Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-04-22
PRO ocEEDisGs OF ri;ERssBsrERR.Y. !.
What was Done by the Body at It's
! Recent Session.

81 ihe SSIuS meeClnB or South Car
4 DINA Presbytery, which convened in
She Walhalta Presbyterian church
); last Tuesday evening, was opened,
g according to custom, by sermon
IRON one Of the minister's; usually
the retiring moderator, but as the
retiring moderator this time was
Rev. l.. w. Brown, the pastor of the
y church, the sermon was preached by
Rev. ID. l.. Lander, Of Easley.
n After the sermon Rev. Brown took
+ charge and declared the Presbytery
u opened and ready for the election of
moderator. Rev. J. e. James, Of
Anderson, Central Presbyterian
church, was nominated and elected
by reclamation.
Temporary clerk was then nomi-
mated and Elder J. S. Gilbert elected.
After roll call and sitting hours
for sessions, meeting was adjourned
until o'clock Wednesday morning,
when the regular business was taken
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9 Reports from the several commit
I tees showed the various departments
to be in good condition.
y, The calls for finances had all been
reasonably well responded, to by all
the churches in the Presbytery, which
enabled the treasurer and finance
committee to make very encourag-
ing report.
Owing to commercial conditions It
was shown that the salaries paid
numbers of the pastors and home
missionaries are entirely inadequate
Tor actual living expenses, and the
charches were urged to be more lib
eral in contributing to their support.
one strong argument used in favor
or an increase Is the fact that many
young men who would enter the
ministry do not do so because the
visible means Of support Is so small
that they decline to answer when
perhaps they are really called.
Even though there is a lack of
ministers there Is not a church in
the Presbytery that is not supplied
by some means. This is accomplish
ed by almost heroic efforts on the
: part of these men of God, some of
them supplying as many as six
churches, scattered over a wide
stretch OF territory. ...
The report of the committee on
narrative to the synod showed that
family worship is almost thing of
the past; that Sabbath observance
is not as strict by any means as
should be, and that worldly conform
ity among the members of the Pres
uyleIldu CuuFCn seems 10 De grow
ing.
Among tie Especial orders" on tho
program were sermon Vednes-
day by Rev. w. H. Mills and q SER
mon Thursday by Rev. S.. l.. Wilson,
both of which were able efforts and
made deep Impressions upon all!
present.
Thursday night the special order
was discussion of the part the men
should take in church work. In
this it was shown that, as q rule, in
good works and quiet home Christi
antty the men are. far behind the
women.
Owing to the almost incessant
1, downpour OF rain some of our breth-
,sTen remarked that If "much water"
Was any evidence the assembly was
Baptist in place of Presbyterian. But
Notwithstanding this the visitors de-
.clared they had been royalty enter
tanned by the good people Of Wal
halla.
All the business having been fin
ished by Thursday night, the Presby-
terry adjourned to meet in Anderson
May 18th. Urgent invitations were
sent up from Williamson and
Smyrna churches for the fall meet
ing. Upon being voted on the ma
tority favored going to SMYRNA, at
which place they will meet Tuesday,
september 1st, 1908.