“Judy prays, Margaret shouts, and John exhorts, so it seems, that among them all, you might get up some pretty good meetings.”
“May the Lord abundantly bless you, Mars Lawson, for such kindness to a race striving under difficulties, to serve God,” Uncle Horace replied.
Prior to this, he had only held religious services in his own home, but the invitation from Mr. Fort gave him fresh courage, and he retired that night with thankfulness in his heart, and a firm resolve to live up to the Divine light that had been given him.
Of the two ministers who assisted in Uncle Horace’s ordination, I will speak briefly.
Rev. W. S. Adams was the eldest son of Reuben Adams; the latter came to Tennessee from North Carolina in 1812, and settled on the bank of Red River in Robertson county, near where the first old Red River Church building stood.
He was a penniless orphan boy, but by industry, and economy, was soon able to buy a small farm. Land at that date, was very cheap.
He was married early in life, to Miss Priscilla Robinson, who made him a pleasant companion.
In the early 50’s, the Edgefield and Kentucky Railroad Co. had civil engineers to blaze the path for the first railroad that ran through this section.
A depot was built, and the little station called Adams, in honor of Mr. Reuben Adams. On account of this railroad passing through his premises, the value of his land was greatly increased, and from that time on, he was able to assist his children financially.
Growing up while his father was poor, Rev. William Adams had but few educational advantages. He professed religion in his youth, and was often heard to remark, that most he knew of the Bible, was learned in Sunday school.