The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-07-02
Brookhaven District Conference.

The Conference of the Brookhaven
District convened at Auburn last week
Wednesday was devoted to the Preach
ers' Institute several very interesting
papers were read by the preachers on
such subjects as "The Call to the
Ministry" "a Pastors Relation to bis
People" and ga Pastors Duty to his
Church. The preachers were com
mended by Bro. B. F. Jones, the Pre-,
siding Elder, for their earnest work in
preparing such instructive papers
Not single preacher failed to do the
work assigned him for the occasion
and no doubt all present were bene-
fitted by the institute.
Thursday morning the Sunday
School work was taken up and the
greater part of the day spent in dis
cussing the plans and the importance
of having a live Sunday School in
every church in the district. A short
while was devoted to the Epworth
League work., Several of the preach
ers reported no Epworth League, and
seemed to think it almost impossible
to do much with this institution of the
church. However, some had real good
reports and spoke encouragingly of
the work.
Thursday night Rev. B. F. Lewis
preached at the Auburn NJ E. Church
Friday morning the conference proper
began. The preachers were all present
except Rev. G. w. Crisler of Brook
haven. The good reports from the
various charges and the interest mani
tested by the preachers and the people
are very encouraging. The conference
granted the following named persons
license to preach j. B. King, S. N
Young and --- Hase, a young man
from WesSoR. The business was all
finished Saturday at noon, and in the
afternoon soul-stirring sermon was
preached by Rev. J. W. Chambers, OF
McComblwhich created quite revival
After service Saturday evening Mr.
B. E. Brister invited the entire con.
gregation to take free ride into Bogue
Chitto on his log train, and about
seventy five of the young folks and
several of the older ones availed them
selves of the pleasant trip. Mr.. Bris.
ter has always been exceedingly liberal
to the Auburn folks on such occasions
and is held in high esteem by the
people here. He brought the preach.
ers, and all others who wished him, tc
and from Bogue Chitto out to the end
of his line, which is only two miles
from Auburn.
Sunday morning love feast was
held, conducted by B. F. Lewis, and al
IL o'clock Rev. B. F. Jones preached d
an interesting sermon to a large and
attentive congregation. Sunday even
ing Rev. I. w Cooper preached the
closing semon land a visible effect was
felt by almost everyone present. The
conference was the most spiritual
one held for several years, and many
good resolutions were made by the
people for the purpose of becoming
more religious and doing more for the
great cause of Christianity.
1t was indeed great pleasure to the
people of Auburn to entertain the con.
ference, and we feel much benefited
by having done SO. Bro. Ferguson
said he could not supply the demand
for preachers every family in the
community seemed anxious to have a
preacher in their home. We sincerely
hope that the spiritual con dition ot
our church will be much better in the
future, and that the good influence o1
the district conference will last for
ever. Rove.
l.