Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-26
PrcET soISD BAPTnr AssseA.
T1ON.
ANNUAL REpozT OF ruoET sousD RAPrTsT
KxncurrvE COMMITTEE.

ANNUAL REPosT OF ruoET sousD BAPrrsT
KxEcuTrvE COMMITTEE.
The report on home missions adopted
at our last annual session recommended
" the appointment of an executive com
mittee of five members, chosen from
different sections of our Association,
with the fullest power 70 act IN all mat
tiers pertaining TO our mission ~ork dur
ing the ensuing year, in cooperation
with or independently Of any other body,
at their option"
A desire for more direct and indie
pendent action with the Home Mission
Society, anu the recognized necessity Of
uaJre systematic effort 20 possess the
strategic points in our rapidly growing
country, were the leading motives IN the
appointment of this committee.
As soon as the appointments was made
the committee teleQraphed the Secretary
Of the American Baptist Home Mission
Society at New York, asking the privi-
lege of cooperating directly and indie
pendsntly as an Association with that
society, but. the Secrt tary being unwil-
ling To take the responsibility of chang
ing the recognized boundaries of the
convention OF the North Pacific coast
without the concurrence of that body,
the action of the committee was de-
ferred; hoping, by explanation and pro-
per adjustment, 20 secure more favor2-
BILE terms of cooperation than could be
expected By a hasty withdrawal from
previous connections, and TO save our
missionaries from anxiety or embarrass-
ment in the interval necessary for cor
resp0ndence.
At the first meeting of the committee,
in August, plans for district couven-
ton were presented and approved and a
ballot cast for preference in methods Of
action, resulting in three votes for TEN
porary cooperation, one fci co operation
and one for immediate independence
Rsvs. Is. N. l.. Davis, j. A. With anC
ID. ]. Pierce we're appointed delegates Il
ID. annual meeting Of the N. +. Q. con
ventl0n In October. with instructions u
favor the division of the convention
into districts, AZ proposed In the allow
plan.
Two Of the delegates attended til.
meeting and "a plan Of future work
was there unanimously adopted, placing
the work in Western Washington anC
British Columbia and in Eastern Wa b
ington and Western Idaho under board
OF their own respective appointment
which should have control of all worl
in their respective fields under supervi
sion of the Superintendent of Missions
they reporting 10 the convention annu
ally summary of their work until sucl
time AZ they themselves shall deem !
wise to organize a convention or con
ventions Of their own. Seventh Annua
Report N. p. O. O., p. 22.)
A resolution was also passed askinl
that the pro rata for this district shouls
DO three TO one instead of two to one
as heretofore, and that one fourth tn
pro rata salary of the Superintendent
Of Missions should be charged 10 each o
these fields.
Under this plan all the benefits of en-
tire independence of action we're secure,
while the previous successful manage
ment of tho convention N. p. @. gave u
additional credit in the East, and tn
general harmony OF the Northwest II
its mission work was preserved withou
lessening the freedom Of the variou
districts.
Remittances bave been made directl
to New York or to Rev. j. u. Baker a
the agent of that Society, and appoint
ments recommended by your commits
and approved by the Superintendent
have been confirmed in New York with
out exception, limited only by the con
ditiou of prompt payment of our pr
rata at the close of each quarter.
Believing that the first step towarC
final Independence should be taken IL
the treasury department, and aware o
the burdens resting upon the N. +.
Convention through their aid at Tacoma
your committee pledged the payment Of
the pro rata for Rev. j. Beaver from
Jan. I, 1888, 10 July l, 1883, amouutin,
to $133.33, which has been paid in full
together with tho pro rata tor the first
three quarters of the fiscal year.
As this was the only appointment ex
isting at our last annual session, on
treasury has now been distinct sino'
January, 1888. and the amount paid 70
that time is $752.27. which leaves I'd will
80 In the treasury and all demands paie
10 July l, 1884.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The following appropriations hav,
been made from our home treasury fol
the year:
Rev. Joseph Beaver. Tacoma, on
salary NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. foUi.bl
Rev. Wickser, Whateom .... S1.2l
Rev. N. b. Norman, Skaeit, What
com and San Juan counties and
Stilaguamish valley. ....... 112 81
Rev. N. Christophsrson, Scandi-
navian Baptist Church, Seattle, 43,2l
4 N n