Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-09
BACK INTO THE FOLD.
The Local Baptist Association Re.
joins the State Body.
CHAPMAN TURNED DOWN AGAIN
Ills Fight Against Rev. Bonsall Stricken
From the Record.
INTERESTING POINTS OF THE DAY

There were two interesting features of the
Pittsburg Baptist Associations final session
yesterday. One was the decision made to
| return to the fold OF the State body from
which the city organization seeded nine
years ago, and the other was the renewal
and defeat of the fight against Rev. Bonsall.
of Beaver, begun by Rev. Chapman on
Tuesday.
The return to the Baptist State, Mission
Society was the result of the efforts of Rev.
Morgan, who represented the State body
and who presented resolution reciting that
on June 6, the State Board had adopted
steps looking toward re-establishment of
fraternal relations based on the follow
ing promises: 'That after the consolida-
tion the State body will not interfere with
the Pittsburg Association in its mission
work; that money raised by the Pittsburg
Association and expended in its own field
need not pass through the hands of the State
Treasury, and that every effort will be made
by the State body to insure harmony here
after.
Opposed to the mliation.
Prof Carey opposed the ahiliation strong
ly: The Pittsburg Association, he said,
had done noble work by itself for nine
years, and he believed that the home asso-
citation should be Independent. ''She is
not" he said, Gin need of aid from the
State, but the State is in need Of aid from
us. and do not think we should place our
selves under the dictation Of another body"
His protest, however, did not avail, for
when the vote was taken there was but one
negative cast. This action again makes the
Pittsburg Association part OF the general
society.
Rev. MI. Chapman, of the Thirty-seventh
Street Baptist Church, who OH Tuesday had
attempted to prefer charges against Rev. A.
j. Bonsall to have his name stricken off the
roll, resumed his attack yesterday by pre-
senting a resolution directed very point
edly against Mr.. Bonsall and touching
upon Rev. Mr.. Woodburn's conduct during
the Briggs trial, showing that Bonsall had
the same views as Woodburn. Before the
resolution was read, w. S. Shallenberger,
of Rochester, dexterously disposed of it by
a motion to postpone indefinitely.
Chapman Claimed He Was Right.
Later in the day resolution to strike
any reference to Mr.. Chapman's resolution
from the minutes caused him to object
strenuously. He said there was nothing in
his paper that could offend any reasonable
person, as it was conservative and mild
statement of facts Said he: 'The man
he thinks of the divinity of Christ is poor
minister of the gospel. The action this
morning was wrong and disgracefuL The
Republican Convention at Minneapolis
would not tolerate such a proceeding as
this body did,"
There was considerable discussion of
general character after this, and when the
question came to vote Mr.. Chapman was
defeated by 30 to 80, and nc reference to his
paper will appear in the official record.
The report of the Foreign Mission Com
mittee showed the membership composing
the association to be 5,9S1. Between the
Missionary Union 1859. Nineteen
churches, aggregating membership of
1,099, gave, however, absolutely nothing. 'It
is useless, 1.-THE report says, "and worse to pray
THY kingdom come when those through
whom the kingdom is to come withhold
that which is needed to Christianize the
world Last year 1850 persons were
baptized. There are Alt missionaries under
the control of the union. The report advises
that this centennial year be signalized hy
the Baptist Church by raising 81 200. 900 to
"A
few changes are noted. Dr. S. W. Duncan
becomes Foreign Secretary OF the society in
place of DR.. j. N. Murdock, and DR.. r. G.
Seymour succeeds DR.. R. M. Luther as
District Secretary for Pennsylvania and
other States.
In Charge Of Important Trusts.
The trustees appointed on the sustenta-
tion fund were w. E. Lincoln and j. H.
L.
fund were Dr. w. A. Stanton. w. S. Shall
lenberger, D. E. Richards, w. s. Brown,
j. A. Murphy, John Wood, w. P. Serbert,
G.. F. Eaton and Henry Johns, Jr.
AT last nights meeting addresses were
made urging the Importance of sustaining
the UNCONVENTIONAL newspapers and a reso-
luton was adopted recommending to Bap-
lists, The Exponent, local journal.
Moderator Riddle announced his appoint
ment of delegates to the General Associa- |
tion They were Revs. w. A. Stanton, D.
D., F. G. Reddick, r. E. Williams, H. c. |
Applegarth and DR.. Riddle, the Moderator.
Rev A. j. Bonsall read the report of the
Committee on Obituary, showing that dur
ing the year there were 70 deaths, divided |
among "a congregations and the Greensburg
church lost its pastor.
Rev. BonsalI delivered an address review
ing the life of William Carey, the pioneer
missionary of the Baptist Church. He was
born in England August II, 1851. He saw
he need of missionary work and advocated
t, and finally offered himself and was the
irst of the Church sent to India He was
10 years missionary and seven years get
Ing his first convert. Before his death,
June 9. 1884, he saw planted in India 46
churches.
Tho Growth Of Christianity
Rev. z. A. Hare, of McKeesport, spoke
# ''The Present Missionary Outlook" He
aid that wonders had been wrought in the
asst century, and no one dare say the mis-
ionary outlook for the future was not very
bright.
Statistics, he said, show that the Christian
population OF the world is increasing twice
$ fast as the heather population, and if it
ontinues in the same proportion before the
wentieth century the Christians will out
lumber the heather.
The closing remarks were made by Rev.
)r. Seymour, of Philadelphia. He spoke
of the missionary work, but
rged greater efforts. He said the figures
howed the American Baptist Union, with
hree times as many constituents, only gave
ne-half as much to foreign missions as
ither the Presbyterians, Methodists or
with one-third as many
onstituents. The Baptists must be more
ctive.
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