Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-20

at 6eIneSQd SnuTCn Ldst ShiihhS'
Was Matter of Great Interest to the
Presbyters - Bethel Has Thirteen
Young Men Preparing for the Min
istry.
(By Staff Correspondent)
Sharon, October 19.-Centering the
interest Of not only the members Of
the Presbyterian denomination, but
members of all denominations, was the
fall meeting of Bethel epresbytery,
comprising forty-six churches served
by twenty-six pastors, which meeting
was held in Woodlawn church here,
of which Rev. Carl McCully is pastor,
this week. Not only did many MEM
bers Of the local Presbyterian congre-
cation attend the sessions of presby-
terry; but there was a goodly represen-
tation of other denominations at prac-
tically every session. Dinner was
served on the church grounds during
both days Of the meeting of presby-
terry, a long table having been built
under the trees in characteristic York
county picnic style and that table fig
uratively groaned with good things to
eat, which had been cooked by the
good ladies Of Sharon and vicinity for
the occasion. There Is saying that
preachers are specially fond of chicken
and if they didn't get their fill while
they were the guests of Sharon people
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was certainly plenty of it, along with
other good things to eat. According
to the accredited list OF ministers as
kept by the stated clerk, Rev. F. H.
Wardlaw of Bethesda, practically ev-
cry congregation in the presbytery was
represented at the fall meeting.
Busy Meeting.
1t was a busy meeting of Presbytery
there being a number of matters Of
considerable Importance to come to the
attention of the higher church court
and this business was handled with
dispatch.
Rev. H. d. Corbett, pastor Of Bowl
ing Green and Beth Shiloh churches,
a new man in Bethel presbytery, pre-
sided as moderator and he made a
most pleasing impression upon the
delegates by reason Of his parliamen-
tary skill and courteous manner in the
conduct of the meeting. m5mt ,1 W
A. feature of the meeting of presby-
terry was the presentation of the vari-
Gus committee reports, which showed
that there had been marked progress
along all lines of church endeavor dur
ing the year. OF especial interest was
the report Of Rev. DR.. Murchison of
Columbia Theological Seminary, who
reported that Bethel presbytery had
thirteen young men in the seminaries
studying for the ministry, and that all
of these young men were making
splendid progress in their studies. He
read from memorandum he had giy-
ing the marks of most of these young
men in the various branches Of study
and some of the ministers and elders
expressed surprise and qualification
over hearing of such a standard OF
excellence. DR.. Murchison commented
on the report Of one young man who
has entered the theological seminary
direct from the business world without
having the benefit of a college educa-
ton and stated that his mark on He
brew, generally conceded to be the
most dif6pnlt Of
to master, was 80.
So surprised at the announcement
was Rev. r. C. Wilson, pastor of OIL
vet church, McConnellsville, that he
rather humorously remarked: Lets
don't send any more to college"
The representative of the Theologi-
cal Seminary at Columbia, informed
prebytery that the Presbyterian col
lege at Clinton, was the greatest feed
er" for the seminary in the two Caro-
linas and remarked the fact that very
few students of Davidson college, who
intended entering the ministry, came
to the seminary in Columbia, for their
theological education; preferring to
go either to Richmond, Va, or Louis
vile, Ky. He stated that South Caro-
lima at the present time stood third in
the Presbyterian synods Of the South
in the, number of her young men who
were preparing as workers in the
Lords vineyard.
Fine Work at Bethesda.
Rev. r. c. Wilson of McConnellsville,
chairman Of the committee on Sun
day school work, held the interest Of
rresbytery and seemed to inspire his
hearers with new enthusiasm in pre-
senting the report of his committee, in
which report he paid especial compli-
ment to Rev. +. H. Wardlaw of Be-
thesda church and the members of his
congregation because OF the success
they had with Daily Vocational Bible
Institute held at Bethesda for a couple
OF weeks the past summer and which
attracted scores of adults as well as
young people who had never before
taken any interest in Sunday school
work and some Of whom had previ-
ously shown no interest in the work of