Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-18

The necessity for broader religious edu-
cation. more distribution of Christian lit
erature and for a constant revival spirit
| in every church was emphasized in re-
ports and addresses at the annual session
of the Columbia Association of Baptist
| churches, in Grace Baptist Church to-
day.
| DR.. S. G. Neal of Philadelphia. one. of
the managers of the American Baptist
| Publication Society, made an address on
| the work of the organization in distrib-
uting Christian literature in city slums and
| country huts; Rev. DIR. Weston Bruner,
pastor of the Fifth Baptist Church. spoke
| on Revival Spirit in Our Churches. and
| the report of the educational board was
presented by j. w. Mcclure. chairman.
After devotional exercises, led by Rev.
A. X. Wright, the educational board pre-
scented its recommendations. 1t pointed
out that the churches should do more
along the lines of religious education that
provision should be made for sending
| young men to universities to fit them
selves for religious work and that the
churches should give better preparation
| for Sunday school teachers. On motion OF
| the association, Moderator Sven referred
the report to a special committee. com
posed of Revs. ]. c. Ball. J. j. Muir and
is. H. Greene The committee reported
| that the recommendations were SO lar
reaching that it desired year in which
| to consider the same.
Amends the Constitution.
By vote the constitution of the associa-
ton was amended on motion of Rev. j.
7 Muir so as to make the moderator
the chairman of the executive board,
which has charge of it's affairs between
| the annual meetings.
of the Catholic chanel
| car which visited this city recently, and
added that the Baptist denomination had
chapel car sixteen years ago, and thai
the work has been so successful mat II
now has six such cars.
In speaking of revivals in churches, DIR;
Bruner emphasized the need of personal
work by members of the association.
1--WE want that spirit of revival which
has made Scotland the greatest Presby-
terrain stronghold" he declared. That Is
true I believe because John Knox looked
up to God and prayed, o Lord, give me
Scotland or I die And | want to tell
you of an incident which came to my
| knowledge. a mother wanted her chill
dren to be saved for Christ and she felt
so deeply about it that she said. If my
children are not saved. think I will die.
Need I tell you the result?
After recess for luncheon. the conven-
ton at , O'Clock resumed its deliberations.
Favors Absolute Prohibition.
At the session yesterday afternoon the
association went on record in favor of
absolute prohibition in the District of
Columbia A resolution to that effect,
adopted by an unanimous vote. set forth.
that as members of the Columbia Rap
fist Association of Washington we stand
united in favor of prohibition for the
District of Columbia. and to that end
will never cease to work and pray until
the iniuuitous traffic in intoxicating
liquors is destroyed and prohibition be-
comes alike the law of the District and
the nation: and that we recommend to
all our Sunday schools and young peoples
societies the great Importance of teaching
the evils of the drink habit, and to urge
the duty of individual abstinence from
all spiritual and fermented liquors
The association also received the Ran
die Heights Baptist Church to member
ship and extended to it the right hand
of fellowship, through it's pastor, Rev.
Elias Anger.
Many New Members.
The session opened with songs. fol-
lowed by short address by Rev j.
Compton Ball He called attention to the
many blessings that have come to the
Baptist churches during the year. espe-
cialy in number of new members. as a
result of the Gypsy Smith meetings, as
many as fifty having joined Calvary
Church. leo Fifth, twenty or twenty-five
Grace and smaller numbers having JON
ed every Baptist church i'll the city as
| result of these meetings. He urged that
the work should not be abated, but the
spirit of revival should be carried on
throughout the year in every church.
Following a prayer. and praise service
Rev Dr. ]. NJ Frost, representing the
Sunday school board of the Southern Bap-
fist convention, made short address. in
which he called attention to the good
work the board was doing for the Sunday
schools throughout the United States.
What We want is not more Sunday
schools and larger Sunday schools, but
better Sunday schools. The greatest need
" foreign fields is better home fields, he
| said.
rev ]. w. Many was then appointed
assistant to DR.. Foster, clerk.
Report of Executive Committee.
The report of the executive committee
was read 1t related to the work of the
board during the year on behalf of mis-
sionary churches.
Discussions of the report followed.
sion stated that the congregation in the
past met in a barn, now meets in a resi-
dence and hopes to have new church
building soon Rev f.. II. MacEwen of
Hyattsville Church called attention to the
growth of that church, especially in the
Sunday school, and to the good personal
work that is being done among the men,
bers Rev. Elias Anger of Randle
Heights Church said that the congrega-
ton has been meeting in dwelling. but
that it now has church building cost
IN oho e. that ifS