Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-10-24
Old School Baptist
.....ASSOCiatiOn
The 114th Annual Session Met
Here This Week.

The Salisbury District Old School
Baptist Association was organized in
1882. and the one hundred and four
teenth meeting of the same convened
in the Old School Baptist Meeting
House in this town ON Wednesday of
this week, and held three interesting
sessions daily for three days-Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday. 1t was
the third meeting ever held in Snow
Hill and as heretofore was attended
BY large number of friends from this
and adjoining counties, in addition to
the members Of the church here and
elsewhere in the District, which in
cludes eleven churches and three hun
bred and twenty mem hers
Among the preachers present were
Elders VIM. l.. Beebe, Of New York
Silas H. Durand, of Pennsylvania
William Grafton. OF Hartford county.
Md; +. Rittenhouse, OF Delaware
+. A. Chick, of New Jersey A. b.
Francis and I. NJ. Poulson, Of Virgin
ia. To enumerate the friends and
members of the other churches in and
out of the district who were present
would he an endles job, suffice it to say,
therefore, that every church in the
bounds Of the Association District was
we'll represented.
The 11ith sessi ON was called to order
and Elder L. NJ. Poulson was made
Moderator and John III. Truitt clerk
of the session. The minutes of the
proceeding meeting were read and ap.
proved. In the forenoon OF Wednes-
day, Elder Rittenhouse preached a
short but good sermon after which the
noon recess was taken aud all present
enioyed a healthful dinner at the
116-footlong table which was spread
with white linens and loaded with the
best OF all eatibles that Worcester
markets afford In the afternoon
Elder +. A. Chick preached one Of
his able sermons and made the entire
congregation feel happy that they were
there, and proud of the faith that was
in them. The night session was no
less interesting and enjoyable than the
two preceding ones Of the day. and
Elder Durand received the congratu-
lations of his audience for the words
he preached, which strengthened his
hearers
Thursdays sessions were enjoyed by
larger audiences than were those the
day before, and the sermons of Elders
Beebe and Grafton in the forenoon,
Elder Durand in the afternoon and
Elder Chick at night met the ap.
proval OF everyone who heard them
Before the night session the visiting
membership Of the Association was
entertained at the home of Mrs. Mary
J. Purnell for tea where general
love-feast was EMO yed.
Fridays sess ions which are still il
progress, but with which the l14tl
Annual Association will close, are ais,
largely attended, although few who
live long distance from here have
returned home. Owing to the fact o
our going to press Friday it was IN
possible to get the names of all the
preachers who made Yesterdays ses
sions so interesting, but we do know
that after the $40 who were present
had finished eating there was enough
left on the long table to feed as many
, more.
Snow Hill is glad to have had tn
Association meet here and, on tn
part Of our people, we extend cor
dial inv tation for another meetin:
whenever possible, for we believe n
/ community can have the presence .
such. and so many Christian people a
the Baptist Associations always bring
: together, without receiving an inspir