, 1879-06-05

not have Me:fo,llst church, but tho Baptls
concentration Wns aa'lly bchind. This wns hi
n,s enuM s."re WIRE no nrrac''rrs aent md tt,cF
n,.y Mn,uhcy 10 nay sl'Gtn md kCcn them EnInl
me treasury wnk absolutely Gcplc,cfl. Tf,cr
were a,oHl niet'Il'nrs II. tlle i.akcsido l}aptft
ni,s'oeIal!n a., la*s sear, s they son.rhute! T
yonr' sInco Int November, s1Grc hal been ~
raised. arnl tho An,nl.ht appropriated was $;},t
lle Thought tlern Filould 10 sntne tnrana deyiac
whereby ttiorc innlIcy should be raised.
! ar. thnn'lra,El desired to know II Mr.. ll0bnr
considered that utller denominations had bet
ter organization tflnn The J,aplists.
! eOlnc liat not.
Mr.. Cha,nrallgh offered n resolution 10 tt1f
cifeet TINT The tiunern As.nrtatfnn be rc1,.eatet
a. It's next intcti,,E u appoint Board to lax.
INTO consideration tlcrlnlrclics tlmt wero under
t'r partly under, the support nf tle Mission 50
e'efss' i ~. ','n' tnrn,s!, tl'.fn VII! t'ruaehcrs.
70 tie audience MS position. jla was min
ihtcr, hut lie clnsc for certnn rcasons TO rctrt
iton tlie pastoral rssargu Of a church for few
years. IL was nut thu, he had not Invitations
Jcrisnlc0I. i[o nml lttr othrr retired pastor.
ad t'feir work to ucrrornl. hut ttura were cor.
snln reasons WHY they chose tu remain here III
liss city Tor Il time.
Air. Cllandrallgh withdrew his resolution,
Tie liey. Mr., Furst, OF Plnin1cld. aaJd II
strltek him tlMt tic l}apttats went Anut their
1niasson work In the hardest way psssific. Thr
trt'naY. hs Thought, m.,st come through the
own church every Sunt1Ay.
Mr, Hobart said IT WAS no trouble to get
preachers. a number OF applications hal to ho
!a'u over every month. 1t was not preachers
thHt wcrc ssarcc. 1t Was money
The Rev DR.. Jackson tllc4 detiYerc1 n dnr,
trinal dltco.lrse.
The following Is complied from a table of
statistics Tor tue year, dcfectiv.. however, be-
cause n1,, t''e Miehlga', ayenue, EurItwool, aud
many of tf's osllers madn only partiai rcports:
additions 3!5; 'lIntnutiuns, ITO; present In. mem.
bcrshlp. RESIDENT. malea. 7t1}; females, 1,oa5:
nonresident n'alcs, lB; females. 100; church
fitrne9oavs, tr9 current, s05; sunday-sehool,
slofs, S2,a5S: contributions, foreign missions
from church, S929: Su,Idar-scl,oo|a, $2tO; woTn-
an'sclrs!a, s44i; State missions toStatc Conven-
s, wi kpectas churches aud Suntlay-srliols,
,Woman's l1omc missionary suclcty, sui: Pub.
!iSasio'' Society, So: education, ministerial,
SIW: endowment, $11 current EXPENSES, sl5j:
mi,seellansstoa:' ,,,s "a; AssoSlntion minutes s90
present value, e27D, D,9o0; debt, *0oiOo. sum,jay.
ecnools, church, officers md tcac1Icss, 330;
scllolars, 9,o73; average attendance, 2,B05; mis-.
sion, 1tlcers and teachers, 147: sholars, l,o07;
average attendance, LIES.
The exercises In the evening opened with etnr.
large. f' 4A''o
II. +; Clissold, State A1tss!onnry, followed In
a. m s,,''. adaress on "sabbathschool, Work." in
Which he urged the Importance of the Church
paying creator attention 10 tl,e religious edaca.
tion Of tic young. lie had found nn alarming
lndlHerence on the subject tu certain parts of
lhe Sthte, md the consequence was tnnuy
fh9rs'S fnns (. were partially closed In some
TO Sabbtat'.srhoola, which had to be OVERCOME overcome,
pr the Church at large would suffer sooner or
1atce: ,stce He cioaed by urging the co.uperaton al
i'nntists III tic good work, and BY asking tho
~ getting up ihe SAbbath-sclloot statisttcs Of
lse State, to which the meeting rcsponicd hv
selecting slr* Pratt, Of nyde Park.
+, ~. l.orlmer followed ID IN address on the
rom headache mud spoke very briefly, takins
hc ground tliat, II tho lay1nen in the churches
.ssn,aed tho responsibilities they should, they
soulu no ,great deal toward corrcct-
as much 's puss sas s2t %e'a' 10 A ,ae IT m.. Ta
srs, m though 10 had heard Of ono Al nun
marry aud bury tllrtu. 1Iu referred to tic
!ataoise @ Church as Illustrating religious INDUS
Industrious and teach themselves to RELY less
'pon tho ministers. The less a minister ,tl Tic
'0stcr would his church lourish, provided a. |
says say. t. t!'at TIE ,armsn took hold and did the
'oFS = he re- neglected to do. It Ilal been Il babtt |
nc else to DO, and be had been reasonably sue
essfal. fnatend Of the mlnister loyIug Git lie
:hurch work for tho campaign, they should |
y ~ II u1Sata sas fob bc,n themselves, md
Ia la cs'' low tdey 1Ssn could ''f1i,ss 'ss dn to
rom year to year without winning or tryluy
Q win a soul to Christ. lie did not 6o'eyo .iat
1lnlstcra should bo the exclusive agents for The
hould make himself m agent, and thus con.
rlblitc to n general and constant revival in tie