Book excerpt: Excerpt from Minutes of the Sixty-Ninth Session of the State Convention of the Baptist Denomination in South Carolina: Held With the Florence Baptist Church, November 28-December 1, 1889 The brethren in your employ have done good, solid work. They have shown the true Spirit of sacrifice. We are persuaded that nothing but the constraining love of Christ could have induced some of them to. Continue in fields Which yield such a meagre support. If any class in the ministry deserve the sympathy and support of our churches it is those who labor in destitute fields. Quite a number of new fields have been occupied during the year, among them Walterboro, the county seat of Colleton. A church has been organized at that point anda house of worship built under the direction of our energetic missionary, R. A. Sublett. It will-be dedicated at an early day. The Ladies' Central Committee very kindly continue to support the work at the Cannon St. Mission in Charleston. 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.