The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-04-18


ing but our our lirsited space would
not admit of anything like that.
The con ference held three sessions
e day for five days and the entire
time was filled with good things.
,UnIike some similar meetings
tables of dry statistics and lengthy,
Tedious reports were conspicuous
| by their absence, for which there
were no doubt many thanNs. The
time was spent in Interesting reliG-.
ious services and the 1Iscussien Of
live important and timely subjects.
This conference may with proprictY,
we think, be called a missionary and,
educational institute. There were
good takers on hand and they talk
ed well. Many declared that they
had never attended q better OF more
; interesting district conference. No
little credit is due Presiding Eider
! Dargan. The success Of any meet
ing depends 10 II great extent upon
the man at thc helm Npd the fact
! that this was such decided sue
cess il sufficient evidence Of Rev.
bargains ability as q chairman.
The opening sermon was delivered
by Rev. l. I NcGee. IT was an in
| teresting discourse on the life of
Abram. We cannot attempt 10 do
more than mention few Of the
leading items on the programme.
Rev. w : Martin, Of hingstree, de-
lirered an interesting and enter
tanning address on providence in
! the present movements OF the
earth" "The power of the Holy
Ghost The hope of the church III
missionary operations" WIS discuss
ed by Revs. Il + Smith and.P T
Kilgo. Rev w NJ Duncan's address
on "have foreign missions been
success" was success. We should
have stated that Thursday was
mission day. Other subjects on this
line were discussed but We can
mention only few. Does the char
acter Of the done in Sunday schools
accomplish the ceatral object Of
Sunday school work, by Prof. J l
Mama and Mr.. Guss Hntfmeyer. Our
return on this is fine. Dr.. J r Pearce
and Il T Kersha&, Esq. spoke in
terestingly OIL the equipnento ofSun-
! day schools. The chairman saw
! no excuse for the last named to re-
main Il bachelor longer. The rela-
tion of the intellectual and social
life of our young people WAS spoken
to by Kevs W NJ Hardin and " G.
Kelley, we'll named by the choir
the SON of thunder. One OF the best
! textures sf the meeting was tie ad-
dress of Prof W II Lander, of Viii
liamstone Female College, on
Christian education. The goth
centuarS, BY Rev J W kilgo, deser-
YES much more than passing men
top. TO r.poduce the entire adj
dress would not doitjustice.- n order
to falls appreciate this mastery
effort one must have heard it deir-
cred. The claims # the Christian
Advocate were presented by its
editor, DR.. JnO q Wilson. Prof. J
/ a Graham, who is u candidate for
the ministry, passed his examina-
ttaion with much credit. On Sun
day morning DR.. w " Daniel
! preached at the Methodist church
on the priesthood Of Jesus. The
crowd was large, the church being
literally packed. but the sermon,
which was fine one. wa: listened
to with much interest. The pu!pi
at the Pres bytcrian church was o.
trupicd Sy Rev. n, z: Philips. The
mass meeting for youns folk
!; e pccial y on Sunday afternoon
was addressed by Rrr J |. Ray ana
! Prof j q ClinksralrS. This was one
of the most interesting meetings
held during the entire conference.
! Rex. y ] Canthen, of Timmonsriile,
preached Sunday night, after which
the cunferfEce adjourned to meet
with Uninp church, Darlington
! district, one year hence. Lay dele
gates to the annual conference;
! Messrs i kershaw,J } W King, "
Rodgers, DR.. b G Gregg. a hearty
resolution was voted the people of
Lake City for their kindness and
hospitality.
| kingStree needs Il new hotel
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