The Washington herald., 1916-06-03
BAPTIST.


Baptist ministers and representative
laymen of Washington met yesterday art
ernoon in the office of ]. ]. Darlington
to consider the contribution of the Dis
trict of Columbia toward the special fund
which is necessary to cancel the dehcit
in the Southern Baptist mission fund.
Rev. DR.. T. B. Ray. secretary Of the For
eign Missionary Board of the Southern
Baptist Convention. with headquarters at
Richmond, Va, and Rev. George w. Nc
Daniel, pastor of First Baptist Church,
Richmond, explained the program which
was decided upon by the recent conven-
ton at Asheville, N. c. OF the deficit of
$4,000 in the foreign mission funds an
nounced at the convention s130.o00 has
been secured and the remaining $4,000
has been apportioned among the churches
attached to this convention.
1t was decided at yesterdays meeting
to present the matter to the Baptist
churches of Washington either tomorrow
or on the following Sunday. and it is
anticipated that the local churches will
make liberal contributions to the fund.
Among those present at the conference
were: Rev. DR.. J. ]. Muir. Rev DR.. G. G.
johnson, Rev. DR.. B. D. Cav, Rev. ]. c.
Ball r. A. Ford. Fred Beall, and J. j.
Darlington.
The convention at Asheville which was
attended by several ministerial and lay
delegates from this city was the largest
in attendance in the history Of the South
ern Baptists. The number OF delegates
was in excess of 2.4oo and the visitors
reached 1900. The additions to the church
during the year since the last report were
said to number l6s,o00, making a total
membership of 100000, with $500
churches and 1900 Sunday schools. The
money raised by these churches was in
round figures 81, 10000 of which sum
81 SOC, 900 was set aside for missionary. ef-
fort. The deficit in mission funds which
was reported to the convention was said
to be due to the effect of the war on the
business of the South last year, par
ticularly with reference to cotton. The
missionary society reported the opening
OF sixty-seven new churches in foreign
lands during the year and the baptism
Of 5000 converts.
At Emmanuel Baptist Church the Lord S
Supper will be observed at the morning
service tomorrow and in the evening the
pastor, Rev. DR.. Cove G. johnson, will
preach a sermon to women, while a
choir Of young women will be In charge
OF the music.
AS a result of the forward movement"
in this church the church debt was re-
duced by 5000 at the end of May and
s.. .225 was paid on the interest. 1t is
planned to again reduce the debt by a
like amount in November.
The seventh anniversary of Rev. John
E. Briggs as pastor of Fifth Baptist
Church will be observed tomorrow. His
anniversary sermon will be preached in
the morning, at which service COM
munion will also be observed. In the
evening Mr.. Briggs will speak on "A
Bad Bargain" and will conduct a bap-
tismal service.
Fifth Church has received during Rev.
Mr.. Briggs pastorate 913 new members.
OF which number 576 came in by baptism
and 3S7 by letter and experience. The
present membership of the church is
l,l1 and of the Sunday school 1853. The
average attendance of the school for
the past year has been 667. The total
contributions OF the church for the seven
years amount to Sl13331.76.
The church supports DR.. R. z. Cham
bers in China and DR.. George Green, d
medical missionary in Africa, also two