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THIRD DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Trustees for Furman University go.
State NIissiOns..-GOod News for the
IIeaihcn--.Thc Executive Board of
The Church, --- The Convention to
ing Committees.


the Church --- The Convention to
Meet I'm Sumter Next Year.--Stand-
i ing Committees.
! COLUMBIA, Nov. q, 1885.
The evening session on Friday was devoted
to the consideration OF the report on destitute
fields for missionary work in the State, when
! interesting statements were made by Rcvs.
Carter Bowling and Bailey respecting the in-
viting fields Of labor In Berkeley, Beaufort,
I Horny, Lexington and other Counties. n col
lection was then lifted amounting TO- about
i S77: after which the report was adopted.
The report recommending the appointment
Of Board Of Ministerial Education Whlch
was pending at the adjournment of the morn.
ing session was taken up, recommitted and
subsequently adopted.
/ The convention then heard the report OF the
committee to nominate Trustees OF Furman
mated by the committee were elected to serve
for tho ensuing four years: I: ?. Smith, w.
Colser, ]. w. Stri6ing, J: a; loyt, j.; y; W
Murray, w. II. Lyles. ]. {. Smith, G. G. Wells,
J ohm Iawton, II. w. Sanders.
! The report of The committee on work OF the
Of the convention up 10 the hour OF adJoun-
ment.
Yesterday morning the convention met: ut
10 q cock President Holt In the chair. The
church was filled MS 1t has been ut every Sos
sion since the opening of the convention. inc
ladies of the city especially mantfostlnS by
their Attendance deep interest III the pro-
! ccedinGS.
! Devotional exercises were conducted oy
Rev. VI. Covingtun.
-, After the reading of minutes OF last session
the consideration 0f the report ON destitute
home mission field was resumed, and after
some discussion WAS rCcOmnittcu. IL WAS
subsequently called up and adopted. IL re-
commrndS "that the enlargement OF the
State mission work Is of paramount lInpor,
tancc and necessary condition of hcall ana
vinor To the church; that The policy OF on
largenlcnt bc applied wherever AMI 10 what
ever extent 1t may bc deemed by the Board 10
be wise and practicable"
| Treasurer Of the Home Mission Board anG II
was referred to the Committee on Accounts;
The special order, being the report or the
! Board Of Trustees of Furman University, was
called up. when the report was read by E"v
j. A. W. Thomas, who also addressed the CON
cI.tion. and WAS followed by DrS. Grimm
and Dickinson in earnest and stirring speech
cS in support oil TIC report, WHICH WIS uh'lHi'
mously adortcd. =
I Tic Convention ed twenty minutes t.
! devotional exercises, which were condactctl
! by Rev. r. u. Clarke, who read The ffty-thrd
cnnrtcr OF isaiah Appropriate hymns were
sung and prayer was offered uy fcVs. SIiieS
The REPORT on Foreign Missions was then
taken up and read by Rev. J.. Is. Williams
"rnrrign Missions have never made granlcr
history for the cause of Christ than during
, the last decade. Antasonism To the WORK
abr.,ud and lukcwurmncss al home are melt
inn beneath the general Influence OF DIVINE
truth. The Cruci;icd One Is seeing world
! wide results of the travail OF his soul. COM
mcrcial enterprise and national aspirations
arc linking their energies to gospel effort ana
gates of entrance into comparatively untIod'
den paths arc yielding TO the pressure OF The
Cali cans hand.
NO mere statistical report, can from, the
nature of the case, represent the asSlcSaIcu
influences of sancticd toll. e,..,,
1 "Thr Secretary report to the last southern
; Baptist Convention shows that missions are
being operated in Mexico, Brazil, Italy, Afilc'
and China by thirty eight missionaries, as
sisted by n large corps Of native cvanSci'>ts
and tcilchers and colrortcurS ana having Il
church membership OF about | ,40.
| '.The contributions from the southern Zap
tist churches to sustain these missions !ast
year was S3:i.4Oi, OF which South Carolina con-
/, trbutCd SS,:NS." ,
The committee recommend: "That more
vigorous efforts than ever before be made for
the dissemination OF mission litc!IlSence'
The Foreign Mission JourHt Is an lhstrumeli,
tality which is essential 10 the education ol
: the churches. That TO save the cause from
embarrassment during the coming l,ard IL
nancial year it will be necessary Tor AL VINO
can TO increase their contributions, ana lor
those to be enlisted in the work WHO are not
accustomed TO give. That South CnrolinaS
quota OF the Sl00,U0 asked for be RAISED -
/ The convention was addressed by Kew. L. L.
| Bell and T. &. dickson, returned China mis-
SiOuary, whose speeches were listened 10 WIN
absorbed attention and interest by the large
audience. The report was Then adopted.
| Rev j. S. Thomas offered the lollnwing:
| "Whcrcas In the providence of God, on ac-
count Of impaired health. our beloved brother
| +. C. Hickson has been forced for the present
| to rclinQuiSh his chosen lie Work Vi prcach-
! ing the gospel in China.
"RcsOirctt, That as Il convention we assure
! him Of our sincere sympathy anu prayers IN
J this trying hour, and commend MN u thG
love and confidence Of the br0thcrhoDu ana
! the tender mercieS OF our Heavenly Fatntr.
! Dr. bailey read his report as Treasurer OF the
! Executive Board, which was adopted.
The report on work OF the year .m anu emia'se-
/ on motion OF IIr. Manly, the special order
for rreHching a 73O this i. NJ. was discharged.
Rev. W. +. Cox, from Inc C",nlaItss mn, nss,n" w.
/ year, reported the following names, AMI the
report was unanimously adopted: CiInriEs
Manly. President; J. X. Mundy, Vice lrcsi-
Corrc<pondimg Secretary and Treasurer: e.
/ IL. Ju,iSon. j. {. Smith. W. T. duncan, ". c;
Lindsay, r.. forreSter' n j.: h"rloh' ~. .
Rev. W. G. Lindsay, from Committee on
Preaching, announced the appointments to
! I'LL the various pulpits Of the city and vicinity
ON the Sabbath.
NIGHT SESSION.
| The committee on appointing the Board of
Ministerial Education rcr;ricd as i"!loWS /:
3 Location of Board, Grecnville; President, j.
. \. MunUHS; SpFTcliiIS, ~. d. - h'i',.,i
Treasurer. 4. u. Duncan; other members, w.
iiuiIcy, ii'"yE &. t. Sorwooi. Il s. C:oxion, ii. c.
Smart Geo. WatcrhOuSc.
! The report on cnpurla.c submitted Friday
was taken up and adopted. -
| \ resolution was adopted that in view o.
! the general scarcity OF funds ana the many
calls for aid from destitute llcldS. no StallStl-
cal Secretary be employed for next year.
! The committee on timrand pl lace 0l meet
: Ing reported Sumter rs the place ana the
Thursday before the first Sunday IN Dec'hi-
her as the time for holding The next cnnrrn-
! lion. This is ono week later than the conreh-
tiun has been held. heretofore, the change bt-
Ing made in order to enable the officers ana
! agents of the convention an opportunity to
| close up all the work GI the year before The
meeting.
/ A resolution expressive of continued inter
est In the work Of the American Bible Society
wils ;llDuICd.
J The con vcnlion 10y Il rising vote returned
/ thanks to the railroads and To the baptist
Church and the citizens of Columbia for the
rourtcSic:; extended them.
: The rrDurt on obituaries was submitted.
and aft or some discussion III regard To Inc
point as To whether Or not notic> should DC
confined to ministers. IL WAS adopted.
The Statistical Secretary WAS gflntru lcaNc
to secure more full statistics Than he Has now
i'm hand AMI print same In the minutes.
The ella IT. announced The following StanclnS
committees 10 serve for the ensuing year:
Foreign MssionS-.F. {. lliNon, Il. j. For
rcStcr, w II. Edwards, +. NJ. Salicrwhltc,
John 4. Robinson.
Home Mis.ionS-W. II. Lylcs, W. j. dudley.
r. II. Edwards, JAS. y. Brown, W. u. .St!rd'GH.