Excerpt from Minutes of the State Convention of the Baptist Denomination in South Carolina: At Its Twentieth Anniversary, Held in Sumterville, December 12, and Continued to December 15, 1840 The exercises of the day were introduced with the ordination of a deacon of the church in this place. This service was attended to by brethren Johnson and Hodges. After this, the Annual Charity Sermon was delivered by A. Rice, from Isaiah ix. 7 Of the ia crease of his government and peace, there shall be no end. In the afternoon, the Lord's Supper was administered by brethren Wilcox and Hill. The services of the day were concluded with a sermon by Br. Kingsford, from Romans i. 16. 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.