The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-01
BAPTIST CONVENTION.
DOMINIC ANNUAL MEETING.
 NEK HAVEN DISTRICT.
Held in Broad Street Church. Meriden-- Marks seventy-Ninth. Anniversary of the Association.

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 The seventy-ninth anniversary of the New Haven Baptist association will be held in Meriden at the First Baptist church, Broad street, on two days, oc- tober and 6. It will be meeting of importance as representatives of churches between the Connecticut river and Waterbury and New Haven and Meriden, to the number of two or three hundred, will be there They will be entertained at the homes of the parish toners of the local church.
 Every church in the association is entitled to send one delegate for every one hundred members and a delegate for each Sunday school The members of the Ladies' society of the First Bap tist church will prepare meals for tho visitors and serve them in the basemen of the church. The list of speakers for the conference includes some of the best known and most brilliant clergy men of the Baptist denomination in the state.
 The meeting will open Wednesday morning. October 5, at half-past nine, with devotional service by Rev. T. A. T. Hanna. At ten o'clock will come the report of the programme committee, ap- pointment of committee on nonina- tions, report of treasurer, welcome to new pastors and letter Of the enter taining church. Rev. E. w. Stone. of New Haven, will preach the annual sermon at half-past ten After the reading of letters from churches there will be two addresses: Has the Assoei- ation Any Responsibilities for the Fee bier Churches Within its Territories?'' by Rev. w. D. Mckinney of Ansonia and Rev. c. Fl. Hands If Cromwell. I At half-past one Wednesday after noon tho Woman's Home Mission soci- ety will assemble for its annual meet 1 ing. At half-past two the association { will reassemble to hear the reading of letters rfon churches and the report of 1 the committee on new churches. At 1 sr45 the report of the committee on the state of religion will be read, Rev. w. 1 V.s Gray, chairman, of Southington. l The discussion will be led by Rev. A. I D. Harris, Of Meriden, and Rev. B. F, Hurlbut of Yalesville Rev. Frederick Lent, of the First Baptist church, of New Haven will deliver an address, Biblical Instruction Function of the Church. at 4:45.
 Wednesday evening there will be a f public meeting. Rev. A. E,. Harris will { lead the praise and devotional service which will De followed by address by < Rev VIC. Thomas, of Essex. and Rev Oscar Haywood. D. D., of Waterbury, on What Change, if Any, Is Demand ed in the Prayer Meeting ?' There will also be the address Evangelism" by Rev. w A. Spinney, of Wallingford
 The exercises Thursday morning will be ais follows: Devotional service, re port of the committee on the future en- tertainment of the association, report 4 df the committee on benevolence and 3I the report of the committee on mission. ary and denominational literature There will also be two missionary ad. dresses by Rev, w. E. Witter, D. D., oi Boston, and Miss Charlotte w Hazel. wood, of Boston.
 The last session, Thursday afternoon will open at half-past one with a meet ling of the Woman's Foreign Missiona. " society. Addresses will be delivered by Mrs J. B. Kent of Putnam, state secretary and Miss Emily M. Hanna, oi Burmah. The following programme will be observed during the remainder of the session. Report of the committee on young peoples work, report of the committee on Bible schools, report oi the committee on obituaries, report oi < the committee on credentials, report ot the committee on resolutions and the report of the committee on place and preachers.
 I Rev. Robert A. Ashworth, of the First