The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-07-23
ALL THE NEWS IN
COLORED CIRCLES.
A Department Devoted to the
DOings of the
Race
THE CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.
What is Transporting Among the COlored
People in and Around
Brunswick.
TT. C. CALHOUN, Editor. ]

L. q. CALHOUN, Editor.
Conference convened in evening
session at o'clock Wednesday even
ing to hear the annual sermon
preached by Rev. w. Ii. Wells, of
Waycross. After the opening SER
wees, conducted by Rev. E. B. Brown,
Presiding Elder Wood introduced
Rev, Wells as the speaker of the even
ing, who announced for his text Mat
thew, Is :25. 1t is enough to say that
the sermon was excellent. At the con-
clusion of the sermon Rev. James led
in singing, is Not This the Land of
Beulah?" etc.
The conference was called to order
yesterday morning by the presiding
elder. Rev. W. III . Hannah opened
the devotional services by lining
hymn No. 240. Rev. j. W. Davis came
forward and offered prayer, after
which the conference settled down to
business. After receiving a letter of
greeting from Elder B. B. Bailey, of
ValdOsta, the conference took up the
order of the day, which was the re-
ceiving of reports from the thirty
three charges In the district, This
order consumed the entire day. The
reports show that all of the ministers
have done some sterling work during
the past year, and especially in the
case of Rev. II. NJ. Sellers, who has
purchased land and built church,
having only Que member to help him.
At IL o'clock, by appointment, Rev.
E. B. Brown, of the Blackshear dis.
trict, preached. He took for his text
the words: "This was the Lords do
Ings and it was marvellous in our
eyes"-St. Mark, 12:l1.
The sermon was masterly effort.
The preacher took his vast audience
upon the pinions of his swift magma
ton, carried them back to the Begin
ming of creation, and coming up
through the ages of evolution bid
them behold the wonders; then merg-
ing into the Inimitable glory and
splendCr of the present century,
where science and art, working hand
in hand, have reduced and are still
reducing the forces of nature to the
needs and requirements of man, ex-
claimed: "This is the Lords dolngs,
and it is marvellous in our eyes," Rev.
Brown left last night for his home.
Presiding Elder Pierce of the Black
shear district, came in and was intro
duced to the conference. He was
urged to speak and spake of the work
of his district and the general church,
and declared that all that the negro
could boast of and all that he could
claim as his own is the A. M. E.
church, which Is doing more to con-
vince the world of the capabilty OF
negro manhood than any other organ
Ization in the world. His speech was
cheerfully received.
At the close of the afternoon SEES
sion Revs. Glllens and Rasburg of the
Blackshear district came in, were in
troduced to the conference, and made
speeches.
Rev. G. M. Jenkins, of this city, was
introduced to the conference, and in
vlted to a seat within the bounds.
DR.. Tysen, practiclng physIcian of
Willacoochee, Ca, Is In the city at
tending the conference.
Rev. Joseph Jones, the sweet singer,
keeps the conference in splendid
mood by his lovely and always appro-
pirate songs.
Rev. p. F. Curry made an $l1
speech, or rather that's what the con-
ference paid him for it.
The reports of Rev. Chas. +. Hobbs,
of st. Marys, show him to be young
man of excellent parts and sterling
worth.
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