The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-21
BAPTISTS CELEBRATE
SILVER ANNIVERSARY
Columbia Associations An
nual Meeting Ends.
NEW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Nominations Approved by the AssOcia-
tion-Young Peoples Societies
and Churches Flourishing.

The annual meeting OF the Columbia
Association Of Baptist Churches. which
has been in session in the Fifth Bap-
fist Church, Six-and-a-half and Z
Streets southwest. for the past foUr
days. was brought 10 a close last even
ing with an animated discussion Of the
work Of the Young Peoples societies
The results Of the meeting have been
most satisfactory and show the soci-
cites and the Baptist churches. which
they represent. 10 be hourishing.
The newly elected moderator. Percy S
Foster, presided The report Of the com
mittee on nominatio|s was submitted
and adopted. Il provides a new execu-
tive committee as follows:
tia-Geouse Bowman, and z. B
Quackenbush.
Brookland-The Rev. H NJ. Geren. g
G. Lynch. and C. II. Etz.
Calvary-The Rev. s. II. Greene. Owen
P. Kenar. q. s. Foster. A. L. Swartwout
s W. Woodward. f. B. Curtis. J. H
Robinson. and ". :. Shallenberger.
j.
Binsted. and W d. Hall
East Washington Heights-The' Rev. J
W. Many. d. c. Fountain. and William
A. Harrison.
Fifth-The Rev. c. c. Meador. J. J
Darlington. r. A. Ford. Samuel Howl
son. Henry l. Stout.
First-The Rev. c. F. Winbigler. J. N
Crane: E. II. Jackson. R. r. West.
Grece-The Rev. W. N. Neyins. A c
Whitney. J. K. Bradley, Walter South
wick
Northumberland E. vrooman. c. P
Crunp-
KendaIl-The Rev. T. Outwater. Glen
r. Jones. T. Bray. c. A. Muddiman.
Maryland Avenue. F. Crane. r
Haynes
Metropolitan-The Rev. c. s. Williams
D. orc. Roberts. William Hatron. r. O.
Otterback.
Mount Tabor-Jared Hayden. W. N
RobeT-
Second-The Rev. f. Hez SVEN. NJ E
Jones, George B. Fugitt. B. a. Hender-
son. William H. Weber. Levi Meredith
TempIe-The Rev. J. J. Muir, F. A
Roderick. H. c. Johnson, William
Fletcher.
West Washingtou-The Rev. G. G.
Coleman. !. A. Phillips. A. H. soper
George f. Truett.
The report OF the committee OF
/ preachers and the place Of the mex
meeting was adopted. 1t, provides. fer
sermon by the Rev Dr. c. F. Winbigler
pastor Of the First Baptist Church an,
/ designates the Second Baptist Church al
the meeting place. The report OF th,
committee 20 nominate a new ecuca
tional board submitted the following lis
Of members. who we're chosen by IN,
convention: The Rev. G. s. Williams
the Rev. J. W. Many. George E Truett
r II. Stiokney. ". A. Wilbur. r. 4
/ Ford F. A. Roderick. J. r. Bradley
and c. Powell Grady.
The committee on obituaries reporte,
the demise OF over sixty members OF IN,
society during the past year.
most interesting feature of the re
port OF the Women's Baptist Mission
airy Association, was an able address b7
Miss NewcOmb. a recently returned mis-
sionary from India.
The report OF the committee on svs.
tematic beneficence and OF the commit.
tee on the payment Of mortgage indebt.
ness, submitted at the afternoon ses
sion. showed that curing the past twS
years the total Indebtedness Of all o
the churches has been reduced from
/ over $50, 900 TO about g 600
Following these reports the session
was given over 10 a celebration OF tn,
] twenty-fifth anniversary OF its forma
Z lion. Addresses were made BY the Rev
I j. ). Muir. pastor OF the Temple Baptis
I Church, and by a number OF lay mem
T bers OF the association Al the couclu
/ sion OF the addresses an Offering. in III,
nature OF a thank Offering 10 God TO
| the renewed manifestation Of his love II
subduing thu winds and keeping miI
/ the weather 10 view Of the scarcity O
| fuel, was taken
The evening session was presided owe
/ by owen 2. Kelly. The report Of N,
1 committee on young peoples work show
/ ID that all OF the societies OF the vari
| Gus churches were in thriving condt
I ton