The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-08-24
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Annual Meeting Of the Saluda
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Association.
The Salnda Association held its sixty
fourth annual meeting at Shady Grove
Church, Calhoun, Anderson District, on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday last. This
body is one OF tho most ancient Baptist
AssociationsintEe State, having been con-
stltuted in; the year 1862. Its carly hls-
tory isspeculiarly interesting, embracing,
as it does, the times of thosegood old faith
ers of the, Church, Rector, Tandiverc,
Williams, Hembree and Chastetn. 1t for
mcrly included within It's bounds most of
the Baptist Churches in Anderson, Able
vile, Pickeas and Greenyiile. bat the form
alton ofvarious othershodies arising out
of the increase of population and the
spread ossBaptist doctrines, have reduced
its geographical bounds to anderson and
the upper part of Abbeville Districts, in
cluding a few churches in Greenville. Ii
is now . avery,large, intelligcntand liberal
body, fully worthy of its past'history and
its noble hearted founders. It's officers
for the present year were Rev. J. Scott
Murray Moderator, Rev. B. F. Mauldin
Clerk and Capt. john G. Griffin Assistant
Clerk and Treasurer. The business por-
tion ofits proceedings were harmonious
ly and satisfactorily transacted, and were
concluded on Saturday.
As nine o'clock on Sunday morning, a
Sunday School meeting was held, which
was addressed By Col. c. j. Eltord, of
GreenvilIe, sc. We will say nothing of
the merits of this address, save that it was
listened to until its close with deep atten-
ton by the immense audience to whom it
was delivered, and the opinion was freely
cxpressed:sllat an increased interest in the
work of Sunday Schools would result
from tho meeting.
After the Sunday School meeting the
regular religious services Of the day were
observedaaTho first sermon bGng by
Rev. Joseph Cha.nbliss, froas the text,
:. Believe in the Lord Jesus (..,rist,. and
thou shalt be saved" This was y most
eloquent and mastery effort and com
manded the profoundest attention of the
audience. AS the speaker told of his
being charged, by dying soldier at
Chickamauga, with bearing these words
to his friends in South Carolina, and call
ed upon those present to heed this mes
sage,coming to them alike from Heaven,
through od's word, and from the grave,
through the dying soldier, lis audience
welded their justly claimed sympathy,
and attested the power of tho truth by
MANY a sincere and feeling tear.
The Charity Sermon was preached BY
Rev. David Simmons, one of-thc veterans
of the Baptist pulpit in the upper part of
the State, who chose for his subject the
universal and peaceful reign of the Saviour
upon earth. Itwas pleasant to listen to
this good old man. In asimple, but fer
vid and eloquent style, he portrayed the
blessings of the coming reign otthc Prince
of pcacey and with apotency of argument
that showed a: clear and familiar acquain
tance with the truths of holy writ, he ad-
duccd the prophecies and proofs of that
future reign, and then with faithful yet
loving words, he strove to make the peo-
nile Of the Lord feel the duty of working
for and praying for that blessed consum-
nation. To hearts all aweary, as were
those of his audience, with the trials and
sorrows of a long andcruel war. the words
of promised peace came like the balm OF
Gilead and we trust that Che wise and
gentle lessons of the preacher will have a
hallowed influence upon the hearts which
still rock on the dying waves of the
wild storm which has just passed over US.
1t is, thought that there were from
$500 to 5000, persons present at the AS
sociation. We had no means of ascer-
tanning the number, but it looked to us
like everybody was there.
During the morning exercises preach
;no was attended to for the colored per
sons;.at on the meeting house. by Col A
Rice.
The intermission forrefreshments pass
al off as usual, with the interchange o
kind and neighhorly courtesies, the dis
onssion Of the sermons, crops, and th'
coming election for the Convention, an'
1;ttle occasional Irritation between tn
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