Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-07-03
ANNUAL MEETING OF BAPTlSTS.
The Forty-Third Convention of the
G. w. B. A. Held in Wausau Last
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday.

4 thursday.
The forty third anniversary meetingN
of the Central Wisconsin Baptist Asso-
ciation was held in this city on Tuesday,
/ "Wednesday and Thursday of last week,
and about fifty delegates from out of
town were in attendance, representing
q church membership of about 1900
The churches represented at the meet
ling were Greenwood, Almond, Ogdens
burg, Rhinelander, Merrill, Waupaca,
| IWeyauwega, Saxville, Amherst, Spring
Wafer, Minocqua, Manawa, Plainfeld,
Stevens Point, Spring Branch, Spencer,
| Tomahawk and Wausau A former
convention for this district was held in
this city six years ago, at which time
the intrusting of important positions as
officers and committeeman, was dele
gated in part to laymen, and the system
was found to be so satisfactory that it
vas carried out as far as possible in the
gathering of last week.
The convention opened last Tuesday
Fevenints with a song service, which was
followed by an address by E. B. Ed
munds, of Beaver Dam. On Wednes
1 day morning the address of welcome
was given by G. ID. Jones, and it was
full of warmth and good fellowship, in
fusing a spirit of welcome into the
hearts of all, The response was made
by Deacon ID. w. Shipman, of Manawa,
who is the oldest member of the associ-
alton. Following the address, tempor-
airy officers were elected, with DR.. w.
w. Wilson, of Wausau, as moderator,
and l.. A. Drown, of Waupaca, as clerk
and treasurer The moderator appoint
ed nominating committee and it later
moved that the temporary organization
be made permanent, which was carried.
The annual sermon, very strong expo
sition OF faith, was preached by Rev. h..
T. Proctor, of Waupaca.
The Wednesday afternoon session
was very interesting one, at which
time missions were thoroughly dis
cussed, and one of the best speakers!
was Rev. j. B. Thomas, .. d., of Chi
cago, u man of eloquence and deep in
sight into spiritual things. In the even
| ing the devotional and song service was
conducted by Neil Campbell, and fol-
lowing him c. B. Bird delivered q very
interesting address on THE Religious
and Civil Sabbath" The next speaker
was Rev. j. b. Thomas, who highly
complimented Mr.. Bird for his excel |
| lent address, after which he enraptured |
his audience with glimpses of spiritual |
truths which at times brought tears and
smiles by turns from his hearers.
On Thursday morning discussion of
Baptist principles was begun, and a
| limit of ten minutes was given to each |
speaker. The several phases of the sub
iect were presented in an able and COM
plete manner, and all attempts made |
| to befuddle and confuse the moderator |
met with a flat defeat. Never before |
! had so much life and business activity |
been put into the sessions of the associ- |
alton, and Dr. Wilson was warmly con-
graduated by many of the pastors for
his able handling of the reins. The |
moderator announced the appointment
of the following committees
Resolutions Rev H. F. Proctor,
Waupaca; Mrs. X. A. Meyers, Beuna
Vista; Rev. C. w. Powell, Plainfeld.
Missionary-C F. Stone, Wausau;
Rev. A. l.. Holden, Minocqua; Rev. N.
F. Clark, Stevens Point,
Sunday School-Deacon d. W. Ship
man, Manawa; Rev. S. Frieheit, Hazel |
hurst; Rev. X. A. Meyers, Beuna Vista,
Obituary-M. V. Royce, Merrill; Mrs.
Geo. Potter, Stevens Points Miss Stena
Larson, Waupaca.
| Place and Preacher-Rev. A. Fawcett, |
Wausau; Rev. E. Pickering, Merrill;
Rev, H. f. Proctor, Waupaca.
Thursday afternoon was given over
to the reports on foreign and home |
missionary work, followed by discus
sions for the betterment of the Associa. |
tional B. Y. p. o., which had been
allowed to drag somewhat. Rev. H. F.
Proctor, of Waupaca, was elected pres
ident of the Associational B. Y. p. U. |
The sessions of the convention were
brought to close at five O'Clock in the
afternoon, with the singing of "God Be
With You Till We Meet Again
The special vocal selections and Choir
uses furnished during the convention
were greatly enjoyed, and the enter
tainment of the guests was perfect in
comfort and -heartedness. The
next meeting of the association will be
held at Minocqua. and those who will
prepare the program for that occasion
are Rev. A. l.. Holden, of Minocqua; ID.
W. Shipman, of Manawa, and G. F.
Stone, of Wausau. The plan now is to
meet on the last Tuesday in June, 1901,
and hold a convention outing on the
lakes at Minocqua, remaining there
over the following Sunday.
Mrs. Staples will receive pupils for