The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-10-23
THE FAIR RIVER ASSOCIATION.

| noon, Wnen IL adJOurned 10 meet next
year with the Union Hall church near
Brookhaven.
The following churches were represent.
ed by delegates and letter: Antioch,
Brookhaven. Bogue Chitto, Clear Branch,
Damascus, Fair River, Friendship, Little
Bahaia, Mt. Zion, Mt. Moriah, Mt. Yer
non, Macedonia, Monticello, Mission Hill,
New Prospect, Oak Grove, Pleasant Grove,
Shiloh, Union Hall, Union and Zion Hill.
Rebobotb, the 22nd church belonging to
the body, was represented only by letter,
The Mississippi, Pearl River, Strong
River, Union and Copiah Associations.
and the Baptist State Convention Board
were represented by corresponding mes
| seDgers.
The total membership of the % church
es, as shown by the church letters, was
2,11O; an increase over the number re-
ported last year by the same churches of
la. Zion Hill Church, with member
ship of 50, was granted a letter of dis
mission tojoin another Association, leav-
ing the net increase Of the 81 churches re-
naming at 90.
Prominent among the ministers pres
ent from corresponding bodies were Drs.
J. b. Gambrell and b. d. Gray, of the
State Convention Board; Revs A. A. Lo-
max and r. Fl, Purser, of the Copiah AS
ISOLATION; II. w. Hail. of the Pearl River
Association, and J. A. Scarborough, of
Strong River.
An important amendment was added to
the bylaws, providing that all ordained
ministers who are members in good stand
ing of any church belonging to the Asso-
citation, who are not sent as regular dele
gates by their churches, shall be entitled
to seats as delegates from the Association
at large.
Saturday morning, before any of the
regular committee reports had been made,
the following resolutions were intro
duced. and after an animated discussion,
participated in by nearly dozen mem
bers of the Association, during which the
action of the c. C. on the particular sub
jccts referred to was condemned in I'M
measured terms, were unanimously
adopted by a rising vote:
Resolccd, That the Fair River Baptist
Association places the seal of its right.
eous disapprObation upon the action of
the Mississippi Constitutional Conven-
ton for refusing to abolish the saloon in
this State.
ReSolred That this Association do SOL
EMMY protest against the unmanly way
in which the Constitution al Convention is
dealing with the grave suffrage question,
and We earnestly plead that what is
known as section ) of the Franchise Com
mittee's report be not made a part of our
| new organic law, but that the people be
given honest, direct, simple aud defensi
BILE methods for selecting their public
servants.
Rcsolred, That the clerk of this body lie
instructed to forward to Judge j. b.
Chrisman and Hon. r. II. Thompson
| these resolutions, with the request that
| they have them read before the COnstitu-
tional Convention.
! A very large crowd was in attendance
Sunday. filling both the Baptist and
Methodist churches to overlooking. Rcv =.
j. b. Gambrell preached at the former
and Rev. A. A. Lomax at the latter.
Sunday afternoon II large temperance
meeting was held at the Baptist church
which was addressed by Revs. J. H. Gam
brell, A. A. Lonax, J. b. Gambrell and
others, and "a strong report adopted.
The main subject before the AssOcia-
1 ton on Monday was the endowment of
Mississippi College. DIR. j. B. Gambrell,
| who is employed as Il special agent to
raise the endowment, made II very clear
and iOrcIble address on the subject, ami
| took subscription from the various
churches represented aggregating S615,O0,
with the understanding that all of the
subscriptions are to be paid by Jan. l,
1891.
The hospitality of the BOgae ChItto
church and people was nnbounded. The
delegates and visitors have never been
entertained better anywhere. Every day
a bOuntIful, tempting dinner was spread
| on the church grounds, and all were pro-
| vided with pleasant homes when the ex-
ercises of the day were over. The writ
! er, together with several other delegates
| had the good fortune to share the hospit-
ablo roof of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Arid
| and feels under lasting obligations to
| them for kindly conrtesies.
1t W uld be hard to run the singing at
the Association without "Na" Dale and
"Ike" Smith.
| Delegate Joe Dale was like the fellows
who refused to attend the great supper
.'pray have rue excused" There is this
difference though. If it had been a great
supper Bro. Dale was invited to, he would
have been there every time by a large
majority.
Would Not Take $4,000 and Without
"Hed-ake."
The Rev. John L. McByrde, pastor OF
the Presbyterian church at Marshall,
Texas, writes;
Geutlemen; l have relieved several OF
nv acquainta nces at Dallas, Sherman and
I q l.. nvn1 i,