Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14
STRICT ASSOCIATION OF BAPTIST
CHURCHES WILL MEET NEXT WEEK

Reports of the progress made by the
District Baptist churches during the past
year and the outlines of plans for the
at the thirty-first annual meeting of the
Columbia Association of Baptist Churches
to be held in Grace Baptist Church. 9th
street and South Carolina avenue south
east. next Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday
and Thursday. Ministerial and lay dele
gates from all the churches of the as
ISOLATION will be in attendance at the ses-
sions.
Moderator E. Hez Sven. who is pastor
Of the Second Baptist Church. will call
to order the first session of the annual
meeting at 100 o'clock Monday evening
At that service the annual sermon will be
preached by Rev. c. p. Staley. pastor of
West Washington Baptist Church The
program also includes an invocation by
Rev. Elias Anger. pastor of the Randle
Highlands Church; reading of Scriptures
by Rev. II. w. o. Milling. on. pastor of
Brookland Church: prayer by Rev. S. II.
Greene, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church;
closing prayer by Rev. E. II. MacEwen,
and the presentation of partial report of
the committee on order of exercises.
The second session will begin at 10
o'clock Tuesday morning, and the mos
important business will be the election
of officers of the association. After de-
votional exercises by Rev. Hugh T. Ste
venson, pastor of Bethany Baptist Church,
the order Of business is announced as
follows: Reading of letters from the
churches by the clerk: enrolment of dele
gates: election of officers: report of COM
mittee on order of exercises, Rev. F. w.
johnson. chairman; reception of visiting
n
ton Of churches, r. w. Christian, chair
man.
After luncheon the association will con-
vene again at o'clock and there will be
sp1rttua. half hour. with an address by
Rev. ]. Compton Ball. pastor of the Met
ropolitan Baptist Church. Reports of the
executive board and Of the treasurer will
be presented at 2:3O o'clock. followed by
discussion of the reports, with addresses
by the missionaries Of the association.
The presiding officer will then announce
the personnel of the committees to NOM
mate new executive board, new educa-
tional board and on preacher and place of
next meeting. The closing feature of the
meeting will be the report of the commit
tee on the suppression of the liquor traf-
fic by it's chairman, Charles f. Fairman.
The address of the retiring moderator,
Rev. E. Hez Sven, and consideration
Of missions will be the features of the
Tuesday evening session. a praise and
prayer service, conducted by Rev. ]. w.
Many. pastor of East Washington Heights
Baptist Church. will be held first. j. j.
Darlington. chairman, will presen, the re-
port of the committee on missions. Fol
lowing. Rev. S. H. Greene of Calvary Bap-
fist Church and Rev. Weston Bruner of
the Fifth Baptist Church will discuss
Our Missionary Obligation and How 10
Meet It. general discussion of mis-
sion work will conclude the session.
Rev. A. X. Wright of the Centennial
Baptist Church will lead the devotional
exercises which VIII. open the Wednesday
morning session. ]. w. Mcclure. chair
man. will present the report of the edu-
cational board and DR.. E. E. Richardson,
chairman. the report of the committee on
education. The report of the committee
on Bible and tract distr button will next
be read by Newton Wanger. chairman.
and discussed by representatives of the
American Baptist Publication Society and
Sunday school board CT the Southern Bap-
fist convention. Revival Spirit In Our
Churches" wlll be the subject Of an ad-
dress by DR.. Weston Bruner. and after
the transaction Of miscellaneous business
adjournment will be taken for lunci..
Following devotional exercises and an
address by Rev. Charles F. Winbigler of
the First Baptist Church, the reports of
the Baptist Home and of the Woman's
Baptist Missionary Association will be
considered at the afternoon session.
The program for the Wednesday even
ing session has not been fully arranged.
Rev. r. S. Owens Of The Maryland Ave-
nue. Baptist Church will conduct the OPEN
ing praise and prayer service and r. E.