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The Gospel Movement in Our Ancestors Stories

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History in My Hands

Last year, my mother shared an article* she’d discovered that shed light on the childhood of my grandmother’s great-grandmother (who was still alive when my grandmother was young). Sold away, at age eight, from her mother and brothers in Charleston, South Carolina, Daphney came to settle in East Tennessee at age ten. The day she’d been taken away, her mother, Sylvia, urged her not to cry and “to be a good girl, and to say her prayers and to remember who she was.”

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Looking Back

* Monroe Life Magazine, Winter 2013 Issue, pp 24-25.

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10 comments

Tabi Upton March 27, 2014 - 2:55 pm
Wow. For some reason, I have been thinking about my awe of the ancestors who endured slavery so we, modern African Americans, could enjoy freedom. Yes, we owe them so much, and we must remember that what we do now matters for generations to come. Praise God for loving us soooo much. Great job, Jerilyn. This was an excellent and uplifting article.
Jerilyn Sanders March 31, 2014 - 3:49 pm
Thank you, Tabi.
Audra March 27, 2014 - 8:03 pm
Very well put niece. Your grandparents would be so proud that you recognize that their struggles and others were not in vain. To God be the glory! Audra
george canady March 28, 2014 - 9:48 am
Thank you for this. It adds to my understanding of different ways God keeps His remnant.
Jerilyn Sanders March 31, 2014 - 3:44 pm
Thank you for sharing, George. It really is something to consider how God's hand is always at work even when our human understanding is so limited.
Ann Hitchcock Boyd March 28, 2014 - 10:43 pm
Jerilyn, great article and so happy to see more and more of our family sharing the stories my mother, Dorothy Melton Hitchcock, memorized while she lived with her grandmother, Daphney Patience Chestnut Melton. You would definitely love to see the entire Melton history that my sister Claudia wrote down for us. There was another great article in http://www.nooga.com a few days ago that you may also enjoy. Beth Salem Church: A lasting Christian legacy in McMinn County
Jerilyn Sanders March 31, 2014 - 3:48 pm
Thanks for adding this story to the conversation, Cousin! Please let me know where I can get Claudia's history. It is so exciting to get these glimpses into the past, even if they're incomplete and raise more questions. I feel like we honor the memory and the struggle of our ancestors by doing this -- and staying faithful to the "God of their weary years."
Ronaé April 1, 2014 - 5:11 pm
Thank you for sharing this Jerilyn, so encouraging and uplifting. I can't help but be moved by the love of God and the strength of our people because of him!
kimberly July 13, 2014 - 9:48 am
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing your story and His faithfulness.

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