The Portland daily press., 1900-09-22
FREE BAPTISTS.
Twelfth Annual Meeting at Dover Next
Week.

The twelfth annual meeting of the
Maine Free Baptist Association will be
held at the Dover and Foxcrort Free Ban
tist church at Dover, Me, on September
Goth, 26th and 27th.
The programme will be as fellows:
TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. s5.
700 Devotional service, led by Rev.
| Everett Lelsher, Augusta.
75O-Welcome, Rev. III. II. Hayes,
pastor.
745-Annual sermon, Rev. A. Il. Sal
ley, ID. d., OF Lewiston. Announcement
OF committees on credentials and on ssat-
Ing delegates. Social greeting. Recess
until Wednesday morning.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 90.
8.0O-Prayer meeting, led by Rev. Ev-
erett Leisher.
830-Business SESSION; Report of COM
mittee on credentials. Roll call and seat
Rev. A. e. Cox, Limerick Presidents
address, N S. burlington, West Bow
do1n. Report of executive board and cor
responding secretary, Rev. S. @. Whit
comb, Bangor. Report OF treasurer, Dea.
! Geo. ii. Brown, Auburn, Election of
life and annual members. Appointments
or nominating committees, to nominate
Oucers; TO nominate trustees of the NJ
! Y. Institute; to nominate visitors to M,
C.Instl6ute; to nominate visitors to Cobb
DiVln!Uy school; to nominate delegates to
obAer DOu1oS; TO nominate a member of
the lnterdenom1national Commission: to
nominate committee on neurology; to
nominate preacher for annual sermon
Appointment of general committees: On
business; on resolution; on papers.
1O.15-Report on neurology, R9y. G. w,
Rogers, Steep Falls.
10 00-Recept1on Of representatives from
other bodies.
1O.45-Reports of Representatives to 9th
er other bodies
11.0O-Sermon: "How to Increase Spir-
ituality in Our Churches, Rev. L. Nal
vern, Portland.
12 O0-Recess.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SEPT. s6.
Missions.
200 to 3.3O-Exercises of the Woman's |
Missionary Society, conducted by Mrs |
Alma M. Cousins, Steep Falls.
S.OO-Pra1se and prayer service.
2. 2.15-dAdress of welcome, Mrs. j. r. |
Martin, Dover. Response, Mrs. W. H. |
Fultz, Portland. Report of correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. M. E. White, Bow
doinham. Report of treasurer, Mrs
Flora L. Thurlough, Maple Grove. Solo,
Cradle rcll, Mrs. Ada B. George, Pitts
field Address: 'VitaI Needs; Miss
Laura DeMerritte, Ocean Park.
3.30-Our Offering.
3 40-Address: ''rhe Four Special
Days." Rev. w. M. Davis. Followed by
discussion. Recess.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. a6.
7.OO-Praise service, Rev. Everett
L3sher.
78O-Address: "a Cycle of History in
Biblical Lands" Prof. A w. Anthony. II
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 81.
8 OO-Prayer and praise service, led
by Rev. Everett Lesher.
s 30-Associas1on business. Reports of
Nominating committees 10 nominate
officers; annual election of officers; to
nominate trustees of M. @. Institute; to
nominate visitors to M O. Institute; to
nominate visitors TO Cobb Divinity
School; to nominate delegates to other
bodies; to nominate member OF interde-
nOminational commission; to nominate
committee on neurology to nominate
preacher of annual sermon. Reports of
standing committees: On visiting M.
g. Institute, Prof. w. ii. Hartshorn; on
visiting Cobb Divinity school, Rev. Q. g.
MOsher; on interdenOminationaI cOmity
Rev. S. Q. Whitcomb, Reports Of Cen
eral committees: Business; resolutions,
resolutions to be discussed.); papers;
unfinished business.
l1.OO-Address: "Our Field,' Rev. A.
01Feu, II. ~.
10 00-Recess.
AFTERNOON, SEPT. 27.
Young People.
1.8O-Quiet hour; "Be still and know
that am Gods
2 0O-Appointmen of committees. 10
choose officers. 10 choose executive COM
m1ttee. Reports of officers. Election of
officers.
2.30-'tNeeds. The West, Rev. Ever
ett Lesher, Augusta; India, Rev. Her
man Child, Gray; Africa, Rev. A. I.
Davis, Bath; State of Maine, Mr.. M. e.
Kicker, lewiston. What We Propose 10
Do, Rev. j. Stanley Durkee, Auburn.
Question box.
THURSDAY EVENING, SEPT. .27.
Young People.
715-Praise.
7.30-Prayer.
7.45-Are our state societies sufficiently
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