The times., 1897-11-19
BAPTISTS' WORK FINISHED
Young Peoples Meeting Ends Co.
lumbia Associations Session.
Standing Committees to Serve Dur
ing the Ensuing Year Announced
by the Moderator.

The Columbia Association of tie baptist
Churches of the District of Columbia which
has been in session atthe Firth Street Church
since Monday evening. closed It's labors last
night with an enthusiastic young peoples
meeting The auditorium of the church
was crowded 10 overflowing and so inter
esting were the exercises that many, ey en-
ladies, stood up during tie whole evening.
The meeting was opened with a prayer
service conducted By Mr. Miles 81. Shand.
Tie report on young peoples work in the
churches was submitted by Mr. A. F Ander
son.
Separate reports OF the work in the sew
eraI churches were made by the following
leaders in young peoples work:
Anacostia, Mrs. Qudckenbushs Calvary,
E. q. Mason; + Street, Miss Shuttle; East
Washington Heights, Miss E. Ii. Lamson;
Fifth, X. a. Ford; First, Percy s. Foster
Gay Street, Thomas Hughes; Grace, j. A.
Frank, jr.; Kendall John F. Bolen; Mary
land Avenue, Charles F. Crane; Metr }
politan, Edwin Eoglcy; Mount Tabor, w.
F. King; Queenstown, Miss Nellie Middle
kauff; Second, Walter j. Edelin,.
During the morning session the associa-
tion hrard the reports from the Baptist
Home aud the Woman's Baptist Missionary
Association, and IN the afternoon the re-
port of tne committee or obituaries, all Jf
which we're adopted
The moderator announced the following
| sUandiLE committees TO serve for the en
suing year:
Mtssious-C. w Needhan. s. W. Wood
| ward, Dr. G. A. Stakeley F. S. DeIand,
nuncaH Thompson, Isaac Quackenbush.
| Samuel Bowison.
Sunday -schools-C. G. Lynch. c. H.
Lamson, j. o. c. Roberts, Rev. y. c,
Naylor, NJ. NJ. shand. F. w. Vaughn, r.
". Henderson and ID c. Fountain.
| Digest OF letters-s NJ. Yeatman. G. =
| Sampson and ". S. Needham
Supervision of liquor traffic-Rev. W
| s. o. Thomas, W. H. McKnew Rev. F.
Outwatet. j. Il. Lorcomb and w. A
| Henderson.
Application Of churches-D. c. Grayson.
Rev. C. .. Meadow, D. D.. $. e. Truett
| e. " Bliss, e B. Smith and j. R. bradley
Bible and tract observation-disclosures Il
+. Stevenson, Rev. s. W. Mccullough
B. T. Doyle, F. Speedem, c. H. Van Horn.
Oftua .ies-Rev. E. Hez SVEN, E B
Curtis, f. Steiden, 3. W. Maple and vii
liam Fletcher.
Education-Preslde B. L. Whitman,
]. J. Darlington, Rev. S. II. Greene, D
D.; A F. henderson, a. NJ. Clapp, Prof
| j. j.. Huntington.
Young peoples work-Prof. W. :. . vii
| bur, r. A. Ford, Rev. j. J. Muir, D. d +
p. Brisrow, E. B. Pollord, Rev j. "
| Many, W. A. Cohill.
Order of exercises-G. S. Williams, Z
II. Stckney. George Bowman.
! Systematic benef.cence-A. L. Swarr
woUt, o. T. Mason. T. A. Roderick, j B
Bailey. NJ. =. Cooper, R. NJ. Hubbard, s. b
Many. w. H. Haycook, A. G. Whitney
f. G.. Quackenbush, W. NJ. Lawson, c
F. CIare, Henry Burroughs.
Educational board-Rev. G. E. Truett, Rev
J j. Muir, D. D., w a. Henderson, w
| H. McKrew, Rev. G.. S. Williams, J. r
Bailey, Rev. H. 7. Stevenson, and Prof
W. A. Wilbur.
The evening service closed with q
consecration meeting led by the Rev. E
Hez Swem, at the conclusion of which
the benedIction was pronounced by The
Rev. c. C Meador, d. u.