tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post1456099299997768204..comments2024-03-27T22:32:32.190-04:00Comments on Granny Sue's News and Reviews: Otterbein Church in Evans, WVGranny Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01129064020727041161noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post-84752766350172682522020-02-08T08:53:04.442-05:002020-02-08T08:53:04.442-05:00Did you! I bet they were both beautiful. I should ...Did you! I bet they were both beautiful. I should have been brave and ventured out, for it was a perfect picture-taking day.Granny Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129064020727041161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post-38835644355372637952020-02-07T22:07:30.603-05:002020-02-07T22:07:30.603-05:00I visited there today, as well as the one in the l...I visited there today, as well as the one in the last photo. Had about three inches of snow on the ground and trees so I went in search of photos ops.Laura Shamblin-Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08258075321770399045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post-18041375611552904822014-04-26T21:35:47.344-04:002014-04-26T21:35:47.344-04:00I love seeing old churches, especially WV churches...I love seeing old churches, especially WV churches. I think I remember my dad using the term relict this way - he was born in 1905 in Monroe county & never lived anywhere else his whole life. <br /><br />The church I grew up in(& was married in) has a sloped floor like that. I remember learning to walk in heels & feeling like I was going to fall as I walked down the aisle. People used to joke that the floor was sloped so that gravity would speed your trip to the alter! I don't know how old the church is but it's still used & has a pretty full congregation from what I understand. Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305409125105992525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post-87972901622489714742014-04-25T09:52:16.488-04:002014-04-25T09:52:16.488-04:00"Relict" is an old term not much heard t..."Relict" is an old term not much heard today but, as you already discovered, it does mean widow. (Very seldom widower.) Basically, someone left behind; from the past participle form of <i>relinquo</i>, which comes down in English in (among other words) relinquish.<br /><br />As for the doors, I'm thinking men on the left and women on the right. Compare these two references, the first to a Methodist church, the second to a Shaker one. Not definitive, but suggestive.<br /><br />http://www.damascusumc.org/worship/A_Brief_History.php<br /><br />http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/living-a-tradition-40616925/?no-ist<br /><br />Lovely article, much enjoyed, thank you.<br /><br />--Mario R.JJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13404985455733545060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post-56624502843672734532014-04-25T08:01:03.454-04:002014-04-25T08:01:03.454-04:00I thought it sounded much like "relic," ...I thought it sounded much like "relic," John--and I don't think that would be a flattering thing to be called! I was intrigued too by how large his stone was compared to hers. But I suppose she much have had a hand in selecting his stone, and apparently thought a great deal of her husband.<br /><br />The inscriptions on stones are often as interesting as the shapes and sculptures chosen. <br />Granny Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129064020727041161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post-68417242372268188092014-04-25T02:10:35.502-04:002014-04-25T02:10:35.502-04:00What a wonderful place, Sue. "Relict" ? ...What a wonderful place, Sue. "Relict" ? Now that's a word I've never encountered before and one suspects it might have been disappeared due to being unpopular with surviving spouses! John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.com