The Robesonian., 1908-11-30
THE ROBSON ASSOCIA-
TION.
One of the Very Best and Closes
the Season Gloriously-Words
of Praise for Moderator Dur
ham and Clerk Allen.

GAO SO0~OA NAOAAOOSAy "OAA0
of Praise for Moderator Dur
ham and Clerk Allen.
Charity and Children.
1t is we'll that the Robson
Association is the last on the list, |
for it is one of the very best and |
closes the season gloriously. 1t
has 49 churches, "a of them in
the county of Robson, and it's
pastors are progressive and eff
cient men.
Lumber Bridge, where the as
sociation met, is not blessed with
much of a name, but its people
are the salt of the earth. Pastor
Harrell, who gives his whole
time to the church and whose
work is telling for good, gave us
a cordial welcome, and so far as
we know every home in the
village was thrown wide open to
the visitors.
The attendance was not as
large as we have seen at the
Robson, but on Wednesday, the
day we spent with the brethren,
the large auditorium was packed
with eager listeners. Scotland
county and upper Robson lack
the associationai spirit, and we
were disappointed to find so few
Of the neighbors around Lumber
Bridge present, but middle and
lower Robson attended in fine
force and entered into the busi-
ness of the body with keen zest.
Pastor Charles H. Durham,
the bishop of the great Lumber
ton church, was reelected mod
orator, of course. It would be
hard to find his equal as a presid-
ing officer. Perfectly courteous
to all, he has the happy faculty
of moving the business right for
ward, and when the hour for a
certain report is out, the discus
sion stops. Mr.. Durham is a
past master at handling the long
winded brother. DR.. R. T. Allen
is worthy successor to the la
mented E. K. Proctor, as clerk
of the association. He is as eff
cient a clerk as we have in the
State Of North Carolina.
A great map, some eight feet
square, spread on the wall in full
view of the congregation, reveal
ed the work of every church in
detail for the past year. This
map meant that somebody is not
afraid of work, and that some
body was DR.. Allen, but it was
work that was we'll worth the
doing. Associations that do not
read letters ought by all means
to ad5pt this method of showing
what the churches have done. 1t
is altogether helpful and satisfac-
tory.
1t was very refreshing to hear
the churches responding to the
call for pledges to State mis-
sions. Instead of answering,
'$1. co." or, the same as last
year" they pledged from $50 to
1925, many of them being church
es out in the open country. The
reason why these churches thus
respond is that they have pas
tors.
A ten-minute address on State
missions by pastor HedgpetF
thrilled the great audience
through and through. It was {
i most inspiring and effective plea
The Robson will do it's part ir
paying the debt on State mis-
J sions. We only wish all the as
sociations were as responsive anC
as sympathetic.
The Orphanage is the pride Of
the Robson. The Lumbertor
church led all the rest with ;
little more than a thousand dol
lars as it's record for the pas
tyear; and it is not a lop-side'
church. as the map showed NOR
than $5, 900 given to all objects
Twenty per cent, of it's contri
buttons to the Orphanage
about the right proportion. TIL
association unanimously agree,
to increase it's gifts to the Or
phanage 10 per cent. next year
The association was delighte
to listen, on Wednesday evening
to a luminous lecture from Dl
Hall. of Fayetteville, on "A Tri
, Across the Sea-" DIR. Hall is
!, graceful speaker and a very ir
telligent observer of psssin
events.
A number Of visiting brethre
were present; among them "
recall pastor Corpening, of Di
Ion, S. c., Prof, Hobgood, Re
- J. S. Farmer, Rev. Livingstc
johnson, Mr.. E. L. Middleton
DR.. W. R. Cullom, and Prof. '
\ D. Loving.
There may be finer hospitali
in some places than in the Scott
J section, but if so we have failt
to find it. The Presbyteria1
were just as busy as the Ba
lists in taking care of the del
- gates. We were guests of t
% town and every home in it w
ours.
We do not know a better {
ganization in the State than t
Robson Association. 1t NOV
along like a great machine
the hands of master mechan
1t is doing a mighty work
bringing the Kingdom to me