Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-15
sions, $50; foreign, $685. printing minutes

| couraging prospects, and hopes to soon
break ground for new building Church
members, 203; Sunday schools, 9;
officers and teachers, 45 !; scholars, 1886
baptisms, IL; church sittings, $780, value
of property, $4,000; volumes in library,
742; contributions, $173.11; home
church expenses, $9S5.1S minutes, $2
total, $9S7.1S.
Dover, no pastor-Ohurch members,
1872; Sunday school officers and teachers
10; scholars, So; total attendance, 100
baptisms, s.; volumes in library, 1870
contributions, $6G.16 value of church,
| $4,000; home church expenses, 5000
Sunday school expenses, $72.16; minis.
terial education, $20.50 printing
minutes, $1.G0; total, 694.26.
Delmar-The Rev. James M. Hope,
pastor. Church sittings, 175; value of the
property, $4,000 church expenses, $175;
Sunday school officers and teachers, 6;
donated to American Baptist Publication
Society, $11 contributions, 1856.
Wyoming,-the Rev. f. M. Beebe, pas
tor-Church members, 81; student for
ministry, Ii Sunday school officers and
teachers, 8 scholars, 60; volumes in Ii
brary, 150; contributions, $l8.02 church
sittings, 200 value of property, $500
home church expenses. $540; Sunday
school expenses, $1S.57 miscellaneous,
$2.78 minutes, S1.50; total $562.S5.
Magnolia, no pastor--Churchm members,
23 sittings, 200; home church expenses,
$6O /; minutes, rs cents; total, $6O.75.
Milford, the Rev. s. b. Hayward, pastor
Church mem 'ers, So; Sunday school
officers and teachers, l2; scholars, 80;
value of property, $2,S00; church ex-
denses, $3.50; home missions, 1871 !;
total, $3, ,25S.7l.
New Castle, no pastor-Church mem.
bers, 66; Sunday school officers and
teachers, 16; scholars, LOG; volumes in
library, 1885, contributions, $51.58;
church sittings, 800; value, 10000;
home church expenses, $500. Sunday
school expenses, $36.45; care of poor,
5000; Baptist Orphanage, So minis
terial education, 80; Bible and publica-
tion work, $13 home missions, $3 ; for
eign, $3 minutes, 81; total, $673,SS.
The third days session of the Philadel-
phia Baptist Association opened ut 8
o'clock Thursday morning with devotional
exercises, in which the Revs. H. b.
Harper of South Chester, w. II. Patton OF
Media, John L. Craig of Angora and j.
o. Walker of Philadelphia, participated.
At $50 the business session was opened
with the Rev. DIR. Hoyt in the chair. The
Rev. f. M. Beebe of Wyoming, this State,
led in prayer. Letters were read from
the churches at North East, Nd; Lower
Dublin, Philadelphia county, Pm, and
North Chester. The report of the trus-
tees was read. 1t set forth that
the receipts for the year were 81 ,034.29
disbursements, S738.15; contributions
TO building lonn, $1G; building loan
fund, $5,24l.47, including balance in
the hands of the treasurer of $729.47.
Loans have been made to the Second
Baptist and Manatawna churches of
Philadelphia, the church at Bethlehem,
Pa, and Shiloh Church of this city. The
Honeywell school fund consists of SIS, 800
invested in Philadelphia 6s, the present
value of which is $4,000. The cash bal
ance is $9O7.47. ..".-.
An election was held for two trustees
to succeed the Rev. DR.. Wayland Hoyt
and Charles ii. Cummings resulting in
the reelection of those gentlemen.
The Third German Church of Phila-
delphia made application for admission
to the association. The application was
granted and the right hand of fellowship
was extended to the Rev. Il. Il. Schmidt,
the pastor, by Moderator Hoyt. The
report of the church was then read.
The ministers and widows fund report
was read as follows Received during the
year, 81, ,102.59; disbursed for ministers,
5000; for widows, 1920; balance, $2S2. 80;
invested in Philadelphia city 6's, 81, 800 !;
in United States As, "a 200; in real estate,
$4,000, The report was approved and
Levi Knowles, Mark 4. Willis ard john
s. Stevens were reelected rs trustees of
the fund
The report of the committee ON histori-
cal sketches was read by Hon. H. G.
Jones and recommended that the sketches
presented by Third Church of Philadel,
phia, and the church at Marcus Hook be
spread upon the minutes and that the
other churches be urged to have sketches
written and presented as soon as possible.
1t was adopted.
The report of the committee on Union
Church was read by the Rev. James W.
Willmarth. Reports of irregularities in
Union Baptist Church, colored congre-
cation located ON South street, Philadel-
phia, were brought before the last session
of the association. A committee was ap-
pointed on the matter and at its own
request was continued until the
present meeting. On November
10Th, 1884, a council of 100 clergymen
and laymen, representing AZ Baptist
churches, mot in the rooms of the Baptist
Publication Society and appointed com
inittee of 10, which took all the evidence
that could be ELECTED on the subject on
behalf of both parties. The committee
reported to the council, which adopted its
return and the committee of the ilssocin-
tion brought the record before the meet
ing for final approval.
The decision of the committee is ms
follows:
Tho Union Baptist Church, by its. arbl-
trary course In excluding membcrs, and
| otherwise; and by Its treatment OF its pastor,
and especially by its shocking laXity of dis
cipllne and tolerition of moral impurlty
and also by reason OF its dlsorderly and
| disgraceful conduct which has frequently
| brought scandal upon the Christian name
| and, furthermore, by its contempt of sister
churches, for which il has given no explana-
ton and given no apology; has Justly for
| feited tho fellowship of the denomination
! and, in our Judgment, is unworthy of being
recognized us u sister church, or continued
MS member OF II Baptist association.
Then follows n number of suggestions
ms to how the church may redeem itself.
The decision further says;
1 Nothing has been proved dcrogatory tc
the moral and Christian character of tht
Rev. William Wallace. or which olght tc
affect his ministerial standing. His OK
clusion by thu Union Church was Illegal
unjust, unchrlstiun, and contrary to Zap
tist usage. Therefore, we recommend hi'
| reception MS u member by any Baptis
church to which he may apply; md, W,
declare that ho is entitled to be considered
a Baptist minister in good standing. Also
1t is our Judgment that he Is entitled tt
receive from Union Church three months
salary from the date of his alleged dis
missll, and that ho has n right, under tin
circumstances to enforce his claim for thl
same. We affcctiOnutely advise him in tn
future to exercise II somewhat greater eau
tion In speech, especially in the use of TIN
names Of persons in the pulpit.
The committee finally recommends:
l-Thnt while tho namo OF tho Uniol
Baptist Church shall hu printed In the lis
of churches with n rnfcrenc0 to the page O
tho minutes containing this action, tn
association will not recognize IL as In gool
standing by receiving its letter or Incssen
gers.
| @1Alt n cOnnlllteo OF seven DC mp
pointtd of which tho moderator of thi
body shall be chairman, with instruction
to visit the Union Baptist Church, examin
thoir conditions and proceedings, counse
with them and report to the association mt it
next annual meeting whetherit is right an
eXpedient to restore the Union Baptis
Church to fellowship, or what action ough
TO be taken.
The report is signed by James W. Will
marth, J. W. Il. Boothe and II. Z. Lin
{ coin.
The report was adopted and ordered
| hn snrend l1nnn fha nninnins in full