Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-04-28
INTERESTING REPORT.
Rev. John Lake Organizes Mis-"
sionary Brotherhood Visit
ed Grave of Luther
Rice in Saluda.

ty and one in what used to be call
ed Edgefeld county. ] must tell you
of them. The first Sunday in April
found MS back in old South Caroli-
ma, after the Kentucky campaign
for the Judson fund, and away up
at the north Greenville Baptist
Academy, at Tigersville, in Gieen-
Vile county.
| The occasion was an all day con-
clave of the ROYAL Ambassadors of
North Greenville association, the
first. associational conclave of these
splendid boy workers, 80 far as l
know, that has ever been held. All
honor to Miss Taylor and Miss Tur-
ner and to the noble boys them
selves.
Six chapters were represented.
All did we'll. The speeches and ais
cnssious were good. Of course the
hospitality dispensed by Prof. and
Mrs. Simpson and Mrs. Wingo and
the yonng ladies Of the academy
was yal.
In the course, of his talk, this way
farer had the pleasure OF suggesting
the following: One of the pastors
of the association, brother Taylor,
stood at the center of the platform
and a representative Of the wo-
mans missionary society stood be-
side him. Next TO her stood a rep
resentative of the Young Woman S
Auxiliary, ana next to her a rep
resentative of the Girls Auxiliary.
Then a little girl, Sunbeam age,
stood, thus makiag half circle:,Jo
complete the circle small boy, an
other sunbeam, you see, stood by
i the little girl.tand then one of the
delegates toSthe Royal Ambassador
conslave stocd next 10 hiisss hus,.
la circle, alfbaJ complete, stood with
the pastor, representing the mission
ary societies. composed of the wo-
men and girls, and of the children
and larger boys. There was but one
link lacking to represent the men of
the church, when splendid young
! man, one of the older members of
the r.. AS, walked to the platform
and stood in the gap between the
younger boy and the pastor. And
what a spectacle was before Us!
Everybody in the church eligible to
membership in missionary society
and standing shoulder to shoulder
with the pastor.
SO that night fourteen men, too
old to be members of the Z. A,
met and organized missionery
brotherhood. President, vice-presi-
dent, secretary and treasurer were
elected, and each member intends to
go back home and organize mis-
sionary brotherhood, if but three
members, among the men of his
church. And some of these mem
bers have already subscribed to the
Judson Centennial Fund.
But the time would fail me to tell
of the w. M. U. Institute at Gaff-
ney, when a report of this r. A
conclave was made. and a similar
circle was formed as an object les
son, or to tell Of meetings in Green
vile and Newberry where more
missionary brotherhoods were form
ed. But a word now about the sec
ond Sunday in April at Pine Pies
ant church in Saluda county, Ric ;
association, where pastor Booth a
his noble helpmeet, herself nieoo
of Matthew T.. Yates, and other
members of his church took us out
for an all day mission rally. The
hospitality of the Colemans, Longs,
the Samples and other dear friends
cheered us. After the morning SER
vice, some fifteen or twenty men
stood in circle around the grave
Of the pioneer missionary and as
sociate of Judson, Luther Rice and
sang and prayed and organized
| themselves into missionary brother
hood. At the same moment large
group of women were with the pas
tors wife and the waysharer in the
church, organizing woman's mis-
sionary society, and these also join
ed hands about the historic grave
and sang and read Gods word.
A collection was taken for foreign
missions. and then to make the day
complete, several subscriptions OF
from fifty dollars down were made
to the Centennial Fund, to be the
Luther Rice Bible Publication Fund,
this to- be a part of the 500, 900 to
be given to the China Baptist Pub
fishing society in Canton, for the
| nri otinp of Bihlps in the Chimes.