Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-07-13
.BAPTIS7S IN SESSION
115th Annual Convention
Meets in This City.
MANY DELEGATES HERE
Permanent Organization Effected by the
Election or the Old Onicers. opensng
Sermon Preached Last Night.
Order of Exercises

Sermon Preached Last Night.
Order OF Exercises
The one hundred and fifteenth annual
session of the Dover Baptist Associa-
ton convened in the First Baptist
church yesterday at noon with TWO
hundred delegates in attendance
Key j. Is. Hutson. who presided over
the association last year as moderator
called the meeting TO order and after.
brief devotional exercises an adjourn
ment was taken till go O'clock
The afternoon session opened with
4-Modefatof J. T. HutSon in the chair
He conducted the devotional exercises.
AZ the conclusion OF the exercises
Clerk Josiah Ryland, Jr.. began to call
the roll OF delegates.
The election OF officers was next gone
into.
Rev. J. B. Hutson. Of Richmond. pas
Tor OF the Pine street church. was re-
elected moderator without opposition
This is the third time Mr.. Hutson has
been chosen to preside over the assoc
citation, and in accepting the honor
conferred upon him he made brief
address
For clerk Mr. Josiah Ryland, Jr. vas
unanimously reelected.
Mr.. j. b. Walthall was reelected
treasurer.
This completed the permanent organ
fzation. ami the moderator announced
the following committees:
Committee on Arrangements-Revs
J. S. Dill, r. 3. Collier and MIR. George
H. Evans
Committee on Religious Exercises
Pastors and deaconS of the Newport
News churches.
Among the visitors recognized in the
meeting We're Hevs. @. t. Fiippo nf
Philadelphia: Hurt. of Accomac: ow-
ems and Mitchell. of Portsmouth: DR..
J. NJ. Pitcher. of Petersburg: DR.. a. J.
BARTON. of Richmond: Missionary J. g.
Chastain. Of Mexico: Rev. +. M.
D"wdy. OF .Appomattox county. These
ministers made brief addresses.
The address of welcome was made by
Rev. c. G. Cox. pastor of the F'irst
Baptist church of this city. Among
other things the speaker said:
We welcome you because we have
plenty OF money and homes in Newport
News
The report OF the committee on arr
ing order of exercises was adopted:
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
by $3.50 to IO-Devotional exercises.
10 to 11-Education
11sto l2-Home MISSIONS 5fs5 sss
NJ. a19 a AFTERNOON 1850 ssSss
5 80 to 53-Devotfonalse exercises.
3 to 4-State Missions.
NIGHT.
S-Fnreign Missions.
Pit THURSDAY MORNING..
$3.50 to 10-A1scellaneous.
10 to l2-State of the church.
AFTERNOON.
$50 to 3-Orphanagc.
, to - miscellaneous.
The remainder of the afternoon SEES
sion was spent in discussing reports.
Rev. i. G. James submitted the re-
port of the sunday School and Bible
Board. The report Of the work of Miss
Mary .Apperson the Bible woman who
is engaged in distributing Bibles and
tracts in this city. vas also submitted.
Miss .Appcrsons work is confined en-
tirely to the female sex.
EVENING SESSION.
The evening session of the associa-
ton was called TO order at 500 o'clock
and after prayer by DR.. J. Il. Taylor
the Introductory sermon was preached
by DR.. l. NJ. Mercer. pastor of Bay
View church. of Richmond The tex;
selected was taken from Luke. 8 (: 2S
And ht. said unto them ALL il any man
will come after me. let him deny him-
Sself, and take up his cross daily and
follow me-"
DR.. Mercer handled the text in a
mastery manner and preached one o:
the best sermons ever delivered from {.
Newport News pulpit.
After the sermon the moderator. DR.
]. b. Hutson. called the business ses-
sion to- order. He announced the re-
ceipt OF a telegram from Hon. ]. Tay-
Tor Ellyson, corresponding secretary OF
the Home Mission Board. stating tina;
he was unavoidably detained in Rich
mond. Discussion of the report of this
board was then in order. but as MIR
Ellyson would not be able to be present
until tomorrow afternoon. On motion 0.
DR.. ]. S. Dill. chairman of the. commit
tee on ARRANGEMENTS. the Ministerial
Relief Fund was substituted and the
report of this board was called for. J.
E. Broaddus. Of Glen Allen, read
short paper on the work of this board
during the past ytor. after which dis
cussions We're asked for. Those re-
spending to the Invitation to speak
We're DR.. Fl. +. Barton OF Richmond.
assistant corresponding secretary OF
the Foreign Mission Board: Or. II. a
Bagby, of Richmond: Rev. Mir. Dnwdy.
of the Appomattox association. and Mr.
S. II. Elicit, of Richmond.
Rev e. t. Wexford pastor OF the
First Presbyterian church, and Rev.
W. T. Motley. pastor of the Thrtieth
street Christian church. were rerog-
nized and invited to seats on the foo,
of the association.
The Woman's Missionary Society o:
the association will meet at The Thir-
tieth Street Christian church this
morning al 10 O'clock, when representa-
tives of the various boards will be pres
ent to present the work in their sew
eral departments.
There will be a conference of the pas.
tors and Sunday school superinten-
I dents of the Lower District OF th4
Dover Association this afternoon at
o'clock, called by Rev. A. IT, Howell
moderator of the Sunday school con
vention for that district.
The association will convene this
morning at $3.50 o'clock. The time o:
the missionary session will be taken VI
in hearing and discussing the reports
OF the Home and Foreign Mission
Boards.
The association. at 1918 o'clock. ad-
tourned after prayer by DR.. A. E.
Owen of Portsmouth
LADIES MEET
The ladies representing the Women's
NJ Missionary Society. fla auxiliary of
j the Dover Association. met at 2:3a