The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-08-11
A Great Day at Baptist Church


A Great Day at Baptist Church
Perhaps the greatest day in the his
tory of the Kingstree Baptist church
was last Sunday, August z, when it
rendered to Miss Hannah Plowden a
farewell service on the eve of her de-
parture as missionary to China.
Miss Plowden is daughter of Mr..
NJ. H. Plowden, an honored deacon Of
the Kingstree Baptist church, and
long citizen of Kingstree. She was
rearer in the environment of the
church and Sunday school, and the
honor paid her on this occasion by her
! astor, her girlhood friends and CO.
workers, was sincere and touching.
The exercises were in charge of the
lastor, the Rev. L. A. Mcdowell, who
had come home in the midst of his va
cation especially for the occasion. AZ
ter appropriate scripture passages
were read and prayer offered, the con-
gregation united, with great fervor,
in singing one or two of the stately
old missionary hymns. Then follow
Ell the pastors address, in which he
stressed the great honor that The Lord
of the harvest was conferring upon
the church in calling one of their num-
Der to 90 far hence to the heather.
Following the pastors address, dea-
con C. NJ. Kinds made the speech OF
his life in stressing the same point,
and in appealing to the church and
congregation for more hearty conse-
Grafton to the great cause of foreign
missions. Perhaps the climax of the
meeting was reached when the young
missionary herself, in becoming mod
esty but with great fervor of soul,
stood before the congregation and told
of her Divine call to the great task
that she was about to undertake, and
OF the joy it gave to her to be per-
ritted, after years of prayer and
preparation, to enter upon her work.
The meeting was now, apparently,
completely under contra OF the Holy
Spirit. Everybody felt His power and
presence. No one had to be aclled
out. The formality of introductions
was a lost art. All enjoyed the lib
erty of the spirit. Every one felt free
to speak, and under the inspiration
of this rare moment, Ex-State Senator
E. C. Epps, of the Methodist church,
and Hon. w. H. Welch, of the Society
of Friends, both, in turn, quietly arose
and thrilled the audience with fevent
end helpful talks.
The church and congregation then
wanted to pledge 10 their missionary
their abiding interest and support in
her work, and as she took her stand
in front of the pulpit by the side of
the pastor, many went forward and
grasped her hand and wished her god
speed.
The last act of the church, was by
rising vote, to adopt Miss Plowden
as their representative of the foreign
| field, and to direct that a sufficient
sum of their contributions to the Is
Million campaign fund be applied to
her financial support.
Thus ended, perhaps, the greatest
day of all the past history of the
Kingstree Baptist church, and may
it's hallowed influence long abide!
Miss Plowden goes to her work splen-
didly equipped aducationally, being
q graduate of both Winthrop College
and the w. M. U. Training school at
Louisville, KY, where she has just
completed, in the latter institution,
a two years course.
: This EVENT furnishes another evil
dence of the marked success that has
attended the lobors of brother Mellow
ell as pastor of The Baptist church
here.