The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-16
IN CHURCHLY COUNCIL.
THE ABBEvILLE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
HAVE A MOST PROFITABLE MEETING.
Interesting Notes of What Was done
at ety-SiX...NOfRble Work In
the Church..

Interesting Notes of What Was done
at Ninety.Six..-NofabI Work In
the Church.
The Abbevillr Baptist Association met or
Tuesday September Sth, with the church al
Ninety Six, in its twenty-second annual ses
sion.
This body is composed of twenty-ont
-Four Of the larger churches OF Abbevillt
county belong to the Saluda Association, IN
total number of white Baptists In AbbeVillt
county being about 1000.
Nearly all of the churches were represent
cd by letter and delegates. and the attend
ance upon all OF the meetings was very good
the church being frequently seated TO lis iul
capacity:
intimately been connected with the Associa
ton were pTovidentially absent.
Revs. q. III. Carter and j. 5. Jordan mac
moved TO other fields of labor, and Revs. III
c. Smart and b +. Miller were kept at home
by serious and protracted illness.
Rev. w. a. Gaines was also detained by {
meeting of considerable power in his churcl
at Mount Carmel.
eral UNCONVENTIONAL interests were present II
larger number than usual, and added greatly
to the success of the meeting,
The officers who have served for years pas
were elected by acclamation:
]. II. Wideman, President.
Ben.Chiles, Clerk.
w. B. Acker Treasurer.
After the organization was effected the re
ier. Pending the adoption Of the report the
work Of the Home Missions Board Of tht
Southern Baptist Convention was discussed
by several brethren.
sions was taken up, and speeches were made
by Rev. A. j. Thomas, editor Of the Baptis
Courier, and others.
The fact that next year will be the centen
nial Of foreign mission work In Its present or
ganized form was spoken Of.
All Baptist Boards of oreign Missions 1r
this country and in England are preparing tc
celebrate the event by enlarging and strength
ening their work.
posing to send out one hundred new mission
aries to foreign fields during this and nex
year.
Board by which William Carey was sent tc
India, and soon thereafter other denomina
tiops organized similar boards.
During the year two things worthy OF men,
The first foreign missionary from our
bounds, Miss Lillian McDavid OF Due West
has entered upon her work In Mexico; and
the State Baptist Orphanage has been located
In our midst at Greenwood.
On Tuesday night Rev. S. L. Vass, the su.
perintendent Of the orphanage soon to be
built, preached sermon and afterwards pre-
sented the orphanage work, for which he re-
ceived cash and subscriptions to the amount
Of about S4OO. He had with him the archi
will soon be given to contract.
The system adopted Is the cottage plan,
and buildings to accommodate twentY.four
orphans each will be erected as fast as the
Each building will be house within ITSELF
having its matron and teacher. The trustees
have studied the matter very carefully, hay-
ing visited many Orphanages In various
1f k,N ,irry "A hor rNlo q
adopted seems to them 10 be much the best.
"Wednesday morning, the report on State
Missions was read by E. M. Lipscomb and DR..
T. NJ. Bailey. the secretary Of this Board, made
q speech on the work.
He showed that there were 81 missionaries
employed In destitute fields In all parts OF
the United States, this being double the force
employed five years ago.
The Board requires $4,000 for Its work This
year.
The report on education prepared by Rev.
LIT. Carroll was then read.
Col. ]. A. Hoyt, now Financial Agent OF
Furman University was called out and spoke
of the effort that is now being made by the
a chair in the University in memory or DR..
James G. Furman, lately deceased, and for
years one Of the most prominent educators OIL
South Carolina
Col, Hoyt then received subscriptions to
that object amounting to $3.50, which amount
will be increased to 81 900 or more.
DR.. r. H. Griffith, of Cooper Limestone In
stitute for young ladies, then presented the
claims of his school; Mr.. Townes. son Of the
president, spoke for Greenyille Female Col
iege, and Capt. Patrick told the Association
about the Patrick Military Institute of An
derson.
In the afternoon the Association considered
Woman's Missions, and transacted routine
business.
At night the subject OF temperance was dis
cussed by Rev. Mc. Brabham. of the Metho-
dist church, Rev. l.. Il. Carroll and Rev. j. E.
Leroy.
After the Missionary sermon, preached by
Rev. j. A. Brown, the Association adjourned
to meet next year with the Mount Carmel
church.
Ninety-Six entertained the Association
most genei ously and Hospitality, and this was
one Of the best sessions IL has ever had.
J. A. B.