Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-10-16
BEAvERDAM ASS. CITATION.
Report Of Proceedings of Recent SEES
sion in Anderson County.

Ga. j. s. t., in Baptist Courier.)
Beaverdam Association is compos-
ed of churches in Oconee county, and
a few in the northwestern part of An
derson county. 1t iakes in nearly all
of the churches In conee. The asso-
ctatfon met Tuesday, September 26,
with Mount Tabor church, situated
about six miles southwest of Pendle-
ton. The meeting was called to or
der by the moderator, Rev. J. H.
Stone. The Introductory sermon was
preached by Rev: G. s. Blackburn,
pastor Of the Seneca church, from the
text, "Initators of the churches Of
God which are in Christ Jesus" 1
Thessalonians 2:14. He spoke of
some OF the elements that constitute
the New Testament church and which
should be found in the churches in
all ages. A few mentioned were:
The Holy Spirit recognized as the Su-
preme administrator Of the affairs Of
the church on earth; the gifts Of the
Spirit are manifested; each member
has some particular gift assured him
IL he will receive It, to be used in the
upbuilding of the church and the
glory OF God; only were these gifts
are in use Is the work Of the church
complete; the spread of the Masters
Kingdom the pre-e ,ninent business Of
the church; the hope and expecta-
tion of the members of the New Tes-
lament church was that the Lord
would soon appear In glory. Bro.
Blackburn is a thoughtful and forci-
BILE preacher and his sermon was very
much enjoyed.
The election of officers resulted in
the selection of Rev. J. H. Stone,
moderator, j. u. earle, clerk, and
James Seaborn, treasurer. The visit
Ing brethren were cordially received.
Bro. III. B. Fant, Of Anderson, is
pastor Of Mount Tabor, and in a very
appropriate way cordially welcomed
the visitors and delegates to the as-
sociation. Bro. Fant has been pastor
for several years. The church is in a
prosperous condition and the house
of worship has been greatly improved
&Awell located. We had the pleasure
- being with Bro. FAINT in the beau
tiful home of his son, Eugene Fant,
who lives few miles from Tabor.
Most of the afternoon Of the first
day was taken up in hearing reports
from the churches. When the name
of the church was called delegate
would arise and tell of the spiritual
condition OF the church. This was
an interesting feature of the meeting.
The reports generally were brief, to
the point, and showed progress in the
work, and altogether the conditions
are encouraging and the prospects
good. The report on the orphanage
was read by Bro. T. M. Elrod, and
discussed by him, J. r. Moore, w. r.
Derieux, @. r. d. Burns, w. H. Cole
b. Holder, and Bro. Bruce. 1t was q
good discussion, followed by a cash
collection of over seventeen dollars.
The devotional services were con-
Quoted by Bro. w. w. Leathers, OF the
Saluda Association, but who has a
church In the Beaverdam. The report
on the aged ministers was read by
Bro. s. A. Mcdaniel and discussed by
him and several others. Bro. B. Hol-
der, of Pickens, a preacher for about
fifty years, and now over eighty-three
years of age, spoke and read few
verses Of poetry that ne had culled
from some paper, and the collection
3 followed, free will offering for the
4 old preachers.
The report on religious literature
was read by Bro. A. p. Marett, one oi
the pastors, and was discussed by him
l&and others. The report urges the
8people to take and read the Baptist
Courier, the Foreign Mission Journal
Our Home Field, and Orphanage
Notes
state missions had the best hou,