Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-04-06
END OF THE MEETING.
Ministers and Laymen Of the Shenan
doah Baptist Association Adjournsl
to.Meet In MarksvilIe, Va, in
June.-Proceedings of


to.Meef In MarksvilIe, Va, I'm
June.-Proceedings of the
Meeting.
The meeting of the ministers and
Laymen of the Shenandoah Associa-
ton of the Baptist church. which has
been in progress. in the First Baptist
church in this city since Friday
evening, was concluded Sunday night.
The meeting was one of the most
pleasant and successful ever held by
the Association and the delegates
were loud in their ipraise of the way
in which they were treated during
their stay here and the management
of the meeting in general. Almost
all of them have returned to their
homes.
In the Sunday School in the morn
ing from ten to eleven O'Clock the
discussion of Sunday School work
was unusually fine. All the delegates
expressed themselves as being much
pleased with the Sunday School.
ouuudy dltCIhOOn a NCly
tic session was held, Rive. w. J. Hub
bard spoke on the Importance Of
Church Extension. He himself is
engaged in this work as Association
Evangelist for the Shenandoah AS
ISOLATION. Mr.. G. HI. Shipman spoke
about the Baptist Young Peoples
Union aud at his request the subject
was further discussed by Rev. L.. r.
Milbourn DIR. G.. +. Flippo and Rev.
T. S. Dunaway.
Mr.. Shipman is the Association
leader for the Baptist Young Peoples
Union of the Shenandoah Association.
Rev. N. o. Sewers and Rev. f. B.
Berkeley spoke on the subject Church
Discipline S%criptural Authority for
Aims and Methods.
Many of the delegates attended the
regular meeting of the B. Y. P. u.
in the evening at 6 80 O'Clock and
some of them spoke on the subject
of the evening-The Love of Souls.
The night session was about the
most interesting of the whole meet
ing. Rev. DIR. O. f. Flippo, of Phil
adelphia, delivered the principal adj
dress, followed by Rev. J. r. Brown
and Rev. Julius Broaddus, D. d. The
subject of Foreign Missions was gen.
orally discussed.
In closing the program the modera-
-, NJ n 1t Tnnnc raa6n q fpxu
remarks. He stated hat the meeting
had been a very enjoyable one to him,
that he appreciated the honor of pre-
siding over it and hat he felt that
all had derived a great deal OF benefit
fl ON the meeting.
Rev. l.. X. Milbourn spoke on be-
half of the delegates present about
the benefit that the meeting would
bring to the various churches of the
Association through the delegates.
DR.. Flippo arose with the remark
that he must say a few words about
the meeting. He stated that it had
been one of the most enjoyable series
of meetings he had ever attended in
all his life and that the next time a
meeting was held here he would make
every effort TO be present.
Mr.C H. Shipman, on behalf of
the delegates, extended to the church
the thanks of the body of the cordial
welcome and generous hospitality
that had been extended them during
their stay here.
The pastor of the church, Rev. T.
S. Dunaway, replied that the church
had looked forward with pleasure to
their coming and that their fondest
expectations had been realized. He
further stated that the church had
been greatly benefited, that the pray
ers of the congregation would follow
, the delegates to their homes and that
they would be perfectly welcome to
meet with them again.
The song BLESSED be the tie that
Binds was then sung, after which
the meeting closed with benediction
by Rev. Dunaway.
The Association %adjournd to meet
in the new church at Markesville,
Page county, Va, Saturday, June 30,
which church will be dedicated on
the following Sunday. A collection
of $40 was taken up Sunday morning
to aid Rev. Sewers in paying for the
new church building.
a Veterans st~ory.-George Lewis, Of Sha.