Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A Newspaper in ail that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTA PUSHED FED. U», 1804. UAFENEV Cl F1M I)A i , DEI EMI?EK 1, 1899. #1.00 A YEAR, wms MiS !tl Demands on the Baptist Wo men of the South. A KOBLE UNDERTAKING. 'f i t' C mportiinfe of Woman's Ai ork in IMis- si{»;is.~-’2 , iic* (• mu l !i ol tftr \\ ol*k.-“A\ o~ imiii U *V«n Ouuliiird to Carry on this Work of i (iv .Alasior. In the year JS7.) tlio members of lbe Womtsn’s Missionary Society of the WVIsb Xeck Daptist citurch of Society S. C., wore nppoiiUed, |>y he K"n ign Mission IJoar.l, ti Cen- iral Ootnuiillec, with Miss M. E. Mc Intosh as corresponding secretary, to organize Woman’s Missionary So- cielits in tii' Baptist ciuirciies of South Uiu’oiina and to collect money Ifom them lor Foreign .Missions. 1 ti JsTli t!u Committee was recog- niz (I by the South Carolina Baptist Convention and requested to report its work annually to that body—whnh has been done each year since that time. In lsS2, by request of the Home and .state Mission Boards and the advice of the State Convention, the Committee began to work, for these hoards also. The Central Committee of South Carolina was one of the cons'ituent members of the Woman’s Missionary Union which was formed at Richmond in J8SS, Miss M. E. McIntosh of the tSoiuh Carolina Committee being chosen tirst 1’resident of the I'nict). ‘ From tlie lirst the Committee has had sympathy and encouragement from most of the leading pastors of the slate and this ha$ been a great advantage to the work. Soei c 11 e s have always been urged to maintain the clo.-ef! relations to the churches, suid to re-port aii their gifts as part of the weak of the churches. A large quantity of literature has been distributed, many letters writ- and act and speak and work for the Lord, we could render a service that is full of rich blessing to both parties. This is a crying demand at our doors, and almost entirely unheeded. If wo will take time <o visit for the Lord, just where we think it. will do the most good, and kindle in some sister’s heart the missionary lire that hums in ours, soon our Southern women would accomplish, in a quiet womanly way, the great object for which we so long; that is, helping the millions of women beyond. Money—that is what is needed to carry it to those beyond. Our pray- purple and fine linen w brought as gifts for the Further down in the our Saviour's time, wf the prophetess, who from the temple, but s and night; and we find noli t ney also tabernacle, centuries, in find Anna, departed not rvt (1 < l ei day so the widow who cast all her living into the treasury of the temple, and there by v.on Christ’s commendation. I’liul was greatly helped in Ins- work by the godly women of his time. We read in his Epistle to the Philip- pians, “Help those women which la bored with me in the gospel.” We read also of Lydia, whose "ionary i nion, and during that time j the v,onion and c’hii Iren of the South- j ern Baptist Convention have contrib- uted to the cause of missions ijk’kl'J,- ; 071.90. (Xm anyone doubt t:he wis dom or importance of an organiza- ' tion which can gather up the frag- ; moots to such amounts as that? Another important element in our i Woman’s Work for missions is the i e< lot ion: tea gotten up and in charge of tore. Toe ant out by our Bantii literature tiic otiicers •t mission rooms is instructive and entertaining and has become indcspensible to the local societies in conducting and fur ors for the privilege ol carrying this heart the Lord had touched, and who | nishing programs for their meetings. ; gospel to the heathens and papal countries have all been answered en tirely, Our prayers for laborers are being answered continually. Now we stand facing the imperative de mand that ve fulfill our part of the obligation as implied in our prayers, furnish the means to send those whom Cod is calling to the work. Shall we he weighed in the balance and found wanting or shall we, like Es ther, prove tiiat we are worthy of the great test? Oh. sisters. God is test* ing us each and every one; let us come up to the help of the Lord by sending every nickle, dime and dollar we can get to our boards, so they maybe able to sustain the present force of missionaries on the field. They are such brave, good men, as suming so much responsibility and care and labor, and they are now reaching out their hands and plead ing that we will not be so slow in sending in their money for current expenses. We have ten new mission aries have light to data: to provide added to gone out p! for our old force; they carrying the gospel acts and trusting us them a plain living. after her conversion and baptism con strained the messengers of God to abide in her home. And of Dorcas, a certain disciple of Joppa, whose good works and aim deeds which sli>- did had so endeared her to her fellow disciples that when she sickened and died two men were immediately soot to beseech Peter to come # and restore her to life. Priscilla, as well as Aquilla, instructed Apollas and ex- ! pounded to him the way of God more j perfectly. One might scan the pages of pro found ami sacred history, seeking and finding the records of woman’s lidc’!- ily and devotion to the church of God. So none can wonder that when the Christian world awoke to the' importance of carrying out our Sav iour’s last command that woman, j last at the cross and first at the sop- ; ulcher, should he ready to do her part in telling the story of the .Sav iour’s love. ! Their work among the children in the > formation of mission bauds for the , instruction of the young must ever - oil as one oi most in: .Islxiry I’nrafcrapliH. (Oort ps . ondenee of The Lecfger.) Asimuv, Nov. 27th.—Wo had a .-plendid rain Saturday, and Saturday t. It seems that most everybody is done sowing wheat; I don’t believe I ever saw :ts much sown; nothing is lost by it. It looks like everybody has sown their best lands. That’s r'ght. Bow it again. I think the greatest portion of the farmers have sold all of their cotton seed; except just enough to plant another crop. The crowd was very small at As- bury church Sunday on account- of rain. Our Sunday Sohooi is not going on on by all than that now. It ought to be going means; let us do better s 1 and have a Sunday School at Asbury; the portant departments of our Woman s i , Work. Interest in missions and the . ^ ca , n have an excellent Sunday consequent civing to the c;uise 'f ^ will only try. • ' uMon education and lho Asbury School inis not opened I.m a;v to fill y et< The health of our community is very good at this writing. The Work This Organization is Boin£. October 1(1, 1890. On December 1 !, I Sill i, the title was changed to ‘•Young People at Work,” and was published under the auspices of the American Baptist Publication So- ' ciety. This name was retained until ! September ;12, 1891, when it was dunged to ‘‘The Young People’s i I nion.” i There was a growing conviction on I the part of the officers of the Union OBJECTS OF THE UNION. that in order to carry on their work with efficiency they should have, im mediate .control of the paper, and A Distinctively Dtnomintitloual Or S anl/.a- that it S | 10U |J bo published from tion that is Broadly incioMvp.-Tiu. headquarters. It wasjthereforo pur- Vouns rcopic’s I’nion lias a Larj;c tir-| chased from the American Baptist cuiation. | Publication Society at a cost of $B»,- ! 8U0, and since November 21. 1891, The Baptist Young People’s Union I has been published weekly by the . \. P. U. A. On the Gth oi Jan* of America £was organized at a large large! v uepen ■nt I , k t > . 1 V \ l A . . » L 1 I ! • . ;, and 1 l tllOsC* ' tiie places of t ~ se v. pay the ir di t*bt 0 nal , fT this 'tie of act strong, vigoroi, IS lifissi- and givers, the V mus in the! r y out !i 1. Ei shoul 1 ex?. .1 i 1 t j. ( forn ho must soon ;ure mid pass ion are to be mary workers t be so trained ich generation ur generation nsure this is to the children and youth of our church. Another most important work o .r women have uu- d Ttaken is the set ding of veil filled boxes of clothing to our frontier and B’jn.iay Bcliool mn-sionarits. The missionary and bis family must be clothed and fed as he works Miss Cora Hames is teaching school near Keiton. What is the diameter? Sun, and what is its Bu i; Hawk. .r... t he only waj t( ,;.:c.ite an*, irau. i . ! lirttorif. Twelve miles northwest of GafTney is the Cowpons battle ground; about the same distance to the north fast is Kings Mountain and seven miles to the south is Fort Anderson, on all of whrch grounds American arms were crowned with victory over the com bined forces of British and Tories in the Revolutionary war for American independence. and representative Convention held aar y. 1891. the name was changed to in the Second Baptist chard..’Chic- \ « »*<» go, III., July 7-8, 1891. In common j the history of the movement the with other bodies of Christians our Baptist churches had felt the quick ening influence of what has come to be known as the Young People’s • —J <etf .</. I .V- ’ while they devote all their time strength to the work. Let us fail them. God is watching to what proportion ■■ve i amt what we will i His demand, und we will tt'i- on oursel : r t ho law, is numerous and too great to he up” in so short an article ten ami appeals made through the denominational papers, in the efiort to inform the Baptist women of the state in regard to the work of our missionary hoards and to increase th ir interest and liberality. In 1879 an effort was made to have a conference of workers, and a wo man s missionary 11.■ ciing was he.d in Florence at the lime of the mecl- fng of tlie Btale Convention, the vice- presijent of each association being invited to attend, or to send a substi tute to represent the work in her association. This first meeting was small hut. seemed to accomplish good, and each year since, with increasing interest, thtso meetings have been field at me time and placed' the Con- , vention, this time seeming most suit- j able (although it makes it necessary j to have a wry limited representation —because itf i In* advantage the ladies Imve in h mg able to attend the Con- ! vention as well as Hie woman’s meet ing and so to become thoroughly and iiiteiiiguMiy in sympathy with the' work of the Convention. The presid- jing officer and recording secretary of The meetings are elected annually. The annual meetings are for the purpose of conferring about the best pians of work; of acquainting the workers with each other, and of awakening interest atm stimulating to greater activity, and they have been found very helpful in all these -respects. •The 1* resent DemainlH on the Bnpti.st Women of the South. “Man’s work is from sun to sun, bnt woman’s work is never done.” The bu!>j-ct suggests this trite old .saying so forcibly we could not help j quoting it. The demands on the Baptist women of the South are too ‘written ; as this must he. We will only mention three of the most pressing, viz: ! Time, Money and Prayer. Tin-re is a pressing demand for j more time spent in the Lord’s^ work. Every day is filled with golden op- j port unities, but we busy women, so full of household cares, or social du- 1 ties, or self-indulgence, are letting slip these golden sheaves that might I make us rich citizens, ol the Eternal ; Kingdom. Most of our Baptist .strength is in the country churches ;a»d small villages. la these churches tlhere are always some noble women who would join together, and join the Womans’ Mission Union, in the great work for missions, if some who have the necessary information and litera ture would take time and make op portunity to visit these churches and help and encourage and begin Hie or ganization. Our vice-presidents • jvould be so glad to hear of this in terest in the work, and so. we could (he "fellow helpers.” There is more -.time needed than is given to the reading and studying of God’s Word and the missionary literature tiiat comes within our reach. If we know how great the work is and how urgent the demands, surely we would ho truer to our Lord and the great trust lie has put into our hands. Then, * there Is demand that as wo so freely receive this information wc shall pass it on to others wiio need it, und ovglit to receive it through us. How delightful it is for one woman to re- eeivv from another woman a book, or paper, or even a little tract, with a love menage scribbled on the edge. How eagerly she will read it, and carry it to society meetings, and all the Haters will he helped by the time tftkrn to si oil that little missive. If some dear humble sisters could find B ir. their hearts to devote more time to instructiug and helping the color- tenth ; what ought vi to give under /roci? This year southern women are asked to contribute 000 to Home Missions. Our secretary, Dr. Ktrfooi, has just assumed tho gi'cai responsibilities o. office and is urging upon us the necessity for more regu lar contributions. Each society, by regular, persistent giving, can be as a lit f lu rivulet flowing through his hand-out to the needy frontier, cur rying suor.nrt to some faithful man and his iainiiy while he is preaching ; os pel as Baptists *ur we fell short of of us bv the For- t Jic in pit? irue ' believe it. Lust 3 i the amount asked eign Mission Board. It was decided at Louisville to increase th > work twen ty-live per cent is for greater and self-sacrifice; own part of worid is ious for i'be urgent dt maud larger giving, more yes. a fulfilling of our th,* contract, for the standing ready, willing, arx- tne spel, the men arm women arc ready to go, but there is no money ir. the Lord’s treusuiios. V/e who have only a small amount of tins world’s goods would feel cast down and discouraged if there was nothing but money we could give. Thanks to His holy name, He has given to every one the great privilege j of prayer, and by it we can prevail ! upon our Father, who holds the k-*y j to every heart’s treasury, to unlock | these doors and pour out what is j needed till there shall not lie room to ■ receive it. In His word He shows ! us how all His blessings were given ; in answer to prevailing prayer, some- 1 times the prayer of an individual, and sometimes the united prayers of His people. The greatest, most ur gent. most imperative demand on southern women is for more prayer, more time spent in communion with the Holy Spirit, mere coming into the secret ol His presence and asking Him to kindle the missionary spirit in the hearts of our Christian breth ren and sisters at home so that their means may bo consecrated to 11 is service. God does not want the wood’s money that is so often given with a sordid purpose, or indifferently cast as to a beggar, neither din-s He want to barter or give entertainments to gather the nickles and dimes of the thoughtless throngs. He wants the loving, warm-hearted gifts from His children who are so glad to thus show their love lor Him. Much that is called Christian work, that is now going on in the world, is Hie human effort to climb towards God without the help of the Holy Spirit. There is religious unrest that is trying to keep pace with the great whirl in the I political and commercial world. | God’s work is done by the still ! small voice, after all these have pass- | id by. Can you not discern in dif- ferent'plaees the[moving of the -Spirit, tiie pulsation of new life, the faint light of the dawning of the great mis sionary day, when the church shall arise and put on her beautiful gar ment and go forth to conquer the world for Christ. The demand is that His children shall commit their way to Him, and trust Him, and He will take “the heather, for an inheri tance and the uttermost parts of the earth for a possession.” “Take time to be holy, Tile world rushes on; Spend much time in secret With Jesus alone. Take time to be- holy, Let Him Ih- thy guide, And run not Ik*fore Him Whatever betide.’’ T!i<* IiiiinirtiiiH'o €>f Woman'- Work In MU- nIoiis. There never has been a time in the history of the church when woman, in her sphere, has not aided in its work, botli by her energies and by the gift of her means and treasures. We read of the Ancient Hebrew "willing-hearted” women who brought their jewels as free will of ferings to the work* of the tabernacle, and of the “wise-hearted” ones who Jr -u.' :* r y*v •< -- V- m, KEY. W > Rev. William D. Rice was born in South Carolina, near Grahams. Barn well county, a town which is now in corporated in the newer place called Denmark. He resides about three ii. Kirn. IMlKiHUKN i Ol-’ TH!*; OOXVKNTION civil war, he was pastor of the Sum- ] ter Baptist church, where from the front seats it was the privilege of the writer to be brought up under ins ministry. When after a separation miles from litis latter point in a of twenty years the opportunity to spacious paternal mansion that re minds one of the old South. His first sermon was preached not far from where ho lives, and, owing lo peculiar circumstances was rather given to brevity, a quality not found in the preachers of the old time and scarcely appreciated by many of the latter-day divines. He is an alumnus of Columbian College, now Columbian hear his voice again from the pulpit was atiorded, it sweetly, sadly brought up the remembrances of childhood, like a strange dream of past things. For a while Mr. Rice was engaged in missionary and coiportage work dur ing Hie war. For several years he was pastor of the old Welsh Neck church at Sociotv Hiil. • He served several churches in Newberry county. University, Washington, I). C.. from j For possibly twenty years past he has beer: preaching to churches in Barn well and Bamberg counties. He was for several years a trustee which lie received in 1.897 the degree of doctor of divinity. For several years before and in part during the of Furman University and Greenville Female College, and was repeatedly elected one of the Yice-Pesidents of the State Convention. At the ses sion of 1S9S at Darlington, he was chosen President. He has heerrMod- crator of the Barnwell Baptist Asso ciation since 1SSG. ’ Dr. Rice is an exceedingly affable man, a pleasant companion, a lover of fun, and withal a man of deep spirituality, a fine preacher, ana that after his own unimitated and inimit able way. He has been a successful pastor, winning the love of his people and doing them good in the name of Christ. Rarely does one find a man of more genial, sweeter spirit,and with more even-tempered, steady devotion to the cause of truth and righteousness Whether one looks at woman’s ; among his flock who are often too I work in missions from the standpoint j poor to contribute anything to his ,i*d women, showing them how to live I did spin with their hands, of blue, of of the woman missionary at her post on Hie foreign or home fields, which j are already white lo the harvest, or ; from the standpoint of those who are i working at home for the support of | those who are teaching abroad, one ' is convinced that woman is an impor-: tant factor under God, in the spread j of the Gospel. The missionaries all tell us of the ' peculiar fitness of woman for work on the foreign fields, and her labors there have been abundantly blest. In many of the eastern countries, especially, women may gain access to the homes of the natives and win their confidence where men would fail. How the heart fills with admira tion when one reads of the manv hardships and trials to the liesh, and discouragements to the spirit, which the noble wives of missionaries, and j the consecrated wotnen who have given their liv.es to mission work, have suffered for God and humanity. They, without question, have fulfilled the two commandments of love to God and to man. upon which hung all the law and the prophets. There are few tilings more convinc ing than facts, and figures are stub born tilings. Were any to doubt Cie importance of the work which our Southern Baptist women ore doing for the cause of missions, iacts and figures plead too strongly for them to need other arguments. It has been scarcely more than ten years since our Bouthern Bant ist wo men organized the Woman's, MU-j Cherokee Drug Co. support and the meagre salary paid him by the Board is scarcely ever more than sufficient for their main- tainance. Many irom the frontier fh'ids write that but for these boxes they would he' unable to remain at tlic-ir posts. All are familiar, no doubt, with tne plans of our Christ mas offering to the foreign board, and our self-denial offering to the home board, as well as our week of prayer in January and our week of self-de- denial in March, which have ever proven a source of great pleasure and a means of grace to those w ho have observed them. It is hard to over estimate the im portance of our Woman’s Work for missions, and it should lie the aim and ambition 01 every pastor and of every one of our missionary workers to see every woman and child in our state and in onr Southern Baptist Convention an active, consecrated worker for and contributor to mis sions in all its departments. As a cure for rheumatism Cham berlain's Tain Balm is gaining a wide reputation. D. B. Johnson of Rich mond, Ind., has been troubled with that ailment since Ibt'X In speak ing of it he says: “I never found anything that would relieve mo until I used Chamberlain’s I’ain Balm. It acts like magic with mo. My foot was swollen and paining tne very much, hut one good application of I’ain Balm relieved me. For sale by ■, A ,-v J. IT. CHAPMAN sex* 1 e- l Movement. Youn:: people tics which ui dcr dilferer:! mures had been at work in our churches adopted the watchwords and methoDof t ; *- new movement. New societies were organized. All felt the thrill of the new enthusiasm. As the great re sponsibilities of this movement be came more apparent tin r** sprang up in the minds ol many a conviction of the need of a denominational organi zation. It was Bit tiiat the forces of our Baptist young people should be unified and directed toward the at- j or with the tna;,ag< n;< nt of Hie g ; paper hu: been at ‘.-nco the impelling ; und guiding for •(> and the means of I financial support. It is indispersable to ail who would i fully avail themselves of the benefits I of the educational work of the Union, ] and is equally necessary to uii who 1 would keep thoms'dv;*s informed as | to the aims and metho Is and progress : of the work. It seeks to keep our j young people in close and eympa- I theticjjrelution with all the interests and work of our denomination. It promotes fellowship. It quickens the sense of common life. Ii gives the “elbow-touch of eotmadoship.” Apart from the courses, it oilers a large return in the form of stories, descriptive sketches, editorials, thoughts for the quiet hour, aids to Christian living and methods of Christian work. It is a ease of good measure, pressed down and shaken together and running over. As the organ of Tire Baptist Yout g People's Ui ion, of America, it H charged with a heavy burden. It is expected nos only to nay its way, hut also to pro vide tor all the varied and extensive work of the lie.ion. This work is ex pensive as well as extensive. The paper is not a private enterprise, it is the property of the Baptist Young People's i nion of America. No personal j iv-tit would accrue to any individual connected with the paper Tliu Colored Graded School Kvercise*. The following is the program of Hie Thanksgiving evercises of the colored graded school, held yesterday morning at Duntan’s chapel. Rev. R. C. Campbell is the principal of this school: Music—Greeting Song,—the school. Invocation—Rev. R. Mayers. Music—“Sly Mother’s Way,” the school. Reading Governor’s Proclamation, Miss II. L. Murray, Primary teacher. Paper—Miss Sadie Archer, pupil of Gth grade. Taper—Miss Minnie Lowery, pupil of Gth grade. Recitation—“Titan ksgiving” Miss Edna Dover. Music tjuartette, ‘’Nearer Home,” Slisses Archer, Smith, Masters, Downs and Smith. Dialogue, “What We Bring” —Lit tle Misses Petty, Bolware, Stephens, and Masters Manning and Bolus. Recitation. “Winter is Coming,” the school. Recitation, “Flag the Train”—Miss Jessie M. Smith. Address—Pruf. R. C. Campbell. Music, “My Old Kentucky Home,” the school. Benediction—Rev. A. E. Wright. Tin- Coivi>t'iiH Memorial Aftsm-iatioii, The Cowpens memorial association is putting in some good work now for the National Park at Cowpens Battle ground and our Senators and Con gressmen will press the matter in the coming Congress. tainment of tlie common interests and ends of our denominational life. Out of the discussions which ensued, the Baptist Young People’s Union of America was born. The general object of the Union is cleurlv defined in the following arti cle from its con dit .tion : “The object of this organize ion shall he the unification of Baptist young people ; their increased spirit uality; their stimulation in Christian service; their edification in scripture knowledge; their instruction in Bap tistdoctrine und history; and their enlistment in all missionary activity through existing denominational or- ganizal ions.” While it is thus distinctively de nominational as its name impl'.e \ jet within these lines it is broadly in clusive. It seeks to effect a frater nal union of all Baptist young peo ple’s^ organizations in America. D does not insist upon uniformity of name or constitution. It under takes no legislative function over lo cal societies. It simply seeks to bring all those societies into helpful fellowship and active co-operation and to relate them properly to our great denominational societies. The feature of this new movement which from the outset differentiated it most clearly from the Young Peo ple’s Movement in general was the educative feature. There was a strong conviction that the enthusi asm which had been quickened by this movement needed to be supple mented and guided by instruction in Christian truth. It was felt, moreover, that our young people should be trained to an intelligent and self-respecting de- • X K. CH1VKRS. oral work foem any increase of r ve nue. All profits would go into the work for its extension and better ment. it has already attained a cir culation larger than that of any othi r Baptist paper in the world, and is proving itself to he a powerful agent in all denominational enter prises, IJ. V. I’. 1'. In SoiltTi CiirnjiiiH. There were a number of Baptise Young People's Unions in the State before our state organization was effected. Each was isolated, hub many of them wrought eOetively, nevertheless. At the instance of the Hrangeburg pastor some forty pa-tors and young people of Mouth Carolina, gathered in tho Baptist church ab that place on the evening of April 2, IS9G, for the purpose of consider ing the advisability of organizing a State B. Y. P. U. The purpose was realized the next day, when officers were elected and a constitution adop ted. Prominent in this convention were Brethren McCall, Buckholz, A. J. S. Thomas, Huggins, Buell, Dr. Bailey, Dr. Gardner, F. N. K. Bailey and others. Nino unions were represented by delegates at this gath ering. The second annual convention met in Greenvillo in April oftheinxt year. The third, and as many claim, our best convention assembled at Batesburg in April 1893. Forty-two unions were reported to this body. At tho last convention, held at Col umbia with the First Baptist Church, last April, fifty-two senior and tivo junior unions were reported by lho hoard of managers. The testimonials to the value of this work have been clear and strong from most of onr pastors. Some or ganizations have had a short life and ceased to be. This, however, is only to he expected in a nt w work of this I sort, and therefore is not a very great, discouragement More than a dozen unions are studying Hie Christian culture courses in missions, tin* daily reading of tho Bible, and in sacred literature. The ideal shall by no means hi vj been attained until all the societies engage in this systen atic work. It is the summum bonum of the B. Y. P. U., and is the chief point of em phasis by these who are at tho head of the general management. The Sunday afternoon devotional meeting is maintained by practically every union. This means of grace has been very stimulating to many of tho young workers who have by this agency first been enlisted in active work for the Master und led to take a public stand on his side by active participation in the service. For some three years or more the Baptist Courier has been a helpful factor in its weekly B. Y. P. U. de partment. At each convention reso lutions of appreciation have been nominational loyalty, and to active enlistment in t : 0 support of the mis sionary activities of our body. This, in turn, involved introctrinution in distinctive principles and informa tion concerning missionary opera tions. The educational plans of the Union have taken form in what are popularly {known as the Christian Culture Courses. Li Hie nature of the case, it was accessory to publish a paper which should be accepted uu the official or gan of the movement. This needed, I passed in recognition of the generos- First: to set forth the principles tty of the publishers of this paper, and methods of the organization, und ' It is a labor of low with them, and thus secure co-operation. Second: has been of great s t rvico to lho To chronicle the growth and delop- ment of the movement and to fur- young people’s cause. Many friends have been raised tip nish a medium for the interchange ' in all parts of the State for this good of ideas and working plans. Third: cause, and some have not spared To publish the educational material themselves to further its interests, included in Hie Christian Culture | It D a special pleasure to record i Courses. Prior to the Genesis of the among these the name of the Gaffney ' Baptist Young People’s l nion of pastor, the Rev. B. P. Robertson. I America there had been pubii-ind a He has on many occasions giv» n tvi- few issues of the paper entitled “The deuce of his devotion to this blessed Loyalist,” which advocated the es- work, and has not denied his time or j tablishment of a separate denomina- en. rgy when tin-} seemed to he de- tional society and prepared for the , manded. He is reckoned as one of formation of tho Union. The Issue i the strongest friends and supporters of The Loyalist bears the date of j of our State B. Y. P. U.