The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-03-04
Meeting of the Missionary Institute and Pas
tors Conference Of the Sumter District,
M. E. Church, South,

The Missionary Institute and Pastors
Conference of the Sumter District, S.
G. Conference, NJ. E. Church, South,
was held at the District parsonage in
this city Tuesday and Wednesday of
this week, says The Sumter Herald Of
Feb. 20.
The following ministers were pres
ent: II. B. Browne, Presiding Elder:
y. c. Wake" OF Bishopville; \. B.
Earle, r. N. Dent Of Lynchburg, y. n.
BrursoD Of Manning, G.. r. Whitaker
of New Zion, !. H. Thacker OF Oswego,
S. o. Cantey OF Pinewood, S. II. Booth
OF Remberts. c. C. Herbert of Santee,
r. II. Jones Cf Sumter, W. G. Gleaton
Of Sumter Circuit. and Z. O. Watson of
Charleston and WA. Rogers OF Spar
tanburg, the TWO last named being yis-
Tors by special invitation.
The following topics were discussed:
WORKING FORCE OF THE CHURCH.
/. The Pastor as an Organizer and
Leader.
,. Pastors Duty to Official Boards
and Societies.
>. How to Reach the Undeveioped
Membership = Especially the Male
Members.
I. Church Records and Registers
Value and importance of Keeping Cor
rectly.
CHURCH PROPERTY.
l. Building and Repairing Churches
The Part the Pastor Should Take in
Same. and in Paying Church Debts.
,. The Preachers Home-Fselative
Duties of Pastor and Members.
5. Keeping Neat and Comfortable
Every Church and Parsonage.
FINANCES.
The Relation and Dnty of Pastor in
Financial Affairs:
!. AS to Support Of the Ministry.
,. IS to Berevoleaces-8est IIeth-
DDS etc.
SPIRITUAL STATE OF THE CHURCH.
l. Pastors Equipment for Spiritual
Work.
,. Obligation of Pastors 10 be Soul
Winners.
3. Spiritual Awakening the Need of
Our Day-The Possibilities Before Us.
MISSIONS.
Foreign:
l. The Basis OF Missionary Enter
prise.
,. Responsibility Measured by OPP
porturity.
3. How to Give Our People-a Better
knowledge of Our Mission Fields.
i. The True Motive for Contributing
Our Means aud Our Serrice.
Domestic:
l. IMPERATIVE Demand for Support of
Domestic Missions.
>. Early Collections Essential to Full
Payments.
3. "a Full Mission Collection From
Every District Our Aim for 1903.
+. The S. c. Advocate as Power for
Missions.
LITERATURE AND EDUCATION.
l. Relative Duties of the Itinerant
Preacher as Student and as Pastor.
2. The Pastors Duty to Inspire Pa
rents and Children as to Possibilities
and Benefits of a Christian Education.
3. The Pastor as Canvasser for Stu
dents.
4. Circulation of Methodist Books
and Periodicals.
The discussions were all practical,
helpful and interesting and it is be-
lieved that the Conference cannot fail
10 have good results.
The following resolutions were adoF-
ted:
Resolved, That we the Methodist
pastors OF Sumter District Missionary
Institute, appreciate the hospitality OF
the friends who hare so kindly enter
tanned US while in Sumter.
I'd. That these resolutions be pub
lished in the town papers and the
Southern Christian Advocate.
Offered by C. c. Herbert, S. O. Can
tey.
The most important feature or out
come of the meeting was the unani-
nous adoption of the following resolu-
tion:
1st. That this Pastors Conference of
Sumter District adopt the motto OF the
Board of Missions OF our annual con-
ference, Full mission collections for
1903"
I'd. That every member of this con-
fereuce pledge full mission collections
for his charge, God helping him.
Offered by A. n. Brunson. J. II.
Thacker, S. O. Cantey.
CASToREAs