The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-05-09
The South Carolina Epwerth League
Conference.
WILLIAMSON, S. C., Nav


many readers are Interested i'm all that
tends to develop the spiritual and in
tellectual characters of the young
manhood and young womanlood of
South Carolina. 1t is to be regretted
that all such could not have been pres
ent at the Conference of the South
Carolina Epworth League, which has
just closed it's seventh annual session
III the charming little town of Will
liamston.
When it was decided ut Camden
last year to hold the next meeting at
THIS place, success seemed assured; for
llliamston people have long sustain
Ell well earned and cnviablc rcputa-
tlon for kindness to their guests. Tho
size of place has q great deal to do in
making a meeting OF this kind sue
cess. The mnny and varied attractions
OF large place, which divcst public
attention, are lacking here, and all of
our citizens, irrespective of creed or
denominational ties, threw open their
hearts and homes to the enthusiastic
young Lengucrs, and contributed their
presence and influence to the success
OF the meeting. A committee, COM
posed of the brightest and best young
people the town affords, met the dele
gates at the trains and not Il jar or
hitch occurred to embarrass the visit
ing Leaguers.
A good audience gathered to witness
the opening exercises, which occurred
Thursday evening at $50 o'clock.
Pleasing addresses of welcome were
delivered by Prof. G Goodgion and Mayor
Browne, who acquitted themselves
nobly, and they were responded to by
President Watson in delightful style
peculiarly his own.
The Conference opened Friday morn
ing to organize and get down to bust
ness. Secretary Stokes viewed the
State Conference from retrospective
and prospective standpoints. Rev. w.
l.. Wait next addressed tho Confer
ence, taking for his subject 'The
League as u Factor in the Development
of Spiritual Life" GLOW to plan for
and conduct the devotional meetings
of the League" was the theme discussed
by Albert ID. Belts. Miss A. B. Will
liams, Of Charleston, had prepared an
excellent paper on practical Charity
and Help Work of the League" which
was read by Miss Julia Williams, a
sister of the author.
General discussion of methods Of
work preceded the sermon delivered at
10 o'clock by Rev. s. B. Harper:
The afternoon session was devoted
to reports from the Leagues, nearly all
OF which were read in q clear and dis
tinct manner and pronounced unusu--
ally good by the officers in charge.
After this n reception was rendered
the Conference by the faculty Of the
Female College. Of course, this re-
ceptioD. was succe... with DR.. Lander
at the head of it.. The visitors had a
the College and went away in love with
this noble Institution of learning.
At night Revs. w. L. Wait and M.
B. Kelley addressed the League in an
entertaining manner.
Saturday morning good papers were
read by g.. w: Speer, Munroe Pickens
and Miss jamie Gray on the following
Missionary Work can the Leagues Of
South Carolina undertake." "T6e Mis-
sionary Effort Necessary to the Life of
the League" and "What Emphasis
shall be placed upon the Reading cour-
ses in the Literary work Of the
League1''
The missionary spirit took possession
OF the meeting, the people became en-
Truesdale will go to Cuba to do mis-
sion work under the auspices of the
South Carolina EpwOrth League Con-
ference.
Rev. Peter Stokes preached the 12
O'Clock sermon, and the meeting ad-
jOurned till the afternoon session, when
lot of miscellaneous business was
attended to.
Batesburg was chosen aa the place
for the next meeting after lively COM
petition from other places, and Rev. E.
.: Watson, of Charleston, was re elect
ed President, Rev. p. Stokes, of
LOwndesvi!le, Secretary, and Miss
jamie Sullivan, of Williamson, was
chosen Treasurer.
AS noted in last'week's 1NTELLIGEN-
GER, Dr. DuBOse arrived on Saturday
afternoon and addressed the Confer
ence at night. The expectations of
every one were realized and the people
went away charmed with the silver
t0ngued orator from Nashville, who
held his audience spellbOund by his
marvellous elOqucnce and OratOrical
powers.
Before the hour for preaching drew
nigh Sabbath morning, Church goers
began to arrive in large numbers, for
the fame of DR.. DnBoso had gone
abroad in the land and seats were at
premium. The scene that greeted the
eye Of one who approached The Church
would have done your heart good, Mr..
Editor: Without, all nature, arrayed
in her brightest garb, was smiling and
wooing mankind into deeper love for
ner. Within, the bright and happy
faces Of the young Leaguers was inspi-
rative itself. 1 fcel nv INABILITY .o
|!.to anything about the sermon that
followed; The beauty and grandeur
OF 1t would only be marred by any thing
1 might say about it. Truly, 1 had
never heard such eloquent expression
Of thought before.
In the evening Rev. E. O. Watson
preached, an appropriate hymn was
sung, and the Conference of the South
Carolina Epworth League was num-