The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10

On the following Sunday the Business
Mems Bible class was formally or
ganized with 2S charter members and
the following officers: President. C.
R. Brabham, Jr.; vice president, DR..
J. J. Cleckley; secretary, Malcolm
Graham; treasurer, R. S. Simmons;
teacher, J. G. Guilds.
'"The aim of the class, as set forth
at the time of organization, is three
fold: Bible study, real Christian
brotherhood, and active Christian SER
vice. Our activities for the year may
fairly and accurately be placed un-
der these three heads
"First, Bible study. This part OF
the work has been carried on at the
regular weekly meetings on Sunday
mornings. We have followed the In
ternational Sunday-school lessons
and have passed through wonder
fully interesting period of Old Testa-
ment history. While we are con-
scious that possibly more and better
work could have been done in this
department, still we are grateful for
all that has been accomplished. Some
of our members have spoken of the
new interest in and new grip upon
the Bible which these studies have
given them. We know that the word
of God has lost none of its power
and we are encouraged by the
thought that the results of this work
are not always visible, and can be
measured by no process of mathe-
maticS.
"In our efforts to promote our Sec
ond purpose, that of creating real
Christian brotherhood, we have call
ed our members together at three dis
tinctly social and good-fellowship
meetings-in April, July, and Sep
tember of last year. These meetings
took the form of smoker or banquet,
and while we were seated around the
board, with all good cheer and COM
panionship, such topics as these were
discussed: Good-fellowshi3, class
activities, go-to-church campaign,
our civic, social, and moral duty 10
Bamberg, and the Importance of BIZ
BILE study. These meetings, together
with our regular Sunday morning
sessions, have unquestionably
brought our men closer together than
they have ever been heretofore. We
prav that this may mean much to our
men individually and to our church
as whole.
"In facing the third aim of our
class, enlisting in active Christian
service, we realized first of all that
we must reach the men and secure
their presence at our class sessions in
order to be of greatest service to
them. The membership was divided
up into two companies designated as
the reds and blues, captained by
Messrs. A. NJ. Brabham and j. A.
Wyman. AS a result of this contest
our membership grew to about six
ty. Then for the month of May we
challenged the mems class of st.
Pauls, Orangeburg, to membership
and attendance contest. ST. Pauls,
having about three times the re-
sources, won, but during that con-
test our attendance ran up to 12O-
probably the largest number of men
ever gathered together in Bamberg
for a religious service. 1t may be
of interest to add that Orangeburg,
with an average attendance, up to
the time of our challenge, of Is or
20, defeated Sumter in a similar con-
test during the month Of June, rum
ming their attendance up to some
thing like ESQ.
"Under this head, too, must be in
cluded the work of our charity de-
partment. We realize that this work
has not been as thoroughly or sys-
tematically done as possible,
still we have never refused to extend
helping hand in answer to any
worthy call. About $500 has been
collected and distributed by this de-
partment during the months since we
organized.
''This is brief report of tie first
year of the Business Mems Bible
class. May the record of each sue
ceeding year be better.'
Sunday Afternoon.
Sunday afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock
there was a Sunday-school mass
meeting held at Trinity church. This
meeting was attended, by invitation,
by the Sunday-school of the Baptist
church. Rev. Mr. Owen addressed
the school at this meeting in his en-
tertaining and pleasing manner. Mr..