The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-02
PASTOR ACCEPTS
CALL To CANADA
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succeed Rev. DR.. w Il. l.. Smith,
who resigned last summer and is
now filling a charge at Chapel Hill.
n. c.
DIR. Warren has been notified by
wire of the call extended, and 1t
Is generally believed that he will ac-
cept. He Is a graduate OF the Uni
yersity of Georgia and of the South
ern Baptist Theological Seminary. He
also holds the degree OF PHI d. from
the University Of Chicago. He is thir-
ty-flve yearsTold and is unmarried.
During his pastorate of three years
in Kentucky, 1t Is said that there
have been 700 additions to the church.
He Is reputed TO be a first class Sun
day school man.
To Enlarge Sunday School.
Steps looking to the erection OF
larger and more up-to-date Sunday
school house were taken at the an
nual meeting of the Second church.
1t was generally agreed that the
present facilities are Inadequate and
the following committee was named
to look into the matter Robert S.
Crump, E. d. Hotchkiss, j. Taylor
Ellyson, Charles L. Guy, and J. s..
James.
by death and removal the church
lost twenty-five members during the
year. according TO the report OF the
clerk, and gained sixty three during
the same period.
The present membership is: Males.
2G9; females. 455; total, T24 OF the
membership there are four who have
| been regular members for more than
fifty years. They are Edwin Allen.
ffty-four years, Or. George b. Steel,
fifty nine years: Mrs Josephine "
| Mercer, sixty-one years, and Miss
Anna s, Quarles. sixty-seven years.
MIR. Allen and DR.. Steel attended the
| meeting yesterday.
The report Of the finance committee
shows that the collections for the
year 1910 amounted to more than
$4,000. being $1,000 more than for
| the previous year, gain OF about 20
per cent.
Balance In Treasury.
The treasurers report shows that
after paying all church expenses and
making liberal contributions to all
Of the mission enterprises of the Bap-
tist denominations in the South. there
/ is small cash balance in the treas
ury. 1t also shows that the sum of
sS65.20 has been passed to the sink
ing fund, thus practically wiping out
! all of the churchs Indebtedness. and
the sinking fund committee was dis
charged. The following is a list OF
the contributions to the various en-
/ terprises of the denomination: For
eigu missions, s3,oU2J7 Southern
| Baptist Theological Seminary. $217'7s
| in addition TO a special collection for
! the endowment fund OF the instttu-
ton; State missions. ss5s.7s; home
missions. s2s3.23; city missions, s17T.-
/ Be-. education board. si02.25: sun
/ day chcol and Bible board. Sl5e25
! Baptist orphanage. s21s.6s; minis
tiers relief fund, $5s.75.
The report of the officers of the
| Sunday school shows the number of
the roll 643. The average attend
/ ance for the year was $50
/ Officers Chosen.
/ The following officers were elected
/ for the current year: Clerk, Clyde II.
! Radcliffe: historian. J. Taylor Ely
/ son; treasurer. w. K. Tanner; keeper
/ Of envelopes, j. b. Lipscomb; finance
committee, James y. Crump. chair
/ man; Duke A. Putney, vice-ehair
man: J. l.. Phippen and Duke A. Put
! ney. clerks: George F. Bagby. c. c.
/ Burgess. II. S. Corey. l.. NJ. Cowardin.
/ Frank 7. Crjfnp. f. 5. c-.;ap, Sol
I Cutchins, II. Theodore Ellyson, ].
{ Taylor Ellyson. William Ellyson, j.
/ 3. Ferneyhough, W. B. Freeman
j Professor r.. +. Gaines, Charles b.
Guy, H -H-tef1kfss, j. S. James.
/ George G. Jefferson. T. Is. Johnson,
/ F. O. Lafong. p. u. Lipseomb. c. A.
Mercer. J. Il. Montgomery. A. Il. Mel
son. Lewis Pitcher. Clyde II. Radcliffe.
j A. H.. Robins, William r. Robins. J..
! f. Ryland John NJ. Wyatt H.. w.
( shelton l.. X, Shepherd, f. ID. Starke.
Z fA.as
I w. H. Street. Jr.. j. Leroy Suther-
/ land, c. ". Tanner. w f. Tanner, c.
/ II. West. w. J. whitehurst, r. J..
/ Willinghan1, Jr., Robert l.. Winston,
/ Clarence Wyatt John G. Miller, DIR.
! w. p. Matthews.
I Appoint Committees.
Committee on Roll-Frank T.
| Crump. Mis- Bette Ellyson, r. C.
Harris, clyde II. Radcliffe. E. d.
| Starke. William Ellyson. W. B. Free
man, Aubrey l.. owens. w. r. l.
Smith, Jr.. Thomas Fl. Starke, J.
! Leroy Sutherland.
] Discipline Gem tte@--~P aator and
deaeons. q" ',a'@@' 'f''. { Aa. ''''
/ Committee on Church Property
II. Theodore Ellyson. 4. b. Johnson.
/ j NJ. Wyatt.
Committee to Attend 10 Cleaning
! of Church--Miss Sye F. Roberts, Miss
Bette Ellyson. Mrs. c. l. Phillips
| Auditing Committee-George C.,
! Jefferson and John c. Miller.
| Committee on Notices--James L.
I Phipperi.
| Reader Of Notices.. f. Ryland.
| Press Comr.ittee-Frank S. Wood
/ son.
| Committee on Choir-Thomas Fl.
| Starke ]. 5. James. c. w. Tanner.
/ Treasurer OF Charity Fund--A. IL.
/ Robins, Miss Bette Ellyson and Mrs.
]. l.. Jones.
Ushers--U. NJ Council. chairman;
Thomas B. Johnson. Lewis Pitcher, AL
4 fred Smith, w. III. Street, Jr., W. r. L.
/ Smith. Jr.
Collectors for Evening ONering-w.
T, Smoot. e. c. Sutherland, Duke A.
! Putney. w E, Tanner. l.. X. Shepherd.
| U. NJ. Council. W. r. L. Smith. Jr..
Aubrey L. Owen. w w Nance. Lewis
Pitcher. Wexford r. Sutherland. Stiles
i II. Ellyson, Albert L. Steel.
/ Representatives of Boards-Cify Mis-
sions, J. S. James: Foreign Missions.
r. b, johnson. State Missions. William
| Ellyson: Ministers Relief Fund, III.
/ Theodore Eilyson: orphanage.@ J. u II.
t Ryland; Education. J. Taylor Eliyson;
Home Missions. Claiborne Robins: Ed
/ ucation Commission. J. Herbert Mer-
/ Ger: Laymen's Movement, Clarence
wyatt: Sunday School and Colportage,
Stanley Tyler.
Committee on Electricity. s.
| James
1 Committee on Fuel and Heat--T. B.
f johnson.