Within the Walls of Mount Pisgah

By Rev. Dr. Virginia Franklin Davis

Within the Walls of Mount Pisgah

I am always reminded that love is not love until you give it away. So I decided to show my love by writing this book that all members can get and read. This is done through the entire history with words and pictures. This will let all know that I have come this way and that my life was not in vain.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 11, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543438031

Rev. Dr. Virginia Franklin Davis

Rev. Dr. Virginia Franklin Davis was born in Marion, South Carolina, to the late Lotto Franklin and Lizzie McDonald Franklin. Reverend Davis is the third of eight children. She received her high school education from Marion County Training School; a bachelor’s degree from Allen University, Columbia, South Carolina; a master’s degree in theology with emphasis on Christian education; and a doctorate in Christian education from Cathedral Bible College of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She also attended South Carolina State University of Columbia, South Carolina, and Francis Marion College of Florence, South Carolina. The South Carolina State Department of Education certified Reverend Davis in elementary education, special education, exceptional children, and history and social studies. She is also certified by the South Carolina case managers of those suffering from chronic mental illness. Reverend Davis is licensed and ordained from Driskell Tabernacle Baptist Church, Dublin, Georgia. She has three children, eight grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. She has published three books: This Boat Is Too Small, Beside the Brook, and The Door Is Open. Reverend Davis has a radio program, which is heard on WJAY every Sunday afternoon for the last nineteen years. Reverend Davis has retired from the public school system and currently resides in Marion County, South Carolina.

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This book is dedicated to all the members of Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, which is located on Henry McGill Jr. Street in Marion, South Carolina. As I set in the pulpit, watching the members going and coming, I find nothing but love for all and desire to do something for all.

I am always reminded that love is not love until you give it away. So I decided to show my love by writing this book that all members can get and read. This is done through the entire history with words and pictures. This will let all know that I have come this way and that my living was not in vain. Thanks to Delores J. Wilson, Patricia Jones, Gwendolyn Green, Jimmy Jones, Jeanette Scott, Tonya McKenzie, Tassie Lewis Grant, and Yvonne Lesane (my typist).

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Contents

Preface

Mount Pisgah Baptist Church History

Sweet Hour of Prayer

Church Covenant

Autobiography

Fifty Years at Mount Pisgah

Mount Pisgah

THE WHITE HOUSE

Happy Anniversary!

Best wishes,

God Bless

Congratulations and Godspeed to

Missionary Board

Happy anniversary and best wishes,

In loving memory of

In loving memory of

Congratulations and happy fiftieth anniversary

In loving memory

Happy anniversary and best wishes

Congratulations

In loving memory of Mr. Ernest L. Irick Sr.

In memory of our loving parents

Best wishes to our pastor and first lady

God bless

Fifty years of learning, praising, and living the love of Jesus

Best wishes to our pastor and first lady,

Congratulations,

Congratulations to our pastor and first lady

In loving memory

Pastor’s Patron Ad

First Lady Patron Ad

Durham Ministerial Alliance

First African American