The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-11
BAPTISTS
 ADJOURNED Meeting at Prattville Comes to End. REPORTS ON CHURCH WORK Every Branch of Labor Has shown
 Progress. Appeals Made For schools And For orphans And Delesates Pledge Themselves to stin Greater

Prattville, Sept. 1o-tspecia)-The Montgomery Baptist Association com pleted its session here today and ad- journed.
 The balance of the reports on the As- sociation for yesterday is taken up as the report of denominational literature made by pr. A. F. Dix. The chief points of this report emphasized the necessity of consolidation or oenoihl national periodicals.
 The discussion of this subject was postponed to permit the report on womans work to be made and pr. c. A. Stakely make his speech before he left for Montgomery. The report re- ceived able discussion by Dr. Stakely and s. A. Cowan.
 The State Baptist Convention had asked of the Montgomery Association $2.055, and the amount was raised by the women.
 Last nights session of the Associa- tion was confined to devotional exer- else and reports on Sunday Schools made by Rev. J. w. O'Hara- This re- port was ably discussed by B. F. Davidson, Frank Allen, R. M. Henley Will Anderson and Paul Dix.
 Thursday morning at the appointed time the delegates met and after the annual devotional exercises. the regu- lar order of work was takn up.
 The report on denominational educa- tion was read by Prof. H. J. Willing ham of Wetumpka. This report brought forth much discussion, one of the ablest being from pr. W. B. Crumpton. He directed large part of his remarks to the good results coming from the secondary schools such as the one at Newton.
 J. w. O'Hara addressed his remarks chiefly to the welfare of Howard Col lege showing that institution is giving from three to five thousand dollars annually to the education of minis ters.
 At this point a voluntary contribu- tion was taken up for educational pur- poses, and $470 was subscribed and promised to be paid at an early date.
 Professor Willingham emphasized the fact that contrary to the apparent order of things education went down and not up. He said the stream start ed at the colleges and flowed down to the secondary schools.
 State Missions.
 The next order of business was the report of the state missions. Rev Robert Jones was to have made this report, but being engaged in a series of meetings could not be present and J. W. O'Hara read the report for him.
 The report of the home missions was read by Rev. S. A. Cowan. Then w. c. Yelverton made the report on foreign missions.
 The discussions of all three of these reports was taken together and pr. W. B. Crumpton made a speech on this subject. He urged upon the associa- tion the necessity of increasing their contributions to missions If advance ment should be expected.
 Sta Tdipor &nA for state missions, J. W. O'Hara, Chairman; home missions, [. L. Gwalt- ney, Chairman; foreign missions, R. R. Brasher. chairman; aged and infirm ministers, George w. Ellis. chairman; woman's work, A. F. Dix, chairman, B. Y. P. IT.. Will Anderson, chairman Jenominational literature, J. H. Bush, chairman: temperance, Fl. W. Fancher, chairman; layman's movements. W B. Davidson, chairman; Sunday Schools; H. J. Willingham, chairman; denomi- national education. Sam A. Cowan chairman; ministerial education c. A. Stakely. chairman; orphanage. E. E. Gresham, chairman; resolutions, H. J. WilIingham, chairman, and the execu- tive committee of this Association are, George Ellis. w B. Davidson, & B. Sightler. L. Lassiter. Frank Allen, Montgomery; R. H. Hudson Millbrook; E. E. Gresham, Prattville: H. J. Will lingham. Wetumpka.
 At 12 o'clock. In accordance with the program, there was preaching.
 L. L. Gwaltney announced that a bountiful supply of food had been pre- pared for not only the delegates and members of that church. but for all who were present, and a sumptuous barbecue would be served to all. Not withstanding the fall of a slow rain, the assembly of people collected in the Sunday school annex and under the large oaks of the grove adjacent to the church and ate a well-pFepared dinner.
 At 2:S0 o'clock the fall of rain had increased and the large crowd collected in the church and begun the closing work of the Association. Rev. Mir. Burdeshaw conducted the devotional exercises.
 Sunday School Work.
 The Moderator G. G. Miles. an nounced the following committees to secure a meeting place and appoint a time for organizing the Montsomery Association into a Sunday School Con vention: w. B. Davidson, c. l.. Brown, T. B. Andrews, R. M. Hend- ley and W. H. Breed.
 Ths report on the Orphanage was Ats tsscaSss6sRy Rev. J. W. O'Hara. This
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