Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-12-21
The Methodist Annual Confer
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the nineiy.seventh annual session Of the South
Carolina Met ndi Confer. noe, held In Green
vile City, beginning on We1nesd y, tho 18th
instant, Bishop II. N. MoTyeire presiding. Tho
body consisted Of l75 IN nis,ers, about l50 of
whom were present, and SO lay delegates.
The sessions Of the conference were held In
tho Buucombe Street Methodist Church. which
WIS crowded at oil the meetings. We were i'm
pressed with the Il ni. Il urbanly With
which the bishop presided over this large body of
itinerant preachers and layn,en aud how plea
sanity and irm y ho dis ohcd the bueiness Of
tho conference. Considerable time was taken
| up in hearing tho r"pnps of thr various changes
in the State, financial and otherwise. The re-
ports showed 6 healthy and vigorous growth of
the church, spiritually, numerically aud lnan.-
cially, as the following figures will show:
Number Of members IN tho church AZ, ,033; in
fant baptsms during the year. 1,774; adults,
1927; number Of Sunday schools 676 officers
and teachers 1867; pupils 2G,922; number of
churches 5ol value Of church buildings $685.
0oe; number OF parsonages 100; va.uc o. par
sonages $13l.l34; salaries Of pastors $780,
S9l.oii of presiding elders $40 GIT; conference
collections $5,204.40; foreign missions ST.
008.44; domestic missions So, l93. 90; education
$2,27367; bishops $9GG.6l. publication of
minutes S4207e, Sunday schools $5,44907,
building md repairs $2o.748 80, other benero
lent enterprises $4,l7G, number of looul
preachers l43.
Many important matters were discussed look
ing TO much greater usefulness Of the church,
10 wit: Missions, foreign and domestic, church
extension. education, Sunday schools, SO.
| About $4,000 were collected at tho missionary
meeting held on Friday night, a large part Of
which goes to Dr. Aliens Anglo. Chinese Uni
Versity established at Shanghai, China. This
college, we understand, has opened under tho
| most favorable circumstances and is full Of
youth from the best classes Of China society
Something over $500 WAS alsc raised for church
| extension, that is TO build churches in desutc c
portions of our country and in foreign lands
On Saturday night solemn aud impressive
| memorial service was held in honor of Rev. B
NJ. Boozcr, Bishop Wghtman nnd Bishop Pain c
who hnye died md gone to their heavenly re-
ward since the last meeting of tho conference.
The services on Sundny were deeply int crest
ing and cdifyinS. In the morning nt 8 o'clock
love feast was held in tho Methodist church,
lasting for over an hour. 1t was n precious
season of experiences among the preachers and
members Of The church. closer walk with
God and an out pouring of his holy spirit vas
the earnest cry Of every heart present.
All the pulpits in the city were filled morning
and night by the big preachers Of the confer
cnce. The Bishop preached in the Methodist
Church, DR.. Laifcrty in the Baptist Church and
DR.. Smith in the Presbyterian Church in lhe
no ofpin Il o. iUht In n1,,iIo IF fhnSo
churches were filled by other eminent preachers
of The Methodist church,
at 3 o'clock in tho afternoon a Sunday school
mass meeting was held in the Methodist church,
which was addressed by Rev. Mr.. Smith, of the
North Georgia Conference. Dr. Carlisle, Prcs-
dent of Woiford College, Bishop Moryicrc and
Rev Coke Smith These addresses were all
good and contained in them the very essence of
Christian wisdom in childhood and marking
out plainly and uncquivocay the road, if fol-
lowed. tla, leads from earth TO heaven.
Sumter was selected as the place for holding
the next annual conference.
About eighty per cent. Of the conference
claims was paid, larger amount than has been
pnid for several years.
The conference closed its session on Monday
the Grccnvillc District:
Presiding Eidcr-T. G Herbert.
Grccnvile Sta:on-J. o Wilson.
Grecnvilc Crcuit-N. b. Browne.
Rcidrille Crcut-W. w Mood.
North Grccnvillc Cir:uit--L Il Beatty
Fork Shoals Circuit. W. Daniel
Williamson Circuit-Wm. Ilutto.
Brushy Creek Circuit-To DC supplied
by W. y. Hodges.
Apdcrsop Sta,ion-J. W. Waling.
Anderson Circuit-John Attaway.
West Anderson Circuit. & lingloud
Pendlcton Circuit-Lnndy Wood.
Pickens Circuits. p. H. Elwcll and |
D. r Brown.
Seneca City Circuit-G. B. Guess.
Walhaila C,rcuit-C. d. Mann
Williamston Female College Samuel
Lander, President.
Rev. S. b. Jones. our former Presiding Elder,
has been transferred to the Spartanburg District.
REMARKS
While in Grecnville we were the guest Of That
pleasant and accommodating landlord Mr. John
a. Weir formerly Of Abbcvillc, who keeps The
Central Hotel on Main street Ills table is sup
piled with the best the market affords and
cooked in the best possible manner. Mr. Weir
is an old hotel man and knows how 10 run one.
His house is conveniently located in the central
part Of the city. We can heartily recommend
The Central. and those who may visit Grccnville
on business or otherwise will find this hotel
good aud pleasant place to lodge at.
Our room mates while at the Central Hotel
were DR.. a. f. Williams, Rev. j. A. Clifton