move old buildings or alter the appearance, it is hard to visualize the day when people walked across that grass and walked through those doors. This is just my opinion.
The ship of Theseus!
Overall I agree exactly. So many times things that are “preserved” lose their original identity. Which is why I mainly film old, original structures, vs restored ones. The new wood doesn’t hold the old history.
@@AdventuresIntoHistory how can i buy
Very good opinion. Makes very good sense to me!