The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-02
Five Churches Will Come To- gether in Exercises to be Held at Auditorium Friday Evening--lu- tereSting Program
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The white Baptists of Montgomery are preparing tor an immense union gather iilg at the Auditorium Friday evening No- semper q.
 Inns meeting will be unique in the his tory Of Montgomery. The Baptists. at least, have never had such q gathering s4nce the early days when they mad only one oongresauon Tn the city. People or lnls uenvmInauon nave been dweinng In the County Or Montgomery ever since the second aecaoe of ,ne last century but they naa no organization in what ls now the city of Montgomery until the year lkxy. In that year congregation was formed which, upon it's reorganization in lxsz, became what Is now known as the S1rst baptist Church, m whose pas torate some Of the best known and apiest men of the denomin2tion have lapored Ine denomination wnlcn mas always hao an honored history i9 the city, had grown so rapidly by the middle of the century that somewhere in the tifties 1t was found desirable to form a second congregation, the body now known as the Adams Street Church. This second body. a daughter of the first, has gone hand in hand with the first in religious work, but not many IcdEs Cl8R1So dlttE OfkdHl<dhiSA pc- fore 1t was discovered that two churches of the denomination ,were not adequate to the srowing denominationsl needs. So, in due course of time and as the city grew and the work of the den0mina- ton progressed other local organizations came into existence.
 Taking them in the order of thar con- stitution they are the Clayton Street Church, the South Montgomery now Southside Church, and the West End Church. all hopeful and growing interests that are becoming more and more en- trenched in the affections of their con stituents.
 Now the members of these five churches and all friends who worship with them and support their work, are expecting to meet together around an interesting pro- gram in the place and at the time sug- gested. No cards will be sent out, but in this and other general ways an invitation is extended to all members of the churches. all Baptists in the city not con- nected with these churches. and all friends of the denomination who wor- ship with these churches.
 The specific purposes of the reunion have been stated in the Calendar of the First Baptist Church as follows:
 '"Ehe pastors of our lives churches are 0lAnUlnK lOI A HTdnu TCuthVh OA thC white Baptists of Montgomery in the near future The evening of the 7th of No- vember will be the time and the Audfto- rum will be the place. The purpose will be acquaintance, fraternity and unity. For once in our history let us all get to- gether.. There will be no admission fee, no collection and no refreshments. All we shall have to do will be to mark the evening and be present. President and Mrs. Patrick of the Judson Institute. President and Mrs. Montague. of Howard College. Editor and Mrs. Barnett of The Alabama Baptist, Secretary Crumpton of the State Board of Missions. and Super intendent and Mrs. Stewart of the Or phanage at Evergreen, the representa- tives of our five great interests, will be present. We want every Baptist in Mont gomery present old and young, rich and poor strong and 'lame well and sick. A program of great interest. social. musical and literary, will be furnished"
 The program prepared for the occasion is as follows:
 7:3o o'clock-social half hour; instru- mental music. 8 o'clock-Meeting called to order. |. 1. Prayer by Rev. D. P. Lee, pastor Southside Church. 9 Introductory statement by Rev. c. A. stakely. D. D.. pastor of First Bap- tist Church.
 Music. -= s:20 o'clock-Dr. Gregory presiding:
 l. Address (five minutes). by Rev. W. B. Crumpton, D. D., Corresponding Sec retary of the State Board of Missions.
 ?. Address five minutes), Rev. R. c. Patrick, D. D.. President of Judson In- stitute.
 s:sO o'clock-Address (thirty minutes) he nf Early Baptists." Andrew P. Montague Ph. D., IL. D., President of Howard Col lege.
 g o'clock-Music.
 l. Address five minutes), by Dev. J. D. Stewart, Superintendent of the Alabama Baptist Orphanage.
 2. Address Give minutes), by Rev. Frank Willis Barnett. Editor of The Southern and Alabama Baptist.
 3. Benediction, by Rev. J. A. Jenkins. pastor West End Church
 9:15 to 9:45 o'clock-Music and social.
 It can be seen from the program that the central feature of the evening will be the address by President Montague, who Is regarded as one of the most elo- Quent of the sons of his denomination.
 The pastors of the churches, Drs. Stake ly and Gregory and Rev. Messrs. Prov ence, Lee and Jenkins are laboring dili- gently to have all their people present.
 In view of the approaching reunion The Advertiser presents herewith the list of officers and members of the five Bap- tist Churches of Montgomery. which list embraces the name of every Baptist ir the city:
 The First Baptist Church was organ ized in 1929, reorganized in 1892 and stands constituted today with the following of ficers and members:
 Officers.
 Pastor-cherles Averette stakely A.
 Deacons-J. c. stratford, T. L. Jones. W. B. Davidson, Michael Cody, w. E. Pierce, Lewis Nickel. William Gamble, G. G. Miles, Joseph Norwood.
 Cierk-Maxie D. Pepperman
 Assistant Clerk-Paul F. Dix.
 Treasurer-G aorge c. Niles.
 Superintendent of Sunday school-Ml- chael Cody.
 The roll of memb srship IS as follows:
 Mrs. Addie Aboott. J. A. Adams. Mrs. J. A. Adams, Mrs. Fannie Aids, S. L. Irvine Alexander, Albert Alexander, Mrs. E MerIweathef Alexander, Mrs. Pearl Allen, Mrs. E. L. Alley, Mrs. Laura J. Alley, Thomas Alley. Miss Kate Alley, Miss Vesta Anderson, Miss Mary A. An derson. Mss Belle Anderson. Mrs. Evit Anderson, Miss Minnie L. Anderson Mrs Annie H. Anderson, James T. Andrew Mrs Lucy Andrew, Mrs. Carrie P. As hurst, Miss Mabel Clare Ashurst, Geo. H F. Austlne, Mrs Mary Austine, Adrian Avent, Eugene Ballard, Mrs. Eugene Ballard. Miss Agnes c. Barclay. W. II Barnes, Mrs. w II. Barnes, Mrs. z. J Barnett. Miss Ellie Barnett, Miss Matte Lucky Barnett, Mrs. H. A. Barnett, Miss Mary O. Bartlett, Mrs. Willie C. Barrett Mrs. Mamie Mae Bartlett. J. F. Barton