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Lp Meeting Was Major' t Of Religious Life Haywood Years Ago 1 'KD I f ( ,.m Kiilfdi I I A fii'iv\ er I liut'tings. I . iiie etc f pictcd 'or I t common I o spirit of I , is not a | stick to the I : nit'?and I ' ii' own con || I ' IMS ,ll Of I s, our read I last week I:- preparations K . nettinti K. and uith I ? were the I:.' i'u.ve days, I .t hom were 1 -j'Utility at * 'lis Know I l.nniiies al ways went prepared?that no one J should go hungry. They killed ( bteves, muttons, and chickens; , baked loai and biscuit, gingerbread | 1 and cake, also brought out jars ] preserves and canned goods a , plenty! | ? : Of the character, faith and style 1 | of the preachers we also made 1 mention. And the laymen of that day, measured up favorably by comparison. At the Iron Dutf camp 1 ground there were such men as; John M. Queen, Sr., Frank M. Davis, Riley Ferguson, Preacher Towles, Thos. Ferguson, James Murray, Joe McCracken, Davy Mc | Cracken, William llaynes, Lawson Messer, "Uncle Hosey Mauney, Eldridge Medford, the Howells on Jonathan Creek, James Crawford, and others, perhaps equally as i faithful. At Shook's camp ground; ? Humphrey Haynes, Dave Shook. Mills Shook, Cansler Haynes, Mark ' Killian, Preacher Towles, the lyerscs, Smathers and others. Significance of Mourners' Bench The mourner' bench played an mportant and significant part in nost of the churches of this entire nouniain region of the South for nany generations past. Past, we :ay, because it has now almost dis ippeared; a few of the so-called undamentalist, or old - style ?hurches, still use it. It signified lot only an attitude of repentance, lut a resolve to "pray through" to orgiveness. It was the place where the penitents or "mourners" were supposed to wrestle Jacob like until they got heart-felt reli gion?then to let the church and congregation know it by shouting. If a person who "got through" by his own seeking (ur together with the prayers of others in his be half i and was not of the demons trative. shouting type, he was sup posed to at least be able to stand up. tell the church about it and shake hands, as a sign of his re pentance. Alley MeCracken and others us ed to tell a story illustrative of the times: At one of these meet ings Uncle Bill Haynes went to Aunt Adeline Messer and said. "Adeline, I want you to pray for my son, John." "Pray for him yourself," she re ! : plied. "I've got my own younguns to pray for." The Meeting Begins Now, let us imagine that the meeting under this old bru*h arbor is about ready to begin, either the 11 o'clock or the "early candle light" service. The preacher or, maybe, the song-leader picks up the old Christian Harmony and "hists" the hymn, perhaps "Among Grace" or "Come Thou Fount?". This is the signal for all outside activity and noise to cease, and for the people to assemble, We gave you an idea of the kind of messages they delivered in those days and the style or man ner of most of the preaching. It was not only usually loud and long, but was also characteristic of the Jonathan Edwards fire and brim stone days. Those were the days when, it is said, God's wrath, rath er than Christ's love, was preach ed and sinners were "shaken over the pit". (But with all this, there was often fine fundamental interp retations of the Scriptures and good, sincere preaching.) Toward the close of the sermon the prcaeh-i er usually departed from his text altogether?to warn, exhort and to entreat "sinners" to come forward. Then they would often step down from the pulpit and get in the aisle ?and now the? Altar Call Is Made This was the signal for the "workers" to go out into the con gregation to "talk to sinners". (This was the term used.) In the good meetings often several per sons would go lip for prayer; and in the "awful meetings" fifteen or twenty at the mourners' bench to gether was not unusual. So it is on this particular night?as we are trying to pieture for you an "aw fill mectin' ". An appropriate hymn ?like, we'll say, "Nothing But the Blood of Jesus," resounds in this crude "temple of the Lord", the singing and praying all inter mingled. Now someone is shouting ?now another?Yes. it's the voice of a new convert, and some of the congregation are straining to sec. Thus it goes on until near mid night, when the service closes, more because of almost complete exhaustion, perhaps, than anything else. At last the meeting closes for the year, and the candidates for bap tism are received. Then the crude seats are stacked up for another year?and the hogs and cattle come In and take over in the meantime. (More on ministers, meetings and churches planned for future articles?Editor) - THE REV. WALTER TOWNER will be' in charge of the 15 stale convention of Methodist church school superintendents and other officers at Lake Juii alusUa this weekend. Mr. Town er is director of the Department of General Church School Work at the Methodist Board of Edu cation In Nashville, Tenn. Delegates Arrive For Conference At Junaluska More than 300 men and women are due to register Friday for a 15-state convention of Methodist church school superintendents and other officers at the Lake Juna luska summer assembly. The conference will continue through Sunday, it was announced by the Rev. Walter Towner. Nash ville. Tenn.. who will be in charge. He is director of the Department of General Church School Work at the Methodist Board of Educa tion. In addition to church school sup erintendents. delegates will include chairmen of local church Commis sions on Education, and assistant superintendents for membership cultivation. Besides the nine southeastern states usually embraced by the as sembly program, delegates will come from Indiana. Ohio. Dela ware, Illinois and West Virvinia. "The convention will provide an opportunity for sharing ideas with those working at the same job in the church, and our primary pur pose is to help those in attendance to become more effective leaders for Christ and His Church," the Rev. Mr. Towner said. The faculty leadership will in clude Prof. James E. Ward of Pea body College. Nashville; Robert G. Mayfield. executive secretary of the '. Methodist Board of Lay Activities. Chicago; the Rev. James W. Sells, executive secretary of the Metho dist Southeastern Jurisdictional Council, Atlanta, Ga ; Dr. J. A Engle, director of education an'4 cultivation at the Methodist Board of Missions. New York, and the following instructors in the South wide Leadership School, which ended Thursday, who are remain ing for the convention: Dr. Henry M. Buliock. Dr. N. F. Forsyth, and the Rev. Luke G. Heauchamp, all of the Methodist Hoard of Education. Nashville, and Dr. Fagan Thompson. Birmingham. Ala., and Dr. Donald M. Maynard oi Boston University. ABS Field Day Slated August 18 Arrangements are being com- j pleted for a field day program at the Asheville Stud nf the Ameri can Breeders Service to be held on August 18 Any persons who have used artificial breeding, as well as others who may be inter ested have been invited to attend. Speakers will include Ur. V. A Rice, head of the department of animal husbandry of the University of Massachusetts; Prof. George Hyatt, Jr., in charge of dairy ex tension at N. C. State College; and ij. R. Prentice, head of the Ameri can Breeders Service. Time is also allotted during the day for inspection of bulls, exhibit* and demonstrations. The program starts at 10 30 a.m. .and adjourns shortly after 3:30 p.m. Featured entertainer wiH be "Panhandle Pete and his one-man band.'' 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