Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-12-05
BAPTIST CONVENTION.
A Short Resume of the Proceed.
ings of the South Carolina
State Baptist Convention
Held at Chester Nov.
9th to Dec. End,
1894, Inclusive.

The annual meeting of the Bap-
tist State Convention was held in
Chester, IS. c., beginning Tuesday
evening, Nov. 9th, 1894.
The sermon before the Ministers
Conference was delivered by Rev.
c. S. Gardner, pastor of the first
Baptist Church Of Greenville, S.
c., late of Tennessee. The first
session of the Ministers Confer
ence convened OH Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock, and essays
were read by Prof. Riley, presi-
dent Of the Greenville Female
College, on Predestination, and by
Rev. Mr.. Parrot as to whether too
many Baptist organizations exist
ed?" Both of these topics were
freely discussed by many of the
brethren present.
In the afternoon session the sub
ject of Divorce was treated of by
the Rev. Mr.. Boldridge, Of Bates
burg; the subject of Close Com
munion by the Rev. Mr.. Bomar, o.
Aiken. All these essays were the
result of earnest thought and care
full preparation.
The convention sermon was
preached Wednesday evening at
the beautiful and spacious Baptist
church of the town by Rev. Mr..
Derieux, of Spartanburg. The
text selected for the evening was
John 15:1-4. After the sermon
the convention was called to order,
Rev. R. w. Sanders, of Florence,
being made president by vote of
the convention.
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock
the convention assembled and
the report on State missions was
made by DR.. T. M. Bailey, OF
Greenville. DR.. Bailey reported a
debt of some three thousand dol
lars still on the State mission
board, of which he is correspond
ing secretary. DR.. Vass, of the
Orphanage, made his report with
no debt, all ready for another
years work.
The subject of the Aged Minis
ter's Relief Fund was brought be-
fore the body by Rev. c. c. Brown,
of Sumter. The women of the
State are aiding in this work and
are collecting extra offerings from
the churches, all of which are to
be reported to the churches. These
however, do not take, the place of
the regular church collections.
At II o'clock the convention at
tended the Thanksgiving service
in the Opera House, where an elo-
quent discourse was delivered by
Rev. Thomas H. Pritchard, D. D.,
of Charlotte, N. G.. The theme
was selected from Deut. 32:31, and
was an able and practical discus
sion against all forms of atheism
and infdelity in all times and
ages. "The lives of all great inf
dels were marked, belief to The
contrary Notwithstanding, by gross
immortality, and when the great
end came, died as they had lived
without God and without hope"
The Woman's Auxiliary to the
Baptist State Convention held their
annual meeting in the Methodist
Church of Chester on Friday morn
ing, Nov. 3Oth. The report of the
Central Committee was gratifying
in the extreme, the amount for
missions this yeor given by the
women of the State amounting to
over $4,000. The brethren of the
convention in their report on wo-
mans work, commended highly
the magnificent work of their sis
ters. The work has expanded in
twenty years from four mission So
cieties in South Carolina to over
two hundred.
The convention had the profita-
BILE pleasure of hearing an address
from the venerable DR.. R. H.
Graves, of China, who went to that
country before the doors of the
great city of Canton were opened
to foreigners. DR.. Graves thinks
that the war between China and
Japan is the providential dealing
of the Almighty Creator in more
efficiently opening the doors Of
that powerful kingdom to the reli-
gion Of his only begotten Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord. In this
great country live one-fourth of