National Republican., 1883-11-21
BAPTLSTS' CONVENTION.
Commencement Of the Sixth Annual Meeting
Yesterday.
Omccrs Elected md Reports Submitted
The Delegates Present.

The Columbia Baptist association assembled
yesterday morning for its sixth annual meet
ing at the Thirteenth h-street Baptist church.
Rev. S. II. Green presided. An announce
ment was read that the Calvary Baptist
church had increased the salary of its pastor
$500. After the reading of encouraging re-
ports respecting the financial and other con-
ditions of the churches in this city, the fol-
lowing officers were elected Rev. Q. Q.
Meador, moderator S. M. Yeatman, clerk,
and Henry Beard. treasurer. After the cleo
tion of officers the association devoted the
remainder of the morning session to devo-
tional exercises, and at l o'clock a recess for
an hour was taken.
The report of the executive board was read
after recess. 1t showed that two new mis-
sions have been established by the general
missionary, one in the southeastern aud one
in the northeastern part Of the city. By the
aid of the Home Mission society the board
has been able to continue Rev. o. Ellyson as
general missionary. At Uniontown a very
fourishing Sabbath school has been estab-
lshed, and the brethren there desire tho
patronage of the association, believing that
the labor expended there will result in the
construction of new church. DIR. Moor
house, of New York, secretaryepf the Home
Missionary society, was invited 70 address the
session.
At the evening session devotional exercises
were conducted by Rev. S. r. White and
others. Tho trcasurer's report was presented
and referred to an auditing committee con-
sisting of Brothers Clapp, Little and Fen
wick. Rev. d. N. Faunce preached very in
teresting sermon from st. Matthew, xxi, 10.
The delegates present were:
First Baptist churoh-Rev. j. II. Cuthbert. John
r. Given, Robert e. Fox, j. c. Wellng, LII. D.,
president of the Columbian university; George
W. Brown, r. j. Luttrell, J. g. Judd, G. stratton,
&c calvary i charchERev. % s. II. Green, Rev e. H. =.
King, ID. Haynes, +. II. Stickney. L. b. Curtis, g..
c. Lewis, H. q. Jacobs, A. Il Nelson, j. H. John
NJ. NJ. Bartlett, Mrs. J. Boyd, X. G. Lowry Rev. g.
Greene, and Mrs William NJ. King.
E-street chuTch-Dr. bFounoe; the pastor; Will
W. Denison, j. s. Paler r. W. Fenwick, X, S.
Parks, c. NJ. Richards, ]. f. Little. j. d. Smith,
Fifth church-Rev. G. C. Meador S. S. Taylor,
S. NJ. Yeatman, j. W. Garland J. J, Darlington,
John l.. Cox, Samuel Howison j. p. Headley, J..
p. Lucas. W. + Carter, J. c. DeAtley. J. b. Bailey,
Gay.street church, Georgetown-Dr Joseph Wal
kcrr W.. II. Haycock, H. 5. Boynton, A. 4. King
Mount Tabor church, Tennallytown-Rev C. W.
Teasdall b. +; Riley, Edward Dean, W. f. Pax
ton, and s. s. Hurley.
Metropolitan Church-Rev. W. NJ. Ingersoll.
b. r. Murray, Ward Morgan, Rev. John King
don, S. E. +. spoford, philander Lucas, and T.
Mclean.
Second church-Rev. Samuel saunder, Q. W.
Dulin, c: i. Smith, W. A. Henderson, w. A.
Cooper, William ii. Price. l.. Meredith. w. IL.
Richard, John Simpson, and William II. Lacy.
North church-Rev. James S. Lodge, u. Rich
ards b. A. Faress, d. S. Foster, f. K. Haight, X.
H. Martin. and NJ. Eastwood.
Queenstown church-Rev. o. Ellyson, S. Quack-
enbush, John b. Lard, j. K. Sherwood, and S. +.
Teasdal.
Second church (colored)-W. II. Gaskins. II. B.
Farney, ]. z. Rawls, John Poindexter, A. Ficklin,
G. Williams, and Wm. Tripp.