The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-17

Many Reports Heard-Addresses De-
Hvered.
the Baptists who are holding their an
nual convention in the Calvary Bap-
fist church in this city, The first ses-
! sion of the day was the second session
of the Young Peoples Baptist union,
which convened at S:45 o'clock. The
election of officers took place and re-
| suited as follows:
President, Rev Herbert E. Wise,
Norwich; first vice president, George
D. Gould, Rockville; second vice presi-
dent, Rev. f. II. Gates, Winsted; Sec
rotary, Andrew B. Davis, Norwich;
treasurer, Charles p. Walker, New
| Haven.
Following the election of officers
there was discussion on the topic
| from 1.-The Need of the Hour" from
four points of view, namely, Devotion
ally, A. A. Day, New Britain Educa-
tionally, Rev II. e. Wise, Norwich;
Socially, Charles r. Walker, New Ha-
ven; Financially Charles f. Whitney,
| Norwich.
The meeting then adjourned and was
followed by the opening session of the
| Connecticut Baptist convention. The
address Of welcome was given by W..
H. Douglass and was followed by a re-
Spouse by the president William Fl.
Grippin The nomination of committees
| then took place and this was followed
by the annual sermon delivered by
Rev. F. G. McKeever of New London.
The report of the board of trustees
was then presented and showed a sat
isfactory condition of the conventions
activity, although the report of the
treasurer showed an indebtedness of
S, $50. This will be made up it is ex-
pected before the convention adjourns.
This report was followed by the cleo
ton of officers and it resulted as fol-
| lows:
| President, Carnot o. Spencer of
Hartford first vice president, the Rev.
T. w. Nicholson of Bridgeport; second
vice president Adams P. Carroll of
| Norwich secretary, the Rev. P. S.
Evans of Torrington; treasurer, Will
liam F. Walker of New Britain, audi
tor Alfred Spencer, jr., of Hartford.
The nominating committee reported
the following nominations:
Committee on nominations-Hon J.
w Manning. Hon. j. LIE Howard,
Deacon Robert Palmer, Pierce N.
/ WEIGH, Rev. Frank Dixon, Rev. ]. 0.
Herr, Rev. A. X. Foster.
Committee on enrollment--Rev. G. c.
Same, Rev c. C. Smith, Rev. G. o..
Reid, Rev. A. B. Todd, Rev. F. D Lud-
dington
Committee on resolutions-Rev.
George M. Stone, Rev. F. Fl. Gates, Rev.
]. A. Elder Rev. w. Fl. Fielding, Rev.
A. w. Hand.
Committee on place and preachers
Rev j. H. Strong, Rev. l.. o. Brooks,
Rev. T. A. Hanna.
There was offering and later prayer
followed by adjournment about 1
o'clock.
The Womans Baptist Foreign Mis-
sionary society met after the adjourn
ment of the regular morning session
and heard very able address by Miss
Helen Neweomb.
The afternoon session was an impor-
tant one and included addresses on the
report of the board by the following:
| Rev. J. S. Lyon, Rev. B. u. Hatfield,
Rev. p. DeCarlo, Rev. M. Mazzuca,
Rev G. A. Schlipf and the Rev. T. A.
T. Hanna. The report of the commit
| tee on the state of religion in the
| church was then heard and it showed
most encouraging work. The report
was accepted There was an open dis
cussion and at o'clock the session adj
| journed.
| The third session of the convention
| opened at 1870 o'clock last night with
devotional exercises, followed by a very
interesting address by Rev. Frank
Dixon of Hartford on Connecticut as
| a Mission Field" This address was
followed by one on the subject, "Our
Duty to EvangeliZe Foreign Popula-
ton" by the Rev. r. A. Ashworth of
Meriden This address was also a very
interesting one The session adjourned
ia $3.50 and will reconvene at 8 o'clock
this morning.
The convention will come to a close
with the afternoon session to-day and
the last thing on the programme will
be an address by President James NJ
Taylor of Vassar college.
The convention has been one of the
most successful ever held by the Bap-
fist association and great praise is due
to the members Of the local churches
for the way in which the meetings have
bear rrin1 n,It