The First Presbyterian Church-GHM 011-17-Bibb Co
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Sprinterman
N 32° 50.315 W 083° 37.770
17S E 253880 N 3636456
At the church on Mulberry Street, Macon
Waymark Code: WM7E3Z
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/12/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
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Organized as the Presbyterian Church of Macon on June 18, 1826, by the Rev. Benjamin Gildersleeve and the Rev. Joseph C. Stiles, the church dedicated this house of worship, its third on September 19, 1858, at the close of the ministry of the Rev. Robert L. Breck. Mr. Stiles was the first pastor; Matthew Robertson and Samuel B. Hunter, ordained October 14, 1827, the first elders.

This church was host for formation of the Synod of Georgia in 1844 with Dr. Thomas Goulding, founder and first president of Columbia Seminary, as moderator. His son, the Rev. Francis R. Goulding, author of The Young Marooners, served here in the 60´s by preaching to the Negro members, who withdrew to form Washington Avenue Presbyterian Church in 1866. This is the mother Church also of Tattnall Square (1887), Vineville (1904), and East Macon (1906),

It was the younger Goulding who took over the city-wide Thanksgiving service commanded here by Union General Wilson at the close of the War Between the States because the pastor, the Rev. David Willis, was overcome by the mockery of the occasion. Goulding´s service consisted of reading Psalm 137 ". . For they that carried us away captive required of us a song . . ".

In the church vestibule is a plaque honoring Sidney Lanier, who was a member here.
Type of Marker: Highway

Marker #: 011-17

Date: 1958

Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION

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