51.   Ruins of the old church still stand, braced by scaffolding.

52.   So many people packed into the tiny old church that its floor partly fell through.

53.   Some former congregants traveled great distances to show their support for their old church.

54.   So many white congregants who have left the city still return to their old churches on Sundays, driving in from New Jersey or Long Island.

55.   The doors then closed against the morning sunlight, and from inside the vast emptiness of the ornate old church, voices rose.

56.   The door of the old church is open.

57.   The old church was a simple little country church, but the new one will be something special, parishioners said.

58.   The three graceful old churches, Methodist, Baptist, and Mount Pilgrim Lutheran, have aged well.

59.   Thus, the old mainline churches were perfectly poised to welcome those questioning fundamentalism.

60.   We are losing American history in seeing those old churches burning in rural Dixie.