The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, November 30, 1907, Image 1
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GAFFNEY, 8. C., SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 30. 1907.
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OUR HOME AND
IFOREIGN MISSIONS'
TWO SPLENDID ADDRESSES DE
LIVERED THURSDAY.
Dr. Nelson. Of Nashville, on Home
Missions an^ Towsen, of japan,
on Foreign Missions.
Dr. Towson, missionary to Japan, !
gave an int<* *n*sting talk Thursday |
about the country in which he has i
spent twenty years of his lit'*'. He;
said in part; “In coming before you I
today I wish to make an appeal fori
position Japan occupies. She stands
among the greatest nations of earth
a.s an equal. She is also tr rt key to
the Orient. As Japan goes so goes
the Hast. She is pouring her teach-
•ts into China and all the East, i
Eighteen thousand students from Ko-
r« a and Siam and China are looking
to her for instruction and knowledge.
The winning of Japa.Ts millions is
the grandest achievement the church
of today can make."
At the close of his talk he told of
a plan to establish the Lilian Stewart
memorial hall in one of the Methodist
schools in Japan. This hall is in
honor of a South Carolina woman
from Spartanburg county, who went
out at the call of her ]/>rd and after
only (dght months of service, laid
down her life on foreign soil. The
cost of the buflding is to be six thous-1
and dollars, of this amount the mis
sion board gives three thousand. Fif
teen hundred has been secured and
REV. SIDI BROWN HARPER,
Our Conf erence Host.
the mills and who ought to be in
the schools. Senator Beveredg ■ sound
ed the warning when he said, ‘The
white children are going to the mill,
while the colored children are going
to school.’ A little girl who worked
all night in the mill said: ‘When I
works all night in the mill I s so tired
I fall down and go to sleep with my
clothes on.'
‘Ts it strange that these who are
shut up within four walls all the week
should pass by the doors of the church
on Sunday in order to get a little of
God's fresh air?
“This country Is fast becoming a
foreign nation. No less than fifteen
States have a majority of foreign
bom population. In seven States
sixty per cent. In Chicago ninety-
five per cent are foreign born, in New
York. San Francisco and others, seven
ty-five per cent. Moreover, they are
coming in at the rate of three thous
and a day. Last year 1.354.499 for
eigners entered our various ports.
“The Italian consul at the port of
Galveston says that when that port
is enlarged, he expects 40.00ft a year.
I was in New Orleans the other day
when eight hundred arrived and they
were expecting thirteen hundred on
the day following. We have pouring
in Italians. Russian Jews. Hungarians.
Poles, long taught to defy law. Greeks.
Bulgarians. British trade Cnionists.
French Socialists. Australian Nihilists,
and Chinese idol worshipers. These
are they that desecrate our Sabbath,
corrupt our elections, defy our laws
anji do not hesitate to add the terror
of dynamite to their lawlessness.
“Forty-three pe r cent of the Italians
are illiterate, twenty-five per cent of
the Russian Jews, twenty-three per
rent of the Hungarians.
"Among these there is three times
t’■ t<*mlem \ to erim* than among
tin native-born. Thin congregate in
our towns where the opportunity for
oriim i.s multiplied a hundred fold.
There is a great gulf fixed between
us in the difference of language.
Ten million of our inhabitants speak
an alien tongue, in Texas alone there
a e half a million who speak German.
“Between us and them there is con
siderable rare antipathy. They
call us foreign devils and we call
them Dagoes. The feeling of animo
sity is there, only we are a little more
civilized in our speech. They are not
being Christanized. Talk about what
we are going to do with the foreign
er—the question before the house is
what is the foreigner going to do
house to hold a quarterly conference .
where there is dinner all day and'
m caching on the ground. I laid my-1
self out for a new church and made |
such a headway till I could nearly
hear the bell ringing and see the
spires kissing the skies. The next
day some of the brethren told me I
was mistaken. That day the preacher
in charge preached and there were
many mourners and converts, but no'
church tfas ever built. All honor to
the men who, like myself, have gone
to the mountains to preach because,
the bishop sent me to practice on the
people. I rejoice in my office as Home
Missionary secretary, where i can
work for the education of the moun
taineer.
“The tenant class, the mill operat
ives. these masses, these aliens from
Pagan countries have charter rights
in the gospel of the Son of God who
tasted death for every man.
“The gospel plan is to begin at
home. Our Lord worked mainly be
tween two cities. Paul had his basis
at home, and the church should he
like a pebble east into a pond, whoso
concentric circles spread to the far
thermost shore.
“When Wesley and Whitfield were
beginning to be interested in foreign
missions they were told to go to the
miners at Kingswood, for they wre
as great heathen as those abroad.
They wont and preached till the tears
made channels down their begrimed
faces, and thousands were led to a
better life. After he had thus
preached he could stand on his fa-
ther's tombstone and say. 'The world
is my parish.’ How can we go to
Cuba when in Tampa then are thir
teen thousand Cubans and Spaniards
who are unevangolizod? Don't mis
understand me. 1 am missionary to
the con • hiA unless we evangelize our
own ople here there will be a time
when tinu • will be no thrill of li' -
* xtending from the heart to the far
thest extmities. An eminent nat
ura!At hag said that when the nee!!"
pierces the heart of the spider the
• •‘feet will !)*> s< n In the extremities.
Thus if the heart of the church is
a Heeled the damage will he first no
ticed in our foreign work.
“Another reason why we should
evangelize this country first is that
it is my native land.
‘Ts there a man with soul so dead.
Who to himself hath never said.
This is my own. my native land.”
“Shall l be unfaithful to the trust
banded down to me of a free Protest-
LAURENS NEXT
MEETING PLACE
WAS CHOSEN YESTERDAY BY
UNANIMOUS VOTE-
Proceedings of the work Yesterday—
Report Of Epwortp Orphanage—
Othe r Notes.
Conference convened yesterday
morning at 9:30, From 9 to 9:3«>
there was a prayer meeting, conduct
ed by Rev. T. J. Clyde.
The minutes of the preceding day
were read and approved.
McGhee, G W. Davis. M. F. Dukes,
J. L Gyles. J. H. Thacker. W. L.
Gault. R. s. Truesdale, P. A. Murray.
Question 2, “Wlio remain on
trial?” was called. Answer: J. T.
Miller. D. W. Godbold. H. B. Hardy,
J. K. inabinet, T. W, Munnerlln, J. R.
Walker.
Question 8: “What traveling
pri-aohers are elected deacons?” An*
sw« r: w. T. Bedenbaugh, J. R, T.
Major, W A. Beckham, R. R. Doyle,
W. C. Owens, C. M. Peeler, W. M.
Owiuis. c. S. Felder.
Question 7: “Who are deacons of
om* year? - ' Answer: C- C. Derrick,
I». !>. Gillespie. It. D. Sharp.
Question 12: “What traveling
preachers are elected elders?” An-
>wer: D. E. Camak, J. P. Inabinet,
O. A. Jeffcoat, J. B. Kilgore, S. C.
Morris. C. L. McCain. C. E. Peele,
W. H. Way. L. E. Wiggins, J. T.
Me Far lane, G- W. Dukes.
The bishop asked the presiding el-
Japan. I base this appeal first on
what has been done in Japan. Not a
generation ago placards were posted
all over the empire forbidding any
one to become a Christian. Many
were the martyrs who suflTred death
rather than give up the hope they
had in Christ. Now religions free
dom is enjoyed and many in higli
position as well as low are followers
of the Christ. Among the Christians
are two supreme justices, two ad
mirals in the navy, the chief surgeon
of the army with others. The Prince
Imperial slips often into a church to
hear of Jesus. His son. eight years
old, and who one day will sit on the
throne, is in the charge of a Christian
governess. I do not believe the pre
sent emperor will ever be a Chirstian.
but his son will.
“I base my appeal for Japan, sec
ondly, on what is being done. Not
long ago Gen. Booth held nin. ser
vices in one place in Japan and there
were nine hundred and seventy peni
tents at the altar in those services.
This shows how the work is taking
hold of the people. Japan *has had
her baptism of suffering. Here I see
nothing but luxury, but there men
Dr. Towson asked that the South Caro
lina conference honor Itself by con
tributing to tliig cause. A collection
was taken amounting to four bunded
and sixtv dollars.
W. F- MCARTHUR
i Deceased, i
Trustee of Bufor^ street church.
Dr. Nelson 0 n Home Missions.
Thursday night Dr. Jno. R. Nelson
addressed a very large audience in
the interest of the Home Mission
work of the Southern Methodist
church. He began by telling of the
greatness of this country of ours. “And
yet in this great and lovely land there
are many places that are without the
gospel. At a recent session of the
West Virginia conference one told of
a stretch of country on a railroad
forty n)ilo s long with twenty thous
and inhabitants without a preacher.
Also of a mining community, of twen
ty-five thousand where the gospel is
not preached. In one section of the
city of New Orleans, with 150.00 peo
ple. there is only one Methodist
church. We occupy hut do not pos-
soss. In places where we were once
strong, there has been a drawing in
of the lines nml now we are in the
hand- of the aliens. We have the
country problem; people leaving the
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BUFORD STREET METHODIST CHURCH, WHERE THE SESSION OF
THE CONFERENCE IS BEING HELD-
of i
A. N. WOOD.
Trustee of Buford Street church-
and women are willing and do suffer
for Christ. Christianity is a religion
of suffering.
“I base my appeal thirdly, on Japan’s
need. Three fourths of the nation are
unevangelized. Thirty-five million
are absolutely without th" Christ 1
base my appeal on the need not as
they see it but as we see it.
“Duke’s Cameo cigarettes, made by
a Southern Methodist, are advertised
all over the country in hundreds of
place* where tri-re is no church. Our
business men arc alive and pushing
their wares. Shall not th*- church do
as much? Marquie Ito declared not
long ago: 'We got our civilization
from the west and to the west we
must look for our religion.’
“I base my appeal fourthly, on the
coi ntry and going to the city. We
an- in ? ■ midst of rapid and radical
changes. The New South, successor
to the ohl South is rapidly giving
way to a newer South. We are be-
coming gn at in agriculture and inanu-
laetures.
The removing of the cotton mills
Iroji New England to the South has
;“volutionized the country. In twen-
t . years the number of spindles has
lamped from 087.000 to over 10,000,-
**00. We are producing more cotton
goods than till the world did twenty-
five yearg ago. With this gathering
together of the rural population Into
the mill towns brings us to a prob*
i lem. There are ten thousand boys
and girls In South Carolina, of a
scholastic age, who are working In
with us? In 1700 three per cent
our population lived in the cities, in!
1 twenty per cent, in 1900 thirty |
per cent, and now it is forty-six per 1
writ. Everybody and his wife gone,
o town. Dr. Strong said in 1890 that
the Protestant churches were weaker,
in the cities than fifty years previous.;
Another says that our Protestant
churches are less benevolent than
tin y were ten years ago. in San
Francisco with a population of 350.000
in a given time of actual count there
found between the ages of six-
and thirty-five in the churches
nineteen hundred men. and at the
-aim- time in saloons and gambling
•daces were found thirty-two thous-
i d men. Ninety-five pe r cent of the
n< n of California never darken a
■ i;<■ ], door. OnF seven per C"nt of
the m>-n of Chicago belong to any
"'.arch As the people have poured
into the cities, we have those congest
ed districts known as the slums from
which our churches are receding. In
N‘ vv York fifteen churches retreated
front below 14th street while at the
- we time two hundred thousand peo-
i.h entered in. It is true in our South
and w* have not yet this condition.
it it is rapidly approaching in many
of our cities.
“Did you ever see a mountaineer?
Bel,old. here is on**. I discovered
America at the foot of Sand moun
tain. Some of the tenderest recoi
l'd ions of my lif" are strolling with
my mother Tiiider the large pines and
listening to tin* sighing of the wind.
I've had scenes and unseens. I’ve
se* n the mountaineer with his wagon
loaded with barrels on top of which
was tar. hut within was the voice of
Jacob. I had one appointment where
I a• v<*r got a cent, as th** revenue of-
fie"r cot my steward and he lay in
jail all the year unable to collect for
m* I carried up to conference a re
port of $17.50 and most of that was
white wool mountain socks. These
mountaineers are all right. They are
descended from that sterling Huguenot
stock, and the problem with them will
lu* solved by the school. I am on deli
cate ground now. J was once a pre
siding elder. Two years satisfied all
concerned I once went to a school
ant America? i come with an opti
mistic note. I believe our Methodism
can stand the strain. Qur church was
launched on troubled seas, hut the
oh] vessel rode the storm. In sixty-
one the days were dark; in sixty-five,
after that season of strife and blood,
the bishops of our church said. ‘The
Mftbodist church still lives. What
ever cause has been lost our cause
survives; whatever Hag floats, our
Hag -till waves, and our cause is still
advancing as terrible as an army with
banners.”
“Once our publishing house came
near being sold out. but was it? No.
Once a debt of eighty thousand en-
eombered our hoard, but through th**
untiring efforts of him who is now our
presiding bishop th<* d**bt was wiped
off the slate.’’
Tie* speaker closed with an elo
quent peroration in which the seige
of Lucknow was used to Illustrate the
final deliverance of the church from
tin* heselglng forces of gin.
The following resolution was offer
ed and adopted:
“Whereas there has been express
ion of objection by wives of preach
ers to our custom of making memorial
mention of the wives of preachers
when they depart this life.
“Resolved, that after this confer
ence the said custom be discon
tinued.”
The following resolution was unan
imously adopted:
“Resolved, that the secretary of
this conference convey to Dr. James
H. Carlisle, president emeritus of
Wofford College, the affectionate
greeting of this body, with assurance
of the loving esteem of all Its mem
bers.’’
C. D. Mann was referred to the
committee on conference relation- for
the supernumerary relation.
Question 14 was called: “What lo
cal preachers are elected elders?”
G. P. Penny.
Question 20 was called and the fol
lowing preachers reported on their
work: M. W. Hook. C. B Burns J.
D. Crout, J. P. Attaway. j E. Taylor
B. G. Murphy. P. B. Wells. ?. J. B"-
thea. J. F. Anderson T E- MorrK B.
■lets what their districts were doing
for the Epworth League, the temper*
ance question, the Sunday schools,
'he woman's missionary work and the
circulation of Christian literature.
Tl:i- is th** first time many have ever
-e,-n the bishop catechise the presid
in'.* "iib'rs. and many seemed to en
joy the passes between the bishop
and his cabinet.
Dr. John M. Moore, one of the edl*
tor- of the Nashville Christian Advo-
cate. addressed the conference in ref
erence to his work. In a very happy
manner h" brought out the main feat
ures: of hig work.
Mr. W. L. Gray, of Laurens, ex-
tended to tli" conference a cordial in-
vitation to meet in Laurens next year.
The response was unanimous, and
next the splendid town of Laurens
wil open its hospitable doors to the
weary itinerant.
The report of the Epworth orphan
age was made by Rev. W. H. Hodges.
This report showed advance all along
the line. The report in full Is to be
found in another column.
Rev. W B. Wharton, the superin-
'endent. gave a short account of his
vorl in c< nnection with this report.
Hot shot fro m the Bishop.
When the applicants for admission
were called, it turned out that a great
many of ’hem were between twenty-
five and thirty-five years of age and
unmarried. Tin* bishop remarked. “I
am glad you are getting in some sin
gle men; the calico hawks have not
'••night all of them yet.”
—“The Six Best Selling Books" is
one of the great, features of that
splendid magazine, “The Bookman:"
-hut it confines its records to the
sale of new fiction and the list js con
stantly changing. Christian people
will be glad to know that the best
selling hook in the whole world is the
“King James' Version of the English
Bible,” and its sale is growing enor
mously every year. The display of
hibles made at conference by the
Stone Barringer Company is at
tracting much attention. Bible' ar«
shown from 4<V to $8.no, and from
vest pocket editions to the most com
plete teacher’s edition, with a multi
tude of helps.
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lisle. W. L Wait. Dove Tiller J E
Rushton, J. H Graves, Peter Stok**.
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A contribution of two dollars for
the worn-out preachers was received
from the Knights of Pythias lodge In
\llendal* for which appropriate
Uiauk- w< :*• rendered.
Book- make ideal Christmas p~* 8 '
•-tit.- and many of our people are tak-
int advantage of the opportunity to
buy trom the display made at confer-
• nc* by the Stone & Barringer Co..
which is better In selection than is
oft. n -<•• n outside of the larger cities
: th* country.