The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-07-17
Showers Of Blessings OH Bingham
Heights.

Showers of Blessings OH Bingham
Heights.
On June the 2lst there assembled a
BODY OF men to advance Gods King
dom on earth. The place OF gathering z
few years, on Bingham Heights, two
miles West Of Ashville, n. G.. 1t does
seem that there is certain sacrcdncss
about this spot Of ground. 1t stands
where you can get good view Of the
surrounding country, and close by, at
| the foot Of the hill flows the French
| Broad River.
This conference began on June 2l>t,
and closed on the evening Of June the
| 3Oth. The Lord was with us from the
| very beginning, and worked nightly
| through some OF His disciples. There
were seven students to volunteer to go
! to the foreign fields during the session,
and many others brought to a fuller
realization OF their opportunities and
responsibilities. Among the earnest
appeals to go to foreign work were
those of Rev. Robert f.. Spur, Secre-
tary OF the Presbyterian Board OF
Foreign Missions, Mr. j. Campbell
White, of Calcutta, India, and Mr..
l\ugimlyah, native Of Japan. Mr..
Spur is doing a great work among the
students in this country. Mr.. White
IS q missionary from this country in
tho student department of the Young
Mems Christian Association in Cal
cutta. This is one of the largest in
stitutions OF learning in the world at
this place. The calls from these two
men were urgent, but the opportunity
TO speak along this line was given Mr..
Kugimiyah, who is now at Trinity Col
lcge, n. g. lie has not been in this
country great while, and could not
speak English very plainly, but in his
broken English, he gave the "Mace-
| donian" call as the listener never
heard it before. He commenced by
telling Of his conversion. Then thank
ed us for our help in his heather land.
1t was the most touching speech that
many Of us ever heard. lie said "wc,"
not they, are ready 70 receive the
Gospel" The call M only bc more
forceful by the Master. Mr.. Kugimi-
yah halted and pointed to his heart,
and had TO make q good many attempts
to begin, but before he finished there
was the most serious calm over the
whole audience. No one could put the
! call palmer than he did. The words
will inger in the minds OF many. They
were: 81 thank you for what you have
| done, and God is calling you to my
| people" lie is soon to return to his
| lost people.
The platform speakers were; Rev.
Chas. Il. Erdmon, Of Germantown,
Penn, Mr.. j. Campbell White, of Cal
cutta, India, Rev. Buckholtz, OF Ches-
ter, S. c., Rev Robert f. Spur, of New
| York, and Rev. Stone, of Baltimore,
all of whom were speakers Of the most
intense zeal, and men true to God.
| The training received by the students,
la If ttNt. Too,
OF great Importance. Goods Methods
Of Winning Men," was led by devout
personal worker Mr.. Don o. Shelton, Of
New York. "The Studies in the Acts
and Epistles," by Mr.. Richard Nj i.
Hodge, of New York. The work pri-
mary department by Mr.. f. B. Ed
wards OF New York. Then the mis-
sion study class was led by Mr.. T.. W.
Anderson, of Toronto, Can. There
was great deal gained in these de-
partments by the students. They go
back next year with well outlined
methods of teaching Gods word in the
Colleges
Besides these classes there were spp.
cial hours 20 discuss methods, difficult
tics, and any thing that would advance
the work in the colleges. In this way
one college could help another.
One of the most interesting features
OF the conference was the "Life Work
Meeting" This was held every after
noon at O'Clock on the TOP of the
mountain overlooking the French
Broad River. That was the place
where we seemed nearest to God.
II man ever can spend week
wholly with God he ought to go up
there. No one but the participants
can know the benefit to be gotten out
OF these conferences.
There were 1926 student delegates.
and 3S city association men, secretaries
and teachers present. These students
represented 50 institutions from IL
states. The student, railroad and city
department. OF the Young Mems Chris
tian Association gave reports OF good
work in the past year, and bright pros
poets for the coming year. No one
could keep from making new resolu,
tions when he heard OF the things at.
tempted, and the things done.
The Student Volunteer Movement
for Foreign Missions is comparatively
new, but since 1883, its real beginning,
there have been sent out, by 46 boards,
| LOO volunteers. This is a growing
work. The watch word is "The Evan,
| gelization Of the world in this Genera
tion.' The subscription raised in the
| conference for this work amounted to
something over $4,000.
The Southern Students Summer Con-
terence was success in every respect
to say the least Of it. 1t was a
strengthening of life to all and what
we might term beginning of life to
many.
These are only some hints of the
| great work at AShville.