Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-24

OH, 1901. IL was lOI ihicc-loui ei'
of the time and promised salary Of
$3.50 and a parsonage. 1t was accept
ed and the installation took place or
the 18th Of the following May. DR.
Ross preached. propounded the con-
stitutional questions and delivered the
charge to the pastor, and DR.. Boyce
charged the people. The text Of DR.
Ross sermon was Tim, iv, 16, Take
heed unto thyself and unto the doc.
trine: continue in them; fer In doing
this thou shalt both save thyself and
the m that hear thee"
In reviewing the work Of the twen-
ty years 1t will perhaps be better to
arrange what shall have to say un.
der appropriate heads.
l. I shall speak first of the officers
Of the congregation. When I came
the elders were as follows: William
McGin, william Oates, M. c. Low.
rance, w. s. Plaxco, w. D. Lessly and
w. S. Love. The impression these ell
ders made on me when I first mel
them was that they were a Cody sci
of men, and I had no occasion tc
change this opinion when I became
better acquainted with them. Messrs
McGill, Oates, Lowrance and Plaxcc
were old men, and Messrs. Lessly and
Love represented the younger element
Of the congregation. 1t Is sad tc
think that Mr.. Lessly is the only one
Of the six who Is with us now. Mr.
Love is in the Sharon congregation
while the others have finished their
work and entered upon their reward
blessed are the dead which die in the
Lord from henceforth; yea, saith the
Spirit, that they may rest from theil
labors: and their works do follow
them" Mr.. Oates died in 1888, Mr.
Plaxco in 1890, Mr.. Lowrance in 1891
and Mr.. McGill in 1898. The deacons
were Major T. P. Whitesides, John e
Love, R. n. McElwee, ]. L. McGill and
L. A.. McGill. OF this number Mr.
Love fell on sleep in 1888 and Major
whitesides in 1904. An election Of Of
4cers was held in October, 1887, when
the following brethren were inducted
into office: W. F. Smith. Zimrt Car
roll, A. C. Stroup, ]. B. Plaxco, R. N
McElwee, and Rev. ]. H. Douglass
elders, and W. M. Faulkner and e. B.
Faulkner deacons. Mr.. Douglass was
a minister, had been regularly ordain-
ad by Bethel Presbyterian presbytery
and served as pastor for several years
in its bounds. His health was not
rood, and he gave up the active work
If the ministry and engaged in farm
ing and teaching. He was dismissed
% the Associate Reformed church in
1888, but never connected with any
Of our presbyteries. When elected eld-
er he was simply installed, and not or
1ained with the others. He was clerk
Of our session, was active in Sabbath
school work and taught class OF eld-
ers in the Confession Of Faith. Of
these officers Mr.. Smith left US In 1898
and is now an active worker in the
United Presbyterian church Of Fowler
Fresno county, California; Mr. Carroll
was one Of the charter members OF
the A. R.. P. 'churchsin Clover and IL
its senior elder; Mr.. Plaxco moved to
Yorkville A. R. P. church in 1900
Mr.. Douglass died in 1903, and Mr.. e
B. Faulkner in 1895. What changes
few years make! Only three OF
these brethren are with US today. An
other election was held November
18th, 1899 and resulted as follows:
For elders, w. M. Faulkner, ]. L. Nc
Gill, L. A. McGill, E. w. Pursely and
W. H. Sparrow. For deacons, N. A.
Howell, T. H. Lessly, L. B. McGill, ],
H. Quinn and R. n. Whitesides. The
installation took place December Srd,
1899. OF these Mr.. Lessly was given
a certificate to Hickory Grove in 1902
and has since died, and Mr.. J. L. Nc
Gill died last year. Mr.. M. P. Faris,
an elder in Ramah, was received by
certificate May 13, 1904, and elected
an elder here. Our bench Of elders
and board Of deacons as constituted al
present consist Of the following breth-
rem: Elders M P. Faris, w. M. Faulk-
ner, w. D. Lessly, r. N. McElwee, L.
A. McGir, E. w. Pursely, w. H. Spar
row and A. C. Stroup. Deacons n. A.
Howell, L. B. McGill, ]. H. Quinn and
R. N. Whitesides. May they long re-
main an unbroken band to serve the
church that honored them and the
Savior who loved them and whom
they love!
2. We shall speak next Of some or
ganizations that have been effected
do not know how we could get along
now without the help Of the ladies, and
I wonder how the church in the past
did it. Many a pastor now like Paul
in his letter to the Philippians ac-
knowledges his Indebtedness to the
women who labor with him in the gos
pei. The Ladies' Benevolent society
of this congregation was organized
about the beginning Of the present
pastorate, and I gladly bear testimony
to the good work 1t Is doing. The or
ganization Of the young people was
first called the Young Peoples Mis-
slonary society and began in 1887. II
is now known as the Young Peoples
Christian Union. 1t too Is doing O
good work in the support Of missions
Last year s65 were paid to foreign
missions by the young people. The
High School which Is under the SUPER
vision of the First Presbytery began
five years ago, and has been a great
blessing to the congregation and COM
munity.
But there have been organizations
Of another kind. In 1891 the people
on Crowder's creek, about what may
be regarded the dividing line between
Pisgah and Bethany, decided to build
a house of worship. A Sabbath-school
had been conducted at Patterson's
school house previous to that time by
Mr.. w. A. Grier, an elder In Ptsgah.
On May 2Sth. 1892, a congregation
was organized, taking about twenty
members from each of the parent
churches. A call from this congrega-
ton for unemployed time" was pre-