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f i \ fAGETWO ? ? State Fi> President ? To The Baptist Brotherhood: GEORGETOWN?This is the final cull fof the 76th- annual session of the Baptist Educational uiitl missionary convention of South Carolina to be held with the Bapt 'p.i 01 Anderson County in the St. Y'aul .Baptist church Rev. J. AV. . Tooiner, pastor, beginning the V first Wednesday in May and lasting through Sunday, May 1*. t # , A THE EXECUTIVE BOARD. It is an of it iui call |or the inee.i-1 ing of the Executive Board for ( Tuesday May -1 at 1 I'M in the St. puul Baptist Church. This meeting j is of limi jiiul ini| I I III I lllll 1 n I III "* fact that certain matters coming before the Board are so far reaching that they will claim the at- 1 te.tion of i! members. According to our new constitQ- \ tion the Executive Boat.I is composed of eighteen (IS) members I elected by the convention and all ! moderators rf Associations and' Unions, but because of the im- I port^nce of vertaiii in utters affect in);' the entire denomination, pastors of all churches are invited to be present in this meeting. THE I'RK-IONVENTION PROGRAM As usual the pre-convention program sponsored by the local committee. the Rev. .T. W. Toomer, I Chairman will be held on Tuesday ! night. According to information J furnished by the Office of Public Relations, elaborate preparations have been made to give us the best programs, of its kind ever. The feuutred speaker will be Dr. W. U. Borders, pastor of the Wheat j Street Baptist church, instructor at Me rehouse College, and president) of'the Georgia Baptist Convention, | will be the. guest speaker. We can't aflord to miss this program. THE CONVENTION PROGRAM j AND BUSINESS The regular convention program will begin Wednesday morning at I ;nihe o'clock with a Bible Study ; conducted by Dr. Maxis S. Gordon; pastor of First Calvary Baptist Church, Columbia, followed by the introductory sermon preached by the Rev.-H,,P- Sharper or the Rev. R. R. Buslv. Reports of Officers wilH be submitted at the afternoon] session followed by the President's , ^jjguual address and election of.' farcers. 4--- MORRIS COLLEGE Major emphasis is being placed ' upon Morris College and its needs I in this session. Morris College and 1 tit unftnivmpnl will Tie <riv*?n nri. ' rty during: all of the sessions. As-j pociations, Unions, Pastors and Churches from the Mountain to the Seaboard have taken as their! log*n this year: "Moris College! moat be endowed." We would, however, be remiss in ' or duty if we did not call the attention of the brethren to the importance of other objectives, namely: the current expenses of, ?7Tris College, our Secondary Stehools, aged Ministers and their widows, as well as other things to which tlm denomination owes en-' STA1 H V' ' Jilx ^ ^V iV^ v .'Jm~ E V 9KH^^; * ?? ^jnun^ I *SF^HeP%'4 I:^K8kkE> I Jfc ? -JPf ' -? , _ Rov.-tf^-P.-flharprr Minisfor of I ho Yoar r - rv "Sfryth Carolina*) Bapti Daniels I II To President ( courajivnu'tu and-support. The reports of the vmlowmont c nmiitteo | and trustee board of Morris ( ollopfe will Ih> read Wednesday nigh* followed by the address of the | President of the college, Dr. O. 11. Reuben. ASSOCIATIONS KKPORTS. In order to expedite-0H^4?usiness" of the Convention as well as give due recognition to "those who support the work, all financial reports will he rend t.i pjat? ( onrention by Moderators or- clerks of Associations yivine credit to the Pastors and churches reportin.tr. This will clarify the record* in order to chose the class "A" pastor.^. Associations and ch .^he>. i TUP I * KOCH AM The Program designed by the Executive Hoard to tfive Insnirn t inn infiwiunt l<?n uml tain r.rru. - fi m :.!! vh ii Mi. ? in the Piedmont wi111 furnish music during the sessions, especially on Friday Sermons will !>o preached by the Reverends A. W. Vincent, F. K. Sims, D. \V. llickson, S. B. Hancork, J. T. Thomas, J. Collier, or L, R. Pay ton. Doctrinal messages will be delivered by Deans Brown f nd Harden and Devotional message by Reverends Leon PridRen, A. M. Matthews and C. A. Cherry. Among other speakers are Dr. G. I.. Prince, president of the National Baptist Convention of America, Dr. J. A. Bacoats of Benedict College, Dr. Mabel K Howard, .President of the South Caro una W oman s Missionary Convention. Mrs. Magnnlia Lewis President of the Young Women's Convention; Mrs. R. Givens, President of the * Usher's State Convention l)r. .lames H. GoudePE 0 > Rev. H. f.. Curolon Statist icai SecrHarv i ' >" ^ I .... s Leading Weekly" ? TEL ists Pr ssues Last lal Confab MPs* wf $ a*?-? ?$&d?? v MVJHh; i *. G. Daniel* jock of Friendship Cnlleun1. and I | Jeacon <". Lee Pav is" President of I j;he laymen's ('onveiition. Friday Pr. N'annie II. Burroughs, I'resident of the Woman's N ational Baptist Convention and Pr. .lames ! II. Ilinton. l'i osident of the N A A i 1'. will l>e guest Speakers. The, 're-aleiit fcli-Ufa-v?mp-h Torres I Will i ;e I Jr. M. K. Smith, President of the iimn.a Baplisl Slat? < .Nemiio;. and I'iistor of the \letiopoiitian Bapti-t Church, Wasiiinyid:.. J).. (* \n \ii nomr.s Also meeting in Anderson will he the two. auxiliary bodies organized last year. The Young Women'.Convefttion uryler I the dynamic " president .Mis. ,\.n nolm I.ew.s tutd. tiie Usher's State l '(invention, ills. P. Livens, President. These meetings will bring many persons who have never attended the sessions before. Sunday there will he la mammoth naiad > o.' i'-her's ! Board and a sermon by tie Presi dent of the Convention. i ON K HI NDKMI) l*K|C t EM , ENROLLMENT / For severpl years a campaign has been going on to enroll every Association, Union, Pastor and Church in the state Conveivtion. Fach year we have come nearer the goal. This year there is a deling that this gun! v. ill he reached. .) ? not fail. IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND THE CONVENTION SEND| YOUR DOORWAY FEE BY YOUR MODERATOR. DO NOT FOROET THE FIRSTj WEDNESDAY IN MAY, MAY 5.L SAINT PAUL BAPTIST CHURCH. ANDERSON, SOUTH CAROLINA. YOURS SURE FOR HEAVEN. (!. (Icing Daniels. President ONVE O. Hacoats f I*n^irlrn1 <>f lienvdK | ( oj!# 4. <* ( _?t??? 1 E LIGHTHOVSE AND INFORMER, COLUM epare Fo ~"I" rigy'Class A" j> . s ' ' . . ...... \ . "Sumter County Rev. II. II. Han J ' ^ *"*"" ~*' <"Av ^ v . AM ^ i>111 ri!. .- /M/.-jflai Sr^Ti^^i^"" M Jerusalem A I >r*M,. (i. I)aniel ^ s i a K: i 8 W& H|H 88 fflPHHiHT^ THE PASTORS ( I)r \V. A. Johnson. 1 Kt'\. M. I\ Sharper. 1INTI0N t m - * F ' 1 ' 1 '< - t\. II N, ' ' 'fit V J11 y ( IMA, S. G Militant, ProgrMsi r Huge Association Association tin, Moderator -? AiW'yj^yw'syy.jyi. .1 'JiM^utMflM^awiBWlftKSfljwpyS^aBfr'^WflftPWBBflMB^i MMIMI ssociation s. Moderator ; Wi m P ^ )F THE YEAH Florence. Sumter. S. (". <) FF1( ;;::,i;n,nn M,Kinl,, a? " ive. Dynamic Satu Convc STATE BAPITSTS ANNUAL SESSIOIS By William Mih Thousandg of delegate!*, nun-. . asters, and loyal Baptist, repre- ^ renting the 2,500 churches in South Carolina Baptist Educa-j tiohal c.nd Missionary Conven- ; i tion of Siiu-ii Caiolina will con-( verge ih Anderson, May 4-7, for their 76th annual session. The .Cldnventiori, representing .more ' I than 385,OOC Baptists in this' i state have planned a most com- ! I prehensive* program for the C, ! day session.. Convention Presii^detn 6, -DanieTs7~Tssuring i last call from his Georgetown headquarters, requests a full re-' port from the more than 3,000 i ministers representing the more ! than 75 local Associations. The chief issue facing the convention in Anderson' will be the $300,000 endowment for i Morris College. Sumter More' than $30,000 i<. slated "to be I ' t raised in the session for ihe |5n-; I dowmcnt. The Convention also has Benedict College, Columbia, and Friendship Junior College ' Rock Hill on the agenda. f The convention will open Tuesday afternoon with the| General Board meeting 4,o'clock Tuesday night a welcome pro! gram follows- tinder the direc' tion of the host, pastor, the Rev.! J W. Toomer The featured; sneaker will be Dr. William H j Borders, president of the Geo- j j rgia Baptist Convention, and pastor of Wheat Street Baptist 1 j Church, Atlanta. The Rev.' j James W Rhodes of. Columbia j ' will respond. Wednsdays agenda will in(lode the Introductory sermon1 by Rev. IT. P Sharper of Sumj ter, the Tej>orts of the , treasurer, Rev. W. P. Williams; pub-1 lie relations, W. M. Bowman, the executive board, the Rev. L. C. Jenkins and the Drive Directors will follow. Dr. Daniels, the president, will I deliver his annual address and the election of officers will foli low. Wednesday night the Convenj tion will hear a progress report i of Morris College Endowment Among Baptists .... of South Carolina Bv William McKinley Bowman Well, that time is here again for the State Baptist Convention, the annual event that brings to together Baptists from all over the State This year we will meet in Anderson, where I have never attended a corffcention session. Anderson is rich in Baptist history, and it is only fitting that we go there to re| new old acquaintances, and to j let" the people in that section of i the state know that we are 1 thinking of them and want to thank/ them for the sunnort they have given the state work. ;IALS Kt't . J. I,. H rooks, \ I U irdiiy, May L 1*54 in t ion IX) HOLD r IN ANDERSON kinley Bowman f'und by the chairman of tha fund, Dr. H. H Harvih. The Rev. W- H. Neal, chairman of the Board of Trustee* of . the College will make hia report to be followed by an |aidress by Pres. O, R. Reuben of the College and the endowment rally.- t'V ' Thursday the convention will hear a devotional message by Rev L. Pxndgen of Spartanburg. The memorial hour will follow, 1 led by Rev. A. W. Vincent- . Other events scheduled are i : Moderator'^ Forum, direct ed by Rev D. W. Hickson; ad-, dressug by Dr. J A. Bacoats of Benedict College, Mrs.. Mabel K. Howard of the Women's Auxilliary Convention, C-. Lee Davis of the Laymen's Conven- _ tion, Dr. J. C- Dunbar of the State SS and BTU Convention, and Mrs R. Given^ of the Usher's Convention. The featured speaker of the * Thursday session will be Dr. GL. Prince of the National Baptist Convention of America- The Thujsclay ni^ht session will close with an address by President James Goudelock"nf Friend ship College and the doctrinal sermon by Rev. F. K. Sims of Georgetown The convention will close Friday with the report of the District Missionaries, the Missions Hour being conducted by Dr. J. P .Reader end the Rev. M. S. Gordon, and a missioary sermon by the Rev. J. T. Thomas fef Charleston Friday night will be the president's night featuring Dr. Nannie Burroughs of the National Baptist Convention, Inc, as speaker. ? Officers of th^ Conventions beside Rev. G G. Daniels are: the Rev. W. L Wilson, Vice President the T? PV T. P TanUt'na , x/< M WMVttWy secretary; the Rev. J. L. Brooks, \ ^ assistant secretary; the Rev W., 1 P. Williams, treasurer; the Rev. B. L. Cureton, statistical secretary ; the Rev. W. M- Bowman, public relations. | The Morris College Endow| ment Fund will be the center , l ot attraction this year. The En- . , Jdowrnent Cjammidaion reported | that we need to put more effort I in the Endowment Fund Raising Campaign, having a thirty | thousand goal for the oonven' tion session. This would mean 1 a total of 75,000. dollars raised with 225,000. dollars . to go. Pledges made sometime ago by various ministers will be paid during the Convention session. The host pastor is the Rev. J. M. Toomer, a friend of ours. It - I 1 ? see in* as if it were yesterday .that Rev. Toomer i"Tooni to his friends) and I were beating the i oushcs down in Orangeburg \ County. I was serving the Granger Baptist Church at Elloree, and he was serving a church in the upper part of Orangeburg | County. It was at that church I \ conducted my second Revival ti meeting. At that time I was the ?< circulating manager of the Peo- |i pies Informer before it was merged witth the L.iJghth?>tfce...We f have remained friends through f J the years. ! T^ie Rev. Mr. Toomer's father ?' ' was the first nerson that onr*-;-.a i I me to Morris College as a stu- 1 * ; dent.I think I stiil owe him for Ifl ' that trip. I know many persons fronv^B Anderson and I am looking for- ^B ward lo seeing you at Board ^ Meeting in the "electric city" ' P 1 May 4th Hope you are ready ".J {for the convention "Let us I ' watch, fight and pray. Cthonvtfi Bm TflwTVijit A J Thergfor* being justified by faith, 1 we have peace with God through Our Lord Jesus Christ.?(Romans 5:1.) In these days o&tension and crisis, 7 when threats of atomic war and cie- M struction hang heavily over us, -we M "" i; ?ks and sermons may comfort us. I But where; as individual and-as a jfl -shot! vm ftv.-l Viffh -M -* I1"! v-. iiio4 by faith'?