, 1877-10-14
CHURCH COUNCILS,

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mica., Oct. 13.-Tic Baptis1
Stale Convention this forenoon was engaged IL
the discussion Of the Suntlay-sctool work ant
Sunday-school mission-work of the State, and
| OF the report Of the Bible publication work. Tic
work ils been difficult the past year, yet on the
! whole quite successful, considering that tnc
! plan of the work WAS materially changed last
year, and that the veteran missionary, tic Rev.
.. i. A. Spinning, resigned last March, and his
Successor, the Rev. E. B. Edmuuds, did not
enter upon his duties until May, aud the latter
is not only tho State Missionary but the Fina11-
eial Agent of the Society. The Board has c,1~
letca :Mi and expended 81, LAG the past year
The responses Of District 3uperintcnncuts
anu churches wien called UPON have been rcry
encouraging. The speakers all urged c1vser
Sunday school work, and the Convention agreed.
Il special committee reported rs as follows:
Your Conlnlittcc On thu offer of citizens Of Char
'cvoi1 to donate desirable site Of twenty-five
resort respectfully report that We appreciate this
very generous offer; that in Judgment the Con-
'tn'on cannot properly assume trust; but we
RISK TN expression frol our brethren by vote as to
lhc deArablcness OF special organization for this
purpose.
Several gentlemen warmly urged the Society
to artrpt the offer, which closed the morning
SESSION.
This afternoon the Executive Board held 4
meeting, and appointed the following special
Boards:
n sst< e RSasarS s@ana;; Hasks os f cnrs!s esaves
Putnam !. Eutteraea, +. j. Fish.
>, cArt*tian and :N.n;stt trtal EHucafion-K Brooks,
n. H. Hodge, II: &. Coleman, J. Fletcher. j. c.
Saul brooks Biddle.
Pudl;ea'ton and Sunday -schools-F. Il. crcssy.
olney, J. t. faiis eA'' j. A. Wateinan teri Eansl e. M Bcn: r.
nett, {. D.. Gregory.
fore'gn Nsssoas-.I. S. 1,oylcn. T. E. Egbcrr.
W. ". peltensil, II. G. Danisford, j. +. lIiii,
Taft.
Xomt .Nissons.A. E. Mathcrs, F. /. Little, T.
II. Wilkinson, r. c. Casey, D. Baldwin, &. G. |
Bowen.
:. Tue Treasurer of the Executive Board, tho
Rev. Z. Brooks, read his anual report showing |
the collection ot $G,:2S1, aud the expenditure ot
s6,613.
The annual report Of the State Missionary
Committee shows that 4 large amount Of work |
has BEEN done in its department, about $4.5OO |
having been received for its Uses.
\ large humber Of the clergynen aud other
delegates present spoke Of the necessities Of the
socctlcs represented They must have aid, and
i was shown that ut least ST, 900 must be raised
for this fund the coming year.
illc Convention adopted q series OF reSo1u- |
tiulls.
The first rejoccs in the triumphs won, vet
Expresses tile connection that more enthusiasm
Baptist religious work, and pledges both.
Ihc second pledges all that the Convention
:an do for foreign missions.
The third aeprecates the education OF children |
II Baptist parents in schools controlled by other
denominations, particularly Roman Catholic
The fourth tt,1n,nrnds the Baptist lcn0tniua- |
io!ial press to Baptists, and urges that every !
baptist family take some Que or more Of these
)apers mentioned.
The Hfth pledges an effort to secure an aver |
sc of 81 a year for the next five ycar5 from
Very member of the denomination for the
kalamazoo College, to be invested us far as
osslb'c with the pcr1nanent endowment fund !
I'LL asked pastors and all others To cooperate | t
and cordially in the effort |
Tnc sixth approves the appointment of J. L, |
,rLalld rs Financial Agent Of the Kalamazoo /
'olcge. =
The seventh recognizes the evils Of jptctnper- ,
ncc, pledges opposition to the spread of the evil
y every possible means, and says the time has |
pnc when men should vote Us they pray.
The eighth recommends more care in tbe ]
ELECTION of wine lss.u fur saerallcntal purposcs
rs to have nothing but the pure juice Ut tue I 8
rape. 8
Thc following standing committees were an II
ointed by the President: n
On Obituaries-J. Goodman ". G, Peck. T. ii
ctctcr. RI
O. sxate Of Heli7ion-c. E. Comfy, n. E. uaypc,
n. Tltterinyton.
The Noncn's Home Missionary Society held
meeting and resolved repurts Of tne various
t:ll boards throughout the State; also spcc,.l.rs
several clcryymen. d