Book excerpt: Excerpt from Minutes of the Eighty-Seventh Annual Session of the State Convention of the Baptist Denomination in South Carolina: Held in the Baptist Church, Orangeburg, S. C., December 6-9, 1907 We have been impressed with the importance of the trust committed to us, and have earnestly sought wisdom from Him who gives liberally and upbr'aids not, ' that we might so discharge our trust as to glorify Christ and advance the interests of our denomination in the State. More men have been employed, more work has been done. More fruit gathered, and more money raised this year than during any year of the board's existence. Nineteen years ago the Convention met in this city. Some of the strong men of that day have gone to their reward; others have moved from the State. A comparison of the report we bring today with the one made in 1888 is most encouraging. Then we had a working force of 83 men and one lady missionary; now we have 136 men and 15 lady missionaries; then our income was now it is nearly three times that amount. Surely we are making progress. At the January meeting of the board, the amounts recommended by the convention to' be raised for the different objects fostered by the convention were apportioned among the associations. The board recommended to the executive committees of our associations that they apportion the amounts allotted to each association among the churches of the same. This was done in most cases. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.