Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-06
THE VETERAN CHRISTIANS.
Missionary Association Makes It's A
p0intinents and AdjOurns,

missionary AssOcfatfOn Makes It's APP
pointnents and AdjOurns.
Inc United States Veteran Christian As
sociat1on, which had been in session here
1or ABOUT one week, adjourned to meet in
November OF next year in Richmond, Va.
PREVIOUS to adjourLing the association
ADOPTED by unanimous vote resolutions to
the effect that THE Evening Star is the
only daily paper Of Washington that would
publish the proceedings of the convention
in full and that the members have
cause to believe that the affairs and trans
actions of the cclored people can be fairly
and Justly published through the columns
OF The Star" and they therefore declare
that I'VE, the United States Veteran Chris
ton Church Missionary Association in con-
vention assembled, recommend The Star to
the patronage of the oo!ored people In
Washington and elsewhere, and we hereby
extend to the publishers of that paper our
thanks for their recognition in publishing
the reports OF our proceedings during the
sitting Of this convention"
The appointments for the ensuing wear
as announced by Bishop J. b. Briscoe. who
presided, were as follows:
baltimore, Md.-Chief elder, r. W. Will
son; Spring Street, C. Fl. Thomas; Parish
Street, ]. w. Vaughan; West Street chief
elder, William Robertson; Cambridge J. F.
Lane; Annapolis, chief elder, c. w West;
Frederick City, to pe supplied: Hanover
Street, 10 be supplied Savageville,
Va, chief elder, E. L. Price; Litwal-
ton, X. F. Thomas; Berkeley and Nor
folk, n. A. Green; Philadelphia, Bar
clay Street. chief elder, J. W. waters:
Decatur Street, ]. II. Brown; Philadelphia,
9. E. Stewart; Randolph Street. 7. w
Johnston: York, chief elder, Elisha Cook:
Spring Grove, j. F.. funston; Lebanon to
be supplied; Gettysburg, to be supplied;
Red Bank, N. j., l.. J. Washington; Bur-
lng;on. to be supplied: Richmond, Va,
chief elder, ]. W. Doe; Manchester c. l..
Dobbins; Petersburg, to be supplied: West
Point, J. Johnson; brakes Branch, Perry
u. Davis; Washington, d. c., Mount Leb-
anon, chief elder. ]. E. T. Williams Mount
Airy Mission. M. Banks; South Washing ton
Mission A. A. Ciscoe; Mount Pleasant
Mission, to be supplied: Alexandria, w. c.
Payne; Delaware Mission, to be supplied:
missionaries for the states of Pennsyiva-
MIA New Jersey and New York, H. Wrel-
key, F. ]. Wrelkey; missionary for Wash
ington, d. c., H. G. Gussom
The statistical report as submitted at the
final session, made the following show
in: Ordained ministers, 1913; licentiates. o:
membership, $500: foreign missions in
Africa, 2; amount Of money received from
dinerent churches. Sunday schools. etc.
$S,246.5O; in clothing, $40; expended for
rent, stationery, etc. by Right Rev. ]. b.
IS, 400 pAopeiy'
Delegates were appointed to the general
convention to be held at PHILADELPHIA the
last Thursday of November, 1898 A com
n OF nve was appointed as a standing
financial committee. The bishop after AS.
signing the ministers to their respective
neids, delivered to them an Instructive
charge, emphasizing especially soberness
morality and genuine Christianity, after
winch ne pronounced the benediction.