The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-07-11
URGED BY SPEAKERS BEFORE
THE NEW RIVER VALLEY !.
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. Ey
27h Annual Session
Discussed Many Other QUESTIONS OF
Vital Interest to the Denomination
and the Race.--OId Offlcers are
unanimously Reelected.

o'''on VI lne NeF y valley Bap-
tist Association = Id here We'd
nesday, Thurs' y 1 Friday of las.
week with t, oh Baptist church
At $3.50 G tor Rev G N H.r-.
r1s calle| meeting to order and
appointed IS. o. r. Harris and ID.
G. Hunter 20 conduct the devotional
exercises. At the request of the
chair Rev. r. D. W. Meadows intro
duced Rev. B. B.. McDaniels. who ON
nehalf of the mayor welcomed the
members and missionaries to the town.
Rev McDaniels is pastor of, the old
est church In the Southern part of
West Virginia, having served as statis-
,tician for the General Baptist Asso-
|ciation for a number of years. He is
In possession of facts concerning the
denomination that are worthy of, at-y
tention. ....@. = ..
Mrs. Cofnelia Trice delivered a good
address welcoming the association on
oehalf of the church. These address,
es were responded to by Rev. rJ. J.
Turner, superintendent of Missions
for the Sunday School Association. :
! After appointing the usual working
committees Rev. Robert Daniel
preached the Introductory sermon.
choosing for his subject, Unity"
In the afternoon Vice Moderator
Kew VIM. Jackson was called to'Ethe
chair and moderator Rev. c. N. Har-
ris delivered his annual address In
which all phases of the association's
work were discussed He pleaded tSpf:
a better system of doing church work
and greater activity in missions and
FOR greater financial support for the
Hill Top School, He advised the
churches to stop sending out-yessfae
men to preach that have not shovn
illness along educational lines. I5,
rms address was placed into tho
hands OF Revs. J. w: Robinson, War
ner Brown and A. P. Straughter, who
recommended that steps be taken to
put in practice the things recon-
mended in the address. At the even
ing session Rev. Lazarus Smith
preached on the mysteries of Re )
demption." r+
The second day morning session
was opened by Rev. H. E. Freeman,
who spoke on "The Effect of the
Presence of the Pastor in the Sunday
School Reports from church were
heard until II o'clock, when Rev. J.
w. Robinson preached an excellent
sermon. .-... ..-. ..---.--.
IN the afternoon the work Of the.
Women's convention was presented.
Field Secretary Mrs P. s. Woods Pres.
1dent Mrs. M. A. w. Thompson and
Miss Maria Walton delivered good ad-
dresses. Prof H. B. Rice, who was
the first organizer, gave some inter
esting facts of its history. Rev. VIM.
Jackson read the report on obituary
and spoke in an interesting manner
Of the work of the late, Revs. C.
Campbell and G.. c.. Booze. >t';@. q
An offering was lifted for widows
by Mrs. G. Campbell, and Mrs. tE G..
Booze. -, YwEsszHzzszza
After an interestin 6 prayer serYics.
conducted by Rev. A. D. Lewis, Rev.
W. d. Scott preached on "The EternI-
ty Of Cod -~'. -. : ~j--- - =
The report Of the committee on ed
ucat1on was read by Prof. J. M. Ar
ter and discussed by Rev. T. II.
White, Rev. l.. Smith aud Rev. r.
Daniel and closed with an address
by Prof J. M. Arter, on Glow May the
Standard Of Education be Lifted in
West Vtrginia?' Prof. Arter compli-
mented the state for the manner IT
Is endeavoring to raise the standard
but showed that this would not be as
efective as 1t should unless the church
demand better educational acquire
ments on the part of it's preachers.
In referring to- some absurd state
ments that he had recently heard from
the pulpit, he said minister in the
association prefaced his sermon by
saying, "rd rather be in Heaven recit--
ing my a b C's than to be- In Hadss
speaking Greek" Such expressions
cause large number of people tn
look upon education disparagingiy.
The speaker, after assuring his hear
ers that God likes good language and
that the Bible Is written in the very
best language, said there would be- no
time to read Greek In He'll neithar
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