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.APPOINTEES.

A n n ua l Sermo n —D. W . Ramsey , Pine A pple , A la . : al te rnate , A .Missio nary Sermo n , 1 1 a .mThursday—J I . K e n d l ick , Fu rln a nA l a . ;al te rnate , F . M . Fletch - .rDelegate t o So u thern Baptist Co nven ti o n—W. A . Parker , Fo r

est H ome , A la . ;al ternate , J . G . Reyn o lds.(Se e A rticle

MINUTES.

WEDNESDA Y,SEPTEMBER 1 4

,1 898 .

MORNING SESSION.

1 . At t e n o ’ clo ck a .m.,

Wedn esday,Sept . 1 4th , the Pin e

Barren Asso ciatio n co nven ed i n i tsfo rty n i n th annual sessi o n with the Ackerville Baptist church , Ackerville, Wi lco xC o .

,A la .

2 . Devo ti o n al exercisesco nducted byBr o . J .W . Stewart, o fEvergreen

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3. In tro ducto ry sermo n preached by Br o . W . N . Huckabee

,fr omRomans1 3th chapter , 32th verse .

4 . The Asso ciati o n adj o urned t omeet at p .m.Prayer by Br o . W . D . Hubbard .

AFTERNOON SESSION .

5 . At th e A sso ciati o n wascal led t o o rder by Dr . D .W . Ramsey

,fo rme r M o derato r . Prayer by Bro . E. I . Bai ley,

Sr . QIN l6 . The fo l l o wing breth ren were app o i n ted t o read the

chu rch letters: W . A . Barker , Jr . , J . K . P . Ro bso n , J . -W .Riley

,Jr .

Messen gersenr o l led asfo ll o ws7 . FIRST D ISTRICT .

A ck e rvil le—W . A . J . Stewart , C . T . Little , W. A . J . A l britto n , S. C .Po well .A llent o n—D . H . A dams.Bethsaida J . I . Kendrick , Thos. Lee , J . L . Watso n , T . E. Watso n

,D . W. Watso n , B . W . Watso n , J . K . P . R o bso n .

Camden—E. I . Bai ley , Sr . , J . W . Hawth o rn .Fell o wshi p—J . W . Luckie , D o nald Steen .M o n terey —No t represen ted .Pine Level—By letter .Pleasan t H i l l—Fel ix Tate , A rnett R ay .Ro ckwest—Fl o yd C o o k .

8 . SECOND DISTRICT .

Bear Creek—D . C . Saddler , Frank Melto n , F . I . Defee .Butler Sprin gs—J . L . Henderso n .En o n—W . W. Stewart, J . J . E . Watso n , T . A . Co wart , R . E . Warren .Fo rest Home—W. A . Parker , Jr. , W . H . Watt , J . G . R e y n o lds, 'J .L . Glenn .Friendship—D . W . Ramsey , W . N . Huckabee , 0. F . Bro wn , J F

Fo re, S. N . Stan fo rd , P . Wil l iams, C . Hardy, J . F . Mel to n .

2“Gu l l e t tsBlufi—C . C . Sel lers, Jr. , 1 ;C . C . Sellers, Jr. , 2.M t . Pisgah—No t represen ted .New Pro vidence—By letter .Shack l e vil l e —No t represented .

9. TH IRD D ISTRICT .

Bel l ’sLanding By letter .Bethel—No t represented .Co nco rd—D . C . Burso n

,B . E. Bu rso n , J . D . Fo rt , Ern est Hestl e .

J . W. Riley , Jr .Flat Creek—By letter .Indian Springs—J . H . Fo re , David Maxwell .Midway—M . L . McC lammy , J . C . A n tho ny .Mt . Pleasan t—"V . H . Baily , S. J . B ird , R . E. Co leman .New H o pe—W . R . Maxwel l .Pinevil le—J . B . Harper .Spring Hil l—By letter .

1 0. The Asso ciati o n pro ceeded t o the electi o n o f o fficers.‘

The fo rmer Mo derato r an d Clerk,D . W . Ramsey an d J . G .

Rey n o lds,were re elected . W . A . J . Albri tto n waselect e d

Treasu rer t o succeed Jn o . W . Purifo y,d eceased .

1 1 . Br o . Jas. I . Kendrick , i n behalf o f the church an dcitizensOf Ackerville , extended t o the Asso ciat i o n amosthear ty welcome . Br o . D . C . Burso n resp o nded i n a brief

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pleasi n g talk i n behalf o f themessengers.1 2 . Co rresp o nding Messen gerspresen t were :J . W . Stewart Orphan age .N . A . Tal iaferro — H o wa i d Co l lege .W . D . Hu bbard— C o n e cu h A sso crat i o n .W . A . Parker. Sr — State M issi o n B o ard .W . Y . Quisen berry—M o n tgomery A sso ciati o n .1 3. The M o derato r ann o unced the fo llo wi n g commi tteest o

rep o rt du r ing thesessi o n :Rel igi o usServices—Past o r an d Deaco nso f A ckerville church .Finance—C . Hardy, D . C . Burso n , W. H .Wat t .State o f Religi o n an d Digest Of Letters—J . I . Kendrick , C . T .

L i ttle,T . A . Co wart .

R eq uest an d N ominati o ns—W . R . Maxwell , P . Wi l l iams, J . B .I I arpe r .

A ppo rti o nment—J . F . Fo re,R . E. C o leman , E . I . Bai ley , J . L .

Glenn,J . L . Henderso n .

1 4 . Br o . D . C . Bu rso n read the rep o rt o n Sunday,Sch o o ls. After an interesti n g discussi o n by Brethren Fletch

‘sr,Co o k

,Burso n

,Fo re

,Stewart

,an d Burso n

,it wasad o pted

asfo llo ws:REPORT ON SABBAT H SC H OOL S .

Sabbath Sch o o lsare the highest grade o f free sch o o ls, an d comesx o n a d ay that o u r Go d demandst o be kept ho ly ,so wese e i t isn o t

o nly fo r child ren , bu t all who l o v e t o keep the comman dso f o ur L o rd .Early train ing, we al l kn o w , isbest—mo ral ly an d rel igi o usly . F o r

Scriptural example , se e Davi d , J ose ph , Samuel , Timo thy . an d thel i ttle bo y Christ at twelve yearso f ag e , an d by experience an d Observatio n

,the bestme n an d women o f o u r churches

,where thespiri tual

an d financial l i fe grew o u t o f early train ing .There are said t o be 25

,000

,0008abbath Scho o lsan d teach

-e rsi n the wo rld . But when we come t o o u r Own A sso ciati o n , wi th a'membership o f o ver we fin d fromlast year ’srep o rt that o nlyn ineteen churcheso u t o f twe nty-eight repo rted Sabbat h Scho o lsan d-884 pupi ls. I t isindeed sad . fo r o ver pro fessing Christianst ohave n o thing t o d o with Sabbath Scho o ls, fo r a greatmany i ncl udedin that repo rt are smal l children . Thisyearsix teen churchesrepo rt

.Sabbath Scho o lswith 684 pu pi ls. Pau l certai nly did n o tmean whata greatmanyseemt o think when hesai d“Qu i t y o u l i keme n”t oq u i t t he Sabbath Sch o o l , bu t, we think . the reverse : q u i t stayingaway fromchurch an d Sunday Scho o l . Pau l tel lsusn o t t o fo rsaket he assembling o f o urselvesto gether

,an d i f we have bel ieved wi th the

heart wesho uld co n fesswith themo u th,an d t o himthat kn o weth t o

d o go o d an d do eth i t n o t , t o himi t isasin .No w

,ast o l i terature

,most Of o u r churches. with a few d o l lars, can

besu pplied with o ur o w n den ominati o nal l i terature,pu bl ished by the

Sunday Scho o l B o ard o f the So u thern Baptist C o nven ti o n , at Nashv i l le

,Tenn . ;also , the American Baptist Pu bl i cati o n So ciety , at Phil

adelphia . A n d we are persuaded that n o Sabbath Scho o l d o esmuchwitho u t o u r l i teratu re

,an d then the spiri t o fmissi o nswill gro w

stro nger . A n d o ur b o ysan d girlswill become aschief co rnersto nesi n the Master ’sservice .Christians

,d o y o ur part , Go d wil l d o his, an d rising generati o ns

wil l rise u p an d cal l y o u blessed .A . P . M A JOR S

,Chairman .

1 5 . Br o . J . I . Kendrick repo rted fo r th e Commi ttee o nR eligi o usServicesthat Br o . W . A . Tal iafer r o wi ll preacht o -n ight at eight o ’cl o ck;an d Br o . W . A . Park er , Sr . , willpreach the an nual Missi o n aryse rmo n t omo r r o w at 1 1 a .m.1 6 . Onmo ti o n the A sso ciati o n adj o u r ned t omeet at 9 a .m. t o -mo r r o w . Prayer by Br o . Fletcher .

FIRST DA Y— NIGH T SESSION .

1 7 . A san o u n ce d by committee o n religi o usservicesBr o .W . A . Tal iafer r o

,p reached t o an app reciat ive co n gregati o n

fr omR om.SECOND DA Y— MOR NING SESSION .

1 8 . The A sso ciati o n wascalled t o o rder by the Mo derato rat 9 a .m. Prayer by Br o . Breithaupt .

_1 9 . Minutesread an d app r o ved .20. A committee co nsisting o f Breth ren J . L . Henderso n

an d M . D . Smith wasapp o in ted t o visi t Mt . Pisgah an dShack l e v i l l e churches

,an d rep o rt at the next sessi o n o f th is

bo dy .

21 . R e po rt o n Min isterial Educatio n wasread by J . W .Riley

,Jr . It wasdiscussed byBrethren H u ckab e e , H ubbard ,

an d Tal iaferr o . Pendi n g the d iscussio n o f thisrep o rt,

22 . Bro . S . C . C o o k read r e pOI t o n Den ominati o nalEducati o n . The n fo l l o wed a len gthy an d i n terestingj o in t d iscussi o n by Brethren Stewart

,Hubbard

,Parker

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Tal iaferro an d Quisen berry, an d the ad o p ti o n o f th e two r ep o rts.

REPORT ON MINISTERIAL EDUCATION .There hasnever been a peri o d in American histo ry when the sub

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jcet o f educati o n hasreceived asmuch attent i o n asat the presen t .Rapidstridesin every branch Of learn ing , especial ly in t he pro fessi o ns. A certai n degree o f pro ficiencymust be attained in the pro fessi o n o f law,medicine, e tc . , befo re the o n e pr o posing t o pract ice thesame can legitimately d o so . N o w i f i t isnecessary fo r the tempo ralwelfare o f the peo ple that thesesafe g u radsbe placed aro und o ur professi o ns

,ho wmuchmo re impo rtant that we use thesame precauti o n

t o pro tect their Spiri tual in terests.Infideli ty

,atheisman d o ther d o ctrinesthat are detrimen tal t o the

cause o f Christ, are abro ad i n the land , an d we natu rally l o o k t o o urmin istry t o teach the peo ple the way in which theysh o u ld g o , an dthuspro tect themfromthese pern ici o usd o ct i i n esa n d influences.Then

,ho w necessary i t isthat we have themth o ro ughly educated in

al l the brancheso f learn ing , so they can draw the sacred tru th fromthe great fo u n tain o f G o d ’swo rd , a n d presen t themwithsuch l o gicalfo rce asW i l l refu te an y argumentswhich the enemiesOf the crossOfChrist can bring fo rth .A t thisparticular peri o d o f o ur histo ry, when the new fie ldso fCuba,P o rto Rico

,Hawai i a n d the Phil i ppinesare being again o pened fo r the

recepti o n o f the G ospel . ho w impo rtant i t isthat we have competen tme n i n themin istry t o teach these ben ighted pe o ple , t o o vercometheir ign o rance an d su persti ti o n

,an d lead themfromt ue erro rso f

their way t o the kn o wledge Of the true an d l i ving Go d .In V iew o f al l these facts, le t usasa band Of Chr istians, asBapt ists,

aro use fromo u r lethargy an d come u p t o the fu llmeasure Of o ur dutyin thisimpo rtan tmatter . Let usassist o u r n o ble yo ungme n whoare cal led o f Go d t o preach the gospel , an d who expect t o co nsecratetheir l ivest o hisservice

,an d who feel the need o f an educati o n , an d

are striving t o complete I t , in o rder that theymay become a p o ten tfacto r in the great wo rk o f winn ing so ulst o Christ .The fo l l o wing info rmati o n i n regard t o themin isterial departmen t .

o fH o ward Co l lege hasbee n furnished y o ur committee by Bro . W A sH o bso n :“There were i n H o ward Co llege last year thi rty-two (32)min isterialstuden ts;o f t hisnumberse venteen ( 1 7 ) asked fo r hel p , eleven ( 1 1 ) hadtheir en tire expensespaid ,six (6) o n ly bad part o f their expensespaid ,whil e fifteen ( 1 5) paid thei r o w n expenses, eleven ( 1 1 ) did regularpreaching , eleven ( 1 1 ) preached o ccasi o nal ly . A bo u t 800 sermo nswere preached by thestuden tsduring the lastsessio n . The B o ard assumed fo rmin isterialstudents. A t the close o f t hesessi o n

o f thishad been paid . The Bo ard bo rro wed the balance Ofdue the Co l lege an d settled in fu ll . Thisn o te isdue at bank

Sept . 20, an d the Bo ard haslessthan $200o f thisamo un t in hand .”Y o ur commi ttee n o teswith great pleasure the increased number o f

5min isterial studentsat the H o ward last sessi o n , an d also the i ncreased amo un t o f w o rk by them. There isa vast field aro und Birmi n g ham, i n which these yo ungmin isterscan d o a great w o rk fo rt he Master while pursu i n g their l i terary co urse, an d we are grat ifiedt o n o te that they are taking advantage o f i t .Yo ur commi ttee recommend that thisasso ciati o n an d the churches

c omposing i t wil l come t o the relief o f the B o ard at o nce an d relieveit o f i tspresent embarrassmen t , an d also co -Operate wi th it i n the future in i tsgrea t w o rk Of edu cating yo ungmin isters.

Respectful lysu bmi tted ,W . M . H ESTL E, Chairman .

DENOMINATIONA L EDUC A TION .

O f all thesu bjectsthat claimthe at ten ti o n o f the Pine Barren A sso ciati o n there are n o ne o fmo re Imp o rtance t o usasBaptiststhanden ominati o nal educati o n . I t ist o some exten t the ro ck upo n whichrestso u r strength n umerical ly , an d the field Wherein o u r so nsan ddaughterssho uld be ro o ted a n d gro unde d in the Baptist fai th . Someo n e hassaid , Letme wri t e the so ngso f a natio n an d I care n o t whomay wri te i tshisto ry . Let o u r children be educated in o ur d e n omii n at i o n alscho o lsan d co lleges. where they wil l be surro unded by themo ral a n d religi o usinfluencesthat pervade those inst i tu ti o ns, a n dt hey wil l be better guarded in after l ife against the dartso f infidel i tyan d thesinsan d temptati o nsthat are sure t o beset them. Character ,t o a very great exten t , ismade by thesch o o lsan d co l legeswe attend ,an d themanner i n which we are educated . Some o n e hassaid, I ama part o f al l that I haveme t . If thisbe the case , let usse e that o u r

.children are at al l timessurr o u nded by the best influences, fo r the b o yissaid t o be father t o theman , then let useducate o ur children atth osescho o lswhere the better eleme n tsOf their natu re wil l be bro ughto u t . That al o ne istrue educati o n which combinest he educati o n o fb o th heart an dmind . While i t instructsthemind in the artsan dsciences

,an d preparesi t t o grasp their hidden tru ths, while i t teaches

t omeasure the comet ’sflight an d t o kn o w an d n umber the verystars,i t neglectsn o t t o p o i n t the chi ld t o Bethlehem’sStar that taketh awaythesinso f the w o rld . Our den ominati o nalscho o ls—H o ward Co l legean d the Judso n Insti tu te—comb ine t hishigher educati o n , an d havesen t o u t fromtheir p o rtalsyo ungme n an d w omen bright an dshiningstarsin the Christian an d l i terary w o rld , which hasbeenmade betteran d wiser by their having l ived therein . L e t us, then , asBaptistsc ome u p b o ldly t o thesuppo rt o f o u r Baptist sch o o ls, en co uragingan d sustain ing themby o ur prayers, o u rmo ney an d o ur patro nage .

Respectful lysu bmi tted,

S. C . C OOK .

23. At 1 1 a .m. Br o . w . A . Parrk e r , Sr . , preached thea n nual Missi o narysermo n fr omMatt . a co l lecti o n wast aken amo unti n g t o24 . The Asso ciati o n adj o urned t omeet at 2 p .m. Prayer

b y Br o . Quisenber ry .25 . The Asso ciati o nme t pu rsuan t t o adj o u rnmen t .

Prayer by Bro . Fo re .

26 . The repo rt o n State Missi o nswaso ffered by J . G .

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Reyn o lds. It wasably discussed by Brethre n Parker an dFletcher .27 The repo rt o n Home Missio nswasthen read by Bro .W . N . Huckabee .28 . The rep o rt o n Fo reig n Missio nsbeing ready

,i t was

o ffered by Bro . Jas. I . Kendrick . A l engthy discussi o n o fthe three rep o r tsfo ll o wed by Brethren Quisenberry an dHuckabee

,after which the three were ad o pted asfo llo wsREPORT ON STATE MISSIONS .

Y o u r C ommi ttee o n State Missi o n sbeg t omake the fo l l o wing repo rt :To al l earnest w o rkersin the cause Of Christ the necessi ty fo r e n

larg i n g an d suppo rting the State Missi o n B o ard iseviden t .The Object o f the b o ard isn o tsimply t o su pplyme n with w o rk an dh omes

,o r t o l o o k t o the in terestso f the w o rk in their particularse c

t i o n , bu t t o spread the gospel in al l desti tu te partso f the State .Y o u r commit tee n o teswith pleasure tha t the repo rtso f the bo ard

aremo re enco uraging;that there hasbeen an increase i n the n umbero f th ose who co n tri bute reg ularly fo rmissio ns, an d that the field an dOfficesecretariesare pushing the w o rk .There aremany secti o nsthat yet need o u r assistance

,an d o u t o f

the Baptistsi n A labama,there sh o u ld bemanymo re than

the estimated n o w hel ping t o promo te the cause . I t isn o to n ly the du ty bu t the privi lege o f every Christian t o cast in hismi tefo r thisal l imp o rtant w o rk .The travel ing evangelistssen t o u t by the bo ard are laying the su b

j e ct befo re the peo ple Of the State , an d thro ugh thismediumo u rchurchesare being awakened .Yo ur commi tte e recommendsthat the pasto rso f the asso ciati o n lay

the claimso f the State Bo ard befo re their peo ple early in the year ,preaching o nmissi o nsan d taki n g thei r co llecti o nsregularly .Devel o p thisphase Ofmissi o n wo rk an d so o n weshal lse e signso fprosperi ty al o n g all l ineso f o u r den ominati o nal w o rk .May Go d speed the d ay when al l o ur peo pleshal l be deeply co n

cer n ed fo r theso ulso fme n . Respectfu llysubmi tted ,J . G . REYNOLDS

,

J . E. KN IGH T ,J . L . GL ENN.

REPORT ON HOME MISSIONS .

Y o u r Committee o n Home Missi o nssu bmi t the fo l l o wing repo rt :1 . The rep o rt su bmi tted t o the So uther n Baptist Co nven ti o n last

May sho wsthat th e re were labo ring under the appo in tmen t o f thatb o ard 467missi o naries

,whose field o f o perat io n extended o ver every

State an d terri to ry in the b o undso f the C o nven ti o n,an d also i n Cu ba .

2 . The recei ptso f the bo ard last year amo un ted t o o fwhich amo un t A labama iscredited with cash an d d o nat i o nsi nshap eo f cl o thing . e tc . , w ith o r abo u t 2 1 -2 cen tspermember o f thed e n ommat i o n . ThisA sso ciat i o n fo r last co nven ti o nal year gave

o r abo u t six cen tspermember . These figures, which in theaggregate fo o t u p a largesum

,sh o w that So u ther n Baptistsare n o t

very en thusiastic o n thesubject o f h omemissi o ns. Some o f o urmosten thusiastic d efendersOf the w o rk o f the bo ard spend in o n e d ay fo rt o baccomo re than isgiven per capita in o n e year fo rmissi o ns, whil e

o thersspendmo re fo r alc o h o l ic beveragesthan they d o fo r t he L o rd ’s:cause at home an d abro ad . Thesestatementsmay seema l i ttle ext ravag an t , bu t n everthelessthey are facts.3. W e w o uld cal l attenti o n . i n t he third place t o the o pp o rtun ity

affo rded So u thern Bapt istsu p o n the island o f Cu ba. W e have already a go o d fo o t ing there a n d i t beho o vesusasthe co nservato rso fscriptu ral tru th t o se e that thist ruth shal l be preached wherever anOppo rtun ity presen tsi tsel f. R espectfu llysu bmi tted .

W . N . HUC K A BEE, Chm’n .REPORT ON FOREIGNT MISSIONS.

Fo reignmissi o nsisthe se nd ing Of the gospel t o th ose i n fo reignlands. Thisen terpr ise isi n acco rdance with the Savi o r ’spartingcommand t o“make d isci pleso f al l n ati o ns.”I t isa reco gn i ti o no f the fact that t he Savi o rmean tsomething when he said ,“Ye shal lbe wi tnessesu ntome , b o th i n Jerusaleman d in all Judea an d inSamaria an d un to the u ttermost partso f the earth .”The heathenwho die wi tho u t the gosp e l are astruly l ost asth ose wh o die here ath ome with o u t Christ . A sSo u thern Baptistswe are do ingmissio nwo rk in Six differen t fo reign lands: China. the greatestmissi o n fieldi n the w o rld

,Japan , Mexico , Brazi l . Italy a n d A frica. In al l this

vast terri to ry the great h ost Of So uthern Baptistshave o n ly abo u tseventy-fiv emissi o naries

,besidesthe o rdained a n d un o rdained native

h e l pers. Bu t i t isaso urce o f gratifica t i o n t o y o ur commi ttee that theblessing o fGo d hasrested richly u p o n t heirsel f-sacrifici n g lab o rs. Inthe last repo rt o f the Fo reign Missi o n B o ard we find these w o rds:“We are glad t o ann o unce thatmany co nvertshave been baptizedo n the fieldsin which o u rmissio narieshave been labo ring . Especially i n China an d Brazi l have the w o rkersbeenmade t o rej o ice astheyhaveseen large n umbersadded t o the churchesan d new cen tresOfi n terest o pe n ed t o themesse ngersOf the cross. In Japan , i n A frica,an d i n Italy , the wo rksh o wssteady pro gress. I n Mexico o u r causehasn o t prospered asmuch aswe w o uld l ike t o haveseen

,tho ugh in

some o f themissi o nsthere go o d pro g resshasbeenmade .”In the abo ve named six fo reign landsthere are o n e hundred an d

two o rga n i zed Baptist churches. During the past year ending withthemo nth o f A pr i l ,seve n hundred an d o n e so ulswere baptized i n tothe fell o wship o f these churches

,making an aggregatemembershi p

o f fo rty-seven hundred a n d six ty .While thisistrue

,we regret t o n o te the further fact that the co n

tribu t i o nso f So u thern Baptistst o fo reignmissi o nsd uring the pastyear weremo re than two tho usand d o l larslessthan they were th eyear previ o us. Thisistrue , n o tw i thstand ing the last rep o rt sh o weda balance i n the treasury . The bala n ce wasdue t o a cu tting d o wn o fthe w o rk . The co n tr i bu ti o nso f the Bapt istso f A labama fo r the pastyear t o fo reignmissi o nswer em01 e than six hu n d i e d d o l larslessthan .they we re the year befo re . The average co n t qi bu t i ) l l o f the nearlyo n e hundred ad d twe n t v th o usand Baptistsin A labama t o thiscausefo r the past year wasa l i ttle lesst han five cen tsper capita

,while that

o f the average Baptist i n the P ine Bai i e n A sso ciati o n waso nly asmal l frac ti o n o ver fo ur cen tsp e r capita I n t he Op i n i o n o f y o ur commi t t e e at least three thingsare necessary t o cha n ge t hisstate o f affairs: F irst , a d e e per c l DV lC t l ) Li o f th e fact. that t he heathen arer e al ly l ost wi tho u t the gospel a n d a fresher real izat i o n o fwhat i tmeanst o b e l ost . In t he se c o n d place there isgreat need o t' in fo rmatio n ab o ut fo reig nmissi o nsi n ge n eral a n d o f th e wo rk o f o u r Fo reign

8

Missi o n B o ard . W e tak e pleasure i n cal l i n g atten tio n t o the Fo reignMissio n J o ur n al , an d u rge tha t a l l who take a n d read i t seek t o geto therst o d o so . The third n e e d isthe practice o fNe w Testamen tprinci plesi n g iving . Paulsaysi n 1 t ‘o r . 1 6 :“Up o n the first d ay o ft he week let each o fy o u lay by hun i n st o re ash emay prosper .”Thismeansthat each o n e ist o givesomething , a n d that that somethi n g o ught t o be give n regularly an d o u g ht t o be i n pro p o r t io n t othe abi l i ty o f each . Respectfu l lysu bmi tted ,

J . I . KENDRI C K ,F o r C ommi ttee .

29 . O nmo ti o n thespecial co l lectio n o f wasappropr iat e d t o State Missi o ns.30. Bro . W . N . Huckabee briefly stated the co nditio n o f

Br o . M o o re,o f Butle r Sp r ingsafter which a co l lectio n was

take n amo unting t o an d d o nated t o that Bro ther .31 . O nmo ti o n commi ttee o n assessmen t wasauth o rized

t omake appo rti o nmen t fo r the var i o uschurches,fo r the

Minute fund .32 . Amo tio n wasthenmade by Br o . W . N . Huckabee

a n d carried,t o place Br o . S. M o o re ’sname o n l ist o f Indigen t

M in iste rs.33. C ommittee o n Req uestsan d Nominati o nsmade rep o rt

thr o ugh Bro . J . B . Harper .

Th e C ommittee o n Req uest an d N ominati o n beg leave t o repo rtasfo l l o ws:Execu t i ve Commi t tee—J . I . Kendrick , J . K . P . R o bso n , W . H .WV a t t

, J . E. Kn ight , J . L . Sk in ner .T o preach ann ualsermo n—Dr . D . W . Ramsey;al ternate A . P . Ma

j o rs.TO preach the ann ual Missi o narysermo n at 1 1 a.m. Thursday—J .I Ke n d ri ck;al ternate F . M . Fletcher .D ~ le vate t o So uthern Baptist C o nven t i o n—W . A . Parker , Jr. ;alter

ri ate J . C r. Reyn o lds.N e xtsessi o n t o co nvene w i th Mt . M o riah Church . W i lco x , C O . , o nW e d n esday befo re the 3rd Sand e v in September, 1 899, at 1 1 o ’cl o cka .m.

R espectfu l ly submi tted,

W . R . M A "W ELL ,PRESTON W IL L I A MS ,J . B. H A RPER .

Onmo t i o n Bro . W . A . Parker,r e po r t wasame nded t o r e ad Fr iend

ship church . P i n e A pple , A la. R e po rt asamend e d wasad o pted .34 . A c ommitt ee co nsisti ng o f the M o d erato r , Cle rk an d

J,I . Kend rick , wasappo inted t o d raft suitable reso luti o ns

o n the late treasu re r , J . \V . Pu r i fo y .35 . O nmo ti o n the Executi v e C ommi ttee wasemp o wered

t o appo in t a delegate t o the So uther n Baptist Co nventi o nsh o uld ne i the r the delegate n o r alternate b e able t o attend .36 . The Asso ciati o n adj o ur n ed t omeet at 7 :30 p .m.

Prayer by Br o . Fo rt .

SECOND DA Y—NIGH T SESSION .

37 . The Asso ciati o nme t with prayer by Br o . W . A .Parker

,Jr .

38 . The repo rt o n Orphan age waspresen ted by Bro . J . I .Kendrick . It wasdiscussed at le n gth by Brethren Stewart,W . A . Parker, Sr . , Ramsey , Fletcher, Huckabee, an d K e nd rick . A co llecti o n wastaken amo u n ti n g t o The r ep o rt wasado pted asfo ll o ws:

REPORT ON ORPHA NS’ HOME.

W e beg t o submi t the fo l l o wing rep o rtThe name Of o u r Orphanage is“L o u ise Sho rt Baptist Wid o ws’ an d

O rphans’ H ome o f A labama.”The firststepstaken to wardsi tsestabl ishme n t waswhen Mrs. M . L . B . W o o dso nmade kn o wn t o theState Bapt ist Co nven ti o n in N o vember , 1 890, thatshe wo u ld give al lher real estate fo r themai n tenance Of a Baptist Wid o ws’ an d Orphans’ Home in A labama. The H ome wastemp o rarily l o cated atEvergreen Jan . 1 6, 1 893. The presen t financialsecretary wasaskedt o take themanagemen t o f i t (witho u t remunerati o n ) , he being thenpasto r at Evergreen . I t waso pened in a smal l ren ted h o use March1 0, 1 895, t o receive itsfirst inmates. By N o vember o f that year wehad received twen ty-two chil dren

,an d the trusteesdecided t o l o cate

i t permanen tly . A fter duly advertising fo r bidsfo r a l o cati o n , Evergreen waschosen , an d pro perty waspurchased , co nsisting o f eightya creso f land lyi n g o n Mainstreet

,thirty Of which isi n cultivati o n ,

thirty i n pasture an d twen ty in w o o ds. The bui ldingswere a te nr o omb rick h o use an d three tenemen t ho uses. The purchase pricewas which

,with in terest o n the deferred paymen ts, amo un ted

t o Thisdebt waspromptly paid . The b o ysare taught t od o farmwo rk

,the girlst o d o vari o uskindso f h ome w o rk . A l l that

are o ld en o ugh attend the A gricu ltu ral Scho o l . where n o tu i ti o n ischarged . Thematriculati o n an d inciden tal feesamo un t t o fromfivet o eight d o l larsper year fo r each pupi l . A ll attend Sunday-sch o o lan d church . Fo urteen o f themhave j o ined the church . The curren te xpensesare abo ut six d o l larspermo n th fo r each child . Since theHome wasstarted 94 children have been received . Havesen t o u t 41 ,leaving in the H ome 53. The curren t expensesn o w wil l n o t fal l farsho rt o f ten d o l larsa d ay . We o we ab o u t $800, which wemust pay i fw e are t o dedicate the H ome free o f debt Oct . 2o th . W i t h what weshal l need fo r o u r dai ly expensesti l l then

,weshal l n eed between

n o w an d Oct . 1 5th . Imp o rtant impro vementshave been added t o theH ome

,giving usan o ther brick bu ilding wi th ten ro oms;al l the fo rmer

ho use ren o vated a n dmuch impro ved;adeq uate water w o rks, an d aggmga

o

l e t e systemo f sanitati o n . These impro vemen tscost ab o u t,5

M o ney isgreatly needed . W e h o pe t o dedicate the h o use free o f deb tO ct . 2o th . Brethren

,hel p us.Respectful lysubmi tted ,

B . W . W A TSON,J . L . SK INNER ,W . N . J . STEW A RT .

39 . The Asso ciati o n adj o urn ed t omeet at n ine O’cl o ck t omo rro wmo rn ing .

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TH IRD DA Y—MORNING SESSION .

40. The A sso ciati o n assembled at 9 a .m. Prayer by Br o .Harper .4 1 . Minutesread an d appro ved .42 . After a fe w to uchi n g remarksmade by Dr . Ramsey

,

Breth ren J . I . Kendrick,an d W . N . Huckabee, o n death o f

the late Treasurer,Bro . J . W . Purifo y , the fo l lo wing tribute

t o hismemo ry wasu n an imo usly ad Opt e d :Since the lastmeeting o f thisA sso ciat i o n

,Bro . J . W . Purifo y, who

had been the highly esteemed an dmost fai thfu l Treasu rer o f thisb o dy fo r twen ty-o n e years

,haspassed t o hisreward . A sbrethren

who have bee n asso ciated wi t h him. an d who ful ly appreciate hismany excellenciesasa Christian a n d Officer,we embrace this

, o u r

first o ppo rtun i ty,t o pay o u r tri bu te t o hisl i fe an d character . Whi l e ‘

we deeplymo u rn hisdeath , we shal l ever cherish a l o ving remembrance fo r h im. W e exten d t o hisbereaved l o ved o neso ur heartfel tsympathy an d l o ve . We are again reminded , brethren . that we allmustso o n give an acco un t o f o u r labo rs. Let usbe active an d fai thfu l in o u r Master ’scause . a n dmay the w o rk o f every o n e o f usbe astrue an d fai thful asthat o f o ur bel o ved an d deceased bro ther .

Respectfullysubmitted ,D . W . R A MREY.J . G . REYNOLDS,J . I . KENDRI CK .

43. The rep o rt o n Temperan ce after being read by Br o . J .L . Glen n

,an d discussed by Breth re n Fletcher

,Huckabee

,

Parker an d Riley,wasad o pted .

REPORT ON TEMPERA NCE.

Y o ur Commi ttee o n Temperance repo rt that, being temperate in al lthingsispro g ressin the right directio n . The extreme wickednesso fthe l iq u o r traffic W i l l appear t o an y o n e who wil lstudy the nature o fthe businesscl osely . That i t iswro ng isperfectly clear t o al l;thatthemo re o f thisbusinessan y co un trysu ppo rtsthemo re po verty an dcrime there wil l be . A great deal hasbeensaid an d wri tten o n t emp e ran ce , bu t l i ttle d o ne . The Psalmist tel lsusthat which we desireweseek after . Bre the n , i f the w o rdsOf the Psalmist be true , we

Tsho u ld use every effo rt t o keep the y o ungme n o f o u r co un try frompartici pating in the evi l hab i t o fstro ng drink . L o o k at the wid o wsan d o rphans"Lo o k at o u r jai lsthat are filled an d themu rder that iscommi tted o n acco un t Ofstro ng drink"Y o u n gme n . I appeal t o y o uall asy o ur friend t o aband o n the use o f stro ng drink . I f each indiv idual w o uldsi t d o wn calmly an d reflect fo r himself u po n the heavytax assumed by himsel f when he indulgesi n the use Ofstro ng drin k ,an d then n o te carefu l ly the effectspro duced u po n hisheal th , spiri tan d busi nessprospects, he wil l certainly be co nstrained t o cal l a hal tan d resist o n e o f the wo rst evilsn o w i n existence .

Respectful lysu bmi tted ,J . E. FORE ,C . L . GRIMES,W . L . FORT ,

Commi ttee .

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44 . Bro . J . B . Harper Offe red the rep o rt o n D e n omin atio nal L i terature an d after bein g briefly discussed by 'Brethren Kend r ick

,Huckabee

,Parke r

,Fo re

,an d Dr . Ram

se y , wasad o pted asfo l l o wsDENOMINATIONAL LITER A TURE.

Upo n reviewing thissu bject y o u r commi ttee findsthat fromt imet o time prin ted repo rtshave beenmade , an d yet we fear that there isstil l a lack o f in terest taken amo ng the Baptistso n thissu bject .We , asBaptists, kn o w that Baptist prin ciples. an d Baptist do ctrin e

cann o t be pro perly instil led in to t hemindsOf o ur children , u nlessthey have Baptist l i teratu re fromvi hich t o get info rmati o n .A n d first Of al l Den ominati o n al Literature

,we u rge an d recommen d

thestudy o f the W o rd o f Go d , fo r o u t o f i t we get all o u r Baptist prin-Jcipl esan d d o ctrines. If thiswasn o tso I d o n o t believe we wo uld becommanded t o search the Scriptu res. We further recommend the useo f the So u thern Baptist Co nven ti o n Sunday-sch o o l Li t eratu re in theSunday-scho o ls, th o ugh we have n o o bject i o n t o the American BaptistPu bl icati o n So ciety ’sLiterature .The o rgan o f the Baptist den ominati o n o f A labama isthe A labamaBaptist

,pu bl ished in M o ntgomery

,A la . , an d we u rge thememberso f

thisA sso ciati o n t o take that paper an d keep themselvesp osted u p o no u r w o rk in o ur o w n State , fo r we bel ieve i t isfo r wan t o f in fo rmati o n1

i n o u r o w n b o rdersthat thespiri tuali ty o f o u r churchesisatsuch ao w ebb .We also recommend the F o reign Missi o n J o urnal . I t keepsusp osted o n o u r w o rk in fo reign lands. Fromi t we learn o f the pro gresso u r den ominati o n ismaking in the far 01 1 landst o which o urmissi o n ari eshave go ne .

Respectfu llysubmi tted,

J . B . H A RPER ,WM . C A TER .

45 . I n the absence o f the chairman th e rep o r t o n Woman ’sW o rk wasread by the Clerk . It wasad o pted after a discussi o n by Brethren Riley

,Burso n

,Fletcher

,Kendrick

,Ramsey

,

an d Parker .

REPORT ON WOMAN ’S WORK .

It givesuspleasure t o repo rt that there isincreased activity an d iht e restman i fested thro ugh o ut the Statesthat havemembershi p withthe Woman ’sMissi o nary Un io n

,auxi l iary t o So uthern Baptist C o n

v e n t i o n . Especial ly isthisn o ticeable amo ng the yo ung women co nst itu tin g themembershi p o f o ur Y o ung Ladies’ A id So ciet ies. It isbeautifu l t o se e with what promptnessan d zeal the vario uscommi tteesmeet an d prepare their rep o rts. They havemany waysOf procuringmo ney fo r bo th h ome an d fo reignmissi o ns, Sunday Sch o o lsa n dministerial educatio n . The en tire recei ptso f the W oman ’sM issi o n ary Un i o n fo r the year are H ome Missio ns,F o reign Missio ns

, Sunday Sch o o l w o rk , o f thisamo un t A labama haspaid t o F o reign Missi o ns, H ome Missi o ns, Sunday Scho o l wo rk , We ho pe that i n thecoming year there wil l be greater in terest taken in thisw o rk .

Respectfu llysubmi tted ,TH OS. L . BA I LEY , C hairman .

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M ISCELL A NEOUS BUSINESS.

46 . M o derato r an o u n ce d commi tteest o repo rt at nextsessio n o f Asso ciatio n . (Se e 3rd pag e co ver . )47 . Bro . J . F . Fo re, C hairman ,r e p o rt e d fo r the Committe e

o n App o rtio nmen t which wasado pted asfo l l o ws:REPORT ON A PPORTIONMENT .

W e,y o ur commi ttee

,beg leave t omake the fo l l o wing rep o rt

General Purposes. Minu tes. Orphanage .A ckerville 25 00 1 50 1 000A l len to n 2000 1 50 5 00Bear Creek 2000_ 2 00 5 00Bel l ’sLanding 1 000 1 00 5 00Bethel 1 2 00 1 00 5 00Bethsaida 1 0000 4 00 25 00Bu tler Springs 1 000 1 00 300Camden 1 5 00 1 50 5 00C o nco rd 4000 2 00 1 0 00En o n 2 ) 00 1 50 5 00Fo rest H ome 65 00 2 50 2000Fell o wship 3000 l 50 2000Flat Creek 2 00 25 1 00Friendship 1 0000 4 00 2000Gu l l e tt e ’sBlufl‘ 1 000 1 00 5 00I ndian Springs 1 000 1 50 2 00Midway 2000 1 50 5 00M o n terey 7 00 50 300M o un t Pisgah 1 000 l 00 5 00M o un t Pleasan t 25 00 1 50 5 00New H o pe 2000 1 50 5 00N e w Pro vidence 1 0 00 1 00 5 00Pine Level 1 000 1 00 2 00Pleasan t H i l l 7 00 50 300Pineville 25 1 50 1 000R o ckwest 1 5 00 1 00 5 00Shackl e v il l e 1 000 50 5 00

Spring H i l l 1 000 1 00 2 00

To tal 667 00 39 75 2 1 000Respectfu llysubmi tted ,

J . F . FORE ,R . E. COLEM A N ,E. I . B A I LEY , SR . ,J . L . GLENN ,J . L . HENDERSON ,

C ommi ttee .48 . Br o . C . T . L i ttle read rep o rt o n Digest o f L etters.49 . Aspecial feature o f the h o ur wasthe ve rbal rep o rts

called fo r by the Mo de rato r fromthemessengers, ast o thespiritual co nditi o n o f the vari o uschurches.Rep o rt ad o pted . (Se e Statistical Repo rt . )50. Rep o rt o n Financemade by C . Hardy . A do pted .

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51 . The rep o rt o f Executive Committee wasOffered by J .G . Reyn o lds, an d ado pted .

REPORT OF E"ECUT IVE COMMITTEE.We have endeavo red t o ho ld Fi fth Sundaymeetingsduring the

year , bu t were able t o ho ld o nly two , o n e at Mt . M o riah an d o n e atFurman . It isaso urce Of regret t o yo ur commi ttee that the churcheshave n o tsh o wn asmuch in terest i n thesemeetingsasthey Sho uldhave d o ne .A ftermature del i beratio n we decided t o abando n the effo rt t o have

an asso ciatio nalmissio nary . The chief reaso n fo r thisdecisi o n wasthat the pledgesmade by the churchest o thisObject amo unted t oen o ugh t o emplo y aman fo r o nly hal f histime, an d we failed t o getchurchest o co -o perate wi th usi n thiswo rk an d take theman fo r theo ther hal f o f histime .Upo n the death Of o ur faithfu l an d efficien t t reasurer

,Bro . J . W.

Purifo y,we elected Bro . P . E . Wal lace t o serve i n that capaci ty fo r

the remainder Of the asso ciat i o nal year .Wi th reference t o raising an amo un t t o defray travel ing expenseso fdelegatest o So u thern Baptist C o nven tio n , which wascommi tted t ous

,we regret t o repo rt that o nly ab o u t o n e -fo urth o f the churchesre

spo n d e d t o thisplea.J . G . REYNOLDS

,fo r Commi ttee .

52 . The fo ll o wing reso luti o n wasun an imo usly ado pted :Reso lved

,That the thankso fth isb o dy ar e hereby te n dered

t o thememberso f the Ackervi lle Chu rch an d commu n ityin general fo r the co urteo usan d genero ush ospital ity exten ded t o themessenge rsan d visito rsi n attendance up o n the A sso ciati o n .53. Adj o urned at n o o n with the so n g

,

“Go d be with y o util l wemeet again”an d giving the parting hand t omeet withthe Friendship Baptist Church , Pine Apple , Wilco x Co un ty ,A la . Wednesday befo re the th ird Sunday i n September

,

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STANDING“COMMITTEES.

State’

Missi o ns—W. A . Parker,-

Jr. , Chairman , Fores t Home -A la . ;W. H . Wat t , J . E. Kn ight .

H ome Missi o ns—J . K . P . R o bso n , Chairman , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , A la . ;B . W .Watso n , P . E. Wal lace .

Foreig n Missions—C . H ard y , Cha irman , Pine Appl e , A la. ; C . F .-

,Brown J . R . Mel to n .

Denom inat io nal Educatio n—F . M . Fletcher, C hairman , C amd en ,A la. ;F . Tait , D . J . Fail

Denom inat ional L iteratu re D . C . Bu rso n , Chairman , Can ton Bend?

. A la . ;Ernest H est le, Denn isFo rt .Su n d ay Scho o ls—O . J . Burso n , Chairman , Bn e n a V ista , A la. ;M ./V.

M id d leton, W. R Maxwel l . 1

Tempe rance—J . L . Sk inner, Chairman , Fu rman , A l a. ;J . W . L uck ie ,J . L . Watso n .

Min isterial Educati o n—E. K . R obbi ns , Chairman , A ck e rvifl e , A la. ;W . A . J . Stuart , W. Y . Thig pen

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Woman ’s Wo rk—S. C . Cook , C hairman , Nel lie, C . Sel lers ,Orphanage—J .

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F . Fore , Chairman , Pine A pple, A la. ;D . P . Watt s ,D . C . Sadl e

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