The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-02
The isnpfI~I mon meeting II"
GrONycii-,

The Union meeri Of tn Tar River
AssnpIa top net ut Neo"e''7 0" Friday .
Of last week.
Churches were not very vii repro
nted. but those who Git 90 .und e .
whole ,ouled people OF that COMMUNITY /
ready to meet them and extend hoSplt- /
able *einoeie !
Rev. X. + Peelc. the go"I pastor Of
the church, together with the willing ond
helpful membership, had made every
necessary prcparati IN for the intertal1>
ment ofall who went.
On Fli1ay morning a: 1890 OIL ok the
exerci ,es Of the meeting were onened by
Rev. z. E. PecIe, and then followed the
announcement that the programme would
be taken up.
w. a. Dunn, Esq, of Scotland Neck,
! discussed the subject, "Rela ion Of Poll
.ics to Religion" 1t was ably discussed
| bv Mr.. Dunn. showing conclusive reas-
ons that the old idea Of mans being
rascal or Jar, simply because he i
| POI tician, 5 erTOne, is and Ought not t"
! longer have place IN the u..ud9 If III
t ligent p pie.
At1I:30 o'cl OK Rev. G. J. Dowell, of
liam lton, preached an i1struc i've ser
mon aud then followed a recess for
Iii ner, The good people OF CroWclls
and the commm ity had prepared long
table in Mr.. John Pope's yard and a
bountifu' dinner was spread thereon and
every one on the grounds was invite to
eat. We tli4k all did eat. In the after
noon, the morning qneS.ipn was further
discussed by DR., Human and others
At night Rev Mr. Adams, Of Liftletori
preached, and we learned that his ser
mon was highly appreti lted.
On Saturday morning at ~ CLOCK
r the writer made some rem 'TkS on educa
ion in a general way, and also spec;a
reference to the Students AID Fund 0
were f, flowed by speech by DR., }. D
Hufham on the subject, and also b,
some remarks by Rev. Mr.. Oowcll, 0
, Hamilton.
, In the afternoon, Re-: j y; Hufhaf
ahly ci~cusscd the subject Of 'Churc
S Discipline" followed by Rev. Nh
S Dowell.
Rev. Mr.. Dowcll al o read al Interest
l. i,g paper on "Church Developments"
( The same speaker also gave an interest
iug istoral Sketch of missionary wof
in Eastern Carroll a." and urged that TIL
importance Of this work be more gen
orally studied and aided 10y ChrlstiN
generally.
At the noon recess on Saturday ii
table Of Friday had been Enlightened al
still more abuAdant was is supply. foC
u.ilg> fer all were there, and u feast
guod til ., was enjoyed as well OF cd
bles Us Of intellectual and Spirltu
TIL g.
At the dose OF Saturdays exerd c
the w!iter was forced to leave to after
hit to other duties.
r Rev. Mr.. Dowel was appei ted
IS p We We learn ihse The Sunday exerci>
Of were Of very Ii IN and holy Order, y
vi Dow,n preached to large COZ 9tega'i
at II o'clock and Rev. q. l.. Fin
preached in the afternoon and again
ri .ht. We have heard all the scitAo
we missed highly Complrmcntrd.
The people Of Cr"wcllS and commu
q. ity are good and generous, and tn
hospitality cannot be excel ed by that
~ any sec II il North Carolina. TIL
seemed TO enjoy al the meetings, ana
er' are quite sure that they made all "
rn- went as visitors enjoy i. We think &C
ere will grow out of the meeting ana Il
70 almost all who were present during
exercises viii real re the same.
''- We always leave the CrOwc'tS PEG
ret with wish to prOiOn5 our stay ann
ks them, They are among the best PEG
~, in the State. We can not here call nam
lle ~ al 49, GOOD orJ Il yer neo
far there; and the columns of TIE De.
nds GRAFT are too crowded to publ 81 Il ;
list. the peopls who live IN that section