The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-16

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Programme The special reprcsenta-
tives OF the various interests Of denom.,'
ination work TO be. considered. tf
Enrollment-L. d. Starkey, H.@fIi.
Bond dNand J. p. Springston. y
Religious services-PaStorra and dha,S
cons OF the Wheeling church, q
The annual report OF the e5ecut i've
board was made by John s.. Stump,
superintendent OF sttte missions, It
shows: Al II ~ ~
Weeks OF labor. r........................i N & Esq
Sermons preached 7.................,... 1,523
Addresses made ......................EsS Sos
ReIsions RthSs msessEs Sisiss a..snasa::.:. rs rs
pslsoas R.lss mrqSslaa pSpfIled 1si5s iss
Received by letter. =. ;. "a
Lords Supper administered. q. 3 60
Churches organized d..................fi.5ss W II 9
Ministers ordained d..................-5i Y %
Bibles disposed of....................- 3a5
Pages. of tracts. dlstributed.........a 2o,9Gs
Churches completed ed................. s5i i
Collected and paid for building and "a
c6i;ss5s5Spsi$ SSss's5PE sSPssnss sSsseS
Collected for state missions. 100 ST.
Collected for home missions. ...... II "a so
Collected for foreign nissions...... 4. 20 Gf
Collected for publication society.... 33si0s
Collected for ministerial education. iSs IS 02
Other benevolent objects............ az Is
Receipts from all sources. T1h s3S
Expenditures, all purposes......... 3,3l1 90
Excess expenses over income.......6 ho5 at.
Debts Of last year (about) eco 6oF
Debt September 20, 1S96.............. $50 80
October 1S. 1896, debt. has been reduced
to about s1,Soo.) < .f,s - 2 \
Pending the motion to adopt, Rev.
Dave D. Johnson spoke on THE Bur-
dens Of the Board" Rev. Z. J.. Huff
man made an address on The Work
OF q corresponding secretary" Tho au-s
dlence Joined In singing "All the Way
Ny Savior. Leads mt" :" after which tho
discussed by Rev. r. 3. Smith. He
spoke OF the difficulties encountered In
advancing the interests Of the Baptist
denomination. Many OF the churches
are unable to conduct 4 state mission
campaign on account Of the poverty OF
their members. The debt clinging to
the mission board is not being decrease
ed. There have been many failures to
establishsa state educational instltu-i
ton. With the many set-backs ir5
seems almost impossible to conduct an i
aggressive campaign. There is q Slor-g
t9us mission field open. There are
many present lindrances. preventing
the faint hearted, but like the report
look over the difficulties and sec but 8
the glories to be attained. The ten spies
OF old sent out, returned discouraged.
We. like Caleb and Joshua, should not
become discouraged. The signs OF the &
times should encourage us. We have
churches where few years ago We (
had none We have some generous
brethren contributing ample sums of,
money. There is n debt to be removed
from the state mission board. It Is al
most 4 crisis with US, but With every.
crisis comes a golden opportunity. We
have q grand chance during our meet
Ing in Wheeling to wipe away oil debt
II We are successful twill be a Jubilee
for u.s. AL we need is courage and 4
trust III God. FL y Z
After the previous speakers earnest
talk, Rev. John S. Stump took up tsa. {
discussion. Ec announced that Daniel
Huffman, of Gilmer county, had prom, 4
ised $1,000 In the near future, IN pay
ment of the debt. Besides this MrHutf-s
man Will give $780, OF which he gave y
one-ilfth yesterday morning. Mr. Hutf-sa
man pledged himself to have the $500 \,
raised in few days, providing the as-sS
ISOLATION would give 500. The ar- K
nouncement of MI. Huffman's generos-S
ity aroused cheers from the audience. "
raitS -biAC.f ipti''tt
ltribution table, some OF them giving 4
that We're hardly able to do so. 1t was
q touching scene. When 1t became
known that the 500 was raised. Rev. II
Mr.. Stump became Nisibly affected and
had to give woyIto his feelings Others \
OF The association also were moved to NJ
tears. The gathering rose to their feet n
Singing, Praise God from Whom All{s
blessings Flow Others threw down
their dollars and quarters after The re- y
qnired sum had been collected, and n
visiting brother from Maryland
arose and said that in3.s his e.
STATE there We're many more Ban-SS
usts. but he never saw such n. nohl6
minded set OF men. The morning scss- 4
ion adjourned shortly after II o'clock.
~. Afternoon Session. HI, M
The afternoon session commoRecd \
promptly at 2 o'clock. Rock OF aAscs''.i
was sung with much feryor. A vocal VI
duet by Rev. Mr.. Eioltzclaw and wlte.
followed. Rev, NJ. y, Kelley lied In y
prayer, after the song service, PrtsI-3i&
dent Reynolds called the body 70 order
and on motion the programme was, SO "A
changed as to make "SSstematlt, Benz
cilcence" the special topic ut $50 p.im.
)iseusslon sSas resumed on the re-
port OF the mission executive hoarl.s5
Rows Messrh Sweeny, Ward Given. a
Smith and if5ltEeiaw 81
each spoke at some length. 55; =
,IAll the speakers spoke sloWlnEly Of II
the work done by their congregations.
me tnlcmporsio OF the churches Wcre
earnest, 2ealons Workers. Each tlanls-s
cn Inc executive board for, assistance d
felllGred, some saying Tint in n fcWl563
years none would be rcqulrcl,. Rev, MIS-
Ward, who is leaving Morgantow,n. y
made y stirring appeal fOr the untlh-8g
ishel church there. III, vi; Z. e
Az RoS. Mr. Stump had mot ilhishcd ~
ms l'eln4rlis on state missions before, (:
dinner llev. Mrs Kelley. WAS {inyliNd]iySS
to spenls lie gave u short outline of Ills n