Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-09
BAPTISTS PRAISE
WORK OF BROWN
Columbia Association Re.
fers to Sincere Efforts
of Police Head.

The work of Police Supt. Ernest w.
Brown was praised late yesterday In a
resolution adopted by the Columbia
Association of Baptist Churches, which
last night brought to close its fifty
eighth annual meeting In the National
Baptist Memorial Church, Sixteenth
street and Columbia road.
The resolution praised Maj. Browns
"sincere efforts to give our city
efficient, moral and upright admins
tration of the high Office"
Another resolution asked the North
ern and Southern Baptist Conventions
and the Baptist World Alliance, with
other Baptist groups, to join in observ-
ing the Tooth anniversary OF the death
of Rev. Luther Rice, pioneer Baptist,
who started the movement before a
church convention which brought
about the founding of the old Column
bia College, forerunner of George
Washington University. The celebra-
ton would be held September Is, 1896.
Honor Offered DIR. Truett.
The resolution requested that DR..
George w. Truett, president OF the
Baptist World Alliance, be asked to
accept the position of honorary chair
man in charge of the celebration. 1t
also instructed Rev. DR.. Cove G..
johnson, moderator of the Columbia
Association of Baptist Churches, to
name five members to serve on the
Luther Rice Centennial Commission.
Liquor traffic, gambling, immoral
motion pictures and commercialization
of Sunday were condemned in report
of the Social Service Committee. pre-
scented by E. Hilton Jackson, chairman.
The report attacked gambling as
economically unsound, morally wrong
and universally a devastating evil"
The report praised the drive Of the
Roman Catholic Church against NOR
ally Objectionable motion pictures.
The assemblage adopted resolution
calling for the appointment of a spe-
cial committee to revise the constitu-
ton of the association, after delegates
had been unable to agree on proposed
changes relative to methods OF voting
on questions before the body.
Dead Pastors Honored.
Other resolutions included one eX-
pressing regret over the death Of Rev.
DR.. Samuel Judson Porter and an
other praising the work of the late
Rev. James w. Many, former pastor OF
the East Washington Heights Baptist
Church Resolutions also were adopted
thanking the pastor and board Of the
National Baptist Memorial Church for
their hospitality during the convention
and thanking the press for articles
about the meetings.
The Resolutions Committee was
composed of Rev. Edward o. Clark,
chairman: Mrs. Maize Skinner Ken
drick. Mrs. E. B. Shaver and Rev.
Thomas E. Boorde.
It was voted to hold the next an
nual convention in the Fifth Baptist
Church next May. Rev. P. G. Murray,
assistant pastor of Calvary Baptist
Church, was named to deliver the an
nual sermon at the next sessions, with
Rev. Wilson Holder as alternate.
The following committee chairmen
were named by the Committee on
Committees for the ensuing year:
Committee on Order of Exercises,
Rev. John E. Briggs; Bible School
Work, T. C. Crump: Young Peoples
Work, Rev. Glenn B. Faucet: Mis-
sions, Rev. Ohio E. Eure; Publicity,
Or. o. o. Dietz; Social Service, Rev.
Wilson Holder; Advisory, Rev. F. w.
johnson, and Resolutions, DR.. John
C.. Ball.
DIR. Bowler a Speaker.
At last nights session addresses were
delivered by Rev. DR.. William H. Bow
Ter, executive secretary. Board of
Missionary Cooperation, Northern
Baptist convention, and Rev. DIR. j. B.
Hips, dean of the seminary at the
University of Shanghai A report of
the Committee on Missions was read
by Rev. N. M. Sin1monds.
Rev. DR.. Bowler told Of progress
made by missionaries in Europe, as
observed on a recent visit there.
Rev. DR.. Hipps told of what the Uni
versity of Shanghai hopes to accom-
plish toward educating students so
the latter may aid in fights against