Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-22
RECOMMEND NORFOLK AS
NEXT MEETING PLACE
Committee Favors Freemason Street
Church for Body to Assemble In
ts1t-ponations for Year Amount
to $4,000, s,s77 Conversions and
Nearly 1880 Baptisms.
(By Assocla.ed press1


ROANOKE. VA. Nov. 21.--Splendii
showings were made In the reports
on state mission work read today ut
the eighty-seyenth annual session OF
the State Baptist Association. Con-
trlbutions Tor the past year amounted
to $4,000, the conversions to the
church 1917 and there were nearly
$500 baptisms. Twcnty-six Sunday
schools and seven chuiches were or
ganlzed. Nineteen meeting houses are
In course OF erection and one mission
school has been established The .27T
womens missionary societies in the
State report gifts of nearly ss..09p.
The convention named a commit
tee TO collect $4,000 for Baptist -ol-
lege In Europe. The $4,000 WRIT
MAS quota OF fund ofs 100000 fo-
the theological seminary at Louis
vile. has been practically all col
lected.
Recommend Norfoik.
The committees on time, place and
preacher reported TO the Baptist Gen.
erel Association to-day. recommending
that the next meeting be held In
Freems son street church Ncrfolk.
Thursday, November 20. with Rev. J.
T.. Hicks as preacher OF the annual
sermon. The report on fhe seminary
campaign showed that this cause had
met with great success during thu
year. DR.. Carter discussed the re-
port in an expressive xpeech. The re-
mort on hcme rissirns ives presented
by Rev. o. r. SIMS. and Rev. ~ |.
Mas .7rs, of Atlanta. made the chief
address, and Rev. j. NJ Sheihnine. or
Bristol. alsc spoke
Seere ary' J. T. Watts read the re
port Of the y. ". p. u, ard addresses
were delivered by Revs. A. r. Love
and o. +. Gregory.
Sraclal attention was given TO the
Baptist encamrment. which Il to meet
Monday evening. July 10. AMI &c con-
time TIL July l6.
Virginia Beach is to be the place
of meeting.
DR.. George w. Mcdaniel offered
resolu, ion protesting against the pro-
posed changes in the charter Of Brown
University, Nv which the institution
would be eliminated from the Bap-
lists
Report of State Missions.
Sunday was bright snd beautiful
and great congregations heard ne
visiting Ministers of the Baptist Gen
eral Association, who u.;ed the pui
pits Of nearly all the Protestant
churches. IN the sfternoo a mass
meeting was held IN the interest OF
state missions, and addresses were de-
livered by Secretaries Garland ana
Watts
The board had in 1891. the first
year of the secretaryship Of Mr.. viii
liam Ellyscr, IS missionaries. In 1910
Il has 1873 missionaries. evangeItsfs
and held secretery. Within this
period there have feen reported by
The missionaries 1892 conversions,
ia churches organized and fS5 houses
Of worship built In 1891 the contri-
buttons OF the churches to state mis-
sions were 312,0S715. This year they
reach the fetal of S37.765-25- The
board reports the establishment OF q
denominatiorai schoc! in Buchanan
county a. a cost OF several thousand
dollars.
The Sunday school and colpcratase
department had very prosperous
year The report makes scrrowful
record of the death OF two mission
aries. Revs. Joseph Leonard and John
r. Quarles-
TIE missionaries Of the board oc-
cupy 404 preaching stations They
repoT, 1886 conversions. 26 Sunday
schools and Z churches organized 10
houses Of worship under erection I'm
der preaching OF the four evaneeiists
there were 1.24s conversions. The en-
tire amornt gathered during the year
Tor state missions and SUNDAY seheoss
and coiporatgc reached <f2. uS0.3S.