en and parents
while they were learning to read the Word of God. James H. Payne
succeeded Mr. Perkins as Superintendent of this school, and six months
thereafter John M. Washington succeeded Payne. These two men
alternated as superintendents of this Sunday School for ten or twelve
years, and worked together faithfully until they succeeded in building
up a flourishing institution.

[32] Those who were in the original company that founded the church
were Washington Whitlow, John J. Taylor, J. Mason Wilson, George
Armstead, Edward Brook, Clement Morgan, Henry Frazier, Henry D.
Payton, Griffin Saunders, Alfred Pendleton, James H. Payne, James G.
Semple, Jane Brown, Elizabeth Morgan, Annie Armstead, Lucy Davis and
Rev. William J. Walker.

[33] The Moderator then informed the members of Shiloh that the
Council was ready to hear their statement, whereupon Henry Frazier,
the senior deacon of the newly formed church, gave a history of the
organization and prosperity of Shiloh Baptist Church in
Fredericksburg, from which the members forming the new church had
come. William J. Walker, who had been associated with the
Fredericksburg church for about twelve years, presented some
interesting facts, and added: "These brethren, who have been driven
from their homes and scattered among strangers, long to be gathered
into a church, that they may worship God unitedly as they formerly
did." Thereupon A. Rothwell offered the following resolutions which
were unanimously passed:

"Resolved, That we recognize with devout gratitude the good hand of
our Heavenly Father, in delivering these, His children, from the
fetters of bondage, so that they may freely serve Him, and more
perfectly learn His Way, and we tender to them our cordial Christian
sympathies, as well as our prayers and our aid, in maintaining their
church organization.

"Resolved, also, That we heartily approve the proposition of the
brethren to be recognized as a church, based upon the Christian
doctrines and principles which are the foundation of our denomination,
and that we will cheerfully cooperate in the services appropriate to
the recognition of the Shiloh Baptist Church of Washington, D. C."

The following were the officers of the newly formed church: Deacons
Henry Frazier, Clement Morgan, James G. Semple, Edward Brook, James H.
Payne, Henry D. Payton and Alfred Pendleton; Trustees William J.
Walker, Edward Brook, John J. Taylor, James H. Payne, Griffin
Saunders, Was