Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-09

the Firss Baptist church. A largo end
intelligent. body OF Representatives wos
present at the initiatory service of the
body. After devotional services and the
preaching Of the convention aermon b,
Rev. w. J. Langetop, d. D., the conyeu
tion was called to order by the fosme,
president, ID. w. Key.
The convention was organized by tn,
election of C.As Smith, of Timmonsyille
| as president and q. p. Erwin and ". j
4 Masters as secretaries. On Thursda,
morning the convention entered upor
the business of the body with sucl
spirituality as is unusual.
| The many delegates present from th,
different associations came to the con
vention imbued with the idea Of the i'm
portanoe of the convention. The re
ports of all the boards showed an In
creased interest and support to the diff
ferent works under the care Of the con
yontion. No such enthusiasm for the
cause and suroess of the labors of the
Baptiets has ever been noted In fornio,
| years.
/ The report of the Foreign Mission
Board showed that the work Of thu,
board had accomplished more in the
conversion of the people and the spread
of Christianity than had ever been wit
messed in any previous year. Quite a
number of men and women contributed
large sums to the work of this board.
More missionaries have been sent out
and more work done, with better effect,
in the foreign field, than the Baptists
ever dreamed of. 1t seems evident that
paganism is rapidly giving way to the
Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Home Mission Board has also en-
ioyed year Of prosperity unknown In
former years, while the State Mission
Board has accomplished results which
are surprise to the most optimistic.
The Board of Trustees of Furman
University reported that during the
present year the Baptists of the State
had raised for permanent endowment
the sum of $125,OO0. This success is as
much as the most sanguine could have
expected. One year ago the Baptists OF
South Carolina undertook to raise among
its own members 100000 in notes OF
$3.50 each for the permanent endowment
of said institution. When the end OF
the year had come we found that in
place of having raised 100000 we had
subscribed 1926, 900, including the mag
nificent gift of that grand old man, DIR.
@. Fl. Judson, of $4,000. DR.. Judson is
one of, If not the first, Of the prominent
men in South Carolina to-day. He ie
now in his eighty-fifth year and is com.
pleting his fiftieth year as professor OF
mathematics in the institution which is
the beneficiary of his noble and gener.
GUS heart. When it was announced in
the convention that DR.. Judson had
donated to the college $4,000, a special
prayer was offered to Almighty God 70,
his continued health and happiness. May
he long be with us.
The term of five of the members Of
the Board of Trustees of Furman Uni
versity expired at this meeting Of the
convention. The places were filed by
election of Charles A. Smith, D. NJ. Ram
say, 81. j. Haynsworth, J. Hartwell Ed
wards and Mr.. Leavell, of Newberry
The prospects for Furman University
are bright.
The permanent endowment of Fur
man University now amounts to about
$685. 900, and while this is not sufficient
to do the work that we wish it to do, il
insures the permanancy of the institu
tion.
1t gives us great pleasure to say thai
the Beaverdam Association more THAI
raised its quota to said endowment and
stands as one of the banner association
in the State. We would like to give thu
names of the parties subscribing to this
fund, but as we do not know them al
we will undertake to mention none al
present.
No better body of men nor more intel.
ligent ever met in South Carolina thar
those composing tho State Baptist Con
vention. They are among the best men
of the State. We regret that 80 few Of
the representatives from the Beaverdam
Association were present at the conven.
tion to enjoy the feast of spiritual things
there spread.
The next years work of the Con ven.
tion is pitched on still higher plane,
asking from the Baptists of the State
$4,000 for the benevolent work of the
church during the next twelve months.
Every delegate elected to the conven.
ton from this association should have
been present. They cannot now even
imagine what they have lost by absence
from the body. 1t is really a pleasure
for any one to attend this great body Of
Christian workers. The next meeting of
the convention will be held in Chester on
Tuesday before the first Sunday in De-
cember, 1904. We trust that our asso-
citation at that time will be better rep
resented than it was this year. Only
three persons from this association were
present at Snmter, to wit: j. r. Moore,
j. M. Mcclure and ye editor.
On our way to Sumter and return We
spent two nights in Columbia, meeting
all the State officers. We had the plea
sure of meeting our polished Governor,
whose administration has met with such
NJ arked approval by the State at large.
We predict, and hope, that Governor
Hayward and his associates will not
have opposition in the coming election.
They all seem to be mon made exactly
for their places, and know exactly how
to treat their constituents. Governor
Hayward is an exceedingly affable gen.
tleman, polished, refined and business
like. He has made us most excellent
Governor, and deserves reelection at the
hands of an appreciative people. He has
undertaken, without fear, to execute the
laws of the State, and, under trying cir
cumstances, he has succeeded most ad-
mirably. We are sure that IL we can
properly feel the public pulse Governor