Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-22
BAPTIST COUNCIL
Twenty-Seoond Annual Meeting of
Columbia Association.
An EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATED
Selection of Place of Meeting
for Next Year.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

| hEEohlo \)E COM MllIEES
| The fifth session of the twenty-second
| annual meeting Of the Columbia Associa-
| ton of Baptist Churches was called to or
| der at 10 o'clock this morning in the First
| Baptist Church, corner of 10Th and o
streets. Rev. r. r. West presided in the
absence of Mr.. w. 5. Shallenberger, who
was yesterday elected moderator. There
| was a large attendance of delegates and
! visitors.
| Opening devotional exercises were led by
| Mr.. n. c. NayIor, after which the reports
of committees were received. Messrs. Per
| cy S. Foster and Miles NJ Shand of the
| committee to audit treasurers accounts re-
| ported that they had found everything cor
rect and in proper form,
| The committee to nominate an executive
board, D. S. Foster, chairman, reported as
| follows:
Anacostia--Chas. r. Burr, Edgar G,
| QuaCkenbush.
| Calvary-Rev. S. H. Greene, ]. S. McCul-
| Tough, d. S. Foster. A. L. Swartwout. w. S.
| Shallenberger, s. W. Woodward, Z. b. Cur
| tbs, B. f. Cole.
E Street-Rev j. j. Muir F. A Roder-
lex, Charles Werner, II c. Johnson.
East Washington Heights-D. c. Foun-
tain, VIM. NJ. Lamsor
Fffth-Rev. c. c. Meadcr, J. ]. Darling
ton r. A. Ford, Samuel Howison. Henry
| l. Stout
First-Rev. c. A. stakely. w. F. Holtz-
+, man. j. c. Nichols, c.. w. Needham, Z, B.
| Pollard
West Washington-Rev w. S. o. Thomas,
A. I. King, Rev. Geo. e ,Truett and r. L.
| HaycOck.
! Grace-A. C Whitney, j A Bevans
Maryland Avenue-R. R. Haynes, J. B.
| Sands.
Metropolitan-Rev G. S. Williams. Geo.
| L TbpF, ,l.l
Mount Tabor-Henry Burroughs, Geo.
Sharp.
t Queenstown $, Rev, r, R. West c. G.
second-Rev, E. Hez Sven, w. a. Coop
err Levi Meredith Thos. c. Simpson. JOS.
| 8. Reynolds.
The committee to select tho place of
| meeting next year,. H. Stickney, chair
man-reported in favor of the West Wash
lnston Church and nominated Rev. E. Hez
| SVEN to preach the annual sermon with
| Rev. L. b. Pollard as alternate
Reports were received from Miss Emily
| E 1ork. secretary of the Womau's Bap-
| list Missionary Association, and Mrs j.
| W. Maple junior secretary of the young
peoples societies connected with the same
| organiza ton.
| The report of the committee on Bible and
| tract distribution was submitted by Chas
| \. Richardson, chairman. 1t states that
| loooO,HD copies Of the old Bible are being
! sold each year, and that the book IS being
| more widely read today than at any pre-
| VtouS tirle in the worlds history.
! The afternoon session began shortly
after clock. The first order of business
| the announcement Of standing committees
was postponed until this evening. The as
| ISOLATION Will finally adjourn tomorrow
| evening.
Opening Session Yesterday.
| The asso citation began its sessions yester-
| day. a statistical report showed that the
| current expenses Of the churches. including
| pastors salaries, were $40, 1891, and that
| the sum of S}3, 5s2.31 was expended for i'm
provement Of church property, the estimat-
| ed value of the church property being $702.
| 500.
| 1t was further shown that for benevolent
| purposes-the association, home and foreign
missions, church extension, &c.-a total of
| $94 20 was raised during the year. The
! Sunday school statistics show 159 officers.
| $50 teachers and 1914 scholars in all the
| schools. The average attendance was 2,9O1.
| In the libraries there are 5000 volumes. The
| contributions for current expenses amount
| ed to s5,1S49S, and for benevolent objects.
| s175o3S. The total contributions from
| churches and schools was s1ol. 480.12.
The election of officers resulted In the
| choice of W. S. Shallenberger of Calvary
| Baptist Church, second assistant postmas
| ter general. as moderator; S. NJ. Yeatman of
| the Fifth Bal tist Church succeeding him
self clerk. and W. Z. Evans of Calvary
| Baptist Church again being elected treas
! urer.
| An address was made by Rev. A. J. Know
| land of Philadelphia on the extent of work
| transacted during the year with church
| publications. He said this feature was up
| to the standard of previous years and more
| than 100000 Bibles had been distributed
Report of Educational Board
Mr.. f. B. Pollard submitted the report of
| the educational board. At the evening SEES
! sion Mr.. S. W. Woodward, chairman of the
| committee on systematic beneficence, pre-
| scented a report. He emphasized the fact
| that the giving of time and giving of money
| was the important part of this labor, and
! recommended that committees should be
| increased from three to seven members,
| whose duties should require them to visit
/ their fields every month. Preachers from
! other cities and from abroad should be in
| Vited here to confer on this subject and
| exchange ideas. He urged the appointment
| of a committee of one more members
| from each church who should adopt some
| system looking to the giving Of money for
| benehcent purposes and that the church
| records should show the class of work done.
| Mr.. Woodward said that steps should be
| taken to bring about more systematic
| procedure of the work of the churches and
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