The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-12-17
BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION.
l 3Iost Encouraging Record OF the Labors
of the Year.

The Baptist Convention met las
Thursday at Union, S. c., under the
most pleasant auspices.
Precisely at 10 o'clock Col. James \
Hoyt, president of the Convention
called it to order and the hymn, My
faith looks up to Thee" was sung
Then Col. Hoyt read the 111th Psalm
and the Rev. B. +. Corley led the Con
vention in prayer. The secretary, the
Rev. \. J. S. Thomas, read the List of
delegates from the various associations
throughout the State. Only one asso.
citation was unrepresented, the Old
Dorchester Association.
Col. Hoyt was reelected President
He thanked the Convention for again
comforting the honor on him, and
begged that the same cooperation that
has heretofore been given him be again
bestowed upon his work.
The Rev. B. c. Lampley then intro
duced Col. l. q. Ickisslck, who de-
livered an address of welcome to the
Convention. Col. McKissick did not
fail to make every one feel at home and
enjoy hearty laugh. The Rev. c. c.
Brown: of Sumter. who is considered
the Wittiest man in the Baptist donom-
ination in this State, at the request of
the president, replied to the speech of
welcome. He made an eloquent and
witty speech, and he, with Col. Mckis-
sick, will be counted the wits of the
Convention.
The associations Of Aiken. Florence
and WaccamaW, all OF which have been
recently reorganiZed, were duly received
into the Convention in the regular way.
\ resolution was offered by the Rev.
G. G.. Brown that committee be ap-
pointed to devise some scheme to raise
a fund for aged ministers. The resolu-
tion was adopted and the following
committee was appointed: &C. Brown,
J. A. White, J. \. Mayes, R. n. HoWle
and Fred Jones.
The executive board of the Convex
ton through its secretary, the Rev. Il.
NJ. Bailey, made its annual report,
which showed a very large increase in
pastors, and that a great work has been
done this year. The report is too yolu-
minous and replete with statistics to
be given in full at this time. Mr.. Bailey
also read his report as treasurer OF the
executive board. Both reports were,
on motion, received as information and
will be printed in the minutes.
The report of the board Of ministerial
education through its secretary, the
Rev. d. W. Key, made it's annual report.
This report, which is also rather long,
VIII be given at length hereafter. 1t is
enough to say that there are now fifty
one ministerial students matriculating
IN Furman University. The death of
\. Sloan Duncan, WHO was treasurer of
this board until the time of his death,
was spoken of feelingly by the beard.
Twenty-eight hundred dollars has been
collected by the board for its work.
The report was adopted and printed in
the minutes.
At this period the tellers appointed
to conduct the election for officers
made the following report: Vice presl-
dents, Z. C. Dargan, of Charleston, r.
w. Sanders, of Chester; secretary, \. J.
5. Thomas, of Orangeburg; assistant
secretary, y. B. Woodruff, of Woodruff,
S. c.: treasurer, G.. H. JudSon, of Green
vile. It may be remarked here that
these are the same officers who have
served the Convention six consecutive
years with signal ability.
G. G. Brown introduced a resolution
that the Convention appropriate five
hundred dollars out of the State mission
fund to the education of negro preach
ers at the Benedicy Institute at Co.
Iumbia.
President Hoyt announced the ap-
pointment of the following committee
on the time, the place and the preacher
for the next session: e. L. Tolsen, J.
D. Pitts, John i. FAINT, ]. Hartwell Ed
wards and W. T. Tate.
On the nomination of the board of
education-J. G. Browne,
G. L. Knight, J. ". Blanton, E. H.
Cuttino and L. ?. Lide.
On nomination Of delegates to the
American Baptist Education Society
Lucius Cuthbert, i. c. Hickson, S. B.
Sawyer, Z. w. Gordon, r. I. Mockler.
On nomination of the executive
board-J. Z. Covington, J. 3. Parrott,
J. F. Pettinger, J. c. McCubbins, J. H.
Boldridge.
On nomination Of the board of trus
tees of Furman University-E. J. For
rester, +. o. r. Curtis, J. ID. Mahon, j.
W. Mosely, J. W. Fouche.
The Convention adjourned until to-
night, when it reassembled to hear the
sermon by the Rev. \. G.
Wilkins, of Beaufort. 1t was an eX
cellent sermon and produced a pro-
found impression. At the conclusion
Of the sermon the Convention trans
acted various routine work and ad-
journed until Friday morning.
Friday morning the devotional exer
cises were led by President Hoyt, J. L..
Vass reported from the committee on
establishing an orphanage, acknowledge
ing the receipt OF several voluntary
contributions.
The committee recommends Lime
stone Springs, near Gaffney City, as the
site, a lot OF land containing tWentY-slx
acres, $500, and eight scholarships in
the Cooper Limestone Institute If this
site is occrpieedl- The committee furth-
er recommend that the 0fpphanage be
put under the control of a board OF
thirteen.
vt l1:30 the special order, foreign
was called up, and the Rev.
w. G. Lindsay read the report of the
committee, which was in substance as
follows: "Our missionaries are at
work in the following fields: China,
Africa, Italy, Brazil, Mexico and Japan.
In Southern China there are ten mis-
sionaries and twenty-one assistants, in
Central China there are fourteen mis-
sionaries and one assistant, in Northern
China there are twelve missionaries, in
Africa we have twelve missionaries and
eight assistants, in Italy three mission
aries and twelve assistants, in Brazil
seven missionaries and eight assistants,
in Mexico twenty-one missionaries and
seven assistants, in Japan five mission
aries.