The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, November 27, 1926, Page THREE, Image 5
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"BAPTIST CON]
. More Pr hlpmc Pnnl
_ ? ? ~ V Vill
of this State?V.
r j__ Our Rural
By REV. j.
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Luat wi'i'K | V'fii tn *H C I Ml tH*"""
fore our people the fearful, condition
of the gfliritp^l. .^atviinTT- -ftrj | nnn *n
day among the Negro Baptists of
? _ South C-arolrmn In ihat article, I sim
ply called attention to- ' some of
our city churches-which are pastor?
less, I did not name all the towns
wflirh arc lin'thnnt ppt ttW.
{ meet-important. But there is another
^ side?to this sombre picture which
?-makes it almost appalling. There are
: twice as many rural churches which
once formed the - backboTfe-df offr do >
" nominalional strength that are with_
out -pastors^ Tshall not take up the
space-here of remunerating the many
rural churches and their post offices,
wmcn arc praying GnH tr> gond thnm
good shepherds to feed the sheep.
To__my own knowledge in South
Cnrolmir, there are twice as marly
rural churches vacant as there are
__city churches. in "ttrrr wordftj-if cities
as Charleston. pn?li^tr,n|
Beaufort, Florencet Union, Green.
wood and Spnrl'nnh"rfT r'-Hontor| _
- ~ are v&cant,~Tf such an affair?exists- in
the "green tree, what will happen
in the dry? Obviously, if flourishing
cities canot get the word of God,
? what about the country ?
There are two or. perh6ps- -three
reaoonu why South Caiulina is suffer.
ing thus in the rural districts in the
church life. Among feome of the rea sons,
I will mention:
First, Our . deacons and members
who'.aifiFiin charge do not rightly in.,
terpret the spirit of the age-in-Jwhich
w,c rrve. r or me most part, our- ru
ral brethren are trying to run the
churches with the^same methods employed
by our fathers forty years ago
(In fact some of our rural tHrtrrches
; - are hot-up1 to the standard of forty
jiui'i, agu.?- [ ?
tor accounts for_ the lack_ of pastors _
to serve in these_turatzchurches. To
_ illiistra.teK-E began aa -ar young preach"
er twenty odd years ago on a salary
of $25.U(X per year, and they dia not
pay me that paltrys sum, while many^
of~the"faTnuTS had niules and but?
gies, not once during that year, do' I
recall where these brethren offered
i to give a rule to and from the church.
I Of course conditions have greatly im .
proved since J was a rural pastor,
I but net as it should. There are poor
postors in South Carolina who preach
? "STURM BREAKER" AT
] .. ROYAL THEATRE
I House~Peters Scores Again in Soul
ft Stirring Drama. Remember his
" Work in "Combat."
3nii ih Bruiiker," uhfvcTfgf^'
Jewel 7screon play starring House
tcvciD, >_</1uxxii^,?,j.u nuj ai x uuuu I- I
-' Thursday 2nd. It is a powerful story,
of the sea.and of a man who puts hiAi j
self against the world. It is from the
Peters enacts the role of John Strong
and does his usual fine bit af acting.
J1The supporting-cast includes Nina Ro
mano, Ruth Clifford; Ray Hollor, Gert
rude Claire. Jere Austin,-Lon Polf,
Mark Fenton,. William tlCalvin,. L'm
i - , metV'King, Kd. Brown and Lionel Bel
- more. "Titans" was directed by . Ed. I
' ward Slonian. . '
BELTON LOCALS.
Mr. James Milliner is delivering -the
Palmetto Leader every Saturday. See
him and get The ieader. You can't
.afford tG do without it.
After two years &f strenou^ labor ,
with the people who constitute the
membership of the A. M.;1 E. church?
.and with others who gave eyery possible
aid, Rev. and Mrs. Witherspoon
report at the Annual Conference was
great; but it "was blodd money; it
came . through .untold suffering andsacrificc.
But it came. Rev. and Mrs.
? in Belton for a long time.?They leave
a field of iiy members and go forward
~ thtrne^to *he people fit' IftfKT '
lar 8prings Mini Bounu'ij Chapel^ I;au
fens, a charge that has boastedoT 4.38
members and G8 probationers, a total
membership of 50G according to the
"minutes of the Conference. Some
change has been made in this work,
but there is still a large membership,
and tw<? modern church buildings, the
beSt work in the Piedmont Conference,
One of the greatest assets of any min
ister is his acceptibility Getting a
place may be the simple aim of some,
but filling the place shall be the test
of fitness. Rev. Witherspoon
satisficd with his appointment, yand
P~~Tliiiitka the Bishop lor^tV^ cohfld^^dS"'
D1TIONS j
"H CAROLINA
Fronting the Baptists
acancy Among
Churches
i - - ;
C. WHITE
all the year for .the paltry siim of
$300 and $400. Now, no preacher j
could be expected to give- valuable
Sftrvlro at ouch wages. TTie~ od of j
Israel that would not allow a Hebrew i
farmer to muzzle the ox that treaded
out rthe cofn, frowns still upon that i
state of affairs in our nrnnrl nlrl 1
Twenty years ago I pastored for'
$150.00 per year, but I could buy a j
sack' of -flour .for forty cents or fifty
cents and other Commodities corre. I
snondingly ehemu- This is an age of >
equipment, quick transit, books, mag. j
n Tirrrra?n w/1 - /*! At -??1? J ? 1
cvuiv J atu ill IIIUIS L pro J_
hihitive in price. Theri is but one'
thing for our rural churches to do;:
and that is: they must bef^wiffineTto
pay for the Gospel, or at least give
the minister a living wage while he
spMt'ual"4 fooch *"^The ^rural churches I
may have the same type and class of |
preacher "as the city church has, if
only - they ?rre willing tu "disgorge"
or "cough up." It is imperative, that
our- rurat^Jhtwehes-do this for' the;'
reason's, first, their own spiritual ad ;
vancement and .so?ond,__for the sake
of?thoir children, who when ' they
have attended school som'ewhere, will,
\ r i u
crave for a," leader to ^commensurate ?
with their teachings;, and if these"
young tolks cannot^ And "gtreh leaders
af^he-heaB of;', the rural churches,
they will soon leave the country and
go to the cities, \yhere conditions are
more in keeping to their tastes and
ideals. '
Third. The migratlon.-of-the^eerro.
farmers has wrought hav(3c to our1
rural churches. In the last "ten years '
more than 80000 people have left:'
South Carolina and have gone North ;
and_West; and 60 per cent of this|
80000 were ^ from "off * the farm, nf^
feouth Qarolina. " The_ poor minister]
sees thrr~liniplr -mi|i i ill ini iiinl llW'Ti 1
is to leave and seek n mnri> prnfUshlo .
is to- leave anthseek ^ more profitadlc
church.
Hear the rnrirlnsinn of thp whnlo'
matterfSl think a remedy for our ru. I
ral churches is to-consolidate several
cnnprpgrnHrmg, . nnrl-lnfr iig ntnp mnlti
plying rural churches, make one good-j
church pnssihlq?. Reinstate-or re?^
build the old family altar, and;
through consecrated christian par_ i
ents, let us ( born some God sent men
who \vill perpetuate the wqrk of
God's Kingdom in the' earth.
reposed in him, feeling that he can re |
deem this church for the denomination.
Good services sit the Holiness church 1
last Sunday night. ,
Rev. L T. Rhodes' of Abbeville.comes
to Belton. He is a young man of
Jege__and has served as assistant pas J
tor of St. James A. M. E. church, Ab
beville. We congratulate Belton. '
Mr. and Sirs. Milliner were very
nice in caring for the pasters familywhile
he was Conference. Others
derson, L. S. Logan, Gussie Kennedy,
'Marv'T. Williams. Tiller I'avton, .To
sephine Rogers, Sylvester' Greenlee,
James MeeLrns.
Rev. W. H. Steward attended the
Conference fn-Gr^enville th'reo-"Ttay.s
last we?k. He was very nice ip tak
ing Ucv. Witherspoon there. >'
JNIiss-Nesi Gary spent Friday and!
night with Mrs. Witherspoon.
The Union High School is doing ex
cellent inraisrngg funds.
AT? J* i n
.ph. iuua uiiNiuiu cairiuu uev. wim |
erspobn to Laurens Monday. lie Was I
afffrectingg a financial arrangement'
that amounts to a great deal fori the
phinv?h ??j
.
-THE 'PALMETTO GRAND COURT
In connection wth the Palmetto
-Grand?Communication?of the?Most1'
Worshipful Grand Lodge F. A. A. Y. I
M.f in and the Jurisdiction of South [
Carolina.?In-affiliation with the Nat
ional Compact,Of the U.. S. of Ameri
=?**7-?wh?d> was holdcn in the-cfty?rrft
Orangeburg^ S. C., October 25 27. j
1U2G. Was held also what is remittal i
lb have been one of the best sessions
-nf the Paimettr. Grant! llumt of u*
roines of Jericho. Under the Juris {
diction ofTtTe afore mentioned G. L.,!
the 18 districts were all represented.!
During the session a potrait of our I
late most illustrious secretary,' sister j
H. t,. Hilderbrand was unveiled.
A donation of $25.00 was also votejj
and paid the widow of our late M. W. j
Grand Master Dr. A. G. Kennedy. !
Fraternal greetings were received'
from several of our National officers
of Georgia and Chicago, 111. The lat.^
ter from our fofmer townsman Prof.
R. W< Westl>erry now National Josh ^
liua." Alhong lHe" others were JMfoilf
.
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F.' Wallace, Grand Supreme Ruler of
Knig;htjt-<;f-Toasf*amt of Jacksonville,
Fla, The total collection of session
was SI 500.10. _ |
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ed to furhish synopsis of JJie_prfl?rced.
infers and reouest thoir nnhlip^fi?r> K*r
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the n.iniai ilail It^nld, i'nlmctto Lead J
ti, Olwn JPflPPif "'MlJrfWh'pjer and "The
.Light. Thus passes i"lo history" another
--mHe~i>to?c?in the " progress and
success Gf our beloved Order.
THE RED Sf AR BOYS *
The Red Star Boy^ met at the home
of Mr. Elijah Love Monday evening
November 22. They were delighted"
with an inspiring talk from Mr. Thorn
mas Love. In his* talk he expressed
4?w atid order much nee5ed. A call
meeting was held at Mr. Robert E.
Bradley's home Wednesday avaningKQYfimb?t_J24th,
for, the purpose of
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taking subscriptions for the Old Folks
"Home and after the jinecting they were
served' with hot chocolate and cake-andnn
Thursday Thanksgiving, they went
to the home as they had planned and
.carried three baskets, of food, after
finishing their mission they hiked to
Lindenwood Park,?There they.had the'
tjmes of their lives, gottinpi Wi? frr.ni
the Jranch-and-^hv<* found mmlnhv"
their OWF Call, whicTT h?g pnr
Tooted by many of the members. They
then gathered acorns^ which was eon
verted ' into pipes and leaves of oak
which*were taken home.
A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY
r? Be not deceived; God is not mocked;
for whatsoever a man sowfi th, 'that
shall he also reap.""For"He that soweth
to his flesh shaft--of the flesh r<>an cor.
ruption; but he that soweth to the
Spirit shall jif the .Spirit reap life ev_
erlasting.?Galatians S-.7P 8.
THRJBK ^
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. jj? ^ ^^jjj preciatioiv to a young poet, who has
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y^1',,:'' ' \, '. JAul'l 30c. For sale at The Palmetto <{>
| 1 Leader office, 131.0 Assembly Street;$
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THE UNITED SONS OF ABRAHAM & IX. of J.
[is an' organization which is doing- a great work for the poor and
infirm people of South Carolina, It has at its head Rev. J. J.
Harrison. State Master. Prof. J. A. Kirk. State Secretary and
D. V. McCrae. State Treasurer. It pays to its members whila
alivft, and gives to^the^ beneficiary, something after death. It
paysLJfrOin titty to one nunorea dollars for hospital benefits and
from $25.00 to $100.00-in case of total loss by fire of house and
household goods. It pays from $1.50 to $3.00 per week for sickness
and up to $10.00 on Doctors bill. ^ , - - - - ' ^
Think of it; and for any information write - ^ ~
REV. J. J. HARRISON, S. M.,231Q Richland St., Columbia 9. C. '
' "T^r Prof. JTA^IRK, BennetUvIPa, S. C. - - ?
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