The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-15
A Letter, A Church and n ColleRe.

ALetteF, A Church and a ColleEe.
1t remains to be seen whether my
lucpbrafions in The Courier will
| bring to me ruin or rest. At any
rate. mp to date. they are bringing me
all sorts OF letters, and some Of them
set all the wheels In my head O going,
while othes get down into my deep
er nature, and warm up the cookies
Of my heart. There were three In the
mail yesterday, worthy OF good treat
J ment; but can attend TO but one
! OF the three now. Maybe some Cour-
Ter reader can come TO my help:' SO
here is the letter. II any good soui
| is moved by 1t, and wishes the girls
address. / am here at Bleak House,
ready to give 1t.
my Dear Sir: read The Cour-
Ter, and see that you travel this State
quite good deal, and am going TO
ask q favor Of you. The hard times
have caused me- 60 quit school, snd <
am anxious to Get work to do, 30 that
I may enter again in September, 1916.
am seventeen years DID, and am
capable and willing TO teach. small
children, or to be a govefness. as
have always been accustomed to
children; or be an Office girl. I cannot
bear to be idle when there needs to
be 90 much done. Now, Dr.. Brown, IL
you could assist me In finding work,
would accept 1t as the EIeatees fa-
| vor. would be companion for an
elderly lady. can give you all the
references you may wish to have. Rev.
ID. Huggins knows my mother and
all her people quite intimately. Trust
ing You can aid me, am. etc."
wonder IL there Is anybody IN the
| whole world (who reads the Cour-
ier) who can come to this girls help.
Her writing Is neat and clear, and the
spirit Of her appeal Is admirable. Just
ship your answers to me. and I'll for
ward them to the proper place. have
found friends for other folks. and
feel some how or other that am go-
ing to find one for this girl.
John Vines Church.
] have not yet reached the ultima
| thule of my possible journeys; but
have been to Anderson, and spent
b Sunday with the First church, the
Jno. d. Rockefeller of the South Car
oiina Baptist churches. am rellab-
ly informed that several men high
| In the Baptist ranks have informed
John Vines that they stand ready to
take his place Mt any moment. 1t is
q magnificent piece OF religious en-
ginery spoke to q room full OF Ba-
racas on Sunday morning. and old
man Judge Cox, informed me that
they had one hundred and seventy
names on the Baraca roll. ! tried to
speak too TO an auditorium full of peo-
Pile on the fertile theme "The Old
Preachers Case.g and the patience Of
the saints was beautiful to look upon!
They showed their forbearance by
coming Back TO hear me again at night
snd at each service we were on the
verge OF having huggiss bee. The
circumstances forbade tt-- that was
all that stood in the way. ! am coli-
| fidenrly expecting that this great
church viii ssiVs Esie abc;stt f01T htin-
drsd dollars per &nnutn FOR the Old
Preachers Just as soon as the folks
over the xInd leave of tearing at each
others throAEs. and cotton goes up
Ito decent and respectable IigIiTe3
Selahi Vines was away while I was
ON the ground. They told me he ,raB
holding o meeting In Sparfanburg, and
the: brother who gave me the news
Uniformed me that John was q real
stump puiier III meeting. And part
1 ~ believe 1t. These fellows VINO pass
az eyangelfEts, and only skim the face
of the earth with their preaching, are
out OF date now, and ought 20 be out
Of a fob. This age requires subsoiI-
ing, Still Hh6uid love To sit on In the
brugh. and watch John Vines run his
sweep against some stunips fiaH5
met with In the falioW grounds CT the
ministry. There would surely cbe q
busting trace. q broken plow, or d
Istfangled mule Bomewhere In that
tneighhorhOod before sunCoWn But the
First church OF Anderson Ii surely Lfe
Largest and Weaithfsst thing or the
kind we have IN South Carolina, ana
it strikes poor sinner like me that
the said one chuEchs should be made
into two. But pray. who am ry y, =
i 8 i met the treasurer CT the church
4 In question, Brother Lefbafter. Mercy
on me- he is a fine looking fellow, and
as big es all out doors. shook his
hands with q WARMTH that waB notice
liable, according To thEt Scriptures
i t''AIake unto yourselves friends 69 the
lttlAmIn0n pe nrriE uiihnessg Il
IshaiI always love to see this brothersA
hand that Is, his handWrit Ting.
Anderson College.
Yes, IsWens to see the college to-
It sits Ike queen upon beauiif,,..
hilltop. and has q better site than
janys Baptist tensile college III the
IStafe The buildings are stately and
i Iimp5hihg, and all & the departments
IEeeIn to be fully and thoroughly
ieanipped. JSdge Cox Was with me,
and d Sumter Eifl whom Z had help
led TO bring into young wornanhood,
iacted as our eSncienL enu gefyIal guide.
We went ehthahtea fron rclsn 10