The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-26
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL CONVENTION TO BE
HELD IN RAINIER.
Many Delegates are Going from
Montgomery Churches to the
Annual Meeting Which AS
sembles Tomorrow.

The FIVE Baptist Churches of Montgom-
cry will be represented by large delega-
tons at the annual convention of the
Montgomery Baptist Association to be
held in the Baptist Church at Ramer be-
ginning Wednesday morning at $3.50
O'clock and continuing throughout FRI
day.
The Montgomery delegates viii leave
for Ramer on a Plant System railroau
train at $50 o'clock wednesday morning
The Montgomery Baptist Association
embraces twenty-one churches located In
the three counties of Montgorhery. Ill
more and Lowndes. All Of the churches
except four or FIVE are In Montgomery
County. The Association meets once
every year. Last year 1t. met In the
Baptist Church at Fort Deposit.
The following are the delegates who
will represent the Baptist churches Of
Montgomery. at Kramer.
First Baptist Church-Rev. C. A. Stake
iy, Rev. w: j. Elliott, Rev. George h.
Brewer. M. Cody. w. B. Davidson. j. e..
Harris, Lewis Nickel, B. r. Yarbrough.
H. l.. Yeiverton. H. w. Parrish, Make
Pepperman, Paul f. Dix, L. Lassiter.
Dr. B. p. Ivey and @. G. Miles.
Adams Street Baptist Church-S. b.
sightIer. J. w. Powell, A. #. Frazer
and w. L. Chandler.
Clayton Street Baptist church--Rev.
H. w. Provence and George w. Ellis. =
South Side Baptist Church-Rev. d. r.
Lee.
The West End Baptist Church will be
represented at the meeting.
Each church in the Association is en-
titled to a delegation of twenty MEM
bers. Although 1t Is improbable that any
of the churches In the Association will
send that number of delegates to the
convention, should other members of the
Baptist churches In the Association at
tend the convention they would be re-
corded as delegates until the number OF
delegates from one church reached
twenty.
The Ladies' Missionary Union Of the
Baptist Association will meet on Wed
nesday, the first day of the convention
The following is the program OF the
meeting of the Association:
Wednesday.
$50 a. m-Devotional exercises, led By
A. ]. Brooks
1o:Oe-cail to order, by the Mode
rator: enrollment of messengers; election
of officers; call for petitfonary letters; re-
ceive correspondents and visitors
l1:00-Introductory sermon, by D. u
Cats: appointment of committees. so \
$50 d. m.-Devotional exercises, led b,
j. G. Harris
Observation-Disclosures business
s:0o-Report on aged ministers by D. j
Cats; discussion by Ray Rushton and
others.
s:3o-Report on new and weak churches
by j, r. McLendon; discussion by w. j
Elliott and others.
4:oo-Report on UNCONVENTIONAL ntera
ture by A. F. Dix; discussion by 8. ID
Provence and others.
s:OO-Deyotional exercises, LED by n
H. Hudson.
s.1AReport on Woman's Work. by j
a. shelton; discussion by George II
Brewer and others.
s15-Report on temperance by WIFI
Chandler: discussion by H. r. Schramn
and others.
Thursday.
800 a. m.-Devotional exercises. led b
$50 a. m.-Report on State Missions. D.
A. J. Preston.
Report on Home Missions. by A. ]
| Brooks.
Report on Foreign Missions. by c. A
Stakely
Discussion by w. B. Crumpton an
others. -,
1889 a. m.-Missionary Sermon. by H
w. Provence.
2:SO o. m.-Devotional exercises. led b.
A. H. Eubank
2;45 D. m.-Miscelianeous business.
800 D. m.-Report on Denominations
Education, by George Z. Brewer.
Discussion by II. J. Willingham an
4 representatives Of the Howard and tn
| Judson. 49,.
400 q. m.-Report on Ministerial Educa
ton, by H. w. Provence.
| Discussion by d. P. Lee and others
| 500 o. m.-Devotional exercises. led b
v. II. Bell.
s:l5 y. m.-Sermon, by w. J. Elliott.
s:45 D. m.-Report on b. Y. p. u, b
F.. e. Gresham
Discussion by Paul F. Dix and others.
Friday.
| 800 a. m.-DevotioEal exercises led b
z. Z. Gresham. ,t-eo ~
$50 a. m.-Report on Sunday Schools. b
w. B. Davidson.
Discussion by NJ. Cody and others.
10:15 a. m.-Report on Orphanage, b
w. ]. Elliott.
Discussion by ]. w. Stewart and otherI
Hoo a. m.-Sermon by j. A. jenkins.
1l:45 a. m.-Reports of special commit
tees.
Report of Treasurer.
Miscellaneous business.
The Baptists of the Montgomery Dill
trict are manifesting much interest
the meeting and no doubt large crow
| will gather at Ramer.