Daily Republican., 1884-05-15
THIRD EDITION.
The Baptist Union.

The Baptist Union.
A number of new delegates were
pr, sent at the second and last da, s
re. sion of the Delaware Baptist Union,
in Delaware Avenue Baptist church yes
ttrday. Washington Jones, moderator,
presided. The first business was the
ieport of the board of trustees OF Della
ware Union. William H. Gregg re-
ported that the Union owns lot az
Dover, decided for church; the
Wyoming Seminary, valued at sl,9oo'
and church lo.s in Seatord and Delmar.
BY resolution the board was instructed
to recommend an appropriation OF SZoo
will which to provide an assistant Tor
the Wyoming Seminary. The Rev. ii.
G. Jones, missionary of the baptist
Publication Society, made his report
for the last six months, saying that he
had given 1872 days service, travelled
500 miles, distributed S94 tracts, sold
80 books and given away Z, held %
PRAYER meetings, preached 40 sermons
and visited 455 families.
He said that lot had been hought
in Dover and appealed for aid to build
church thereon. The Rev. L. u,
Moore of Shiloh (colored) discussed
the previous speakers report and also
appealed for aid with which to liquidate
the debt on his church, A motion was
passed that the Rev. T. B. Moore's
travelling expenses while on mission
ary business on the Peninsula b. de-
frayed by the Union. The Rev. Is.
MacMakin, pastor of the New Castle
Baptist church, who could not report
on Tuesday, reported Lis church at a
standstill regarding membership, al.
though some slight repairs were being
m ade to the building,
The Rev. G. II. McClelland, of Ches-
ter, Pa, spoke on the subject, How
far ought we, as churches, to unite with
the prohibition movement" He argued
that there should be no connection be-
tween the two in any manner and that
churches should not move one step
towards the prohibition movement.
The Rev. DIR. S. b. Hayward OF Mil
ford spoke vigorously on the subject,
denouncing the liquor law as the most
hideous of all laws and declaring he
would cut off his right hand before he
would vote for candidate who en-.
dorsed license.
The Rev. L. B. Craig cited d. r.
Locke, of the Toledo Blade, as authority
for the success of prohibition in Maine.
The resolution that in the sense o!
this Union it is the duty of,every pro.
Tossing Christian TO do all in his power
for the suppression Of intemperance and
the enactment of prohibitory laws" was
discussed.
Rev. Moses Heath reported the
average attendance at tho
Wyoming Seminary from so to 100
pupils. The Rev. 1. NJ. Haldeman sug.
gested that each church contribute $40
to help sustain the seminary, and led
off by pledging $40, several others fol-
lowing.
The afternoon exercises were mostly
devoted to Sunday school interests.
After devotional exercises conducted
by Clarence Larkin, Esq, of Marcus
Hook, the Rev, j. T Craig, pastor Of
the Flftieth Baptist church, Philadel
phia, discussed the question: "Wha.
is the relation of the Bible school to the
church ?" The Rev. W. r. Patton, Of
Media, followed in an able and practical
discourse on the subject: "The most
essential qualifications in the Sunday
school teacher" In the abseuce of j
B. Weston, M. D., of Chester, the Rev
George Bradford, of Longwood, Md.
argued the question, (Which is pre-
ferable, information or fact, in the
Sunday school teacher"
n 7 Nv y,.ll Nf
wine church, and the Rev. B.MacMack.
in of New Castle ably discussed, GLOW
far ought we make the Bible school
UNCONVENTIONAL 2" This topic caused
the most interesting discussion the Rev
1. NJ. Haldeman, the Rev. DR.. G. W
Spratt, the Rev. Walter Galley of th,
Lehigh Avenue church and the Rev. K
H. Bronson of Blockley church, all o
Philadelphia, making interesting ad.
dresses, the tendency Of which was tt
eliminate all secanitarism from Bibl'
work and study.
The following report OF delegates was
made by theCommittee on Enrollm eut
and adopted:
Churches represented. 90; Societie!
represented, 9 total, %. From Wo
mems Home Missionary Society, 2
from Women's Foreign Missionary
Society, =; from the American Raptis
Publication Society, from the Penn
sylvania Educational Society, from
the Missionary Union, !; visiting
brethren, H. The delegates from tn
twenty chnrcues number lO7, distribut
ed as follows:
Delaware Avenue, 8; Second, s
Bethany, .; German, 81 Shiloh, 4
New Castle, s Dover ; Wyoming, s
Magnolia, ]; Z on, 9; 2;Milford,3 3; Delmar,.
Brandy wine, 4; Marcus Hook, 6: Sout
Chester, 3 FIRST African of Chester, 8
First Of Chester, 7 North Chester, +
Village Green, .; Media, 3. The Revs
J. W. Sullivan, of Chadd's Ford, Il W
Patton, of Media and Miller Jones, c
Village Green, were appointed a con
mittee on program. William Fl. Greg
rendered his resignation as a membe
of the missionary committee, but it wa
laid over BrandywiIla church, nea
Chadd's Ford, was selected as th
place Of meeting in November next.
At the evening session the Rev. H. N
Luther, rsJurned missionary froI
Burmag, de ivered an interestin
lecture on "Foreign Missions" au
addresses were also made by th
Rev. II. G. Weston, d. d., p!esidel
of fCro2ier Theological Seminary at u
land, Pa, closed the exercises by a Sc
mon on the question "In What Do
Vita! Plety Consist ?'