Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-03-02
State Missions in soavordam Association.

1 havA heard of this work, it seems,
up one side and down the other for at
least ten years. Last summer was
called to church in what 1 think to be
the most destitute part of Oconee
oounty-Bethlehem was accompanied
by my mother on the first trip on Satur-
day before the fourth Sunday in August.
About IL O'Clock we arrived at Brother
Warren Orrs, some nine or ten miles
from home. There we met with all
heart could wish. AS soon as dinner
could be prepared we all started for the
church, some four miles distant, and
there we met some twenty or moro per.
sons.
These people told me that was the
second sermon they had had preached to
them since about Christmas. Two
preachers from North Carolina came
down there and preached day or 80, but
it seems that the people were not very
much interested in the meeting.
On Sunday following had splendid
congregation and as good order as 1
have ever seen. The church set apart
the next Saturday to begin a protracted
meeting, it being the fifth Saturday in
August. I invited Brother JOS. Clark to
assist me. We were there at the hour
agreed upon, and preached twice day
for a week The result was three addi-
tions by experience of grace and by let
ter. The people showed us much kind
ness. They came for miles from the
surrounding country, the order was as
good as could be, and at the close of the
meeting the deacons presented us with
SO. Since that time they have raised
loney enough to cell the church. They
hope to 90 the work completed in the
near future.
am also preaching at Village Creek
school house once a month.
I have been to Little River church,
about II miles from Walhalla, and 1
found that the people there need en-
couragement as we'll as elsewhere. 1
went from there to Bear Pen school
house, and found some ministerial work
needed very much.
have been to Double Springs several
times, and also to Mill Creek and as far
up the river as Pine Mountain, Ga.
Brethren, can only give you faint
idea of what is needed in this part OF
the association. They are good livers, ]
admit. but few of them are Baptists and
many of them are non-professors OF re.
ligion. People will 60 from three to
seven miles over those hills any kind OF
weather to hear the word of God
preached. The trouble is they are not
enough interested to take the needed
steps to press the work, and the sister
churches have not been able to see what
was actually needed.
I want to say this to tho executive
committees: Brethren, Bethlehem and
Double Springs are very weak. Double
Springs has no one to preach for them
yet, and they seem very much in need of
assistance. I feel much Interested in
these people. hope the matter will be
looked after. You can travel for miles
and find no place of worship and great
many people who never hear the Word
of God preached. They need man Of
,, God to go to them with all sincerely of
heart and talk to them about the love of
Jesus and of Gods mercy. SO many
men of age, so many who have large
families are yet in their sins. do hope
and trust that some plan will be intro
duced to give these people the Bread of
Life. M. G.. Holland.