The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-13
A GOSPEL TAHERNACLE.
In Which Commendable Chl istian Work
IS to be Carried On.

th " men SOmnenOaDle Snf iStiSN horS
is to be Carried On.
From Ike Columbia Daily Register, Feb. S.
Some time since charter was Sc
cured by parties in this city and else
where for the establishment here of a
Gospel Mission for the carrying on of a
Christian work in a field now almost
wholly neglected.
Prominent among the moving spirits
of the enterprise were the Rev. +. G.
Oliver and his estirlable wife, Mr.: c. D.
Stanley, r NJ Anderson and others,
some of whom have been identified with
the South Carolina Hoiiness Association.
The Rev. Mr.. Oliver and his wife,
who are really at the head of the move
ment, have removed to this city, which
they intend to maze their future place
Of residence, it is understood, and it IS
further stated that the chartered COM
pany or its representatives now have do-
posted to their credit some $45, 900 in
Columbia bank, and that the proposed
work is to be at once inaugurated.
The fine lot on the Southeast corner OF
Assembly and Taylor streets has been
purchased for a site for the buildings to
be erected, and a contract. has been
awarded to Mr.. J. 6. Feaster, the con-
tractor, for the erection of six-room
cottage on the Eastern end of the lot
referred to.
This cottage is to be built of wood,
and work upon it will be commenced at
once. When completed il will be used
as a residence for the superintendent of
the mission.
Upon the front end Of the lot, facing
on Assembly street, with a side entrance
on Taylor street, will be erected brick
building, 40 by 80 feet and three stories
high.
This building is to be known as the
Gospel Tabernacle, and q space
forty by sixty feet of the front
portion of the ground floor will be used
as a reception room and a hall for the
holding of religious services.
An arrangement of a movable curtain
or of folding doors will be put in to
enable the size af the hall to be regulated
to the proportions of the meeting held.
At che rear Of the building a basement
will be put in and this room will be
utilized as press room for the printing
Office, which will be a part of the
equipment of the Mission.
From this printing Office, the compos-
ing room for which will be located on
an upper story, probably, a weekly re-
ligious paper will be issued, and large
quantities of religious tracts will be
printed.
The paper, the name of which has not
yet been fully determined on, will dis
cuss ali religious themes from a nom
denomlnational standpoint, and will adj
vocate prohibition.
On the second story will be located a
Sufte- otfss--'tor-~ea.s1s-.,zl;t4ar and
printers home for the residence OF the
employees in the printing Office, and the
third story will be utilized as may De
found most desirable.
The object of the mission will be the
carrying on of evangelical work among
the classes that do not attend any
church and who are not visited by any
clergymen in any way now approached,
with q view of improving their moral
welfare and awakening in them desire
to lead better life.
No class and no individual will be ex-
cluded, but among the poor and needy,
the abandoned and depraved, the work
will 60 on, and in the work the aid of
volunteers will be asked from among
the Christians of every denomination IN
the city.
Bible readings will be held at the
Tabernacle, as well as prayer meetings
and preaching services. Those enlistlng
in the work will be expected to visit any
and al! who may be likely to be bene-
fitted By the stretching forth of hand
to save and the carrying to them the
promises held out to repentant sinners
in the Word.
1t is not proposed to make the insti-
tuition home for those ''plueked like
brands from the burning" but such will
be secured homes elsewhere where they
will have an opportunity to begin new
life, and all possible encouragement will
be given to any and all into whom can
be instilled desire for reformation or
the leading of a more religious life.
The institution will depend for It's
support on an endowment, an encour-
aging nucleus for which has already
been secured, and upon voluntary con-
tributions from any one who may see ut
to aid so noble work as that to which
it is dedicated.
Certainly the proposed institution IS
one deserving of success and of ail the
aid and cooperation which can be gwen
It. and it cannot be doubted that co.
umbia's citizens will not be behlndhand
in doing what they can to advance Its
usefulness.