The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-10
CHURCH
HAD GREAT YEAR
-
Tllirty-onc Members Of First Bap.
tist on Roll for More
Than 50 Years.
MANY WERE ADDED IN 1909
Officers Elected and Reports
Submitted Showing
Past Record.
WERE ADDED IN 1909

Reports of officers ut tic animal
meeting of tho First Baptist Church
held yesterday afternoon showed that
1909 lad been the most successful year
since the establishment of the church.
The present membership is 1910 per-
sons, 1870 OF whom were added last
year. The finance committee reported
that there had been received for all
purposes more than 100000, and TINT
$4,000 had been spent for foreign mis-
sionary work. on tho Sunday school
roll there arc GA narnes.i and the rec
ordsi showed al average attendance for
the year OF al.
The pastor, Rev. George w. Mo-
Daniel. ID. D.. reviewed Tho work Of
the year and called attention to tho
fact that II was also tic firth ami
versary OF his pastoratc. He spoke
OF the great cordiality which had al
ways existed. and the spirit OF friend
snip ana cooperation between tho
church ana other denominations. Trac-
ing tho records. no showed that this
was one of tho Oldest churches I'm
the State. and that there were nov
thirty-onc members who have been
continuously on the rolls as active
workers for more than fifty years.
An Interesting portion of the meet
ing was the reading OF a letter from
Key George Green d: d.. the church,s
Grees mis sa31yd to Africa. pr.
graduate of the Medical College OF
Virginia. He Is being retained In
AFRICA at the expense OF tho church.
Two new deacons--T. a. Miller and G.
daincd.
Omcers Elected.
chs k.oGlifH nTansse oficf fsu Mers eles,ea:
IEInOs. C. kSflIIa m q r. -. : a 49,. ..s 49,
urer. Mrs. Abby M. Gwathmcy: Treas
urer OF Poor Fund. Daniel s. McCar-
my amditor, Norton II. Savage; cura-
sIr prgan. Arthur 3. Clarke; Church
1or,an. Nathan T. cofcr. Registrar.
Committee.
fi~naHce--Jobn c. Williams. chair.
man; Robert Lee Powers. nbchairman.
1. e. Williams. Jr.. Charles u. Wing
Luther H jenkins. Lewis ii. Bosher
~; w; r. Mathews. George ". Sanders
John 3 HARDWOOD. Charles 6. Bosher,
Bayard II. Ellington. william t. Han.
cock. Arthur j.. Hun, William E. Word
russell C. Williams.
h9ane slissions-Lacy F. paulettes
Jr; Conway r. Johnson. jesse l.. Poole
Minister'S Relief-Dr. w, +. Mathew
Decatur o.. Davis. DIR. Robert S. Bophcr.
Lewis w. sIeador. John I. Dabney.
Foreign Observation-Disclosures Ia. win.
ston, Samuel j. Porter. DR.. u. y. Nose
Icy Jr, 81. Hanson Wood. Herbert. l.
aag &c Board-Aleert II. iii TO-
seph watts. James u. El,bank. Cfas,
w. Morrissettc. Louis II. Powell.
Baptist council-A. W. Patterson.
Young Jones. William s. Worthalt.
Easil N. Gwatitney, William ". winso.
Belvln, John b. Wood. q. s. Clarke.
William f. cnndcli, William r. John
llams. n. Ashton starke. Peter Win VIM
Austin.
! state Missions-1sussen c. Williams.
j. Grntchfield. l. Nash Palmore.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES p. Waddfll. Jas.
r Timberiake, Clarence p. Smith. John
w; Robinson. George r Reynolds.
" q Chenault. A. J. Hnr A.. Bruce
Beliield Thomas r. Aaron. Wilson Gil
more. William a. Bovd. James w. Saw
age. r, {: Longan. Raleigh w. Dodson.
and s. Forbes. George n. Sanders. II.
Withheld. Or. Meade Ferguson.
Temperance-Willlam a. Wood. r. y.
Brooks, a. Q, Jones. John A. 'rraylor.
EmpIoyment-T. Ashbv Miller. char.
7 Goodman. Douglas =. TAYLOR: Q. Bay
Tor Hill. Andrew L. Haynes, Joseph i.
Dancey, Arthur L. P1easants.
Laymen's Arovement--A. j HUFF. VII
sontGilmorc. Luther III. Jenkins. Percy
s.. Flippen. G.. Carlton Jackson. Louis
+. Powell. Blanchard S Forbes.
SUNDAY School Superintendent. a. W.
Patterson: First Assistant. y a. Miller:
Second Assistant, Arthur ". Clarke;
Secretary. Lewis Fl. Boshcr: Assistant,
A. j. Fulgham: Treasurer. John s.. Har-.
Eintendent of Classification. Miss Sarall
Gwathmey; Superintendent Home Dc
partlnent. Mrs. T.. Howard Jenkins;
Collectors. &C. w. Morrissettc and John
Il. WinEo:{rnper distributor PIP. Me-
Curdy: Leader of Music. l.. fl. jenkins:
librarian. .Iudson /. Bosler: Assistants
i'll. Lee Lorraine. Jr.. C. ID Hasan.
nley. a. L. Peasants. George r. Rey-
nolds aud Wilson NJ. Gilmore. q