Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-27
OEFICIAL ACTION OF
BAPTIST BOARD.
gomcIai Report.

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Report Of the Executive Board Of
the Iowa-Nebraska Baptist Associa
ton:
Keokuk. Iowa. Aug. IL. lS, 19--An
0mcial communication with che name
attached OF the pastor and clerk OF
A.= oesenIn street Baptist church OF
keokuk was received by the modera.
tor and the corresponding secretary
Of this board, giving the information
that upon Ave charges Rev. NJ. j.
Burton. missionary Of the Iowa-Ne-
braska association had been excluded
from The church.
Thereupon the Moderator issued a
call tor the meeting OF the board in
keokuk and requested through the
corresponding secretary the use OF
the Seventh street BavIist church for
the meeting, for it was necessary for
the board to determine IL Rev. Burton
had been deprived of his membership
because of un-Christian conduct and
by regular methods of discipline or
whether the action of the church was
hasty, unnecessary or unwarranted in
his case. If the former were the case,
1t would have affected Rev. Burton's
standing, and his position as mission
airy or If the latter were the case,
1t would be necessary to advise the
missionary and the church as to the
course to pursue.
In response to the letter sent by
the corresponding secretary to the
pastor and TO the board of deacons OF
the Seventh street church requesting
the use of the church for this meeting
nal o<.nsx, 1t =
the names of four officers denying the
board the use of the church for the
investigation.
The Following persons. members OF
this executive board were present in
Keckuk as per the call of the Moder-
ator on August II: Rev. S. Bates,
Moderator, pastor Maple st. Baptist
church, Des Moines. Iowa; Prof. C.
M. Rodgers, clerk, Buxton Iowa; Rev
D. A. Holmes corresponding secretary,
Davenport, Iowa; Rev. F. G. Boiling,
treas, Centerville, Iowa; Rev. T. l..
Griffith, Des MOines Iowa; Rev. Jas. |
Bowles. Enterprise, Iowa.
In Ke0kuk effort was made to Sc
cure the use OF the church for the
meetings. The pastor Of the church, !
Rev. w. d. Venerable offered the use
OF the church for preaching, but it |
was refused for any business session. I
The board refused the offer just re-
fsrred to unless the church were
granted for all sessions.
Arrangements were made for hold
In the sessions in such places as
would be provided by citizens of Keo.
kuk.
Lay sessions were held in the |
Eighth street hall: evening sessions !
were held in the Masonic hall.
The executive board accorded to the !
church and to Rev. Burton the privi- !
lege Of as many witnesses as they de- /,
sired in support of each side OF the |
case
N account of the fact that Rev |
Venerable was the main prosecuting |
witness in this case, the board decid /
ed that 1t would not be proper that |
he should act in the case as member /
Of this board.
The names OF the following were
furnished by Rev Venerable:
4 Rev. w. D. Venerable, Mr.. John
Thomas. Mr.. Abraham Yeiser, Mrs. |
Ellen Dixon Mrs. Harriet Dade, Mr..
John Woods. Miss Edna X. Hender-
son, Mrs. Dollie Henderson, Mrs. wi
D. Venerable. Mrs Mary Garland,
Mrs. Cassie Wilson. All these ex-
cept the last three were present and
gave testimony before the board.
The following were furnished by !
the Rev. Burton:
MIR. Daniel j. Dean, Mrs. D. j.
Dean. Mrs. Mary Smith. Mrs. Emma i
Brown, Mr.. Frank Deer, Mrs. Frank
Deer, Mr.. Henry Brooks and Mrs. Hen.
~ Brooks, Mr.. AtheI Smith, Mr.. o. d.
Smith, Rev. w. F. Collins, Mrs. Mary
McGinness, Mr.. D. w Anderson, Mrs.
NJ. j. Burton, Rev. NJ j. Burton.
All these were present and testified.
Testimony was taken at the session
Tuesday afternoon, Tuesday evening,
Wednesday morning and Wednesday
afternoon.
From the testimony taken the fol-
lowing facts are deduced:
I. That on the night of July 1st,
meeting Of the board of deacons was
1eA ct the Seventh street church.
Following is the record of the board
u deacons upon the records of the
,hurch: M.
The case Of Bro. NJ. ]. Burton was
lext taken up for going TO another
'lace called the Independent Baptist
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