Of the fund in parochial work with which to repair the church, on hand $155.75. I am glad to say God has put in the heart of one daughter of the church so to swell that fund that before the summer is over we will have beautified the House of Prayer so as to gladden many hearts.
(Source: The Rev. James Battle Avriett, Parochial Report, St. Paul’s Church, Louisburg, 1897 Journal of Convention, 85)