Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-11-14
Organized Sunday Afternoon on
rorty.tifth Street.
WILL ASK FOR A PASTOR
Quartz, ~ Conference last Night.
An IDt.-rt sting Report for
This Church Year.

This is the North End Methodist Mis-
sion which was instituted some time
ago, and has been in charge Of the
Washington Avenue church. Rev. X
+. Lipscomb has been conducting the
afternoon meetings and the Friday
prayer meetings. The Epworth League
or Mr.. lipscrmb's church has had
charge OF the Sunday night services.
Tile people who have been attending
these services have felt the need of a
pastor. and With Il view of asking the
conference to send them one. Il chu, cll
was organized Sunday afternoon at 4
O'Clock. 1t starts out With twenty
four members. which number will prob
ably be doubled as soon as pastor is
obtained
The officers will not be elected until
after conference. That Il pastor win
be sent to this church is hardly to DE
doubted.
The Mission has heretofore been call
ed The North l1nd Mission. but the
name was changed Sunday to the
Grace Church,
This new church will also organize
an Epworth League rs soon as it gets
in good working order.
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE.
The Quarterly Conference of the
Washington Avenue Methodist church
met last night 70: the purpose Of wind
ing up the years business The scs-
sion was Il long and busy one. bu, 40
action was taken that would be Of gen
eral interest.
At the Washington Avenue Methodist
church Sunday morning, Roy. Is. i.
I.ipscomb. the pastor preached his
last sermon before the Annual State
Conference. which will open in Peters
burg Wednesday morning. MI. Lips
comb also took occasion to give the
members OF the church some statis-
ties showing the excellent work that
has been done during the past twee
months.
The subject OF Mr.. Lipscon1D'.s ser
mon was The Goodness Of God" He
called attention to the fact that the
city had Il lot to contend with during
the past year and that through the
goodness of the Saviour, it had passed
successfully through two epidelnics
IIe first referred to the smallpox cpl
demic of last winter and tlen to the
yellow fever epidemic at the Soldiers
Home at Misunderstanding the former
there We're q number of cases of the
disease here With few deaths: during
the latter there We're no cases what
ever in the CITY The city had made
rapid strides in the past year and much
spiritual as we'll as material good had
been accomplished.
Since the last Conference report in
November of 1898, 90 members We're re-
ceivcd in the church. OF this number
IS entered by profession OF faith ana
the others by letter. During the year
fifty-two members We're lost by
death and 80 by removal. The net in
crease in membership was 40.
The total membership Of the church.
is 4es. r.
During the year the conference col
lections amounted to S335 and about
$500 was taken in for current s%-
penses. The financial standing Of the
church is better than it has ever been
There was 3, deficit of only $3.50 ycsrer-
day morning before the collection was
taken up and it is believed that the re
port TO the Conference Will show the
church With a clean balance sheet
THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
The announcement in the Daily Press
last week that the Newport
News Baptist church had acquire cd
five valuable lots for building purposes
was genuine news to tn" public and to
some Of the members OF that church.
The congregation has been considering
the ACCESSIBILITY Of building q new
church for some time. but no active
steps We're taken until several days
ago, when the finance committee OF the
church. acting &; syndicate, par
chased three lots on Thirtieth street
and two lots directly in the rear ON
Twenty ninth street, all between
Washington and West avenues and
only q few yards west Of the present
church property.
1t was stated at the time that the
church would probably build. but no
member of the finance committee would
state positively that n decision had
been finally reached. Since then it has
been learned that there is no doubt
about a new Baptist church going up|
on the site just purchased All Of the
members Of the church seem to be de-
Sighted with the plan OF the finance
committee and especially with the
prospect Of building u new house Of
worship without having to go into debt
to finish it.
The five lots on the property at the
Twenty-ninth street will bring today
between $4,000 and $4,000 One real
estate man figured up the other day
and stated that he knew the property
would bring at least $4,000 now. 1t is
the intention of the Baptists, however,
to watt until next spring before dispos-
ing of their valuable land and then it
is expected that they will get in the
neghborhood of 100000 for it. With
that money new church can be erect
ed on cash basis and there Will be a
snug sum left over to aid the Baptist
mission work here. 1t can be stated
on authority that no effort will be made
to sell the present property before
spring.
WILL ORDAIN TWO DEACONS.
Wednesday night at the Newport
News Baptist church, two deacons will
be ordained. They are Messrs. T. T.
Downing and c. +. Wiley.
Rev. c. c. Cox, of this church, and
the other delegates to the Baptist Cen
erai Association. which meets in Rich
mond or the 18th, will leave for that
city next Friday morning.
AT THE METHODIST CHURCH.
In the absence Of Rev. IS. +. Lips
comb at the Methodist Conference. the
pulpit Of the Washington Avenue
Set ,st.,