The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-11-27
ACCEPTS CHARGE
REV. GEO. E. DAVIS WILL SERVE
BAPTIST CHURCH HERE.

His Congregation at Clifton Forge
Regret His Leaving and Give Him
Up Reluctantly.
Rev. Geo. E. Davis, who was re-
Gently called to the pastorate of the
Baptist church Of this city, has ac-
cepted the same, and will enter upoa
his duties here in a few weeks. Tbs
article below, which we clip froll
the Daily Review, Of Clifton Forge
Va, of Monday, 18th instant, shows
how the Baptist of Clifton Forge re.
garded Rev. Mr.. Davis and how re-
luctantIy they gave him up. The r.
view says:
1t the close of the morning serV-
ices at the Baptist church YESTERDAY
q business session was held with M,
]. C. Carpenter presiding. Aftef
receiving two new members into the
church by letter, the clerk Of the
church read letter from the pastor,
Rev. George Davis, rendering his
resignation as pastor of the churcd,
the same to take effect the last SUI
day in this month. The resign
tion came in the nature Of a sur
prise to. quite a, number present.
though to others it has been known
that the pastor would sooner or late.
sever his connection with the chur;h
in order to move Ito a climate wheie
the health of his family would ne
benefited. With the resignation be-
fore the church some action was nee
essary. and on motion of Mr.. e. A.
Snead it was decided to appoint
committee OF three members to wait
on the pastor and ask him to recon-
slider. The chair appointed Messrs.
Snead, F. w. King and Geo. ..
Greene to serve on the committee
and report back to g meeting to be
held last night, after which the meet
ing adjourned.
In the afternoon the committee
waited on Mr.. Davis and was inform
ed by him that his resignation was
final, that he had offered it after
mature consideration, and was OF;
the opinion that in justice to his
family It would be proper for him
to accept the call rendered him to
become the pastor of the Baptist
church at Orangeburg, S. G.
Last night the committee made
its report to the church and there
being no other alternative, the res
lgnation was reluctantly accepted.
In doing this, however, the church
adopted q series of resolutions highly
eulogistic of the faithful work rend-
cred by Mr.. Davis since becoming
pastor Of the church June 1, 1905.
The resignation having, been ac-
cepted in was deemed necessary to
name a committee to supply the pull
pit as well as to recommend pastor
to the church, and for the purpose
Mr.. E. C. Smith nominated the fol-
lowing committee: Messrs. w. F.
Powell, F. w. King, Thomas f.
Cowhert, L. F. Alley and Geo. o
Greene. The committee was elected
as named by Mr.. Smith, after which
the meeting adjourned.
Mr. Davis is native of Baltimore
and accepted the call to the Bap-
tist church in this city while serv-
ing as pastor of the Greenbrier Bap-
tist church at Anderson. When he
entered upon his duties here the
church was without parsonage, now
1t is the owner of the handsomest
parsonage of any church in the State
and in the place of the small organ
he found here three years ago there
is handsome pipe organ that WIS
installed at cost Of $4,000. I'll
church membership, in contributions
to mission work and in every de-
partment there has been an onward
march under the leadership of the
retiring pastor.
In connection with his work here
Mr.. Davis has also been the pastor
Of the Low Moor Baptist church,
afaithful band of christian workers,
and yesterday afternoon his resigna-
tion was acted upon by the church,
being as reluctantly accepted there
as by the church in this city.
Below are the preamble and reso-
lutions drawn by the committee anl
adopted by the church:
Whereas, under the disposition of
Providence, our beloved and esteem
ed pastor, Rev. Geo. E. Davis, has
been called to another field Of labor
in another State,
And Whereas, during his pastorate
of this church he has endeared him.
self to the entire membership, and
has proved himself to be in the fore
front of the rank of progressive
pastors with whom this church has
been blessed, and under whose lead
ership and administration the church
has progressed as it had never done
in a like period before in it's his
tory;
And Whereas, under his leader
ship this church has taken the for2-
most position in the Augusta Asso-
citation in the point of material de-
velopment, increase in church memb-