Download or read book Historic Churches in Texas written by ,William and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-06-20 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of historic churches in Texas is the story of the Anglo-American and European immigrants in Texas. It is the story of the struggle of three cultures trying to coexist in an empty and often hostile land: the Native Americans, the Mexicans, and the immigrants. It is the story of circuit-riding preachers tirelessly, clandestinely crisscrossing Texas, bringing the Protestant word of God to the people in a land where, prior to Texas's independence, only Catholicism was legal. It is the story of a people who successfully fought and won their independence to build a nation. It is the story of Texas. Over the past ten years, my wife and I have visited and photographed almost one thousand historic churches in Texas. We have seen stunningly beautiful stained-glass windows, listened to the rich tones of Texas's largest organ, and prayed in the smallest active Catholic Church in the world. We visited the oldest Polish church in the United States in Panna Maria, lingered with spirits in an abandoned church in Nacogdoches, and were dazzled by the bright colors and designs found in the Catholic Cathedral in Beaumont. In Berlin, we held a silver communion cup donated to the church in 1889, and in San Antonio we touched the sarcophagus where the remains of Alamo heroes William Travis, David Crockett, and James Bowie are said to be kept. The photographs and text, which was jointly written by William and Mary Pamela Schaefer, are attempts to capture the important history and the quiet beauty of the 186 historic Texas churches presented in this book.

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Download or read book History of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cleveland Tennessee 1837 1987 written by Ann Morelock and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an extremely modest beginning in a log courthouse in 1837, the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Cleveland has arrived, through numerous struggles, at a well-established congregation housed in a beautiful building. Dedication and determination have produced results. The period covered is from the foundation of the church in 1837 to its sesquicentennial year of 1987. - Foreword.

Download or read book Texas Public Buildings of the Nineteenth Century written by Willard Bethurem Robinson and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1974 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Todd Webb and Willard B. Robinson describe the warmth, fine scale, and beauty of churches, courthouses, federal buildings, hotels and commercial palaces.

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Download or read book A Texas Baptist Power Struggle written by Joseph Everett Early and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Tells how Samuel Augustus Hayden, almost destroyed the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT). In the final decades of the nineteenth century, Hayden caused such unrest among Texas Baptists, that he was expelled from the state body. He created the Baptist Missionary Association (BMA), which continued to fight perceived oppression by the BGCT.