The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-12-16
BAPTIST CONVENTION.
= SR!EF SYNOPSIS OF TIE WORK
Done By TIE BODY.

as Large as Usual. but the Interest IN
ine Work of the Church Cnsbated.
SPAETAN3URG, S. c., Dec. iO.-The
Baptist State Convention, which con-
yened here oa tae 3d instant in the new
! aad handsome Baptist Church. ad-
journed last Sunday night. The ses-
sioas Of the convention were very
! pleasant, and everything passed OIL
! without the least friction. CO.. Aoyt
! was reelected President, with KEYS.
Z. II. r,ffith aud ". d. Rice as Vice
Presidents, Rev 4. J. ). Thomas and
Mr. a. =. Woodruff Secretaries and
Mr. 9. Il. Judscn, Treasurer. The at
tendance was not as large as we have
seen, the number OF delegates enrolled
being about l75.
| The report Of the State Mission
Board was read. and showed that the
Work accomplished by the Board the
past year W,-s the largest lV has ever
done. About 81, 1900 Will be needed by
! December 3ist to pay al bits and leaTe
| the v Ork square vita the world. IL IS
hopel that this amount VII! be put
into the treasury b. the churches dur
ing the remaining days OF the year:
The report Of the Board OF Alnls'
terlai Education WAS read by Dr.
MCndy, and the financial report was
read uy G. &. Norwood. There are at
Ferman University forty-four young
men studying for the ministry. There
viii lie noeied for the work this ses'
sion s, ,425.
The report OF the Committee On
Ministers Relief Fund was read by
&c. G. Brown. Tender speeches were
made By a. c. Wilkins and }. u. VII
lia4s. and collection W&S taken tor
tais object.
The Convention Sermon was preached
Thur3da~ light By Bro. }. ". Terry,
paS.o- Cf the IartoY:lle chIccn. IL
Mas aa excellent Sermon.
The CONVENTION was addressed by Or.
Frost upol The Sunday schooi Work OF
tie Southern Baptist Convention. Ine
object for which the Board was created
!. the Improvement o. the sunday
school Condition. or the South. Taere
aIe about $500 Baptist southern
churches hat nave Sunday schools,
<.nc s:bouc 1000 lce Without. Inc
! DGasl, d0e3 net G2k i0r contributions.
- yD4v sesks the prayers OF Gou's peo-
PIE. Dr.. &rost Gaate I very aappy I'M
preston Gu the Convention.
Alter t!le GeTot3ona: exercises ana
reading of ne JOurca! o. tr.Gay, the
resu.ac order Of Foreign Missions was
called Grd the report was read by MI.
| L. G. Izall. This repcrs was an eI-
tea9e0 2ud very admirable paper. Or.
! Z. II. I'rltcharG tacl addressed the
Convection upon The subject. lie
sketcned Jae origin OF tho Modern n $
sicnary enterprise, giving the M3r:s'
yians due credit for tha noble and eX-
tcaordiaary part taken 0Y them. He
showed oJ very striking figures AoW
the blessing cf GOD has rested upon the
missions OF Baptists. The money ex-
pended by BapJlsJs is from SIX TO seven
| times as productive ID spiritual results
as that expended by tife other leading
denominations Of Christians. The Con
yeDtion was next addressed by Rev. I.
z. Bel, OF the Foreign Mission Board.
He reported the work progressing line,
| IL in nearly all the MISSION heIcs aad
said the great demand for men is beng
| met. The men are coming TO the front.
He wants one hundred churches and
individuals who will undertake each
tho support OF a missionary fer I'VE
wears. The greatest need Is meGlcal
missionares. -Four are wanted now.
The report on the Orphalage was
read by Rev. Mr.. TaSS, VINO mace a
brief and business-Iike statement OF
The status Of tie work at the present
time, and as to what is expected OF the
Dsptists of the State. The immediate
need is the payment Of pledges, that
! the building may not be retarded by
lack of money. He wished to know
whether the denomination would stand
| by him if he took the children on an
empty treasury when the first building
! is completed. BY a rising vote the
| brethren declared that they would
stand bv him. 4 collection Was taken
up amounting to S3S. which was some
what increased privately. This collec-
ton he said was to buy the Grst pro-
visions for the children. Resolutions
were passed confirming what the Or
phanage Committee had done, and ten
| dering thanks to MIR. Fess for the large
cra;ultous work ne has done as chair
man OF that committee and to the Swift
/; Creek church for the nagnanlmIty with
which they maintained him and spared
; him from the paStoTate while re was
doing ne work.
re attendance at the Convention
Friday night was augmented by about
ole hundred young LADIES' from Con-
verse College Il was a pleasant thing
for the accomplished president OF the
college thus to greet the Convention.
! 4 resolution vas offered By Rev. Mr.
Sanders commanding the Sunday
ScaGo! Board OF the southern Baptlst
| Convection 20 the support CT the de-
aom:uatic:. n The State; and Rev. Z. Z.
! Brown PIC s0sad az amendment also
tcuGering tie thanks Of tGe CsCvention
F.; 30 he American Baptist Publication
Society Tor Gon.vlon o. Bibles. and
wishing GoG-Speett upon the Soc1sty IL
! I'll departments o. It's work.
TIE subject of S5a:a Missions came
u1 u soecla- 0.dSr az o'c.0cE. TIC suo-
! jsci ;.s GiocU,Se>. Uy several speakers.
F.! Ncv. j Y. BUo,n, of EGselielt, spoke
. u L1NtNi s-sl-ia +ii>hi A-A
places. iiG ;..32 5TG'iga5 CIT tsle tact
5ha5 #ai.5 lne .a-eiga missionary al
Jr%.ts ne 2~e Ct he w3riG, .he state
missionary n destitute fields IS not
.auc:l lard Of. Tco little IS gwen by
.ha S0.J09 D&p.ists OF the STATE for
.,;t..ta missions. Tae average f.o rata
IS very low. The Teasoc Is that SO
G.$i!lY give 1o5allg. Ilc pastors must
inform their chvucAes about the work,
and the Iaocthiy concert of prayer
oag:.t to .. Observed. Or. Bailey closed
taG exercises by calling attention very
earnestly to the fstc1 that between
St.73Q md S1,SU0 Wo.lid be needed by
Dec: 3iSt 70 close our year without
dc3g. BY Z; rising vote the pastors and
representatives OF the churches pledged
! themselves 10 bring this matter before
.ie.r churches a1i, ask for a conCri3u-
ton 20 nee: this lasd.
The Convention will meet next year