Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-27
EAST FORK BApTISTS.
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting Of
the Association Held at Terrell.
Officers EIected-To Meet at Rockwell Mex,
Year-Churches Observation-Disclosures
Committee Reports.
Special to the auette.

TERRELL, TEX, Aug. 25.-The Eas
Fork Baptist association has adjourned.
The association was opened at IL a. m
on the %, prayer by the moderator, ].
| K. Bumpass. The following churche;
reported: Elmo, Friendship, Rookwall,
Pleasant View, Forney, Terrell, Willow
Springs. Cedar creek, Black Jack Grove
Lone Elm, Mount Calm, Mount Olive,
| New Bethel, Prairie Chapel, Shady
Grove. Liberty. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: j.
| K. Bumpass, moderator; Henry Erwin
treasurer; T. u Brantly, secretary.
Moderator appointed Brothers Erwin {,
L. F. Smith, N. Y. Groom and j. @.
| Woodall committee on divine service.
In evening session of the first day, let
| tiers from churches, the following re-
| sponded: kaufman. Salem and Kemp,
| and petitioning letters from Prospect and
| Elm Grove churches.
The moderator appointed committees
| on the following subjects; Temperance,
| Sunday schools, missions, education,
| minister g relief and finance.
Rockwell was unanimously chosen as
the place for the next annual session.
Rev. A. J. Moore preached the intro
ductory sermon at the night session first
day, followed by an address on missions
by DR.. ]. b. Cranfll, after which
| pledges we're made by all the churchs
represented.
DR.. W. o. Bailey WAS chosen delegate
to the Southern Baptist convention.
W. G. Thomas, f. NJ. Stovall and ALT
Allen were added TO the foreign missi n
I'd xuh ha
board for the ensuing year.
The following reports of the various
committees was read and adopted:
TEMPERANCE.
Your committee on temperance beg to
report:
The evils of intemperance have been so
thoroughly discussed an are SO con-
stantly before our eyes that to enter into
detailed dissertation on it would cum
Der our minutes and fail in accomplish
ing any great or permanent good. We
are all agreed that 1t is a snake. The
real question is: What are we to do with
1t! The 200, 900 saloons with their army
of l 200, 900 of men are constant and
persistent lawbreakers, aud are annihi-
lating public peace and debauching the
public conscience. In the Judgment of
your committee the only remedy against
1t is constitutional prohibition in state
and nation, with men behind the law
who believe in it and will enforce it.
R. s. RICH,
J. B. CRANFILL,
Committee.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
Your committee report as follows:
From the letters read to this associa-
ton from the various churches only nine
report Sunday schools, viz: Kaufman,
Rockwell, Friendship, Forney, Terrell,
Willow Springs and New Bethel. Six of
them report membership of 633. If
there are other schools IN the association
your committee has no means of know
ing it. These facts show that Sunday
school work is sadly neglected in our as
ISOLATION. IL is the opinion of your COM
mittee that to neglect the work is TO offer
premium on ignorance of God 3 word,
to neglect the souls of our children and
to cut off one of our best means for re-
cruiting the ranks of our churches and
building them up in the faith of the Cos
pei and the distinctive doctrines of our
denomination. We therefore recon-
mend
/. That our pastors be urged to
arouse our people on this subject, and il
possible organize a Baptist school in
every church in this association.
2. That our churches be again re-
quested to send-up Sunday school sta
tistics to be printed in the minutes of the
assocsatiou.
8. That this ASSOCIATION appoint sta
tistical secretary to Cooperate with the
state Sunday school convention in gath
ering the Sunday school statistics of the
state.
4. That our schools be, and are here
by recommended to set apart one Sun
days collection in such month for our
state Sunday school and colportage con-
yention F. CoNNoR.
For Committee,
ORPHANS HOME.
We, your committee on Buckuer's
Orphans home, beg leave to report:
This institution, designed for the bene-
fit of the orphan children of Texas with
out reference to denomiuational con-
nection or preference, is under Baptist
management according to charter and
bylaws, and has for nine years done
successful work. 1t has now about 100
inmates who are being we'll provided for
by the management OF our very worthy
Brother Buckner. Now as such
an institution as this cannot be run with
out money, and as it is dependent prin-
cipally on voluntary contributions, we
therefore recommend that the deacons
and pastors of the churches comprising
the East Fork association lay this matter
before their congregations everywhere,
and If possible get each church and each
member of the churches to contribute to
this noble work. And we further sug-
gest that in the absence of the general
manager or some one else to represent
him, that the moderator of this body
appoint some one to make talk IN ia
vor of, and take collection for this
noble work, as we find it greatly in need
OF immediate help.
F. NJ. STovALL,
s. L. FARRELL,
Committee.
MINISTER'S RELIEF
We, your committee on ministers re. |
lief, offer the following report: