The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-12-02

concerning the conduct of the confer
ence organ. Rev. h. o. Watson pre-
cipitated some little discussion by a
ated on q similar basis with the South
Carolina Pythian, namely that the
Conference pay for It's publication and
send it free into every Methodist home
No action was taken.
Reports were next heard from the
elders-cc the church. the various min
isters i'm charge by districts. Ander-
son district was first called and the
characters of it's ministers passed up
on by Presiding Elder A. j. Cauthen
In this district, in spite Of great losses
by the August floods, the ministers
all reported encouraging conditions
both financially and in membership
The Charleston district, of which Rev.
w. |. Herbert is presiding elder next
reported; the names of all the minis
ters were passed and their characters
pronounced approved.
AbbcyilIc Gets Next Conference.
Somewhat early in the session this
. morning at IL o'clock 1t was voted
unanimously that the Conference of
1909 go to Abbeville. 1t had been
reported that Lancaster would invite
the Conference, but consultation
early this morning resulted in the
withdrawal of Lancaster, provided it
should be put in nomination for the
year following. Abbcvillc was the
only nomination.
DR.. S. A. Weber and others intro
duced a resolution requesting the sec
retary to convey to DR.. Jas. II. Car
Isle, president emeritus Of Wofford
College, the reverant and affectionate
greetings of the Conference, which
was unanimously adopted.
Sunday School Anniversary.
The Sunday School anniversary of
the Methodist Conference was held at
the Methodist church Thursday night.
the feature of which was the address
of DR.. f. b. Chappell of Nashville.
Sunday School editor for the NJ. E..
Church, South. The devotional exer-
cises were conducted by Dr.. l.. f..
Beatty, assistant editor for South Car
olina Conference
DR.. ID. NJ Mcleod. of Chester, sec
retary of the Sunday School board for
this State read short report on the
finances raised by the children's work.
On hand the first Of this year was the
sum of $502.40; of which $5O.26 was
donated to the general Sunday School
board; $50.26 to the general education
board; $134.77 to assist the Sunday
Schools of the S tate, and $267.11 to
endow chair in Vanderbilt Univer-
sity.
Save the Children.
Dr. Chappell, representing the
"Children's Visitor" and the Sunday
School work in general, made q very
effective speech stressng the need of
work among the children. He said
that the object Of all branches of the
Christian church was to save souls :;
the best time to do this is when they
are young. when you save child
he said you save the body. the en-
ergieS and vitality of the person; all
these are conSecrated to Gods SER
vice. This is better than to save one
whose body is broken down by sin and
whose powers are wasted by unholy
living"
An Eloquent Address.
Thursday afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock
DR.. r. NJ. Dubose, editor of the Ep-
worth Era, delivered one of the finest
most eloquent addresses ever heard i'm
this city on the Life of Francis AS
bury. 1T was perfect gem OF
thought and elOQuence, teeming with
beautiful figures and containing a
store of valuable Information con
corning the life f that great Method
list Bishop. the first in America and
the real founder of American Method
ism For over an hour and a hall
the vast audience assembled for the
occasion scarcely stirred. so great was
the interest manifest and SO powerful
the eloquence of the speaker
Layman' Meeting.
During the afternoon in the First
Baptist church was held another
meeting of Methodist Laymen. the
best and most enthusiastic yet known
in the Conference. This department
of Christian work will evidently make
itself felt during the coming year, a.
1t was decided that the laymen rails,
during the coming year the sum o
$4,000 for the furtherance of theil
work.
The address Wednesday evening b,