The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-05-03
Y. II. G, A.

z. II. c, A.
The second Annual Convention of the
Young Mems Christian Association of South
Carolina convened at Greenville on Friday
morning March 9th. Fifty.six delegates,
representing nearly all the Associations in
the State, were present, and the Convention
was grand success. All the meetings were
warm, earnest and interesting. Christians
had new activity infused into them, and
sinners were awakened. made to realize their
lost and ruined condition, and sought the
salvation of their souls. A welcome meet
ing was held OH the evening before, and will
long be remembered by those in attendance,
for the kind greeting, cordial reception and
generous hospitality extended to the dele
gates. Affectionate and hearty addresses OF
welcome were delivered by Messrs. L. B.
Austin, Mr.. Ansel, Drs. Hiden, Furman,
Whitside, Rev. Coke Smith and Others,
which were responded to on. the part of
the delegates by John Rothwell, Esq, of
Charleston, Gen. Johnston Of Alabams,
and r. r. McBurney, of New York. The
Convention was called to order by T.. 8.
Moorman, of Newberry, as temporary chair
man, and Messrs. F. s. Dibble, of Orange
burg, and L. N. zealy, of Columbia, acting
as secretaries. After devotional exercises,
committees on business, credentials and
permanent organization were appointed. A
short recess was taken, to give committees
time to report, and during the interval each
delegate was requested to constitute himself
committee of one to introduce himself to
his brother members, and soon warm,
brotherly, christian, hand-shaking took
place. The convention again resumed bust.
ness, when short verbal reports were heard
from members of their different local asso-
Citations. These reports were very interest
ing, showing that Gods people are alive to
the work required of them; and that they
are moving forward in the good cause, prom
ising that, with the help of Gods holy spirit,
to do what they could for the salvation of
souls. The committees made their several
reports, after which permanent organiza-
ton was effected by the election of the fol-
| lowing officers President, T. s. Moorman !;
Vice Presidents, w. H. Cuttino, j. A. FL
kins, L. B. Austin; Secretary, T. N. Zealy !;
Treasurer, J. N. Robson. The business Of
| the convention consisted mainly in devo-
| tional exercises, such as prayer-meetings,
| meetings for young men, directing them to the
Lamb of God, discussion of several impor-
tant topics, such as: Y. NJ. G. AS work in
small towns; Association Bible classes, their
object, how they ought to be conducted /;
Prayer-meetingsi. how they should be held,
and how Association work generally should
be managed. The debates on these various
subjects were instructive and interesting,
and were generally participated in by the
members present. Open air meetings were
| ing for one hour. These meetings, although q
new feature in the up-country, were gene
rally well attended, and by men that per-
| haps hardly ever see the inside of church,
respectfully listening to the earnest appeals
made to them by brothers of the Associa-
| ton, and the seed Of eternal life was thus
sown even upon the highways.
Meetings Of Song and Praise were held
each evening in the Baptist Church, and
were especially interesting Fervent 'ad.
! dresses and appeals were made TO those who
are, as yet, out of the ark of safety, and
young men were convicted of sin and asked
the prayers of the Convention, that they
might be saved. By request of the pastors
| of some of the churches, their pulpits were
supplied on Sabbath morning, by some oi
the delegates of the Convention, and it Wa
our pleasure to listen to the Rev. a. f.
Chreitzberg, who preached an eloquent and
powerful sermon on Romans, I'd chapter
4th verse. The living thoughts, and burn
ing words of the speaker, OF the goodness
| sinners, caused tears to flow down the
cheeks of the audience.
The farewell meeting was held OH Sunday
evening, when the large and beautiful Bap.
tist Church was filled to its utmust capacity
| This meeting was very solemn one, and
was blessed by the spirit of God in the con
version of FIVE persons. Near the conclu
sion of this service, very solemn and i'm.
pressiye ceremony took place. The dele
gates took each other by the hand, extending
around the altar and up each aisle, forming
an unbroken chain, and in this position
singing the beautiful hymn-"Blessed bt
the tie that binds our hearts in Christian
loye"-and then the second annual Conven
ton of the Y. NJ. g. A., of South Caroline
adjourned sine die.
Gen. Johnston, of Tuscaloosa, Ala, 3. h
McBurney, Secretary of Y. NJ. G: a. o
| New York, and Mr.. Parks, Y. N. G. A. O
Georgia, were in attendance at the Conven
ton. These dear brothers are whole-souled
noble-hearted Christians, spending much o
their time in working for the Master, ane
by their experience, their fervent, interesting
addresses, and wise counsel contributed
much to the success of the Convention
May God bless them in their labors:
DELEGATE.