Quietly Making History ~ Little White Church in The Country

East Seneca Church*

There stands at a quiet crossroads,
In a peaceful country place;
An old white church whose doors will close,
The influence we cannot erase.

It brings to my mind a picture,
And to my eyes the tears;
Folk gathering Sunday by Sunday,
For more than a hundred years.

They toiled from sunrise to sunset,
Tilled their farms through weary days;
But found fresh hope and comfort,
As they sang the hymns of praise.

Heard the word of God from the pulpit,
And sermons their lives to mould'
We thank our Heavenly Father,
For East Seneca Church of old.

~ Poem was written by parishioner, Violet Johnston, and has been fondly reprinted in service bulletins, used at weddings, anniversaries and treasured by generations.

*East Seneca Church, Turnbull Road, Haldimand County.