New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-04
COLORED BAPTIST CONVENTION.

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After reading chapter from Scripture
and singing hymn, the minutes were read,
and the secretary proceeded to read the
supplemental report of the committee on
credentials, Wig:
First Baptist Church, Ouachita parish
Rev. Perry Jackson, Brother Duncan Hill.
First Left Band, Ascension parish-Rev.
G. G.. Burnett, Brother G. II. Hill.
Union COrine, st. Bernard parish
Brother George Williams, Rev. Charles
Williams.
Mount Olives, Sixth District. New Or
leans-Brother John Edwards, Jules Bar
ney.
Enon Church, Plaquemines parish-Rev.
James johnson, Brother P. Randotf.
Brazil Church, Iberville parish-Brothers
Sandy Cant, James Turner
Mount Carmel Church, 1berville parish
Brother Fountain Coleman.
Second Free Mission Church, CarrOllton-
Rev. Henry Dawes, Brothers Charles Stream
and Henry BOldOn.
Fourth Baptist Church, New Orleans
Rev. H. SteptOe, Brothers jackson DRAGON
and Peter Lewis.
Little Zion Church. Kennerville -
and Jefferson Cuba
First Free Mission Church, Carrollton-
Brothers Thomas Freeman and Guy Beak
First Baptist Church, Ascension -
Brother William Patterson.
Second Baptist Church, Assumption
Rev. Taft Nixon, Brothers Archey Glare
and John Baptist.
Herbert, Brothers Peter Hubert and Lewis
Smith.
Second Baptist Church, Ascension par.
ish-Rev. o. DickeIson Brother o. King.
Sar Temple, New Iberia parish-Rev
Edmund Jones, Brother Thaddeus Low
matO.
Bethlehem, St. John the Baptist parish
Revs. Dennis Burrell and j. +. Winston,
Brother Simeon Sheldon.
First Baptist Church, Assumption par
ish-Rev. o. Dickerson, Brothers Leidy
Newton and Lewis Smith.
First Free Mission, West Feliciana par
ish-Rev. LittletOn Spencer, Brothers Harry
Cotton and Robert Morelen.
Mount Bethely, Observation-Disclosures
Samuel Grant, Brothers David Giles and
Adam Ainsley.
Pilgrim Church, st. James parish-Rev.
Samuel Cook, Brothers Leo Dauphin and
John Kyle.
First Baptist Church, Donaidsonville-
Rev. o. Dickerson, Brothers Nathan Ross
and David Herbert.
Round Hill Church, New Orleahs-Rev
Levi Leech, Brothers Milton johnson and
Thomas Fisher.
Second Baptist Church, New Orleans
Brothers Arthur Smith, Walker Wright
and Branch Wilkerson.
First African Church, Point Coupee par
ish-Rev. Griffin Mann and Brother Paul
Prime.
Mount Baptist, New Orleans-Brothers
Alfred Jones, Henry Gohens and Gabriel
Richardson.
Providence Church, Jefferson parish
Rev. Robert GRAY, Brothers Samuel John
lob
Second Pleasant Green, st. James parish
Rev. General Jones, Brothers B. Brown
| and Nathaniel Forty.
Macune Church. West Feliciana-Rev.
A. Hubert, Brothers Miles Turner and Sam
| uel Thompson.
Sixth baptist Church, New Orleans
| Brother Solomon johnson, +. Highly, and
| Thomas Brown.
| The following representatives from the
Free Mission Baptist Association Of LOui-
siana were admitted as delegates
Row. Thomas Peterson, Thomas Grant
| c. Brooks, T. B. w. Avens, Robert joseph,
and X. G. Gardner, Brothers Joseph Ryan
Madison Moore.
| On motion of Brother c. F. Laid, the
convention proceeded into permanent
| organization.
By Rev. II. P. Jacobs:
ResOlred, That the officers of the Temporal
nv organization be declared the permanent
| officers of the convention.
The resolution was laid on the table.
On motion, the convention proceeded into
an election of officers.
| Revs. A. Fairfax, NJ. Allen, II. White, j.
| F. Winston and ID. Burrell were placed IN
nomination for president, and Rev. Madison
| Allen having received the highest number
| of votes was declared duly elected.
| On motion of Brother Ladd, Rev. II
White was declayed elected vice president
| by reclamation.
Brother John Marks was elected secretary
by reclamation.
Elder H. p. Jacobs made some remarks
| favOring the consolidation of all the colored
Baptist associations After which he moved
| that the president be empowered to apDoin,
| the following committees: On grievances
nine; on finance six.
On motion of Brother L. Vanderpool, the
| president was empowered to appoint com
| mittee of seven on rules and resolutions
| and committee of attentive from each
assOciatiOn-On conference.
The president announced the following
committee on grievances:
Revs. H. p. Jacobs, II. Green. &. w. Mer
rift, G. w. Walker, T. b. w. Evans, A.
| Fairfax, A. Nj. Newman, II. Caldwell and
| Brother o. Harris.
By Rev. Esau Carter:
Resolred, That the secretary be requested
| to extend an invitation to his Excellency
Governor Kellogg, Lieutenant Governor
Antoine. and other principal State officers,
| to visit us, and sit in our convention during
| it's session.
The resolution was adopted.
The president stated that he would an
nounce the standing committees at the mex,
| meeting.
The convention then adjourned to ten
O'Clock Wednesday morning, with the Dox
| ology and benedictiOn.