Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-29
SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE,
Full Attendance and Business Pro-
crossing Nicely.


The One Hundred and Twenty-sec-
ond annual session Of the South Car
olina Conference convened in Carney
last Wednesday, and opened the exer-
cises of the occasion by the celebra-
tion of the holy communion under the
Yorkville.
The opening sermon was preached
| by Bishop H c. Morrison. and his
subject was the obligations Of man to
God. He resented the common habit
of men in designating the preachers as
ecclesiastical tax gatherers and made
| II very clear that the preachers are no
more beggars than God is beggar.
Following his address, Bishop Morri-
son, according to the correspondent Of
| the News and Courier, took occasion
to say that he was surprised when he
was appointed to preside over this
conference, and he asked the members
| for their assistance in the conduct OF
the business Of the session. He urged
all members, either clerical or lay, who
50 desired to approach him concerning
anything that they desired him to know
or do. II never cut myself off from a
Methodist preacher" he said. Come
direct to me and wait your turn to see
me-" This is an unusual announcement
from a bishop and made the preachers
feel that they were in the hands Of a
man who was deeply in sympathy with
| them. The bishop said that 1t was no
fun for Methodist preachers to move;
that he never moved them except In
cases Of necessity, and he was not go
| ing to do II here. He mentioned two
reasons that caused him to make
changes: First, a failure in service or
difficulty that preacher might have
in his charge Second, II there Is
larger field that needs the services Of
a man.
The correspondent reports yester-
days proceedings as follows:
| A telegram was read from Bishop
Duncan in response to the message Of
love and sympathy which was dis
patched to him yesterday Bishop.
Morrison called question !, who are
admitted on trial?" ]. NJ. Collins,
Hamlin Etheredge, F. Eldon Dfbble,
]. H. Brown, ]. II. Montgomery, W. c.
Kelly, W. H. Polk, 81. L Powell and
John G. Farr, were approved by the
elders and admitted by vote OF the con-
ference. At his own request the name
Of Rev. w. E. Barre was referred for
superannuation,
Rev ]. w. Walling, recently Of Bra
zil, addressed his brethren. Rev. w.
E. Towson Of Japan spoke of the needs
Of that great mission field, called for
contributions to assist in the establish
ment Of a school and secured almost
$500 in about ten minutes.
Conference adjourned In honor OF the
Thanksgiving proclamation and heard
a remarkably fine sermon from Rev.
G. T. Harmon, who preached on DEM
onstration Of the spirit and power
from on high.
| At $50 o. m, the laymen held an
other meeting to perfect their organi-
zation. Rev. John R. Nelson and DR..
Henry n. Snyder addressed the lay
men. Both gentlemen made great
speeches. They were collegemates IN
workers In their respective departments
# church activity.
| DR.. Synder told g new truth to many,
that the open Bible is the result Of the
willing support Of laymen, without
whose encouragement the work OF
translation would have been indefinite
ly postponed.
| The missionary anniversary was held
at 7.30 o'clock this evening. Dr.. Wall
| ng led the devotional service and DR.,
Nelson delivered the anniversary ad-
dress, placing special emphasis upon
the mission work Of our church In the
home land, particularly that in the
west, and the great mill problem Of the
south. The mountain problem he de-
clared, was mentioned as a most seri-
GUS issue. The descendants OF the
| Huguenots, the Covenanters, the Pur-
itans must be reclaimed from the NOR
al depths into which they have fallen,
And the means Of redemption must
be the church and the school house side
by side. The foreigners, coming In at
the rate Of 5000 daily, made our prob
lens all the more complex. We ask.
What shall we do with the foreign
ars?" but the question before the house
Is, What will the foreigners do with
us?" These are some Of the problems
which our church must solve by mis-
SionarY operations.