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Built on the Rock, the Church doth stand…

Built on the Rock the Church doth stand,Even when steeples are falling;Crumbled have spires in every land,Bells still are chiming and calling,Calling the young and old to rest,But above all the soul distrest,Longing for rest everlasting. Constructed in 1890. Abandoned in the 1990s after the congregation disbanded. Lovingly and beautifully restored in 2019. Destroyed by …

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Parochial School vs. Public School in Lincoln, Texas

Several people have asked about the history of Lincoln, Texas, and though I’ve looked, I’ve found very little information outside of the history of St. John’s and what was published in the 1974 History of Lee County volume produced by the Lee County Historical Survey Committee. One interesting thing that caught my eye in that …

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