The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29


Rev. I. v. Bryant and Rev. D: C..
i'Dean. The convention than ad-
journed till Friday morning.
Friday morning at 8 o o'clock the
large crowd once more found their
way to the church and though the
weather was inclement such was the
interest manifested that the rain
seemingly kept no}one away. ..t g.. s.. ."i
The convention ptOceeded to finish
up the business, The reports Of the
various departments were submitted
upon which eloquent {orcible and
logical speeches were listened to with
nnabative interest setting forth in
glowing terms. the work OF the State
during the conventiona1{ year which
had been so earnestly begun, so sue
cessfully carried on and so trium-
phantly and gloriously finished. In
addition to the vast aIh6pnt Of work
that. has been performed by the ed
ucational department. reaching pro-
portions unparalleled the history
Of the State. the State Mission work
under the supervisionto the Execu-
tive Board and superintended by Rev.
r. D. w. Meadows showed in in
creased interest far beyond expecta-
Ing the past year many chords sup
posed to have been hroken Vthrated
once more. Warning branches and
factions were there with the olive
branch Of peace. THE mountains
and deserts of the State had been
penetrated with zeal and alacrity, q
new association haA been formed,
and the great Baptist family from
the Pennsylvania linSf to the Big
Sandy river, and from the great Ohio
on<the north to thaSDld Dominion
line on the south had been united
into one strong brotHarhood clasping
hearts and hands SB7never before,
rendering the ,entige Baptist family
safe for West Virginia, God, and His
cause. For such denominational
gallantry on the tiefd the convention
voted Rev. Meadows a life member:
ship in the convention. For the
careful management and jealous ef-
forts during the ySar Rev. L. v.
Bryant was also voted q life mem
OOl outp III LhO-
At 8 p. m. Rev. G. p. R. Kinney
preached soul stirring sermon. The
convention then adjourned till even
ing. , ..::.;#@%.l;.''>. '
+" At 8 p. M a large and apprecia7
tive audience gathered to hear
sermon by Rev. s. .ER, Bullock, pas-
tor of the First Baptist church OF
Charleston. I 5,sS%%,5.: XIX =
Mrs. M: A.: W.StThompson came
forward and presented the conyen-
Ition five hundred Saollars saiaed at
The last session ofSs%tts ) = = women y
State convention at hewisburg.. she
scored some Of the brethren for, their,
stupidity till you could almost hear
the sound II repent" The conven-.
tion went wild till it was difficult to
restore order. The president then
submitted his annual address which
was referred to the Executive Board.
President Bryant then introduced
Rev. Bullock who selected as his
theme '"The King in his beauty" and
preached a powerful sermon to the
full satisfaction of all.
I The Executive and Trustee Boards
then submitted their joint reports.
1t showed. that fifteen hundred dol
lars had been collected from all
sources, with quite a neat sum yet
outstanding giving assurances that
when all Is collected the two thous-
and dollar mark will be reached.
Taking all In all the convention was
a success from start to finish. The
officers were all reelected for the en-
suing year and the convention then
adjourned to meet next year at
Bramwell, the church of which Rev.
r. H, Mccoy Is pastor, situated on
the N. & w. railroad In the Flat Top
Association.
Too much credit can not be given
to Rev. A. D. Lewis and his good
people Of Hinton for the generous
and hospitable manner In which this
session Of the convention was cared
for.
Late Friday evening and early
Saturday morning great. crowds
could be seen vending their way to-
ward the trains shaking hands and
all unanimously. agreeing 1T Is good
to be here.''