Excerpt from The Bowen Family, 1814-1914: Bowen Centennial Held at the Old Farm, October First, Nineteen Fourteen James C. Bowen and others who heard that ser mon spoke highly of this first effort by that gifted servant of Christ in his introduction of the gospel message into this new land. Squire Bowen says the first religious meeting was held in Ephraim Bowen's cabin, probably in 1815. And that Stephen Williams exhorted at that meeting. The first sermon was preached also in Ephraim Bowen's cabin by Rev. Mr. Holman of Louisville, Ky. Text from Isaiah, Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why, then, is the hurt of the daughter 'of my people not recovered? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.