The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-03-27
SEiSElcIiRS ClHCuIl.
Rev. -. J.. BOYD WritCa nu t;u. nurIGlnE
ictcr FIom lila circuit to
His Church Paper.

|
After having served North l.aurrrH
| circuit for four years to the best OF MY
| ability, the law Of the church Anid |
| must 90, and leave the pCopl' had
| Learned to lovo SO we'll u was very
| Try 'Dg to bid them adiCu, but after some
| few visits after Conference, and nifcc.
| tionatc farrwrlls, we checked our l,n9-
| gage to Ncwbcrry Circuit, whorc was
born and reared. It. seemed strange to
mo that after II lapse Of % years.
| should be sent to my homo, but feel
| that it is OF the Lord. We arrived ono
| day before our brethren expected u~,
| aud, therefore, we were not met by
| them. However, some came the next
day and brought u nico dinner for Ms,
| and since that day i, has been ours 10
receive from the kind friends, turkey,
canned fruits batter, cabbage, SaW&agu
and spare ribs, honey and other good
things too numerous 30 mention. At
though it is written "that u prophet is
not without honor save in his own coun-
iy," this t. IN exception so the rule. |
have never been more kindly received
| anywhere. While VIC left many dear
| friends ut NORTH Laurrns, whom VIC
| shall love and think OF is long as we
| live. We have found new ones who
have already won our hearts. Our board
! Of stewards have met and-providcd lib
| orally for our support.
| Already our first quarterly cOnfcrcucc
! has been held with splendid results. It
was our great pleasure to have with us
oar presiding elder, Bro. Il. a. Chi!d,
| last Saturday, who cainc 20 us from BRO
Jesse Stephenson : work. After prrAch
! ing there and holding his quarterly
conferences, he came on to Bro. Her.
bcrt's charge, and did the same. Su%-
urday he went out to Lebanon, and held
mine after preaching. saturday night
he did the same for Bro. Spcake. Sun
| day morning we began thc services at
Lebanon, with an o!d-time love feast,
such is we used to have. Bro. Chi!d
preached and administered the Sacra-
mcnt. Thcii. going with me to Ehc-
ncXtr, he preached again. Atnight he
preached again for Bro. Speakc and
| administered the Sacrament. and with
all this he was not the least fatigue,i,
bat each succeeding sermon seemed to
| be the best. Bishop Key made no mis-
take when he put Rurus \. Child on
| Cokcsburj Districts. He is magnifying
his office. Since | had to leave he old
| Spartan district with 5:o. Mea,lnrs as
my presiding elder, | am clad 10 be
associated with Bro Child in the same
| relation.
Our love feast WIS an iuspirati0u to
both preachers and people. | am so Glad
that VIC arc conimw back to use this
blessed means OF grace. Let's revive
them, brethren, and prcccdc cur quar-
tcrly meetings by fast days. iAmcn. J
Thu. humbling ourselves before God,
he II bless us
The financial report Of tho stewards
was good, in fact, beyond what we cx-
pectcd, $lo9.25 being paid. Collect cd
for other objects, about $50 The
conference is composed Of almost an
entirely new set Of mcr. The faith crs
have nearly all gone, but their noble
, sons take their places, and the religion
OF Jesus Christ abidcs in no small d.
gree in these.
am doing my best to meet the dc
mands both in the pulpit End in the
paste oral work. My good BRO. Tiilci
left everything in fine shape, and it il
pleasant to follow such man OF God
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