Old North Church Stone Markers
"UNDER THIS TREE" |
The first Baptist prayer meeting,
was organized in 1835
by Aunt Massy Sparks Millard.
Isaac Reed in 1835 preached the first
Baptist sermon.
Isaac Reed and Elder R. G. Green
organized the first Baptist Church
in the state of Texas, the first Sunday
in May 1838, the church known today as
"Old North Church".
The first Protestant school in Texas was
taught in a one room log house, in
the shadows of the old oak tree.
Remember, God alone can make a tree.
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