Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-08-26
Aceomac naptis. Association.
Reported for the ENTERPRISE.

Reported IOr Tile ENIElSfN1oE.J
Thursday was a very interesting
one, opening with the report on For.
eign, State and Home Mission,
and giving the status of those fields
within the Baptist range. B. T. Gun
ter. Jr., Rows. A. J. Reamy and Geo.
G. Bundick presented the subjects,
spicy speeches from Revs. ]. F. Ray
land, VIM. Fisher, P. H. Purnell. A.
B. Woodin, r. H. Pitt. Jos. Hidden,
J. B. Turpin and John Pollard
showed Missions from various stand.
points. AT this point of the work
Rev. &c. Atkins of the NJ. E. Church,
was welcomed in the Association.
The digest of church letters showed
the individual church work to be on
the upgrade. The Moderator APP
pointed the standing committees.
and the Executive Board and the
body adjourned, Rev. E. c. Atkins
leading III prayer.
Friday morning Rev. VIM. Fisher
led the devotional exercises. AT 10
O'Clock the Moderator called the As
ISOLATION to order. The treasurer's
report as audited was adopted and
the funds in hand over and above
last years expenses were given to
State missions. The report of the
Executive Board was discussed by
Revs. Fl. Petty, John Pollard, r. B.
Sanford, P. H. Purnell, j. NJ. Duna-
way, E. S. Tuttle and Thos. NJ. Scott,
}. F. Ryland. Rev. Geo. G. Bundicl1
and John E. Nottingham, A. j. Lii
liston, and adopted. The report ask.
ed the State Mission Board for $500
this year to be expended within the
bounds of the Accomac Association
as the Executive Board deemed best.
Revs. A ]. Reamy and j. NJ. Duna-
way were requested by the Associa-
tion to hold special services at the
Cape Charles church sometime in the
near future, the Baptists of the Ac-
comac Association expressing de-
termination to go to the rescue Of
the Cape Charles field.
1t was determined to hold Sunday
school convention at Zion Baptist
Church, and Revs. L. E. Spencer, A.
j. Reamy and A. B. Woodtin are to
make all arrangements for the con-
vention. The Ministers Relief Fund
was discussed by Rev VIM. Fisher
in a telling speech and the report on
that subject was unanimously adopt
ed. The Orphanage Fund was de-
bated by S. F. Rogers, Revs. w. W.
Wood, VIM. F. Fisher, A. B. Wood
fin, H. NJ. Wharton, James Nelson,
VIM. L. Watson, J. L. King, R. B.
Sanford, VIM. Fisher and John E.
Nottingham, and the report on that
subject was adopted rs amended by
John E. Nottingham.
After the Orphanage Fund was
disposed of the Association took
recess and prepared to hear Rev.
H. NJ. Wharton's lecture. 1t was q
great treat, and the lecturer carried
his large audience from depths of pa
thos to heights of laughter. The
subject of Temperance produced one
of the storniest discussions of the
meeting. The report was made by
Rev. R. B. Sanford, of Chincoteague,
Va. and tart speeches from Revs. VIM.
Fisher, J. NJ. Dunaway, H. M. Whar
ton, A. J. Reany, and E. B.
NAPLES, T. NJ. Scott and B. t. Gun
ter and the report was set aside en-
tirely.
,Rev.,A. J.Reamy,o of onancock, Va,
was unanimously elected delegate
to the Southern Baptist Convention.
Rev. J. M. Dunaway was named for
the next annual sermon, and Red
Bank Baptist Church as the place
for the next meeting.
Resolution of thanks for the I'M.
bounded hospitality of the Drum
lnondtown people passed with vim.
The clerk was instructed to have
printed and distributed 1900 copies
of the minutes.
The Association sang "God be with
you till we meet again." Rev. VIM.
Fisher led in prayer and the Associa-
ton adjourned until Wednesday be-
fore the Bird Sunday in August, 1894.
Thus closed one of the most interest
ing meetings of the Accomae Asso-
citation. Considered in connection with
the special services of Fl. NJ. Whar-
ton, it will long be remembered, as
the great outpouring of the spirit.