The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-10-25
S. A. WILLIAMS REFLECTED
MODERATOR OF ASSOCIATION
Fifty First Annual Convention Held
at Big Springs One Of the
Best in Years.

The Lincoln County Baptist Asso-
citation convened in its fifty-first an
nnal convention with the Big Springs
Baptist church on Oct. 13, IA and
15i the w. M. u meeting having
been held with the Union Hall Bap-
tist Church previously. This session
proved to be one Of the best ses-
sions of this association in many
years, only two of the thirty-four
churches not represented.
S. A. Williams. H. H. Summers
and Dan Bolian were selected mod
orator, clerk and treasurer, respect-
lively. The body unanimously ac-
cepted the suggested Uniform Plan
and Program and carried it out
with variations at this session plan
ming to have it in full next year.
Owen Williams the Enlistment
man for the Sixth District was pres
ent the first day. During the session
the following fraternal messengers
were recognized and welcomed, J. e.
Lightsey, representing the Baptist
Record Book Store, Jackson, Miss. !:
DR.. w. F. Demoss, Clinton; w. R.
Johnson, G. H. Mize, J. M. Ritchie.
]. J. Terry, j. J. Hedgpeth, w. A..
Thornton, G. S. Christis, w. H.
James.
]. A. Taylor at IL o'clock on the
first day preached the convention
sermon with much power and inspi-
ration. At the close Of this sermon
N. B. Johnson for Big Springs church
spoke words of welcome to the mes
sengers and visitors.
At noon each day the good ladies
of this church and community spread
on specially erected table demon
strations" of the culinary art. These
daintily prepared dinners were such
as would satisfy the keenest appe-
tite. We delegates thoroughly en-
joyed this, to say the least, and our
thanks are hereby expressed to these
kind ladies.
To express all of the good things
done and all the God inspired words
spoken would require the entire re-
cords kept by the clerk. All these
will appear in the minutes so it is
needless to dwell at length upon this
phase of the work. However I do
feel constrained to call the readers
attention to some outstanding fea-
lures of the convention.
T. B, Sandifer read and had
charge of the discussion of the re-
port on Education. DR.. w. F. De-
Moss, Of Mississippi College deliver
ed the general address on this re-
port. Shortly after the address was
begun the listeners became absorbed
in the informative and eloquent
speaker and almost lost sight of ev-
erything else. 1t seemed as though
we were suddenly transformed into
higher beings. DR.. DeMoss lifted us
out of that narrow channel in which
we have lived SO long and we caught
a vision of higher life and a
thought Of Higher STILL"
The reports were all good and the
discussion well seasoned. We can
not close this article and do justice
to the Convention without mention
ing the report on women's work.
Mrs. S. A. Williams read and had
charge Of the discussion of this re-
port. Mrs. ]. A. Taylor spoke on
Stewardship and Tithing. AS the dis
cussion continued and the spirit of
this good woman was manifested the
force of her words swept away every
shadow of doubt on the subject. Mrs.
Dan Bolian spoke on Mission Study
with much strength and inspiration.
Mrs. Williams presented a group
Of boys and girls in an original pa
geant expressing the great need of
religious literature in the homes of
Mississippi Baptists. J. A. Taylor
was reelected member of the State
Board. t. B. Sandifer was chosen
to preach the next association SER
mon at Bogue Chitto where the next
annual meeting will be held, and H.
H. Summers as delegate to the
Southern Baptist Convention.
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