A Missionary Volunteer Convention in South Carolina
By Robert W. Case
This meeting was held at Spartanburg, April 12-14. The young people here had invited the Cherokee society to join them in holding the convention. Elder W. H. Branson, conference president; Prof. H. M. Hiatt, Missionary Volunteer secretary of the Southeastern Union; and Brother R. E. Carter, State canvassing agent, were in attendance. At the first session, which was held on Friday evening, a brief history of the young people's work was given, and Professor Hiatt spoke of the responsibility of Missionary Volunteers in carrying this message to the world. On Sabbath Elder Branson gave an excellent discourse, basing his remarks upon the words found in Deut. 6:12, "Beware lest thou forget the Lord." We were shown how the undertone of worldly amusements will lead us to forget God and his service as did Israel of old. At this meeting all the youth present reconsecrated themselves to the Lord. A model Missionary Volunteer Society meeting was conducted in the afternoon by the Spartanburg society. At the evening session different lines of work for young people were discussed. Among those considered were canvassing, teaching, missionary correspondence, Bible readings, and home work. The last meeting of the convention was held Sunday morning. The topics considered were Literature for Our Young People and How Missionary Volunteers May Help Foreign Missions. A question box was the last number on the program. This convention was a great help to the young people who attended, and we went to our homes better fitted to carry out our aim, "The advent message to all the world in this generation."
ROBERT W. CASE.