Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-20
THE BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION

rar missions. delyerd 253 -ermoss asl
Gsh5,@ RELIGIOUS addresses. wi nc.-Fd
more than 80 professions Of eenvr-
ton ander i: :s..s::::..st:y, baptized tife@
seven of the<,' and to OH haa"1I@r=
lvora than thirty wcre received 10 d
baptized by pastors.
I.asr %e9f W. made q report of rI
,rtoor rF.s~ior vortz which VIZ
hi4hly complimentary to some Of our
pastors. We re=rst tbat W. COW
make his rs~e~f his year. : ,.s.=
bar Of cur pastor eaeas. e.. - tiz
work lHt#si:} ne1 eef.a= - rse9ft~
tine TO have 'hem a40.ate.l v
wish. howee +. t. malze pecia1 mon
taa of Brcthren I. C. aifl5- {. I
Walker s. \ Rfea, al f!5efx Pm
lips. who al mgase# sue'4 report which
SHOW lhai tha1 bad done SOM eeo4
work wi5Heut eez} to yoar board O1-
Ing to The failure of ofhr reports 10
reach the office IN ttme for this labla
IL be mad. up. we eve no sla is1ies
in this apartment.
t will be seen from fhe statistical
t@hle If missionary labor hat seven
houses Of Worship have Eeen bull and
ciel.iasn churches have been organ
izaa. III some cases whore buildings
have h,.sn= erected our people havo
shown spirit of salf reliance which
is worthy of emulation. Tn cmGrcnes
ard their respec i've communities
have chosen to carry their own bur
denS rather than transfer them TO
other shoulders. Yet in some cases.
there have been worthy and most ur-
GENT appeals to Your board fer aid
which it could not render as 10 money
for this purpose has been entrusted
to il. Grateful mention should ba
made cf the fact that our home mis-
sion board has given aid in some wor-
thy cases. AS in other respects, this
especial feature Of the hone boards
ork cOmmneis il to IT'S and iustifes
large increase in con .ributions to
it.
Among the churches organized that
at IeXarkana should bs. mentioned in
TINS report. For some time ii has
been obvious 10 those who have been
familiar with the conditions in this
rapidly growing city on our western
border that Baptist church was nee
e>sary in that part Of if which nos
Gn the Arkansas side of ,hn state limo.
and which includes the best residence
and most rapidly growing portion of
til" city. The missionary secretary
1dade several visits and hold several
conferences with Dir. O. l.. HALEY, pa.
ter Of the First Baptist church. and
others. In these conferences CON
Nle5lon was reached that church
ought to BE- organized When the
time was riDa for the work to begin
ard other duties claimed the attcn-
ton of the secretary, the services of
Secretary Harvey BeauchamD, of the.
|unday school board, were secured.
t.. board Stunning his support for
TIE period covered by his labors. hence
his name in the list of missionaries.
Bro. Beauchamp planned with great
wisdom and worked faithfully and at
he end of his laborS the church wa
III its own quarters, with a property
worth 100000 a membership OF
eighty y-threo and ready to call pas.
tcr Especial mention should be
made in this connect ion of Bro Geo.
w. Bottoms, who helped the cause by
"lSe counsel and large libcraliv. To
enable the church to secure the services
OF suitable man for the highly i'm.
bortant field then opened, the board
made an appropriation to the, church
at the ra+a of $500 per annun.. Rev.
n. B. Okalley was called from an inn
:'li oli' ldSttl tlSe Ill itIdHtd, Nd. ana
he's been on the field three months and
a half. AS indicative Of the wisdom
o this enterprise, and of Brother
okelley's efficiency, we refer to the
fact that the church has already re-
tuFred to your board in missionary
coHtributions $3S1.S3. thus in the fir
'~ar OF It's history. placing itself in
tho list OF large givers. No church
in tho state has brighter future or
i more awake tc all the interests of
TINS convention and the affairs Of
hriet's kingdom
Particular Aspects of Our Work.
!. Foreign missions. There is no
inc