The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-01-08
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Conference Reflections.
BY REV. L ALsroN WILKES.
Suntl,crn Christian AdrOcate.

Southern Christian Adrocate.
All, THOSE days in Anderson, how
quick!ey they passed away. OF the days
Of nv pilgrimage nnne nave been more
pleasnil! Than those days spent in that
grand old toNn dur!uy our late Annual
Cunlereuce. The greeting and kind
words of the family 1ho entertained me,
the smiles aud loving hsud shs!se,, OF
stalwsrr i,inerants; the speeches; the
sermous, the Bishops godly behavior,
will live in memury, which delights TO
exert itself in bringing to miud the
pleasant incidents. Aud again [ am
employed in Conference Reflections.
lad he who wants Conference to
pay for it's lunch and lodging been there
in Anderson, the spectacle OF such Chris
tian hospitality would surely have per-
suaded him to cease advocating plan
which depriges a religious people from
exercising one of the most pleasant: OF
Christian duties that of hospitality;
Such welcome, bright eyes, cheerful
fires. :howdy-dos" and chow have you
besl.s" I have never seen excelled.
Thank the Lord for the grace OF hospl-
tality. The truth was apparent. An
derson bore on its face aud in faces
priu,c facie evidence thatit was rell-
gious town. I saw it, I felt it, | know it
must be true. The influence OF the
godly prevail there; the devil and his
adherents are in the minority in power
and plumbers. Former dudes and the
feminine gender of that thing now
attend PRAYER meetings and Sunday
Schools. The ballroom is deserted. A
lady.elect told me out of large num-.
Der of racket dancers and swallow-tail
wal;zers possibly three or four remain.
They have all joined the Church aud are
walking in the Spirit except the few,
who will have to shuttle the jig and the
german alone unless they migrate to
more congenial realms. Although the
hsr.rooms were opened I failed to see g
man stagger on the streets, or any evil
dence whatever of drinking aud drunk
enness. Everybody walked straight
and looked ahead 90 though +. had
something in view .hat WAS worth view
inc. The Town Council believes in
doing things open and above board. l
noticed no screens before tho marble
slaos where pop.skull and other liquors
are Sold It must take the cheek OF the
old scratch to 60 iu there in the blaze OF
day and drink the filthy stuff. lniquity
delights in screens. 1t is a great blow to
bar. keepers to abolish them. 1t hurts
the trade amazingly. No man of decent
parents will desire to drink in public Tor
fear of being seen by the godly and re-
ceiyipg deserved condemnation. The
liquor trade was quiet The blackslid-
den countryman iu jeans might slip
round to the back door and get his flask
filed, and at night, when "evils are
most iree," the gambler, the old sot and
Tie balance of that ballroom crowd
might enter boldly, but during the day
the bar.room business was dull in An
derson.
Thursday was day of dust, free ride
and thanksgiving dinners. Thousand
dollar teams in glistening harness pulled
up and down, here and there aud all
around beautiful, busy Anderson, ph@-
tons full of Methodist preachers. dined
by invitation with Colonel John Patrick,
and such dinner it was-can be better
eaten than described. The Colonel
taught me years ago how to par cor
rectly and 10 act honorably, and love
him for it all.
It is military institute he is running
now, and everybody about there moves
about, faces about and carries "arms"
according to strict military rule. When
dinner was announced, the Cadets fine
body-marched to the "hep" and took
their places orderly at the table. Then
the onslaught began. imagined they
were more skilled with their knives and
forks than their sabres.
In the afternoon many of US witnessed
a dress parade. The boys marched
admirably and looked brave. Would
you believe that Brother Clifton notices
the fighting marks in man? Well, he
does. Said he, as company passed
him +: "Tbere is some good fighting in
those fellows. Look how wide They are
between the ears"
At this, when our brother vas stirring
up his war instincts, looked, somewhat
neryously, about for Brother Browne, but
the editor of the Neighbor was nowhere
to be seen. The man of peace may be
wide between the ears, but he is not in
sympathy with any war movement. 1t
takes some service under grace before
traces OF youthful longings and disposi.
tions can be obliterated. Brother Cliff
ton stole from home at the early age OF
Is to fight and bleed, if necessary, for
his country. An old soldier of the Sixth
South Carolina Regimenthas entertained
me by telling how Brother Clifton "fout"
a fat man twice his age over mess of
pottage. The big man wanted more
than his share and that called firth all
the Irish in the young soldier.
That was '.jess during the wah, and it
is not surprising that he has turn in
marking and illustrating the fighting
qualitses in a man by the position and
cut of the ear. May the Lord bless
abundantly the good people of Anderson
Every preacher had the best home, to
hear him tell it, while there. WAS
thrown with copgenial companion and
the precious hours we spent together in
the Chrislion home of Rev. Il. B FAINT
will never be forgotten. Of th:- sweet
recollections of the Conference j., An
derson, the social features, and above
that the religious features and impres
sions, they will never grow old. They
are treasured in memory, aud there they
will sparkle in the background OF life's
daily duties. The latter will bs. more
cheerfully undertaken, and are greatly
enhanced now, since in the midst stands
the picture upon which the mind lovingly