The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-02
BAPTIST CONFERENCE.
Yesterdays Morning Session at Ches.
ter-New Pastors in the State.

ably continue through Friday. AS
has been previously stated, Revs. G.
A. Wright and N. N. Burton, and Mr..
R. Y. Leavell are in attendance from
Newberry. The following account
of yesterdays morning session ap-
pears in the Columbia State.
At o:3o this morning the second
session of the Baptist Ministers con-
ference was called to order by the
moderator, Rev. F. O. S. Curtis. The
opening prayer was offered by DR..
A. J. S. Thomas. Devotional exer-
cises were conducted by Rev. R. E.
Peele. He read selections from
Psali::= lo3 and IS. Other prayers
were offered by Revs. F. NJ. Satter-
white and John A. Brunson.
The first item on the program,
NThe Ideal Religious Newspaper"
was opened with paper from Rev.
Rufus Ford. Mr.. Ford is vigorous
man and always entertains we'll. His
paper was greatly enjoyed. The
paper was followed by short talks
from Revs. c. Wardlaw, c. c.
Brown, D. W. Key and 4. C. Will
kins. A few practical questions sug-
gested by DR.. C. c. Brown as to what
the editor of an ideal religious news
paper should do enlivened things con-
siderably. Dr. Key was of the opin-
ion that the ideal paper could not be
a cheap paper, Dr.. Williams thought
it would require more money from
a larger subscription list which should
be worked up by the pastors. Also
that $500 per annum is as low rate
as should be expected for an ideal
religious newspaper.
The following visitors were recog-
nized and welcomed:
Rev. J. Q. Adams, Charlotte, N. c.;
Rev. w. R. Gwaltney, Hickory, n. c.;
Rev. Harry Hatcher, Atlanta, and
Rev. w. H. Reddish, Gastonia, N.
G.
Rev. w. A. Bagby, of Greenwood,
read a paper on "Growth and Devel-
cpment of Spirituality in the preach
er's Life" A good idea of the gist
of this paper may be had from this
statement made by the speaker, 1T
is not the extent Of ones field nor
the size of the man, but the size of
the Christ in the man that insures
proper success" After very ear
nest paper closing with a plea for
prayer. study and meditation, Rev.
F. C. Hickson suggested the propriety
of the conference engaging in pray
er. The moderator asked DR.. J. D.
Chapman to lead in prayer Dr.. Ed
win NJ. Poteat, president of Furman
university, followed with few re-
marks filled with deeply spiritual
thought and then himself offered
prayer.
The following new pastors, COM
ing into the state within the year,
were invited forward, and the con-
ference engaged in handshaking:
Revs. A. NJ. Simms, Gafney; J. B.
Bozeman, Langley; Philip J. Mclean,
Aiken; J. B. Holley, Bamberg; O. D.
Loving, Greeleyville: w. l.. R. Cahill,
Mullins; J. L. Shinn, Conway; J H.
Strong, Perry; G. G. O'Neil, George
town: L. H. Shuck, Cheraw; B. P.
Mitchell, Parksville: John A. Branson,
Elloree: C. Wardlaw, Seneca; J. H.
Mitchell, Scarborough: l. A. Cooper,
Johnston.
Item number three. Essential Fac
tors in rne Development of a
Church." was discussed by Rev. Ver-
non TAnson.
THE Future Condition of the
Lost" was discussed by Rev. R. +.
Peele, who read very able paper.
AS regards future punishment, the
speaker believedit to be unending. Rev.
E. A. Mcdowell followed this, and
believed that belief in eternal, con-
scious punishment should be made