The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-06
The BarnMell Association.

0arnWCll tASSOClallOn met last Week, Il
in 4 prosperous community three
miles north of Elko. Bro. !. ID. Peacock
has been the pastor Of Mt. Calvary for
twcnty-siX years consccutlvcly, and
should his good life continue for as many
years more he will likely spend another
twenty-six years in service of the church.
His pastorate has been fruitful one, and
he likes to talk of the blessed experiences
that have come to him and to the church
during these years that they have labored
together in the Lord When his pastorate
begun the church numbered only about
members, and they worshipped
in very inferior building. They soon
erected a larger one, which has twice been
enlarged. The building is painted white
with green blinds, the aisles and platform
are carpeted, there are comfortable pcws
and everything indicates degree of at
tention to neatness and comfort not al
ways met with. The membership has
grown until the church is now one of the
largest of the thirty-eight that compose
the Association, numbering 1.2, and the
salary of the pastor has been increasing
from time to time until it now amounts
to $3.50 year for one Sunday month
preaching. Bro. Peacock has been faith
full and true, and has seen the sentiment
of the community towards all denomi-
national work completely revolutionized.
His has been long pastorate, one of the
longest in the history of our country
churches, and is another evidence that
long pastorates are the ones from which
the best results are to be expected
The Association convened Thursday at
12 O'Clock, when the introductory sermon
was preached by W. NJ. Jones, the Willis
ton pastor. 1t was a thoughtful and
practical discourse and constituted fit
ting introduction to the sessions OF the
body. The congregation filled the house
and Bro. Jones spoke with freedom and
force.
The body was organized with the cleo
ton of Rev. A Buist, moderator; Rev W.
D. Mcmillan, clerk; J. A. jenkins, treas
urer. Since the last meeting the salnted
W. D. Rice, for many years the moderator
of the body, has passed away, and the
Association was organized by the clerk,
Bro. Mcmillan. Both the clerk and treas
urer have served many years in their re-
spective offices, and there seems to be no
disposition whatever to make any changes
at these points.
After organizing the body adjourned
for dinner, which was served on the
grounds. The table was long one, and
a more sumptuous repast we have not
seen at any similar gathering. Hitherto
it has been the rule at this Association to
hold only one session day and tor the
people to 60 to their homes for dinner.
The innovation this year was opposed by
some of the brethren, but the people were
so we'll pleased with it that it is likely to
become the rule hereafter.
In the afternoon the report on the Old
Preachers board was read and the work
discussed by the secretary and treasurer
of the board, DR.. G. G. Brown; and the
Doctor made one of his best speeches and
set the cause before the congregation in
it's best light. DR.. Brown has given more
than ten years to this work and has per
formed a blessed service for the old
preachers and the Baptists of the State.
A good collection was taken up.
Following this discussion some miscel.
laneous business was attended to, and
then Hon. S. G. Mayfeld offered resolu-
tions on the death of DR.. w. D. Rice.
They were discussed by a number of
brethren, and in respect to DR.. Rice's
memory the body adjourned for the day.
Friday very large crowd assembled.
The church building was crowded all day
and quite as many people were in the
ward as were in the house The Orphan
age came up as the first subject for dis
cussion, and the reading of the report
was followed with speech by Superin-
tendent A. T. Jamison. Barnwcll Assocl-
alton is one of the good helpers of this
good cause, and in addition TO liberal cash
sends in during the fall and
winter liberal supplies of syrup. At this
meeting six barrels of syrup were prom
ised by individuals and churches. Will
other churches in the low country take
note and do likewise?
State Missions came next. Pastor Z.
E. Burts, of Blackville, read the report
and made good short speech, touching
on some of the important features OF the
work. Then Dr. Bailey took the floor
and for an hour talked in the most inter
esting way of the great work his 100 mis-
sionaries are doing for the Lord and the
Baptists in South Carolina. Of course a
collection came at the close of the discus
sion, and it was good one.
A sermon by Bro. Jamison closed the
morning session. Long before it came
this writer had surrendered his seat in
the house to a delegate, and consequently
he did not hear the discourse. But those
who heard it said it was good sermon,
which we are inclined to accept as q cor
rect report; as yet We have never heard
of Bro. Jam;son preaching any other kind.
Along with several other visitors we
had to leave the Association early in the
afternoon. AS we left the grounds DR..
R. w. Sanders was making speech on
Home Missions. That order was to be
followed by the reading of the church
letters, and on Saturday the other objects
of denominational work were to be con-
sidered, with the missionary sermon to
come on Sunday.
The hospitality of the community was
most abundant, and everything moved on
most pleasantly from the beginning to the
close of the meeting. Dr. Bailey and this
scribe were met at the depot at Williston
Wednesday night by Bro. ". A. B. New
som and carried to his home three miles
in the country, where we were delightful
" entertained until we turned our steps
toward the meeting place of the Colleton
Association. We shall not soon forget
the many kindnesses shown US in this
sweet Christian home.
Missionary W. W. Lawton was at the
meeting and was expected to make al
address on mission work in China at some
time during the SESSION. He is looking
well and expects to visit all the churches
of the Association before he returns to
his field of labor next year.
The pastors present, as we now recall
them, were: w. NJ. Jones, J. d. Moore,
NJ. l.. Lawson, c. E. Burts, w. D. Nc
MILAN, G. N. Askew, J. D. Peacock, A.
Buist, R. L. Bass, r. w. Sanders, w. G.
Britton and w. W. Glover, who lives i'll
Georgia, fifty miles west Of Augusta.
This Association is blessed with strong
as those who know the preachers
above named will grant.-K. in Baptist
Courier.
A Great Aggregation.
The greatest travelling aggregation of
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