The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-16
The Barnwell Association.

I asked g. brother how he account
ed for the spirit and strength OF
Barnwell Association, and in a
moment he answered, This Asso-
citation was the scene of the labors OF
John G. Williams and w. D. Rice. .
Afterwards I heard Of others who
also wrought here and whose lives
are now bearing fruit in one OF the
strongest associations of the State.
God be praised for them all! Sure
ly the sainted dead, who have done
SO much to make the earth better,
are permitted to visit and behold
the things which God has accom-
plished by their hands. If so, there
were some at the recent meeting of
the Barnwell Association whom
earthly eyes could not see.
The flfty-f1fth meeting of this
body convened with the Clients
Branch church on October the 14th.
I was so unfortunate as to be just
in time to miss the most excellent
introductory sermon by DR.. w. M.
Jones, of Williston. The organiza-
ton of the body was effected by re-
electmg all the former officers: DR..
+. B. Black, Bamberg, moderator;
Rev. w. G.. Britton, Barnwell, clerk,
and Mr.. j. A. jenkins, Kline,
treasurer. A new officer was ere
ated, that of vice-moderator, and
upon nomination of DR.. Jones, for
mer Senator S. G. Mayfield was unan-
imously elected to fill it. The mod
orator, DR.. Black, put all speakers
on notice that when their time was
up it would be up. He lived up to
this warning. And it struck some OF
us that work of this kind is what
moderators are elected to do. Sen
ator Mayfeld told us to make our
selves at home and Pastor Goode re-
sponded, t'We can do that for we are
homely set
In the afternoon Brother Easter
ling was heard of Furman Univer-
sity. He made one of his best speech
es. have listened with growing in
terest to all of Easterling's speeches.
He is careful of his statements. He
never claims for his school what can
not with all justice be claimed.
There is in all he says the ring OF
sincere man, and he loves Furman
With the devotion Of true son.
Missionary Snuggs bore his testimony
to the great work of Furman and the
G F. c..
The report of Colportage and the
Bible was prepared by DR.. r. w.
Sanders, who could not be present,
and was followed in live speech
5on, the work by the clerk, Brother
w. G. Britton, who has been q col
porter in this Association for twen-
tysone years. He said when he be-
gan his labors the whole association
gave about half what the Blackville
church gave last year. I understood
him to say that he sold about 5000
books a year and that he has main
tained this average for twenty years.
i Brother Britto makes much of The
odosia Ernest, and said that it was
! in the reading of that book that
Missionary Snuggs, who was pres
ent and who had become Baptist
after he became missionary in Chi
ma. had come to adopt our views.
Pastor Hopkins read the report on
woman's work, and brought out the
surprising fact that a third of the
churches in the association have no
W. M. S.; but he also stated that the
interest in this work was growing
rapidly.
The report on State missions was
road by Pastor 0. J. FTier, who
in his speech that followed, spoke
highly of the State mission number
of the Baptist Courier. He also
brought out the fact that Barnwell
Association is further, behind on
this cause than it was last year.
DR.. Derieux followed in a speech
of genuine worth. He speaks as a
man ought to speak on so great
subject. The moral and political
welfare of South Carolina, as wei!
as it's religious feature, are inter
woven with the cause that he pleads
He stated that South Carolina was
at the bottom in illiteracy and at
the top in crime, and that state
missions was related to this condl'
ton because Baptists are response.
BILE and because a missionary OF
this board stands for everything
that is right and against all that is
wrong. A collection of $25.50 was
taken for the church building fund
DR.. C.. C.. Brown, who was reared IN
the BarnweH, spoke with the au.
thority of a father. He said: 81
don't see why they ask great asso-
ciation like this for $1,000, and a
little thing like mine for $4,000
sYour finance committee ought tc
he abolished eff you haven't
reached your $1,000, that shows that
YOU haven't the right kind of preach
ers. Now l am barking up the tree
where the varmint is" I'VE have
this State evangelical but it is not
vet Christianized.
Pastor J. K Goode read an in
forming report on Foreign Missions
and introduced Missionary Snuggs
c-.o. SC ono of the mission.