On the 4th of July, 1982 a rededication service was held at the Mahomet Christian Church preached by their minister Morgan (Muggs) Clark, in which members with fifty years or more continuous membership were honored. Included in this number was Mrs. T.F. (Lola) Burch, the oldest member, for seventy-five years. Mrs. Burch was baptized the summer of 1907 and had never had a church membership in any other church. Mrs. Burch was unable to attend the service but a corsage intended for her was received by her daughter, Oletha Russell. Mrs. Burch had attended the previous Sunday. Mrs. Burch celebrated her 95th birthday April 1, 1983 but passed away less than one month later.
Other members honored include two with over seventy years membership each were Mrs. F.C. Nutt and Mr. Roy Williams. At least six members were present making a grand total of over four-hundred years of membership.
The Mahomet Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) was established shortly after 1851 in the Sycamore Springs area of Burnet County, Texas. When the school house was erected services were held there. It is said, that before the school was built members met in various homes, posting men to guard against Indians.
In 1898 the school house burned. Later that year a new school house was built at Mahomet on land given by B.H. Steward, Mrs. T.F. Burch's grandfather. The Mahomet Christian Church met in the school building after this.
In about 1922 the Mt. Horeb Methodist Church moved it's meeting house from Gabriel Mills to Mahomet, at which time the Methodist and the Christian congregations held joint services. It is said that such Christian unity prevailed that the only way you could tell whether a Methodist or Christian minister was preaching was by who sat in the amen corner.
Both the Methodist and the Christian Church Boards functioned for several years. One year the Methodist Board would hire the minister, the next year the Christian Board would hire the minister.
One year the Christian Board hired Bro. Morgan Morgans (the present minister is named after Bro. Morgans). Bro. Morgans preached his year and held the summer meeting. He impressed the congregations so that the Methodist Board hired him again for the next year. After this the Methodist Church faded out. It is said that Bro. Morgans killed the Methodist Church but that he did it with love.
The Methodist congregations dwindled in number and strength. The members either transferred their membership to the Christian Church or moved their membership to the Bertram Methodist Church.
So on May 13th, 1936 the Methodist Church sold their meeting house to C.P. McCormick, W.H. Greer and John F. Clark, elders of the Christian Church. Then in 1947, due to the winding of the county road, which is now Farm Road 243. The Church building was torn down and rebuilt across the road on land that was given by A.J. Clark. It is interesting to note that his funeral was the first conducted in the new building. The first wedding in the rebuilt building was that of L.J. Russell and Margaret McCormick, daughter of the late C.P. McCormick, one of the elders who signed the deeds when the Methodist Church sold the building to the Christian Church. Hence the MAHOMET CHRISTIAN CHURCH will continue to be in existence until time shall be no more.
Respectfully submitted
By Morgan McClain (Muggs) Clark
Note: The information for this article is taken from the HISTORY of BURNET COUNTY, written by DARRELL DEBO, and from stories told to me by OLD TIMERS of the community and from what I can remember myself.
Muggs Clark
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