The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-12-08
The South Carolina Conference.

This body was well represented in the
Pupits of the several Methodist Churches
in our city last Sunday. At night
Missionary meeting of the colored mem
bers o! Trinity was held in the basement
of that buidirg. II was denseIy crowded;
many had 10 stand up during the oxerci
scs, aud the passage To the door OF that
extensive room WAS SO thronged that we
found it difficult to force our way through
the closely packed mass. The audience
was addressed by the Rev. DIR. Charles
Taylor, formerly IA missionary to China,
and fer s"vera! years resident in Shan.
ghaI. Every eye was wide open, and fixed
upon the pleasant speaker, while lie dc,.
crbed and related IA few Of the MANY
things that had come under his persona,
observation. Ills speech would have been
gratefully received 10y the most refined
auditory that could be assembled in our
refined city; sn1 it would most surely
have turned some pockets wrong siGc out.
The Doctor WAS followed 10y Rev. J. w.
Kelly, III aspeech that stirred aud melted
hv turns She hearts Of that vast multitude.
While llebor's matchlcss Miss onarv
LYNN was rolling and reverheratirr
most mrIodiouSly through the room, the
bags were handed round. and MANY
pieces uf coin, OF large denomination, rauy
against the tin and CLEANED in the gas.
light.
The Rev. Mr. Wigh,man, Pastor Of
Trinity, stated that the culored members
OF that Church had contributed, during
the present year, nearly three hundred
dollars T. the missionary cause.
The South Carolina Conference is com
posed of one hundred and fifty one n,em-
bers, many of whom arc graduates of scho.
Iasllc institutions four were educated at
the Citadel Academy i'll cur city six arc
aIumni of the College of Charleston, one
halls from the University Of North Carroll.
na; one from the University of New York,
and another from the South Carolina Col.
lege. Among those who have made them
selves known beyond the bounds OF their
communion, are the Messrs. Wigh,man,
Nh'iefoord Smith, Shpp aud Cross
CHANGING over the Directory we observe
the names OF several who have endeared
themselves 10 the Methodists of our com.
munity 10y their tempered zeal, their tire.
less industry, their beautiful consistency,
their ardent devotion 10 the duties Of
their holy calling during the periods OF
their pastoratc.
Tuesday morning the Board Of Mana
gors OF the Missionary Society held their
annual meeting, DIR. Wightman in the
chair. The reports Of the Domestic Ms.
slons were presented. They are all Of the
most encouraging character. These mis-.
sions are grand memorial Of the genus
and piety Of William Cspers. The fields
now served by this Conference are SCAT
tered all over the State The gospel of
the Son OF God is preached by these self.
sacrificing and laborious men 10 the ne.
gros OF our seaboard, ana the destitute
whites in our middle country and noun.
tainous districts. Twenty seven Missions
are supplied with thirty three ministers,
aud at the last session Of The body they
reported the number in church fellowship
As being twelve hundred and siY,y sig
whites, and eleven thousand and twenty.
SIX colored persons; one hsndred and
n'nety wh'to children are taught in iheis
Sunday schools, and six thousand six hun,
dred and eighty two colored children srs
regularly catechised. The amount raised
last year by the churches Of this Confe.
renee 10 meet the demands Of this vast
and growing work, was over twenty -four
thousand dollars.
The preachers are now all in the city.
domieiled at the houses Of our hospitable
citizens. The session will commence
Wednesday, at nine o'clock, in the base.
ment Of Trinity Church. The venerable
Bishop james Osgood Andrew will pre-.
side over the body Charleston Courier.