The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-05-25
BAPTISTS CONVENE
FIRST ANNUAL MEETING WAS
SUCCESS.
hsSemblage Conspicuous by Presence
Of Prominent UNCONVENTIONAL
Workers.

Tho irst annual meeting of the
Umatilla Baptist Association closed
yesterday AFTERNOON at 4 O'Clock after
a three days session. Delegates were
in attendance from churches in Ath-
ena, Weston, Adams, Helix, EchoPen-
dleton and New Home. The sessions
were interesting and were b eld in
I'll First Baptist church in this city.
In addition to the delegates and
pastors in attendance, the association
bad the inspiring presence of Rev. W.
b. Pope, the new general missionary
Oregon; James Edmunds, Sunday
school missionary; Rev. A. l.. Wads-
worth, ileld representative for the
PaciIic Baptist, aud Miss Carrie o.
Millsplugh, representative of the
women and Baptist young people of
Oregon. The sessions revealed a
marked advance in the work of the
Baptist denomination in Umatilla
county.
About the best report heard in the
association was that from the Athena
Baptist church, OF which Rev. Geo.
L. Ellis is pastor. One year ago this
church was considered blank, in re-
lation to work in the denomination,
but now it has grown in strength and
efficiency until it is self supporting,
out of debt and is welding power
of influence in Athena.
There is not space in these col
umns to give full report. Among
the special features that characterizes
the meetings could be mentioned the
banquet IN the Methodist church,
which was prepared and served by the
ladies of that church, in a manner
pleasing to all. Sixty four were at
the banquet. The toasts and speakers
were as follows:
Turning on the Ozone," j. II.
Beaven.
'Behind the Scenes could Tale
Unfold" James Edmunds.
"Why l am such an Awful Baptist,
A. L. Wadsworth.
"Ranch Religion" L. E. Penland.
b. Y. P. W., N. B. Pope.
"Umatilla Association From an
Airship in 191O," P. S. Rogers.
''Our Boys and Girls" Miss Carrie
Millspaugh.
"Our Methodist Sisters" Mrs.
Thomas Chandler.
Remarks by by Rev. John Evans.
At the close of an interesting ses-
sion in which Miss Mills paugh spoke
on young peoples work, Mrs. G. L..
Hall was appointed as delegate from
the association to the international
convention of the Baptist Young Peo-
pies Union of America, to be held
July 1915, at Omaha.
The next meeting of the association
will be held in Pendleton. in 1907,
beginning the 3rd Tuesday in May.
Before adjournment the following
officers are elected: Moderator, Frank
X. Welles; Assistant Moderator w.
w. Harrah; Treasurer, J. T. Liuallen I;
Clerk, G. l.. Hall.
The following is the program as fol-
lowed out during the sessions of the
association:
Tuesday, May %, 2p. m.
Devotional services.
Reading of the Minutes.
Reading of the Constitution.
Reading of Church letters.
3 p. m. Address, Religious Aspects
of Childhood, James Edmunds.
$40 Question Box, Sunday School
Problems, BY James Edmunds.
4:30 Appointment of Committees.
4:40 Adjournment.
1880 Devotional and Song Service.
500 Annual Sermon, p. S. Rogers.
Wednesday.
900 a. m. Devotional Services.
0:30 The Pacific Baptist, A. l.. Wads-
worth.
1000 The Baptist Publication So
ciety, James Edmunds.
10:30 The Missionary Union.
1900 The State Convention, W. b.
Pope.
1880 Adjournment,
Up. III. Devotional Services. Speak
ers w. w. Harrah, g. L. Hall.
$3.50 Womans Hour. Leader Miss
Carrie 0. Millspaugh,
4:40 Adjournment.
1880 Devotional Services.
500 Address Spiritual Irrigation
w. b. Pope.
Thursday.
900 Devotional Services.
9:30 Address "The Moral and Relig-
ious development of the Child, =
james Edmunds.
1915 Baptist Young Peoples Union
Miss Carrie o. Millspaugh.
1l:00 Junior Work, Mrs. q. l.. Hall.
1880 Adjournment.
1880 Address Stewardship" g. L.
Hall.
Business Session, Election of Officers
/. Reports of Committees.
Fragment Gathering"
$3.50 Conservation Service.
400 Adjournment.
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