| ||||||||||
 
Dr. Ronald P. Rogers CHIROPRACTOR Support for your body's natural healing capabilities 270-384-5554 Click here for details 
  
Columbia Gas Dept. GAS LEAK or GAS SMELL Contact Numbers 24 hrs/ 365 days 270-384-2006 or 9-1-1 Call before you dig 
Visit ColumbiaMagazine's Directory of Churches Addresses, times, phone numbers and more for churches in Adair County Find Great Stuff in ColumbiaMagazine's Classified Ads Antiques, Help Wanted, Autos, Real Estate, Legal Notices, More... 
|
Paul Patton recalls story of a moving service at Creelsboro community church There was a pragmatic, earthly explanation for 'spirituality' the evangelist at the protracted meeting believed he encountered when first surveying the crowd from long ago By Paul Patton The wonderful picture of the Creelsboro Church of the Nazarene called to my mind a story from the long ago. There was as time when this was the only church building in the community and was shared by different denominations who held meetings there from time to time. This particular story, told to me by the late Thomas R. Bledsoe, probably took place in the early 1900's before there were any stock laws and farm animals roamed at will throughout the area. In the Christian Church there was a red-haired evangelist by the name of Ira M. Boswell. He had been engaged to hold a protracted meeting at Creelsboro at the church building now known as the Church of the Nazarene. Preacher Boswell came by steam boat to Creelsboro, was met by some of the brethren in the community and on a given date began the revival. He said that the first night of the meeting the house was packed and people were standing on the outside as well. When he entered the building and took his position at the pulpit he surveyed the audience and judged it to be the most spiritual congregation he had ever addressed. Not one person was sitting still. Everyone was in motion, moving from side to side, some rising and going through unusual motions. Come to find out, it was not the Holy Spirit which was moving them, but fleas. It seems that hogs had been sleeping under the meeting house and fleas had infested the building and were all over the people gathered there. In the process of time the building was rid of the fleas and the meeting was carried out with great success. - Paul Patton See related: Memories of dinners on the ground, revivals at Creelsboro church This story was posted on 2012-04-23 07:44:13
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know. More articles from topic News:
The Heavenly Heirs, Glasgow, KY, at Tabor, April 29, 2012 Memories of dinners on the ground, revivals at Creelsboro church (Ad) Yard Sales season is here. Reminder to send Free listings. Justin Walker takes first place in 2012 Pinewood Derby Chloe, black and white Border Collie, missing in Milltown area The KTC Russell Creek Bridge Project will make biking better Rob Wilkerson sends thank you following sad news about Lexi CAUD Announces: BOIL WATER ADVISORY LIFTED JIM Gem: Priceless provenance - CR menu hung at Ol' Joe's BBQ It's Earth Day: April 22, 2012 View even more articles in topic News |
 
115 Jamestown St. Columbia, KY. 270-384-2496 
  
   
 Provided by the Adair Co Fiscal Court and the Adair Co. Emergency Mgt. Agency 
|
||||||||
|
| ||||||||||
|
Quick Links to Popular Features
Looking for a story or picture? Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com. | ||||||||||
|
Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728. Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.
| ||||||||||
