The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-09
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

The Judson Baptist Association held
its annual session with the Knob Creek
Church, beginning on Saturday, Sd inst.
Elder 5. G. Evins was chosen Modera-
tor aud ID. l.. Kimbrougb Clerk. The
regular reports were read, debated and
accepted. The reports on Foreign Mis-
siOns and Temperance were more favor
able than usual. There were several WIS.,
iting ministers, among whom was FL
der A. ID. Phillips, lately of the African
missions; Elders w. w. Arnold and }.
IL. Thompson, of the Duck RIVER Asso-
citation. The proceedings We're harno>
NOUS and tdityiug. The body adlourn-
ed Monday evening the 7Jh.-The Meth
odist preach srs have all gone to COnter~
ence, which is in session at GAIlatln.
We trust the Presiding Elder of Colum~
bia District, Rev. WellbOrn Mooney,
will De sent back to Us, for he is an eXN
'cellent man and a model Presiding FL
bodybuilding up his church and adVanc-
ing the cause Of Christ. Great reviYals
have been i'll progress all over ms Dis
trict, aud many have been added to the
NJ E. Church He has preached ZOS
sermons. and performed great amount
Of physical and mental labor, and re-
t,eived but little pay.-The late protract~
ed meeting at MOOresYille resulted in
twanty-two acceSsiOns to the Nj. f.
Church. Rev. J. A. Orman, pastor, was
assisted bv Revs. w. and L. II.
Hensley. Mr.. Orman preached his last
sermon for this Conference year at
Mooresyille. and admitted IA to the
church, and preached at Culleoka at
night, receiving three persons into the
churcb.-A. G.. Cheatham, Edmond Hill,
Sam Whitaker, Wine Wilkes, Wilson
Moore, Elias Brown, Trustees OF the
Hurricane Switch Baptist Church, re-
quest US To return thanks to the many
white citizens,Of the 9th and 5th districts
who aided them so libearlly in building
their church edifice. Elder Willis, col,
of Murfreesboro, will deliver the deli
cation sermon next Sunday morning.
At Evergreen Church, Mdury county,
Tenn, embr acing the 81 and 4th Sab
bath in September, was held a meeting,
resulting in ten or twelve professions OF
religion, and eight accessiOns to the
Church at that place. Revds. j. F.
Walker and w. j.. Mckenzie were In
attendance, doing most of the pulpit
labOrS.
Rev. J. NJ +. SmithsOn commenced
prOtracted meeting at the CHRISTIAN
Church Saturday, night, October 5rd,
with the intention of continuing TINS
and next week, il the interest warrants
on Sunday morning he delivered the
rst OF Il series of five discOurses on the
"How the Spirit operates in the conYer-
sior, of sinners." Three of these discOur~
ses were, ~ he stated, on the negative
side of the question, or how the spirit
did not operate in their CONVERSION, anu
two of them showing how it did oper-
ate, He stated that conversion was
not worth a farthing unless it was "be-
gun, carried on, and completed by the
spirit and that the difference between
his brethren and the religious denoml
nations was not whether the spirit oper>
ates on the hearts of sinners or not; out
in the hOr il operates. Mr.. Snllthsoh
evfnces an extensive knowledge OF the
Scriptures, and breaches with great
power. \ good deal of interest awaken
ed up to this time.