The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-12
COLORED BAPTlSTS.
The Third Days Session Of the Lincoln
Association


Association
There remainS, but one day more for the
NoIh Of the association and tile thirty.htth
annual session Of the oldest negro Baptist
district organization in Texas will have
passed into history Promptly at $50
o'clock Moderator 4. L. Sledre called the
association to order. Rev. A. B. Rivers OF
BelllilC read the tenth chaptcr Of Romans
and odercd prayer The audience sang
blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine" Min
ults read ana approved the house At once
W"crc1'd t. business, Letter reading from
tle local chm cheS lasted an hour.
Following committee on new churches
WAS appointed ). w r Cole VI WI
lilms, P. II Collier J. d. Young. Z Vi
Wight communication from the con
gIu gallon at Temple which recently lost IT'S
house of worship by ire requesting aid fos
the rebuilding of the church. was referred
to the committee on appropriation.
Tho hour n II o'clock having been pie
y!cusly named for the hearing at the annual
address of tho moderator oil departments
were called together Rev H. NJ WiIian,,
Of sherman presided at this hour The fol
lowing visitors We're invited to tho plat
form Revs. J. J. Blackshear, Indianapolis,
Ind; President u. Abncr OF Guadalupe col
ieCe Sccuin; W. II Logan, 7. f. of Metho-
dist Episcopal church, Houston district: :.
" r. cole, Galveston Il NJ. Wright moder-
ntor South reNas association. g. w.
smith evangelist; p Fl Collier. moderator
s. ". { association, H. r Johnson, pastor
local church; c, II Smith, editor Head
light y. Digs, president Of state SUNDAY
Of Herald, Austin; s. Q Rhodes Bastrop
The audience. led by Rev, A. y. SHELTON,
sang Leaning on the Everlasting Arms.
The moderator having been received by
the audience, read the address which con
sisted Of about $500 words.
Tho document was an exhaustive treatise
on every phase of the denominational work,
Z at al
cinl recommendations Of he address were
ms follows: |. That $50 he appropriated
for the new building at Guadalupe college
. A missionary he employed Tor all Of his
| time g. That the association he chartered
Tho reports Of officers followed In order
and were adopted Revs. d, j, Johnson,
| W II. Logan and j, j Blacksnear maze
! rointed md practical addresses The re
nn"rts of Yesterday In the case of the chal-
! longing Of the letter Of the Independent
! church should have read the Bethel church
/ Of Calvert. - ,,.,,.
unanimously adopted increasing the taxa
| tion per capita to p cents
! The election Of Officers followed Modrr'
ator. A. l.. slcdge Of Chappell Hill; vice
moderator. r. c. Colmau % Cameron: re-
cordinr secretary. G. A. Taylor; assistant
secretary. w S Barber; corresponding sec
rotary. /, L. Campbell Of Austin; treasurer:
! II ~ Colman of Calvert, Additional board
members: S. w. r, Cole, P. n. Humber
collection ms n donation 10 the Herald
was taken by Dr. L. i. Campbell Of Avs
tin. N, s,.r, ,r.,,tod enc
! evening sermon to n crowded house ana q
trce Uill Offering was taken for general pur
| noses Tho annual sermon 10 the woman
nnonyon,Ion wns preached by Rev. f. NJ
Wright In the 81. Mathew church
THE woMAN's CONVENTION.
This department had very brilliant
onAn,nr NJ o'clock. Mrs Rosa Davis Lee
short prayer service and then proceedet
N dispatch business. Reports of commit
tees on temperance, missions, obituary AM
eaucStion reported, all of which wer'
adopted \, w,t,.r,s ~ IN,
SAL mission work spoke az IL o'clock NJ
ne ,,RelatIon OF the Woman's Missionnr!
snoiaties 10 the state Missionary Work.
prof. ]. ID. I'm of Calvert discussed ~
s,hiect Of The Influence OF Women u
Tearhinr children" 80 =,
Mrs Rosa Lewis read strong paper OF
.,The Trne Missionary Woman"
nTi.ers were elected as follows' Presi
dent, Mrs. NJ f. Henderson vice president
Mrs ID c. Staples: recording secretary
Miss 7 sledge; assistant secretary MIS-
HNs Randall: corresponding secretary
| ,, Tucts r. treasurer, Mrs. T.. Wright