The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-06-22
FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING
South Carolina Wesley Bible
Class Federation.


South Carolina Wesley Bible Class
Federation of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, South, will be held in
Sumter. &C, July 3. 1, ). Tn open
inc session will be held on Monday
evening. July 5. in Trinity Metho-
dist church. Sumter. which will be
the federation headquarters and
general meeting place.
The federation will ne in session
through Wednesday morning. More
than 1000 delegates are expected
from the various organized classes
in the State. This conference OF
Bible class workers is expected to
90 far beyond anything that has
been held in the entire Methodist
Episcopal Church, South. These
federations have been held in South
Carolina first, then in Texas, Florida,
North Carolina, and Alabama. Last
wear there were nearly 1000 in at
tendance at Spartanburg. making
that meeting Surpass all others.
This year plans nave been laid to
make the meeting at Sumter reach
the high water mark in every res
pect.
The purpose of the organized Bi-
be class movement is to inspire the
the individual classes and the indi-
vidual members of these to stand
for a more definite and manly and
womanly form of righteousness, to
incite to more practical form OF
Christian service, to bring the men,
bers into a warmer fellowship and
multiply the possibilities and capa-
bilities of social service. The term
Wesley" is the special denomina-
tional' name of all organized classes
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South. All classes that have regis
tered at the central Office in Nash
vile are Wesley" classes, and all
classes receive a joint certificate
from both the general board of the
church and from the international!
Sunday school association.
There will be more than twenty
speakers on the programme. In ad-
dition to some of the strongest
speakers Of the Methodist church in
this State, such as DR. II \ Snyder,
DR. A G Rembert. DR. r + Stack
house, DR. E O Watson. DR. D W
Daniel, Revs A N Brunson, D M Nc.
Leod. R E Turnipseed, G F Kirby.
Peter Stokes, T w Munnerlyn, G T
Harmon, Messrs H A Wise, W V
Martin, T H Tatum. and others.
there will be prominent speakers
from out of the State: Rev Ralph
Wells Keller, D D. Asst Editor Adult
Class Publications.. Methodist Episco-
pal church. Cincinnati: DR. Chas D
Bulla, Supt Wesley Bible Class De-
partment. NJ E church. South; Rev
] W Shackford. Supt Teacher-Train-
ing Dept NJ E Church. South. Nash
vile. Team, and Mr. ] NJ Way. Divis-
ional Field secretary, N E Church.
South.
The officers of the Wesley Bible
Glass Federation are: Hon Charlton
DuRant. Manning. president. who
will preside over the sessions of the
meetings; Mr. r S Ligon, Anderson.
vice president; DR. Vance W Brab-
ham. Orangeburg, secretary; Mr. Z
P Hammond. Spartanburg. treasur-
er; and the following on the execu-
tive committee: Mr. w w Smoak,
Walterboro; Mr. w D Cox, Belton:
Mr. O NJ Mitchell, Rome; Rev John
H Graves, Camden; Rev L D Giles
pie. Columbia; Mr. T c Easterling,
Marion; Mr. Jos A Mccullough,
Greenville; Mr. Jno S Bowman, Or
angeburg; Mr. Jas H Glenn, Chester;
Mr. R D Epps, Sumter; and Mr. L G
Potter, Gaffney. Rev W c Owen.
Field Secretary of the Sunday school