Article September 7, 1899 Issue

Miscellany

The leading denominations prevailing among the mountains of Virginia, Kentucky and the adjoining states are Methodists and Baptists, and as a rule they are fairly well divided among the mountaineers, but occasionally, for some reason or other, an entire community will be of one faith.

One season my work took me to a remote section on the head waters of a small creek about twenty-five miles from the north fork of the Kentucky River, and I had not been there long until I discovered that all my neighbors were Methodists. They had a good hewed-log meeting house and a Sunday School, and were thriving as a congregation.

There was one old chap, though, who didn't seem to be an enthusiast in the cause, and one day I got to talking to him about the condition of affairs.

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