The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-11-30
Met Last Night at the First
Baptist Church In
This City.
FULL ATTENDANCE
FOR THE OPENING
Work of the Convention Will go For
Fl ward To-day and Will be Contin-
SO ued Until Friday-Baptist
Minister'S Conference Mon
day and Tuesday.

Minister'S Conference Mon
day and Tuesday.
I'D The ninetieth annual session Of the
FcOnvention of the Baptist denomina-
tion in South Carolina was convened
in this city last night at the First
& Baptist church, with more than two
hundred and fifty ministers and lay
delegates from all parts of the state
Nin attendance.
B Following the conventional sermon,
which Vas preached by the Rev John
f. Vines, pastor of the First Baptist
church, Anderson, the convention was
formally organized for the session
X with the election Of president vice
presidents, recording and statistical
secretaries, assistant secretary. treas
urcr and auditor Addresses of vel
come and responses thereto followed
after which the order of business was
adopted.
Today the work of the convention
VIII proceed regularly, with three ses-
sions daily. Final adjournment will
be reached Friday.
Minister'S Conference.
Preceding the opening of the ses-
sions of the convention proper, the
24th annual meeting of the South
Carolina Baptist Ministers conference
was held Monday evening and Tuesday
The conference was called to order
Monday night by Rev. II. l.. Baggott,
the retiring president. Rev. f. NJ
Satterwhite was chosen as president
H0f this session, with Rev. Nj, NJ Ben
Son as secretary. The conference was
addressed by the Rev. u. T. Cody of
Greenville, his subject being THE
Amendment"
Tuesday morning the conference
opened with devotional exercises, con-
Quoted by the Rev. j. c. G. Dunsford
Same Elements in Prayer-life" was
the subject of a paper presented by
the Rev. j. II. Thayer, who was fol-
lowed by DR.. John ID. Pitts, former
pastor of the First church, in an ad-
dress on "ScripturaI Giving" "The
Pastor and the Sunday School," was
w. Spillman, of Winston Salem, field
secretary of the Sunday school board
of the Southern Baptist convention.
DIR. Spillman was followed by Prof
A. T. Robertson, ID. ID. of the Southern
Baptist Theological seminary, Louis
vile, whose subject was "The Minis
ters' Progress" Rev. W. T. Hundley
and Rev. j. N. Prestridge next spoke
on the subject of the Best Books |
Have Read"
At the afternoon and final session
of the conference devotional exercises
were led by Rev. r. E. Neighbor, af-
ter which DIR. A. Nj. SHINES address
ed the body on Lessons From My
Forty Years of Pastoral Experience"
and was followed by Rev. b. X Tru-
luck and DIR. b. s. Funderburk in a
discussion of Developing the Country
Thurches" "The impending Crisis,
or is the World Growing Better?" ad-
dress by Rev. M. l.. Lawson closed
the programme and at five o'clock the
conference was adjourned.
DtlSSNttS bHu hOStSs
Following is the names of the dele
gates to the convention and by whom
entertained:
w. B. Acker, Donalds-J. II. Ellis.
f. M. Adams, Adamsburg-
A. Armstrong
James NJ. Adams, North Augusta
W. b. Thompson, Jr
Rev. j. o. Adams, Charlotte, N. c.
E p. Minter
Rev. j. r. Aiken, Fair Forest
Mrs. w. b. Bramlett
Rev. w. G. Allen, Latta-R B.
Copeland.
Rev. A. j. Allen, Eastover-John
A. Franks.
Rev. b. F. Allen. Dcnmark-w. r.
McCuen.
T. M. Allen. Greenwood-G f.
Young.
Rev. G. Il. Asbin, Level Land. A.
Armstrong
~NRev. j. w Blanton, orangeburg-
H. s. Kennedy.
f. L. Bramblett Prlnceton--S. d.