The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-10-17
BAPTIST
STATE CON-
VENTION
The Report of Official Board
and recommendations.

PORTLAND, Oct. 1.-THE Oregon Bap.
tst State Convention convened for Tn,
10th annual session last evening, at tn,
Second Baptist Church, with Rev. A. j
Hunsaker in the chair.
RspOrt of the Board.
The most important report was the re.
port of the board read by George X.
Varney, corresponding secretary. 1t
was in part as follows:
During the past year your board has
lost three Of its most valuable members.
March 22, Deacon II. NJ. Clinton was
called up higher to hear the well done
that awaits the faithful.
august l, Rev. Ray Palmer, for five
years pastor Ct the church in which we
are convened, and member of this
board and of its executive committee,
left US, having accepted the pastorate Of
the church at Chillicothe. Mo and a
little later Rev. A. EJ. sturtevant, for
three years pastor of the church at
Albany, and member of this board, re-
turned to California TO be nearer his
family. The place sof Brother Clinton on
the board was fled by the election Of
James Edmunds, at the semi-annual
meeting of the board, April "a, he TO
hold Office until this annual meeting.
The places of Bros. Palmer and
Sturtevant have been left vacant.
"Our 30 different missionaries have
labored 1897 weeks, during which time
they have preached 1859 sermons at
their 33 churches and 10 out-stations,
have baptized 2l7 persons and received
25i by letter and experience. At the
close Of the first quarter the member
ship OF our mission churches was 1916,
and at the close OF the year il is but
1878; notwithstanding the AL additions
but the churches are far stronger, be-
cause nonresident members have been
cut off and their places filled with
new converts and active Chris
tians. lnthe Corvallis association alone
nearly lC0 have been baptized, and the
majority Of trem have been won through
the faithful preaching of our association.
al missionary, @, F. Bailey, and in this
refreshing shower our mission churches
have shared. All but six of our mis-
sionaries report at least one baptism,
and most Of them report several. We
believe that in every case the fault is !
not with the pastor, but with conditions
OF which we know nothing, Com
paratiyely few OF our churchs
have had a revival but this
this is not exceptional in their case. Not
a church in the state has been visited by
an old'time revival. When it is remem.
bered that there have been but 1872 bap.
tisms the past year in all Of the English
speaking churches in our convention, and
that 2l7 of these have been in our mis-
sion churches We have reason 10 rejoice
that the money we are investing in our
mission churches is giving up larger re-
turns than an equal amount invested
anywhere else in the stats.
"Meeting-hous have been dedicated |
at The Dalles and at Burns. A beautiful |
parsonage has been built at Newberg,
and an old house has been purchased |
for parsonage at Burns. A belfry has
been built at Adams and bell secured. |
Montavilla also has new bell. For
repairs and improvements the different
churches have paid $500. The table
presented herewith will show other work
done, and convince the most skeptical
that most Of our pastors have labored
faithfully and conscientiously, and with
gratifying results.
:. According to a London correspondent
ha Amaripan Sociat,, Ia -. 80. |