The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-05

Youngblood, Terrell; Prof. H. Ed
son Howard Rice.
Paper-"Can We As Baptists Be
True to Our Obligation" Miss NJ. h.
Higgins, Waxahachie
Paper-"W Whisky and It's Evil Eff
fects." Andrew Matthews, Kerens.
Paper unctuality, Miss Cor
! della Woods, Corsicana.
The program on the whole was
success, and reflected great credit on
the young people of the district.
| The Baptist District Sunday
| School convention and association
came to a close Sunday. Model Sun
! day school was success. Waxaha-
chic and Terrell reported the ban
ner classes.
! Kaufman County: Number pupils,
Male 4, female IS, total 20. .Collec-
/ ton 1926
| Navarro County: Number pupils,
Male y, female 16, total 2S Collec-
/ ton 1913.
| Johnson County: Number pupils,
Male 8, female 8, total 6. Collection
f! $3.50.
Ellis County: Number pupils, Male
33, female 81, total 10. Collection
S11.92.
! Total number of pupils, 124.
| Total amount collected, s25.91.
Kaufman County: Teacher, Miss
| l.. " Cooper Terrell.
Navarro County: Teacher, R. H.
! Hardee, Corsicana.
| Johnson County: Teacher, Mrs. A.
L. Price, Cleburne
! Ellis County: Teacher, Rev. Nc
Donald, Waxahachie. Prof w. E.
| Youngblood, Terrell, Superintend-
ent. Miss A. L. Apperson, Waxaha
/ chic, Secretary
4 Eleven O'Clock Services.
| After devotional exercises, Rev.
IAVm. Massey of Hearne, president of
the Old Folks Home, was introduce
ed to preach. He preached from the
| first verse of the second chapter of
Micah. Subject: The Glory, Peace
/ and Victory of the Church.
J At the close of the sermon a COL
! lection was taken which amounted
| to $3.50.
/ At $3.50 p. M, there was pro-
gram by the children from Dixon's
Orphans Home.
/ Rev. ]. Lister conducted divine
! services, after which a very proficient
and interesting program was render
! cd NV hn oh frDr bn x.
Orphanage Rev. w. L. Dixon, gem
eral superintendent of the Home,
+ then made very earnest and touch
! ing appeal for aid for the home. A
public collection was taken which
amounted to $50.55.
/ The closing service of the Friend
ship Baptist District Association was
held Sunday night.
The sermon by Rev. c.. T. Sykes,
pastor of the First Independent Bap-
fist church of Corsicana, marked the
Eclose of the association in its thir-
tieth annual session. Rev. A. Cor
don, in his usual pleasing manner,
/ introduced the speaker. He took for
4 his text a passage of scripture from
John Subject: 1.-The Divinity, HUI
mility and Office of Jesus Christ" AT
the close of the sermon a public Of
fering was made.
4 The association, as we'll as the
Sunday school convention, was a
success from points of spirituality,
finance and attendance. The pastor
and members of Samaria church, as
well as the citizens in general, did
all in their power to have the meet
! ing a success. The association meets
! in it's next annual session with the
Bethlehem Baptist church Of Terrell.
Reolutions were adopted thanking
{ the pastor and church, also the other
churches of the city as well as the
white citizens to whom we are in
! debted for much OF the success of
the meeting. The Waxahachie Daily
Light was especially spoken of as
! having kindly and cheerfully print
ed daily, the proceedings. aTs
H.. EDISON HOWARD,
Reporter.