Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-08-19
Aecomnc Baptis. Association.

AccOmnc Baptist Association.
[Reported for the ENTERPRISE.
The Baptist clans have been gath
ering this week from Hampton to
Chincoteague Island unto Accomac
c. II. On Wednesday, August 10th,
at II o'clock q. m, the Accomack
Association, comprising the white
Baptist Churches in the counties OF
Northampton and Accomac and the
church at Hampton, convened in its
eighty fifth annual session with the
Drummondtown church. All of the
old officers were re-elected: Judge
B. T. Gunter, moderator; G. G.
Joynes, clerk, and Spencer F. Rog-
ers, treasurer. B. II. Gunter, Jr.,
was appointed assistant clerk.
The annual sermon of the the As
ISOLATION was preached by the Rev.
w. W. Wood, from l Corinthians, TX
chapter and ID verse: Even SO hath
the Lord ordained that they who
preach the Gospel should live of the
Gospel" The sermon was o strong
plea for the prompt and liberal sup
port of the preacher. He drew d
graphic picture of the sufferings of
preachers and their families from
churches who pay niggardly, do not
pay promptly and in many instances
do not pay what they promise. The
churches however of the Accomack
Association do not come in this class.
Some of them may fail to pay
promptly. But they pay what they
promise and pay literally. Accomac
has justly been styled the Paradise
of preachers The average pay OF q
Baptist minister in the South is about
$3.50. The average salary of the ten
Baptist preachers of the Accomack
Association last year was S669.5O. In
addition to this, with possibly one
exception, they have parsonages rent
free,. and most of them receive fire.
quent and heavy poundings.
There was quite large number of
visitors from distance Among the
prominent visitors were Rev. DIR. Jas.
Nelson, of Richmond Female Insti-
tute, Rev. DR.. J. NJ. Pitcher, Prof.
Dickinson, of the Albemarle Insti-
tute, Miss Lula NJ. Butt. the gifted
and accomplished Principal of the
Ryland Institute, of Berkeley, Va,
Miss Juliet Pollard, the secretary OF
the Woman's Missionary Union of
Va, Prof. John Pollard, of Rich.
mond College, Rev. w. A. Street, OF
the Rappahannock Association, Rev.
MI. Turner. of New Jersey, DIR. R.
H. Pitt, of the Religious Herald, Rev.
DR.. Jas. L. Lodge, of the Maryland
Union Association, Revs. WIN. Frank
Fisher, of the Strawberry Associa-
ton, and VIM. Fisher, of the Apo
mattox Association. Bro. Fisher la
bored in this Association more than
fifty years ago. He left the field in
1860, and in 80 years many and great
changes have taken place. The
membership of the Association in
that time has greatly increased. In
his speech of recognition before the
Association on Wednesday, he said,
'sThis is the grandest day of my life.
Brethren and sisters have come to
me to day and greeted me and said,
Brother Fisher I was converted I'M
der your preaching: and baptized by
your hands. imagine that to days
meetings and greetings are but a
foretaste of the joys and pleasures
which we shall experience in the
heavenly and eternal meeting" His
son, a physician and recently or
dained Baptist minister, born on the
stsacred soil of old Accomac" and in
days long gone by known as ''little
Frankie declared that in his 33
wears of exile and wanderings he had
found no place so sweet and grand
as Accomac.
The afternoon session of the first
day was taken up with the reading
of the church letters, the welcoming
of visitors and the discussion of the
work of the Sunday School and Bible
Board The report of this Board
was made by P. H. Purnell. Bro.
Purnell followed his report by Wig.
orous and aggressive speech. Bro.
Purnell was followed by the Rev. DR..
j. NJ. Pitcher, secretary Of the Sun
day School Bible Board, who spoke
of the needs and work of his Board,
in which he complimented the
churches of this Association for the
generous interest which they had
manifested in him and his work.
+ Phoebus church, recently consti
tuted, anda mission station of Hamp'
ton church,applied by letter and del
egate for admission into the Associa.
ton. The letter together with it's
covenant and articles of faith accord
ing to the constitution was given to
| the committee for examination. The
chair appointed Revs. A. J. Reamy,
j. L. King and L. E. Spencer COM
mittee to examine them and report
to the Association. After having de-
cided to take up the discussion of
the report on Education from 10 to II
q. H., on Thursday, the Association
adjourned.
ITO be Continued