The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-07-09
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OF NEW RIVER VALLEY MEET
..: AT BECKhEY. q
Pastors and Delegates Prominent in
the Connection Discuss Subjects
OF lnterest to the. Denomina- y y

Becky, July 4.-The 23rd annual
session Of the New River Valley Bap-
tist, Association was held at the st.
John Baptist, church, July 1-3. This
being the first annual gathering Of
colored Baptists to meet in Raleigh
county 1T was looked forward to
with unusual interest. ~ 49,.
A large delegation arrived Tues
day afternoon, and assigned to com
Portable homes Of this thrifty town,
in which most of the people own
their homes and take pride in beauti-
flying them. i. ..i..&.:
Rev. D. G. Hunter, the pastor, de-
serves much credit for the good he is
doing In holding up before his peo+
Pile the right ideas Of life in ali things
and he has proved to be a good mod
orator, as we'll as pastor 81,
At $50, Wednesday morning. the
vice moderator, Rev. Wm.s jackson,
sounded the gavel and introduced
ReVs. N: A. Smith and Matt Robin
son, who conducted the devotional
services in an Impressive manner,
After which, the moderator, Rev.
ID. g; Hunter, delivered his annual
message, Advising thatm greater eff;
forts be put forth in building up. mis-
sionary and education work.
Revs. }. ]. Turner, C.. N, Harris
and e. G.. Pack were appointed as
committee on finance, and Rev. f.. c..
Page and Miss Ethel Brown 1aa com
mittee on enrolment. :"
A. P: Straughter, the clerk, made a
neat speech, such being characteristic
nor him, advising that the brethren
endeavor to do all In their power. to
make the session creditable in every
way. .>.' g. =t
Strong resolutions were passed, de-
nouncing the Whiskey traffic, and
Rev. ID. Stratton and, others made
speeches, showing the necessity. and
the success Of the temperance move
throughout the United States.
The state missionary work, which
Is under the supervision Of Rev. r. D.
w. Meadows, and the Sunday school
| missionary work, which Is under the
direction Of Rev. J. J. Turner, are In
good shape and~the people are begin
ming to appreciate the worthiness Of
LHlS WOTK as never before. ..,.
Prof. Byrd PrilIerman was present
and made good address, showing
| theiPoss'bility- of-one building him.
fselpnp to the point where he can be
useful to his state and his God
7 Frof. Thomas Jefferson presented
the claim Of the West Virginia Sem
mary and College, of which he Is
| president, showing that regardless OF
the struggles through which it has
come, Its graduates are out render
ing good service in the various voca-
ton. The matron, Miss Ella Burk,
spoke along the same line.
| The session was favored with the
presence Of some pioneer ministers:
Revs. Chas. Campbell, MATE Robin
son, Z. G. Booth and D. Stratton, and
they are still rendering good service
in the cause. g.. ~
| The reports coming in from the
various churches showed that the
people are becoming more interested
in the building up Of Christ's cause.
| very few grievances were report
ed, and they were settled largely by
the committee to which such mat
ters were assigned.
Revs. $. f. Williams. A.-L. Lewis
y. c. Deans, r. D. w. Meadows. II
Z. Gregory and others, did good
work toward bringing about peace,
Very excellent sermons were
preached by Revs. G. N. Harris, A u
Lewis, Matt Robinson, d C. Hunter,
A. A. Spencer, N. A. Smith and VIM.
jackson.
A. p. Straughter and Rev. p. A,
harris favored the audience with ex-
cellent songs.
Rev. r. D, w. Meadows read a.
good paDer>on "A Baptist Church,
lts construction and Authority" The
writer handled the subject in a mag
Certul manner and made every Ban
tlst feel PROUD Of his church: The
paper was discussed by Revs. J. J.
turner, ID. 9. Deans, VIM. Jackson
and Mr.. E. G. Pack
On Friday morning, Rev. +. 7,
turner read paper on Secular Ed
uca$ion, Its Help and Hindrances, to
the Baptist denomination" The pa
per! was discussed by,A. P. Stfaugh-
ger, Key ]. II. Halter, Rev. r.. G..
IBs ssIsssses ~ other. The association
- napsr published in tho