Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-08-13
THE BEAvERDAM ASSOCIATION.
Splendid Session Held at Shiloh
Next Session at Walhalla.

Next Session at Walhalla.
Shiloh Baptist church, in Anderson
county, is situated near the Savan-
nah river, some twelve miles south
west of the city of Anderson, in a
prosperous and progressive farming
community. The Shiloh community
Is thickly settled with the very best
people, and is traversed by a we'll
graded and worked country road, to
ride over which is a pleasure.
Your scribe left Walhalla on the
early morning train at o'clock, ran
down to Anderson, and thence to
Shiloh in an automobile, arriving at
the church before 10 o'clock, where
he was entertained for a while in the
beautiful shady grove and shook
hands with the people as they came
in. We found at the church that the
good people were glad to greet us,
and they openel both thei. doors
and hearts to us and treated us in
grand style. With buggies, carriages
and automobiles these good people
met US, ready to convey us to and
from their homes, where they and
their wives fed us with many good
things. Your scribe had been as
signed to the home of Amos McCur-
ry, and it must have been the best
one down there. Mrs. McCurry was
Miss Burrisy q daughter of Grand
Inoth0r 8urciS, tbs step~mOther Of our
own beloved Mrs. r.. M. Barton, OF
FaiE Play. Mr- bloCurTy is a nephew
or DR.. (, Il. MGGurTy, formerly e
Fair Play, and Col. AsDury McCurry,
OF Hartwell, Ga. We were delighted
to be with these old acquaintances
and they showed that they remem-
bered your correspondent by their
most royal treatment. With them
was also our townsmen, G. F.. Het-
rick, p. w. Grubbs and w. w. Bur-
ley.
At the church were many familiar
faces Of Oconee's best Baptist church
workers, ready to organize the asso-
citation and get to work, reviewing
the last years work and devising
ways and means to carry forward the
church work for the next year. An
organization was soon perfected by
the election Of Rev. l.. M. LYDIA, OF
Walhalla, as moderator; j. Eustace
Hopkins, Of Seneca, clerk, and Jas.
G.. BreaZeale, Of Westminster, treas
urer. The constitution OF the body
had been so changed the year before
at Westminster that the organization
was soon easily effected and choice
men selected. The association went
Immediately to work, and the busi-
ness OF the session was soon we'll in
hand, and the many subjects for con-
Sideration by the association put be-
fore 1t.
The work was begun by calling for
the report Of the executive commit
tee, which was read by T. NJ. Elrod,
secretary Of this committee. After
due consideration Of the report res
oluton was proposed and adopted in
structing tho incoming executive
committee to take into consideration
such steps as may be thought wise,
locking to the organization of the
crurches in the association into fields
where each group might be assisted
IN locating resident pastors, whose
whole time may be devoted to the
people Of his churches. This forming
or several churches into pastorates
would, in the opinion Of the associa-
ton, make many Of our country
churches strong, influential and eff
Client in the Masters work. The as
sociation readily realizes that this
body has no inherent right to die
tate to any church who it shall call
as its pastor, nor with what other
SiiuiSh IL oldll anu IL uOGS
not intend to try to dictate The only
object of this undertaking is to try
to get churches into sympathy with
those other churches with whom they
might unite until each shall have
grown strong enough to stand by it.
self, and thus, while growing, do bet
ter work for it's own people and at
the same time be Of assistance to
Others and have a good minister To-
Gated IN the midst OF all.
1t developed that there was not a
church in the association that had
preaching every Sunday in the
month and only few that employed
a pastor for half his time. 1t Is the
fond hope of the association, by the
grouping OF churches, to increase the |
efficiency of the individual church
and give the people better church ad-
vantages by the location Of good pas
tors right among them, where their |
whole time and service may be ex-
erted for good and growth. To this
end the executive committee recon- |
mends assistance by the State Mis-
sion Board.
Home missions, foreign missions |
and State missions were each enthu- |
siastically considered and larger |
work pitched, from which we hope to |
see plenteous frnltage In the near
future. |