Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-18
The COlumbia Association Of Bap.
tist Churches
SECOND ANNUAL ME,

SECOND ANNUAL MEETING.
The second annual meeting of this association
was held to-day at the 5th Baptist Church, Va-
avenue, between AZ and 9Th Sw.), and there
was goodly attendance Of delegates from the
churches of the District-Calyary E Street.
Fifth, Gay Street, Georgetown; North and
Second Church. The First p3th street, Church,
DR.. Cuthbert's, Is attached to the Virginia Asso-
citation. The meeting was called to order by
DR.. j. c. yelling: the moderator, and hymn
was sung. DR.. yelling read portions of the I'd,
Sd and 4th chapters Of the Ephesans, and Rev
NJ. Yeatman, proceeded to read.
THE LETTERS FROM CHURCHES,
as follows: Fifth church, reporting peace and
harmony in its membership and growing con-
gregation, a sunday school of 200 membership
1913 resigned in the early part OF the year. but
some returned: that Rev. S. H. Green, of Gaze
and would enter on his duties on December list;
that they have 404 members, 500 in attendance
in the three Sunday schools and 81, 731 81 raised
street church, referring to the resignation Of
Rev. DR.. Parker and the calling Of Rev. Mr..
Mason; stating that they had received acces-
s1onS numbering 10 $50 from Calvary church).
the. total being 1854. Gay street, Georgetown,
noticing the resignation OF the former pastor
the calling of Rev. Mr.. Truett, who is laboring
with acceptance and the results of the revival
Is the conversion OF 16 souls and reporting
membership OF 1922 North church. reporting
that for 10 months they were without pastor
that they have called Rev. Owen James, who
entered on his duties october 1; that the Sum
day school has increased 50 since January; the
congregation numbering IS members, and they
have raised s1,36O21. Second church Navy
Yard(, reporting a number OF deaths, the fine
condition OF the church and rendering an invita-
tatfon to hold the next session at that church.
Ihey report 214 members, with Sunday school
OF 1859 pupils.
DR.. YELLING ELECTED MODERATOR.
Rev. A. F. Mason nominated DR.. yelling as
moderator, and moved that the clerk cast the
ballot for DR.. yelling, which was done, and he
was declared elected. DR.. yelling briefly
thanked the association for the honor. Mr.. s.
M. Ieatman was reelected clerk, and Mr. Henry
Beard was elected treasurer.
Rev. Messrs. Mason Of Boston, Pollard of Bal
timore, and Spencer of Philadelphia, were well
coined by the moderator.
Messrs. Meador, w. w. Stickney and Nichols
were appointed on
ORDER OF EXERCISES
and they reported the following, which was
adopted: Adjourn to-day at 3 O'Clock; meet at
~ to hear annual sermon; meet tomorrow at
az: devotional exercises till 10 o'clock and ad-
Journ at ~ meet Thursday at ~, and adjourn
A communication was received from the Me-
tropoiitan church asking admission to the asso-
citation, stating they organized with 81 MEM
bers; that they have raised 81 81 .3S, and have
fine Sunday school, have now membership of
y. The application was referred to commit
tee of three-Dr. Cole and Messrs. Boynton and
DennfSon.
THE REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
was presented, showing that they had held
eleven meetings; that appropriations were made
OF 5000 to the Gay-street church, of which but
S10s.33 was paid, owing to the vacancy in the
pulpit; $3.50 TO aid Rev. c. L. Army, who is
labOring at Tennallytown; that A. j. AShburn
and John Teasdale, students at Columbia Uni
versity, were aided in laboring as missiaries
near Brentwood, and $3.50 given them. The
amount raised during the year was $4s7.02 of
which S4o7.O2 has been expended They notice
the building of the church near Brentwood as
the result OF the labors of Messrs. Ashburn and
Teasdale and stated it is proposed soon to Or
ganize church at that point. They recon-
mend that aid be continued as before and Sug-
gest as field that portion of the District be-
yond the Insane Asylum, where lot of ground
is offered and that a mission be established near
BrightWOOd.