Book excerpt: Excerpt from Minutes of the Fifty-Fifth Session of the State Convention of the Baptist Denomination in South Carolina: Held With the Spartanburg Baptist Council, November 24-28, 1875 During the counting of the votes, the Convention engaged in devotional exercises led by Brethren D. W. Cuttino and S. W. Ackerman. At this stage of the proceedings, Bro. A. W. Lamar rose and presented a gavel to the President. 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.