Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-08-29
Accomac Baptist Association.
SATURDAYS SESSION.

Saturday morning the devotional
service was conducted by Rev. s. o..
Grimsley. Rev. W. Fl. McAllister
Offering prayer and the venrable
William Fisher making extended re-.
marks.
DR.. o. F. Hippo, agent of the
American Baptist Publication So
ciety. was then introduced, and in a
thirty minutes speech he described
the work of the society and its claims
upon Southern .Baptists for support.
In addition to its work of publishing
and circulating general christian
literature the society now has four
chapel cars on the road in Western
and Pacific States for Evangelistic
work. DIR. Hippo was followed by
Rev. Mr.. Reamy and DR.. Pitcher, who
spoke in behalf of the Southern Pub
fishing Society.
Strong temperance resolutions,
offered by John w. Guy were adopted.
One paragraph in the resolution as
offered by Mr.. Guy provoked aheated
discussion and was finally stricken
out. 1t provided for the appointment
of standing committee on temper
ance with view to having regularly
a report on temperance, thus giving
it regular place in the order of
business.
The report on digest of church let
tiers was read by R. W. Bagwell. 1t
showed an encouraging state of affairs
in the churches in spite of the general
business stagnation and other adverse
circumstances. During the year there
were 176 baptisms bringing the total
church membership in the Associa
ton up to S,032.
The Sunday school work in par
ticular seems to have been pros
pered-S, O79 pupils are now enrolled
as against 1920 reported at the last
associational meeting.
The next session of the Association
will be held with Beulah church, on
Chincoteague Island, and will begin
on the Wednesday before the third
Sunday in August. Rev. G. Clements
was named to preach the opening
sermon, with Rev. J. w. Reames as
alternate.
Resolutions were unanimously
adopted expressing sympathy with
Drs. Dickinson and Nelson, who were
unable to attend the Association on
account of illness, and thanking the
Onancock people for their lavish hos
pitality.
NOTES.
Rev. NJ. F. Sanford was elected
delegate to the Baptist Convention,
which meets next spring in Whining
ton.
Mr.. Giles F. Eubank, superinten
dent of public schools in North
cumberland, was among Saturdays
visitors
Rev. VIM. Fisher, of the Appomat-
tox Association, with his snowy hair
and ruddy complexion, is becoming
quite well known figure at the
associational gatherings. He labored
on the Eastern Shore from 1914 to
1861. Although 70 years old, he is
still sin harness.
Two visitors from Richmond were
taken suddenly i'll just before reach
ing Onancock-Dr. a. E. Dickinson,
of the Herald, and DR.. Nelson, of the
Woman's College Both continued i'll
during the entire session.
Mr.. B. T. Gunter, Jr., was elected
during the Fridays session vice
Moderator of the Association.
DR.. T. S. Dunaway was a notable
figure among the visitors. He. is pre-
siding officer of the General Associa
tion of Virginia, and is regarded as
one of the ablest preachers in the
State. For thirty years-in fact since
he first began preaching-he has
been pastor of the Baptist Church at
Fredericksburg. During his paste
rate about 1900 members have been
received into the church.
Rev. J. 7. Belts gave an illustrated
lecture Wednesday night on "a trip
thro' the Holy Land" The attend
ance was not very large. On the fol-
lowing night DR.. J. B. Taylor, of
Salem, lectured on Good Times !"
His audience too was small.
Rev. Patrick Warren, of Williams
burg, was + lnted out as son of the
first pastor of the Onancock Church.
Visiting Baptist preachers occupied
the pulpits of the various churches
on Sunday. Rev. Mr.. McAllister, of
Baltimore, preached at the Baptist
Church in the morning and DR.. J. B.
Taylor, of Salem, in the same church
at night. DR.. o. F. Hippo, of Phila.,
filled the pulpit of the NJ. E. Church,
South, in the morning, and of the
Presbyterian Church in the evening;
and DR.. Frank Fisher, of Lynchburg,
preached in the morning at the N. E.
Church.
Of the ten members of the Oman
cock church at the time of it's organ