The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-12-17
BAPTIST CONVENTION,
A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THE woRk
DONE BY THE BODY.
The Attendance OF Delegates Not Quite

The Attendance OF Delegates Not Quite
as Large as Usual. but the Interest In
tho Work OF tho Church Unabated.
SpARTANBURa, S. c., Dec. 1O.-The
Baptist State Convention, which con-
vened here on the 3d instant in the new
and handsome Baptist Church, adj
journed last Sunday night. The ses-
Sions of the convention were very
pleasant, and everything passed off
without the least friction. Col. HOyt
was reelected President, with Revs.
II. II. Griffith and w. d. Rice as Vice
Presidents, Rev. A. j. $. Thomas and
Mr.. A. b. Woodruff Secretaries and
Mr.. g. II. Judson, Treasurer. The at
tendance was not as large as we have
seen, the number of delegates enrolled
being about 175.
The report of the State Mission
Board was read, and showed that the
work accomplished by the Board the
past year WAS the largest it has ever
done. About $500 will he needed by
December 31st to pay all bills and leave
the work square with the world. 1t is
hoped that this amount will be pat
into the treasury by the churches dur
ing the remaining days of the year.
The report of the Board Of Minis.
terial Education was read by DR..
Mundy, and the financial report was
read by &. A. Norwood. There are at
Furman University torty-four young
men studying for the ministry. There
will be needed for the work this ses-
sion 81 ,425.
The report of the Committee on
Minister'S Relief Fund was read by
n Rrnyur
made by a. &. Wilkins and j. Ct. Will
liams. and collection was taken for
this object.
The Convention Sermon was preached
Thursday night by Bro. }. w. Perry,
pastor of the IIartsville church. 1t
was an excellent sermon.
The Convention was addressed by DR..
Frost upon the Sunday school work OF
the Southern Baptist Convention. The
object for which the Board was created
is the improvement of the Sunday
school condition of the South. There
are about 5000 Baptist Southern
churches that have Sunday schools,
and about 12,OCO are without. The
Board does not ask for contributions.
1t only seeks the prayers of Gods peo-
pie. Dr. Frost made very happy I'M
preston on the Convention.
After the devotional exercises and
reading OF the Journal on Friday, the
regular order of Foreign Missions was
called and the report was read by Mr..
l.. {. EZeil. This report was an eX-
tended and very admirable paper. Dr.
/. III. Iritchard then addressed the
Convention upon the subject. lie
sketched the origin Of the Modern Mis-
sionarY enterprise, giving the Nora
vian3 due credit for the noble and ex-
traordlnary part taken by them. He
showed by very striking figures how
the blessing of God has rested upon the
missions of Baptists. The money eX-
pended by BaptistS is from six to seven
times as productive in spiritual results
as that expended by FIVE other leading
denominations of Christians. The Con
p. Bell, Of the Foreign Mission Board
lie reported the work progressing fine
ly in nearly all the mission fields and
said the great demand for men is being
met. The men are coming to the front.
He wants one hundred churches and
individuals who will undertake each
the support of a missionary for five
years. The greatest need is medical
missionaries. -Four are wanted now.
The report on the Orphanage was
read by Rev. Mr.. Vass, who made Il
brief and business-like statement OF
the status of the work at the present
time, and as to what is expected of the
Baptists of the State. The immediate
need is the payment Of pledges, that
the building may not be retarded by
lack Of money. lie 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 rising vote the
brethren declared that they would
stand by him. a collection was taken
up amounting to $38, 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 Mr.. Vass for the large
gratultous work he has done as chair
man Of that committee and to the Swift
Creek church for the magnanimity with
which they maintained him and spared
him from the pastorate while he was
doing the work.
The attendance at the Convention
Friday night was augmented by about
one hundred young ladies from Con-
for the accomplished president of the
A resolution was offered by Rev. Mr..
Sanders commenting the Sunday
School Board OF the Southern Baptist
Convention to the support of the de-
nomination in the State; and Rev. G. G.
Brown proposed an amendment also
rendering the thanks of the Convention
to the American Baptist Publication
Society for donation Of Bibles, and
wishing Godspeed upon the Society in
all departments Of its work.
The subject Of State Missions came
up by special order at o'clock. The sub
ject was discussed by several speakers.
Rev. j. n. Booth, OF Edgelield, spoke
of tho need for strong men in destitute
places. He also brought out the fact
that while the foreign missionary at
tracts the eye of the world, the State
in destitute fields is not
much heard Of. Too little is given by
the $4,000 Baptists Of the State for
State missions. The average pro rata
is very low. The reason is that so
many give nothing. The pastors must
inform their churches about the work,
and the monthly concert Of prayer
ought to be observed. DR.. Bailey closed