The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-06
WORK OF THE BAPTISIS
Business Transacted By Utah
Association Yesterday.
REPORTS AND SERMONS
PROCEEDING OF THE WoMEN'S
MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

The afternoon sessions Of the Utah
Baptist association yesterday was de-.
voted mostly to the receiving of re-
! ports on the different branches of the
work in the state. The session was
1 opened with a devotional service led by
! Deacon d. n. Carrier of this city.
| A report of the committee on state
missions was then given by the Rev.
| H. B.. Steelman of the First Baptist
! church. The report showed great pro-
gress in the work in Utah in the past
I ten years. Where a decade ago there
We're only two churches and a handful
| of members there are now nine
churches with a membership of over
| 200.
The one great need of the work in
/ Utah, said Mr.. Steelman, is an ener-
getic cOlpOrter and a gospel wagon.
Remarks were then made by Miss
| Parsons of Murray, showing The need
! OF energetic work in that field She
was followed by the Rev. w. G. Evans,
! who spoke of his two visits to the
! Bear River valley church and the out
| look for ii. The Rev. A T. Chapman
| of Provo and Miss PimDton of Spring
| vile then made short talks on the out
! look of the work at Thistle and Spring
| vile. The Rev F. L. RozeIle followed
with report on the new church. which
was organized at Eureka on Indepen-
dence day.
A report on home missions was then
given by General Missionary L. G.
1 Clark. The report showed an advance
along all lines of Baptist work and es-
peclally in the East Side church. this
city, and the churches of Ogden and
Springville- II also showed two new
churches organized: one in Bear river
valley and the other in Eureka
The remainder of the session was
devoted to the Woman's Missionary
meeting.
Women's Mission.
The wOman's missionary meeting in
the afternoon was opened with an in
teresting Bible reading by Mrs. a. F,
Chapman OF Provo. She called atten-.
ton to the great field which was offer
ed by the world for missions and the
great need for earnest. faithful and
energetic workers. After the reading.
reports were received from the differ
ent circles of the church.
Miss PimDtOn read an interesting
paper on the Baptist Fwork in Porto
Rico and Cuba She called attention
to the fact that although the islands
were near our coast yet until lately
they had been without q vestige of,true
, Christianity. She alsO spoke of the
. great work of Diaz IN. Havana and
pointed out the need of money to build
! churches, especially in Porto Rico.
Vocal solos were then rendered nv
Thompson, both of this city
Mrsy Hathaway then gave an inter
estlng talk on methods followed by the
women circles in her state. The asso-
cation then adjourned until last night
The evening session was opened with
a sDecial praise service conducted by
Mr.. Neil Thompson of Eureka An ex-
cellent address was then given by the
Rev M. Steelman on What BaDtists
Stand For"
They stand first he said. for lib
erty of conscience in religious belief.
, believing that they are not accountable
to God alone in matters spiritual
Secondly We stand for the Bible as
the only rule of faith and practice
Therefore we stand for regenerate.
church membership. There must be
personal contact between a personal
soul and personal god. We have no
place for the priesthood.
"Baptists believe continued the
speaker, that scrioturaI baptism is
the EMERSON of the believer in water
in the na.ce of the trinity. Thus we
reject infant sDrinkling.
The Lords Supper.
1--WE believe that the Lords supper
is a memorial meal in which we re-
member the death and sufTerings of the
Lord We have no place for the
Romanists' doctrine Of transsubstan
tiatiOn. We believe that baptism is
requisite to the Lords supper
1t is not question: said Mr. Steel
man, of close communion. but of close
paptlSIn. The speaker said that there
was no teaching in the New Testament
that a bishop or pOEe or any organiza-
ton has any ecclesiastical power over
the individual church
Mr. Steelman was followed by the
Rev w G. Evans of Ogden who
preached the dOctrinal sermon He took
his text from John 49, which reads:
And when the Holy Spirit is won he
shall reproye the world of sin, righte-
BUSINESS and Judgment
The theme of his sermon was the
personality and mission of the HOLY
Spirit An outline of his sermon is s
follows:
The. Holy Spirit is not spoken of
as an influence, a mere power or ami
melton from God, but always as per
son Christ calls him by personal
names, as comforter. and ascribes to
MIN personal acts. The Holy Spirit is
NOT inferior in any sense TO the Father
or Son. but is equal in deity and dig
nifty to both as taught in the baDtisnoaI
formula.
The mission of the Holy Spirit is =
tact Jesus said he should come into
the world and we are now living in his
dlspensation. His mission is to reveal
20 men the exceeding sinfulness OF. sin.
Inc mission Of the Holy Spirit to the
church is to Undue Gods people with
almighty power.
-, V SiiSilI receive power after
tnat the Holy Spirit has come upon
YOU
At the close of this sermon the mod
orator appointed as a committee on
colportage work the Revs Steelman.
Salt Lake; Evans, Ogden: and Chan
man of Provo
The following committees on B. Y.
y. work were then appointed by the
president:
Committee on N0mina +ior,-Ng5se
Webstsr Mrs. Chapman and Miss Mary
WiSnar.
Enrollment-Miss Moore. Miss Pearl
Daley and Miss Utter
Educational-Rev. Shanks, Messrs.
Taylor and Berkely
Financial-Mrs. Coolidge. Miss Par
sons and Mrs. Bridges.
The benediction was then Dropo4Inced
by the Rev. Mr.. Steelraan and the as
ISOLATION adjourned until today.