Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-08-17
THE BUNCOMBE BAPTISTS
COUNTY ASSOCIATION AL
JOURNED THURSDAY.

A Large Attendance And a Most
Profitable SesstOu-Miss Louie
Price VIII 10 as IA MissiOnarS
To China-TO Convene A. An
,ioch In 1895.
The Brncombc County Baptist assc-
citation, meeting with Fern Hill church,
Biltmore, adjourned yesterday alter
noon The attendance was larger than
the association has ever had, a great
deal of work was done and an extremely
inter, sting, profitable session was the
result.
The report ut the historian, ". T..
Bradley, showed that during the year
there had been the following admissions
to the churches: BY baptism, 232; by
letter, 2S2; by restoration, 30; total,
$40.
The report of the committee on home
missions, J. II. Tucker, chairman, says
that the work { T the board of missions
in the bounds of the Western convention
has been blessed. "The board was for
tupatc," the report says, "in continuing
the services of that tirelcss and conse,
Grated worker, John =. Morgan, as its
corresponding secretary Rev. w. +.
Southern is employed us city missionary
in Ashevilc and b. NJ. Presley in Bun
combe.
Rev. ]. l.. White made a very full re-
port on foreign missions, urging that
every church should have a woman's
missionary society, and that the children
should be organized into "Sunbeam' So
cictcs.
The following extracts arc from the
report of the committee on education:
"To educate is christian duty, and OF
all people in our State this duty rests
most heavily on the Baptists. The
masses belong to our churches, or are
under our influence, and large portion
of them are illiteratc and can never be to
the church aud to society what they
ought to be until they arc educated. We
oug hit to have schools under the man
ngcmcnt of our denomination in which
to educate our children and Baptist
people ought to patronize their own
schools when it it is their power to dc
So" The remainder Of the report is de-
voted to Fairvcw college, under Prot
A. B. Justice, which during last term hat
the most prosperous wear OF It's history
The committee commended the views q
DR.. {. L. Taylor in his pamphlet or
"How Far Should n State Undertake t,
| Educate ?" and recommended the circu
lation Of the pamphlets among the pco
pie.
The report of the commi;tce on ttm
pcrarcc, signed by Rev. w. l.. Southern
and !. I. Justice, speaks with no uncer
tain sound in condemnation OF the " ns
key traffic. and secs bright side to th'
dark pic, ure. the thousands cf petition:
to legislators, signed by millions, show
inp that they are bound together will
one strong purpose to drive the enemy
from the land. ut is an intcrcstln!
fact" the report says, that our enrnic
are fearing the tramp OF tins might
growing army. They will ant
| do support by ballot and ci,ct by ire
whisky any party or man who favor
their business. :. The Pope u
Rome's representative in America ha
declared against the great liquor tiatfl
in that he commands the Catholic sccle
ties to cxcommunicate all members con
ncctcd with the liquor traffic in any way
This is virtually law. So strong is thi
that a society of Roman Catholics i
Baltimore, numbering 5000, have yer
recently declared themselves lndcpenden
Catholics.
A resolution was adopted authorizin
the moderator and clerk to request 1
the executive committees OF both Demo
cratic and Republican parties that the
place Il box at the polls into which ever
voter may deposit "A ballot representa-
his sentiment in favor oi or against I'll
liccnsc system.
An admirable feature OF the mcctl
was an address bv DR.. ]. l.. Nj. Iurr,
DR.. Bryan also made very intcrsst'n
address.
The First, West End and liltmo1
churches decided to support Miss Lott
Price of Asllcvllc in the China misSio
airy field, and Miss Price will sail trol
America with DR.. and Mrs. Bryan ahoi
the first OF October. Miss Fannie ,itri'
of Ashcyilc also offered herself for mi
sion work and numerous pledges we
made, but not sufficient to insure III
support in the field and the matter W;
left open until the next meeting OF Il
association.
In 1895 the association will meet ;
Antioch church, on Tuesday before Il
third Sunday in August. The introdu
tory sermon will be preached by Rev.
II. Justice or Rev. W. =. Southern as {