The Washington times., 1894-11-21
BAPTISTS HEAR REPORTS
Opening Sessions of the Columbia
Associations Annual Meeting.
ADDRESSES ON MISSIONS READ
Executive Board Reviews the Year Work
Local Churches Have Membership of
4,500, and Have Contributed S39, 600 to
Current Expenses and si8, 900 for Charity.

The Baptists OF Washington gathered in
convention yesterday to hear reports OF the
financial and spiritual condition of the local
churches, elect officers OF their association,
and to listen TO interesting addresses in the
interest of missions
1t was the opening day of the annual meet
ing Of the Columbia Baptist Association, and
the spacious auditorium OF the Second Baptist
Church was flied by the delegates and their
friends. Tbs association will be in session
until Thursday night and three sessions will
be held each day.
After Scripture reading and prayer by Rev.
5. II. Greens, the morning session opened at
II O'Clock. Secretary Yeatman read the re-
ports from the several District churches,
showing general state OF progress. A sum-
mary OF the reports shows the total member
ship TO be 4,4l5
During the year The churches here paid out
S3S. .2S9.26 On current expenses, including
pastors salaries. and $50, 528.74 on the i'm
proyemeat of church property. For associa-
tons, S1.93676; home missions. sl.S2L5G;
church extension fund, 50, 1871; foreign mis-
stoBs, S3032.y0; Bible and tract distribution,
S77.39; Baptist Home, 81 ,557.36; education.
S5lS.l9; other benevolent objects, SO, ,450,4.
The summary also contained the following
statement OF Sunday-school statistics; Num-
Der OF officers. l+0; number OF teachers 404;
number OF scholars, >, 402; officers. church
members, I26: teachers, Church members,
5s2; scholars. church members, 1879; average
attendance, 1872; volumes III library 3. lZJ;
contributions for current expenses, S5,02J.54;
contributions for benevolent objects, 1882. 50;
total contributions OF Sunday-school,
50, ,9G2.O9
Following the reading OF reports the off,
GERS Were reelected as follows Rev Or. C. Q.
Meador, moderator; MIR. 5. NJ Yeatman, clerk.
and Mr. Waring Z. Evans, treasurer. After
Rev. i. Hez Sven had announced the order
OF exerc ses for the afternoon aud evening
Rev. X. II. Green, OF China, offered prayer,
and recess was taken until > o'clock.
At the afternoon session the devotional ex-
ercises were conducted by Rev. Il. Il. West,
pastor OF the Queenstown Church. secretary
Ieatman read the annual report of the exec
utiye board OF the Columbia Association.
After referring 70 u number OF appropria-
tious made and changes which have occurred
in the membership OF the board during the
year, the report continues:
Following the plan of the preceding year,
the board AZ It's first meeting in December,
1893. decided to appoint a committee on mis-
sions to consist OF fifteen members, 10 take
charge Of the missionary WORK OF the board.
This committee exercised over the several
mission stations the supervision contemplated
in its appointment. and the result OF their
work appears il the detailed report of work
at the several stations.
Regarding finances the report said that the
committee on finance appointed by the board
to gpportion among the several churches the
amount necessary to meet the current ex-
pen9es of the association for 1894 have re-
ceIyed contributions from the churches
amounting 10 81 500.
IN closing the report referred TO the death
OF Mr Reuben ). Parks, OF the Street
Baptist Church. and also that Of Dir. James c.
Weiing, who was Tor several years modera-
tor ofthe association and chairman OF the
executive board.
Treasurer ". E. Evans reported the re-
ceipts to be S2,576. The disbursements
amounted to s 2.431S9, leaving q balance of
Ss37.05. Messrs Fenwick and Frank Suckney
were appointed n committee TO audit the
treasurer 5 accounts.
Prot Montague, chairman Of the committee
on missions read the report on that subject
After referring to the gratifying increase in
the membership OF the local churches the re-
port expressed the pleasure OF the committee
at the noticeable spirit of earnestness and
conservation among the BaUtists os the Dis
trict during the past twelve months for the
cause of missions.
can Baptist Publication Society. opeLed the
discussion OF the report. ana spoke particu-
lury Of the benevolent interests Of the society.
Rey. Or. Tichenor, secretary of the Home
Mission Bourd OF the Southern Baptist con-
venJion, said it was difficult matter TO get
;he people TO realize that there is any need of
home missions.
Rev. Frank S. Dobbins. missionary of the
American Baptist Mission, concluded the dis
cussion. After prayer 10y Rev. DR.. Wiling
ham the session adjourned.
Every seat in the large auditorium was
occupied Mt the evening session and much
interest was manifested in the proceedings
Rev. DR.. Anderson. of the Grace Baptist
Church, conducted the devotional exercises
for half an hour. Then by common consent
the order of the evening was changed, the re-
port of the executive board laid on the table,
and the report OF the committee on missions
taken up AMI discussed 10y Rev. Z. D. Palmer.
Of the American Baptist Home Missionary
Society; Rev. DR.. WiilinGhau, and several
other delegates. After several announce
ments the session adjourned with prayer and
peuediction.
This mornings session will begin at 10
O'Clock instead OF II, and the special order is
the discussion of the report of the executive
board