The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-25
THE BAPTIST CONVENTION.
A LARGE NUMBER OF DELEGATES IN AT
TENDANCE.

Interesting Work of the Mceting'''
Harmony and good Feeling Pre-
{ vaiI...A Healthy and Prosperous
State of the Church.
Greenriue Ne,cs, Nor. 90
When the delegates TO the State Baptist
convention entered the Baptist churSn yes.
tcrday morning they were confronted ~ the
4 word "Wecone' in big evergreen letters
hiyh on the wall behind the pulpit and giving
premanent expression OF the sentiments 1clt
for them by this community. ,,,,, ~ +,o
The delegates had seats in the body OF the
church. and large number OF Interested Wis
itors were present, filling the vacant seats
and giving close attention to the procedures.
| r. p Smith, of Charleston, vice president
of the convention. called it to order, Assis.
! tnnt Secretary \. B. Woodruff acting secre-
tnrv. President Smith read the 90:h psalm
and the hymn, GLOW firm a foundation yc
saints of the Lord was sung with all the stir.
ring and impressive force OF It's words anu
music
crates which proceeded rapidly and with lit
| tie of the confusion usually caused by that
episode III the proceedings Of every conven.
| ton. 1t was found that l05 delegates were
present representing % of the Is associations.
the five absent associations are Fork, Bethel,
Carolina. Waccamaw and Twelve Mile River.
The convention proceeded to the election OF
president. The Rev. 6. II. Carter. OF Nine,
|
tiretnville, for president, The nomination
was cordially seconded by McsSrs. Stout
Slakely and Gaines in brief, earnest speeches,
and Col. Hoyt wns unanimously elected.
Pending the counting Of ballots for vice
| president, secretary, assistant secretary and
| treasurer, the convention engaged III reli'
gious exercises led in prayer by pr j. c. Fur
| w, Thomas and addressed in mellow and
nieasine sty,c u, tie Rev. B, +. Corley and
| Dr J. c. Furman.
Rev Jno. Stout was elected vice president.
Rev. y. j: S. Thomas secretary, Capt. 4: i. =.
Woodruff assistant secretary anu f[o!. Y. IL.
CO.. Hoyt on taking his seat as president,
made crisp and pointed speech.
! Visiting brethern from other states ana
either churches were invited TO seats and
p; their names enrolled. They were the Kew. j..
| f. Allen, of North Carolina; the Rev: II. d..
smart aud ]. W. Perry, of South Carolina.
The executive buard presented its report
through is corresponding secretary, the Rev:
| fichnrd II. Griffith. This board has char=e of
the work OF State missions. The report calls
for enlargement OF the Work OF Stat& 9 ms
sions There ought to be at least $4,000 eX:
pended in this work next year The report at
that point OF contact with home and foreign
missions shows q steady advance IN The con
tributions of South Carolina Baplisls to those
| causes.
| The report shows that there are 40 mission
aries, employed hy the board, at work IN inc
State. They have charge of l3o stations ana
have preached ,SSt sermons ana have CON
| duc:ed Gll prayer meetings The conversions
| under the preaching OF these missionaries
have been 3S; blptlsns ~. lhcy h3'e ~ 20, or
day Schools and congregations under their
care have built eight churches during the
year. The missionaries haze collected lor
State missions Sao3. for home missions (mis'
siUns in the United States outside OF South
Carolina) SSl: for foreign missions Sl!0; for
church buildings 81 All for Furmhn univerSi-
a
receipts of the board for state missions were
| something more than $9,hJ3.
on motion Of DR.. j. C.. Furman the report Of
the executive board was made the 81 ecial or
der for Saturday 1T II o'clock. +. j. Forester
moved that two committees consisting of five
| members each be appointed on the report OF
the executive board, to, wit: one on enlarge.
npnt Of the work, and one Oh cooperation
with association boards
This motion was adopted and the commit
| tees were appointed :: the first ,n>l sung OF r.
J. Forester. james w. Peore, ID. w. Key: }.
| X. F;nt, and X. B. Watson the second OF 5.
\. W. Thomas, !. S. Murray, II. C. Smart,
JAS. F.. Buist and d. w. Cuttino
The following committees were announc-
ON time and place of next meeting: N. F.
Brnaddus. J. F. Moral, j. r. I.atimcr, i. w.
Noland, +. NJ. SaLterwhite, S. NJ. Ackerman,
G. w. BuSsey.
On nomination Of executive board: X; n,i; =.
lis, J. +. McMilen. L. G. EzelL W. a. Gaines,
r. l.. Moore, f. j. Forester.
on order of business: n; ~ a. WM,emlr'' ertn W "
NJ Graham, ". K. Boynton, l. W: Wlnso.
on preaching: J; A. Mpndy, J. B. Patrick
G. &. Wells, a. p. Abel; VIM; Goldsnlitn'
Samuel stradlcy,, s. S. Gibbs, e. H. Judson, f.
on accounts: ". H. Lylcs, w. f. Rarmore,
F.. b. Murray, S. B. EZcil, G. II. Carter, j. Il.
Pack.
4 motion made by w. II. I.yles, of Colum-
Tia, that the financial report OF the executive
board he closed before the first day OF conVen-
| ton, was lost.
mittce on order Of exercises be made one OF
the standing committees Of tue cunVcntlon'
was lost.
4 standing committee of the convention IS
one appointed at one session TO report at the
next The object Of this motion was that the
report of the committee might be before the
I convention as soon as organized 10 De ADOPT
ed or ar ended, and that the convention
might so be prepared TO proceed at once win
an order Of business.
| A motion by iIaj. E. B. Murray that the re-
port of the committee on foreign missions be
now read, WAS lost.
A communication from the society Of tenn.
perance workers was read by the president,
and on motion of Rev. l.. ID. Bass was referred
to Il committee of five.
ence of the temperance workers OF the rurl-
Gus organizations recently held in Columbia
and enclosed resolutions adopted by inc con
pleaSurc' the efforts being made in Anderson
and Greenville counties 10 adopt prohibition
and called on friends OF the cause everywhere
to unite in an effort to secure from the lcgis'
lature TO meet in 1856 local option law like
that of Georgia; they invoke the alu OF lne
Methodist State conference and the Baptist
State convention. The communication was
referred to special committse composed OF
L. u. Bass, Mike McUee, j. B. Patrick, j. a.
Brown and Juab Edwards.
The commute on order OF exercises recon-
NEEDED that the convention sermon DC
preached Thursday night at 7.3O o'clock. The
order adopted for meeting and adjournment
was as follows:
Z. NJ. meet at 7.3O, adjourn at will.
The convention, after singing the long
metre doXo!ogy and prayer ty the Rev. Mr,
liinton adjourned TO meet at 7.5O In the even
ing.
The special order for $50 O'Clock was the
convention sermon. This sermon is provided
for ut ono session of the convention for the
!. next. DR.. j. A. Mundy had been appointed at
the last meeting OF the convention To per-
form this service; but, as the recent change
, in place of meeting had brought the conven
ton to DIR. Mondys home, the seEmon was
preached by the Rev. G. B. Moore, OF Darling
, ton, appointed by the last convention as Dr.
Mundy'S alternate. Mr.. Moore Is one of the
, strongest young men in the Baptist ministry
in South Carolina or the South. lie is man
OF profound and searching intellect, OF schol'
arly turn and attainment, and lsa very Vlgo
rious and evangelical preacher. His text on
this occasion was Ephesians iii: 8. He intro,
duccd the subject ithe "unSearcEable riches
of ChrisU 10y speaking of the great humility
of the great Apostle who was the author d
, teriStcS. 1t was this humility that helped tC
, make him what he was. lie was humble be
cause he remembered his previous liic us q
prosecutor of the disciples OF Christ, and be
cause The truths of Christs Gospel are 1itiec
to begct humility in men. The 'unsearcha
bic riches" of Christ are TO he found In Tho