The Washington herald., 1907-05-11
WHAT BAPTISTS ARE DOING
Unusual Progress Reported at Meet
ing Of Executive Board.
Delegates Chosen for Southern Con-
vention and Other Conferences to
be Held Here and in Richmond.

The executive board OF the Columbia
Baptist Association held its regular
monthly meeting In the iecture-room Of
Calvary Baptist Church on Monday ever
ing. Rev. E. Hez. SVEN. chairman. pre-
sided, with Dr.. D. S. Foster. secretary,
also present. There was a full attend
ance. every Baptist church in the asso-
citation being represented. a large and
unusual amount of church interests were
disposed OF. The reports from the various
churches in the association showed a
healthy condition. increasing interest
material prosperity. and spiritual life. In
several localities where the denomination
1 has recently opened up new fields, lively
interest Is evident; lots have been pur-
chased, money secured. preparation or
arrangements made for 9 new church
home, and In one or two localities con-
tracts have been already entered into.
The financial interests OF the board show
a healthy condition.
The ffty-second session Of the Southern
Baptist Convention meets in Richmond.
Va. on the 18th instant. and will be IN
session several days. This association has
within it's Jurisdiction all Of the so-called
Southern States and several Of the border
States. II is a body OF intellectual force.
great moral and religious power. The
/ District OF Columbia Association will send
/ 10 this convention twenty representative
men. as delegates chosen from the va
rious churches IN the association. A fun
/ list of delegates may be had from Rev.
/ Weston Bruner Of this city, chairman Of
the committee on delegation.
| The American Baptist Home Mission
Society will meet on May i6 and II at
/ the Cavalry Baptist Church. it being the
seventy-hfth anniversary Of said society.
tThe following fraternai messengers were
elected to represent the Columbia Associa-
/ tion: Hon. w. 3. Shallenberger, Rev. J.
4 J. Muir. D. D.; Rev. Samuel II. Greene,
/ d, D; DR.. D. S. Foster and William A.
Henderson.
/ The following week, commencing May
2. the general convention OF the Baptists
! OF North America will meet at James
town, Va, In Exposition Hall. where Bap-
lists from the East and West, North and
South viii meet and fraternize IN one Of
the grandest gatherings Of religionists
ever known in the history Of the Baptist
denomination in the United States. Every
section Of the country, every interest Of
the denomination. church. and college.
publication societies of every phase, the
Bible tract, the press and music, home
and foreign mission. viii have repre-
isentation in this convention by both clergy
and layman, educator and philanthropist,
/ by and through delegates duly and regu-
/ larly selected ana accredited Those who
have been chosen TO represent the Column
4 bia Association are: Rev. Samuel n.
Green. D. D.: Rev. Weston Bruner. D. D.;
Rev J. J. Muir. D. D.; Rev. J. Compton
Bali. Rev. Charles ?. Winoigler, Rev
z. Hez Sven. Rev. c. p. Stealey, Rev.
/ George z. Truett. Rev. j. w Many. Hon.
". S. Shanenberger, Hon. J. J. Darling
/ ton. Prof. William a. Wilbur, W. F.
Hoffman, and Charles Werner.