Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-06
BAPTIST CHURCH CONFERENcE
 AT DOUGLAS
Three Days Session Being Held at Shelter City-Some of the Men Who Have Accom- pliShed Good Work.

Apropos of the annual state conyen' ton of the Baptists of Arizona which opens it's sessions tomorrow, a few 1 words relative to the beginning and present state of the work will be of | interest
 Baptist work in the territory be gan in 1880 with the establishment of church at Prescott. The next year, 1 1881, the First Baptist church of Phoe- nix was organized.
 There are now in Arizona twenty | Baptist churches, eighteen white and three negro.
 These churches are located at Bis bee. Buckeye, Clifton, Douglas @. Glendale, Globe. Mesa, Middle Verde, Naco. Palo Verde, Phoenix CD Pres cott Safford. Salt River, Tempe, Tue son (2). Upper Verde and Yuma.
 The total membership of these twen- ty-one churches is about 1000. Last year nearly 100 were added to the churches by confession of faith.
 These churches hold property to the value of S64 .0O0. The total church expense last year was s25,000. The total amount contributed for mission ary and kindred purposes was s2500. There are twenty Sunday schools with a total enrolment of 1000.
 The Baptist work has gone forward splendidly during the last four or five years. Indeed, most of the progress has been accomplished within this per iod A potent factor in this advance movement has been Rev. Judson A. Elliott, Of Phoenix, formerly a very efficient pastor in Kansas, City, but now, while he breaches a great deal is the proprietor and manager of the Elliott Eyangelistic sanitarium located at Phoenix, is in active business life. Chaplain Winfield Scott, of Phoenix, the present president of the Arizona Baptist state convention, has also con- tributed not little to the recent ad- yancement. Former Corresponding Sec retary Rev. George H. Brewer did much in the establishment of the work and in the organization of new churches. Rev R. D. Latter, of Phoenix, colporter missionary. has served well the Baptist interests for the past four years. He is in charge of gospel wagon and has travelled eX- tensively all over the territory. Pas tors T. F. McCouTtney, of this city, Dr. Lewis Halsey, of Phoenix, D. C.. Williams, of Tucson, Wm. Pearce, of Mesa, ! C. Chspin, of Tempe, E. B.. Taft, of Prescott, L. l. Thayer. of Phoenix, C. c. Young. of Bisbee, F. H. SJoYer. of Naco, ssch layInen as Dr. John Wix Thomas, of Phoenix. Dr. V. NJ. Spalding, of Tucson, L. w. COggins, of Phoenix. W. H. Wallace, of Mesa, have also been important factors in the recent growth of the work.
 Among the new pastors are OTville Coats, Phoenix; !. J. ONeill, Bisbee; W. J. Durham, Globe; w. L. William son, Yuma.
 The delegates to the convention are arriving on every train. Rev. Arthur Leonard Wadsworth, A NJ, of South Pasadena, California, arrived yester- day morning. MT. Hopkins, of Tucson, arrived last evening. Rev. R. D. Lat ter came in from Louisville, Kentucky, this morning, and also Chaplain Win field Scott, Rev. c. C. Young, Rev. w. J. Durham. W. H Wallace and daugh- ter. J. Nj. Woolam.
 The introductory evangelistic ser mon will be preached tonight by Rev. W. J. Durham, of Globe
 The convention proper opens tomor- TOW at 9:30 with a devotional service. The convention closes on Sunday evening. Preparations have been made for the entertainment of the delegates by Pastor McCourtney and his commit tees. A great and glorious meeting is anticipated. A L. W.