Evening star., 1901-11-22
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.
Standing Committees Announced and
Annual Reports Received.

Annual Reports Received.
The mornings session Of Columbia Bap-
tist Association yesterday was mostly taken
up in the routine business. The standing
committees were announced and a report
Of the committee on application of new
churches, Mr.. A. C. Whitney, chairman, was
rendered.
Columbia Baptist Church of Georgetown
was received into membership In the asso-
citation.
Mrs. Waterbury, president of the Wo-
mems Foreign Missionary Society of Bos-
ton, returned missionary, gave a very
interesting talk on the conditions in India.
where she spent long term.
The committee on preacher and place of
next meeting made its report through the
chairman. Mr.. George F. Thompson 1t was
decided that Rev. Edward B. Pollard should
deliver the sermon, with Rev. C. c. Cole
man as alternate, the meeting to be held in
the Fifth Baptist Church.
A report was read from the committee on
systematic beneficence, which showed the
mortgaged Indebtedness of the association
in 1900 amounted to $4,000. OF this amount
the committee raised $4,000 and the
churches were to raise the balance The
committee is to pay the amount pledged
by 1t In quarterly payments. the first of
which was paid on July 1, 1901, amounting
to S6,267. To this the different churches ad-
ded their share, 5000, making a total of
sl2267. 1t was prophesied by Mr.. W. S.
Sballenberger that by next year all of the
churches of the Baptist denomination in
this city will be free of membranes.
committee was appointed, upon recon-
mendatlon of the centennial celebration
committee, to arrange for a centennial
meeting to be held on or about March Z,
1902 for the purpose of commemorating the
anniversary of the founding of the Baptist
cause in the District of Columbia. The fol-
lowing committee was appointed: Messrs.
e. b. Pollard. D. A. Chambers j. J. Dar-
llngton, William Fletcher and R. NJ Hem
derSon. A resolution was adopted deploring
the tragic death of President Mckinley and
expressing profound qualification that Pres
fdent Roosevelt is Christian man of ex-
emplary character.
The report of the committee on young
peoples work was read by the chairman,
Mr.. o. P. Kellar. followed by ten-minute
addresses. by Rev. c. S. Mason of Los An
geles, Cal, who spoke on Christian En-
deayor Work on the Pacific Coast" Rev. c.
Z: Coleman, pastor of West Washington
Church. on Young Soul Winners" and
Rev. c. H. Braden, on THE Great Need Of
Activity Among Young Christians"
AT the conclusion of conservation services
conducted by Mr.. Percy s. Foster, the
meeting adjourned to meet next year at the
Fifth Baptist Church.
The report of the Baptist Home of the
District of Columbia was read at the after
noon session Wednesday. This report
showed that the 81 500 asked for at the la ST
meeting of the association, the money to be
devoted to the erection of a dormitory
building had been pledged by the different
churches and that all but $50 had been COL
lected. The report showed the present in
debtedness to be approximately $4,000.
Inc committee on obituaries presented its
report, in which it was noted that there had
been seventy-six deaths during the past
year The names Of the members who had
passed away were read and prayer was sub
sequently offered.
The treasurer reported that the amount
on hand was $222. Il. the total expenditures
for the year being 81, 34S.37 and the receipts
S2,51.5S.
A long list of members of the executive
BOARD was submitted by the committee des-
fgnated to suggest appointments.
The first proposed amendement to the con-
stitutlon was accepted, and the second one
was rejected.
ReV- Howard Wayne Smith of the Full
ton Avenue Church, Baltimore. delivered a
very interesting address on Sunday schoo!
work Wednesday.