Evening star., 1896-11-17
BAPTIST CHURCHES
Columbia Association Meets in An
nual Session Today.
DR.. GREENE REELECTED MODERATOR
Delegates in Attendance at the
Morning Gathering.
TONIC HTS PROGRAM

Il o. 1 G IF IT'S ROC r A M
The nineteenth annual meeting Of the Co
iumbta Association of Baptist Churches,
which was opened last evening in the
meeting house of the Street Baptist
Church. continued its sessions today The
meeting will continue through Thursday
evening. The church was well filled at
the morning session today, many ladies be-
ing present. The devotional exercises were
conducted by Rev. R. R. West, pastor OF
the Queenstown Baptist Church, and an
earnest prayer was offered for spiritual
guidance and blessing on the delibera-
tions of the society. The opening religious
exercises of the business meeting were
under the direction of the moderator, Rev
DR.. S. H. Greene, pastor Of Calvary Bap-
tist Church. Mr.. s. NJ. Yeatman, who has
been the clerk of the association for many
years. filled that office today.
The committee in charge Of the arrange
ments for the annual meeting consists of
Rev j. ]. Muir, pastor of the Z Street
Baptist Church, together with Messrs. Y eat
man and d. S. Foster.
The principal business Of the morn
ing was the reading of letters from the
various churches hichcompose the associa-
ticn. These letters showed that almost
without exception the Baptist churches OF
the District of Columbia are IN flourish
ing condition, both spiritually and fiEan-
cially. Notwithstanding the fact that the
past year has been a time of financial
stringency most Of the churches reported a
material increase in resources, as we'll as
membership.
Church Statistics.
The general condition of the association
was shown in the list of statistics made up
from the reports of the different churches
for the past year. 1t is as follows:
Membership-Received by baptism, 201 !;
received by experience, 81; received by let
ter, 2O4; restored. 3; dismissed by letter
132; erased. IS; excluded, 10; deceased, 81;
present number Of members. 4951.
Finance-Current expenses. including pas
tors salary, $41 ,5S3.34: for improvement Of
church property. 81, ,ssl GA: estimated value
Of church property. $697 800; amount of in
debtedness (mortgaged debit, $llO.OUO; float
ing debt, A.3i3.60
"Benevolence - For association, 81 415. ~:
home missions. s1.G0s.72; church extension
fund, 81, 40; foreign missions, s4,02s. IL; BIZ
BILE and tract distribution, so; American
Baptist Publication Society, s75.24: Baptist
Home, $S4225; education, s., ,25995; other
benevolent objects, s5,327.31. Total for all
objects, $103 1859.
Sunday school statistics-Number of Of
ficers, 151; number of teachers. 416; num-
ber of scholars, 5,307; officers. church mem
bers, 139; teachers, church members, 400.
scholars. church members, -1,541; average
attendance. 1884; volumes in library, 9,252
contributions for current expenses. 81
1871; contributions for benevolent objects,
$i,2S2.30 Total contributions of Sunday
school. $6,O6s.O7. Total contributions from
churches and school, $1O9,5549
List of Delegates.
Following is the list of delegates to the
annual meeting:
Anacostia-Rev. H. T. Stevenson, pastor:
George Bowman. E. w. Leech. Robix Har-
Ian. Mrs. J. K. Dawson, Mrs. 1. s. Carter
and Miss virgie King.
Calvary-Rev. 8. H. Greene, pastor;
Theron Outwater, B. L. Whitman. G. NJ.
P. King. E. w. Bliss, ]. Chambers, P. H.
Bristow, E. B. Curtis, L. r. Smith, David
Haynes, S. w. Woodward. D. A Cham
bers, ]. NJ. Gregory, J. F. Vinal. j. H..
Gore, John Boyd, d. S. Foster. F. H. Stick
ney. George H. Judd, J. r. Mothershead
Knew, S. S. Everett, B. F. Gebest. G. +.
Jones, A. P. Rider, T. Bray, I. E. Talbot
Mrs. s. H. Greene, Mrs. W. NJ. King, Mrs.
F. w. Clemons. Miss NJ. NJ. Bartlett Miss
j. H. Grant.
E Street-Rev. J. J. Muir. pastor; VIM.
Fletcher. F. S. Deland, H. S. Boynton, z.
Richards, A. NJ Clapp. w. F. Eaton, j. H.
F. A. Rhoderick, Mrs. Rosa Sholes and Mrs.
Chattie Beall.
East Washington Heights-Rev. George
E. T. Stevenson, pastor: F. s. Lamson, ID.
c. Fountain, Harry Mathieson and Miss
Pearl Harrison.
Fifth-Rev c. c. Meador, pastor; Samuel
Lee. S. NJ. Yeatman, J. w. Waple, John T.
Nails, w. F. Carter, S. G. English, John L.
r. A. Ford, ]. F. Price, c. Clinton James,
Clarence 1. Gessford, Floyd E. Davis Mrs
w F. Carter and Mrs. ]. w. Waple.
First-Rev. c. A. Stakely. pastor; Otis T.
too rhor
Burke, e. T. Eckels, w. F. Hoffman, A. ].
Huntington, Flournoy Menifee, r. H. Mar
tin, ]. O'C. Roberts, George c. Samson, Ed
gar Speider, William A. Wilbur, Mrs S. j.
Nichols.
Gay Street-Rev w. S. o. Thomas. pas
tor; George c. Truett, R. A. Bogley. E. A.
Aeksrs' Aek eks, ,,s Alex: soper, / L. Simpson, Mrs.
Mary Clark. Mrs. Blanch c. Hughes and
Mrs. Eva Lynch.
Grace-Rev. c. F. Anderson, pastor; A.
C. Whitney, W: G. Weeden. w. S. Lannins.
Mrs. M. c. Weeden and Mrs. Florence
Solger.
Maryland Avenue-Rev. N. c. Naylor,
pastor; William s. Keiser. Edgar Speiden,
Mrs Annie A. Naylor and Mrs. Mary E.
Donahue.
Metropolitan-Rev. Granville s. Williams,
pastor; William .Hatton, John T. Laning.
Witel, Mrs. Emma N. Boynton, Miss Jen-
ME NJ. Gilman, Mrs. Susie E. Hoofnagle
Mrs E. ]. Noud and Miss Sara c. Wright
Mount Tabor-Rev. G. W. Mccullough,
pastor; Henry Burroughs. George Melton,
William F. King, Mary r. Cost and Ger
trude johnson.
Queenstown-Rev. R. r. West, pastor;
c. G. Lynch, j. Quackenbush, J. B. Lord,
w. F. Robbins and Mrs. c. G. Lynch.
Second-Rev. E. Hez Sven, pastor; c. B.
Smith. w. A Henderson, Benz. A. Hender-
son, Thomas c. Simpson. Melville E. Jones,
Henry E. Marks. Nehemiah Robey, VIII
liam Speiden, r. Milton Henderson, Harry
HALEY, William A. Cooper, Joseph Key
nolds, Robert l.. Golway, Mrs. Elizabeth
Nottingham, Mrs. Fannie E. OVERLY, Mrs.
Ruth v. Weber and Miss Clara V. Price.
Officers Elected.
The annual election of officers did not re-
quire the attention of the association for
any great length of time. Rev. c. C.
Meador moved that the clerk be instructed
to cast the unanimous vote of the associa-
ton for Rev. DR.. Greene to serve as mod
orator for the ensuing year. The motion
was carried as a matter of course. Dr.
Greene made brief speech thanking the
delegates for the renewed expression of
their confidence and expressing the hope