Minutes Of The Forty Second Annual Session Of The Union Baptist Association Vol 2 PDF Download

Excerpt from Minutes of the Forty-Second Annual Session of the Union Baptist Association, Vol. 2: Held With Creek Baptist Church, Pickens County, Ala;, September 22d and 24th, 1877 The Forty-second Annual Session of the Union Baptist Association was held with the Big Creek Baptist Church, Pickens county, Ala., commencing on Saturday, September 22 d, 1877. The Introductory Sermon was delivered, according to appointment, by Elder J. A. Mitchell, at 11 o'clock a.m., from text, Acts 4:13 - "They took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus." After a recess of one hour, the delegates assembled in the meeting-house, and the Association was called to order by the Moderator, Elder J. C. Foster, and the session was opened with prayer by Elder W. C. Smith. Letters from the churches were read by brethren W. G. Robertson and J. T. Hancock, and the names of delegates enrolled. On motion, the delegates from Providence, Oak Ridge, Pickensville and Beulah churches were received without letters. The Association was organized by the re-election of Elder J. C. Foster, Moderator, and H. B. Chappelle. Clerk. On motion, opened the door for the reception of unassociated churches: Received a petitionary letter from "Prairie" Church, Greene county, Ala., together with a letter of dismission from the Bigbee Association. The Moderator gave the delegates the right hand of fellowship and invited them to seat. Said church w;S then assigned to the Third District. On motion invited visiting brethren to seats, and to take part in our deliberations. On motion, received correspondence from sister associations: From the Columbus. Elds. W.Ii. Robertson and V.C. Smith no letter or minutes; Tnskaloosa. The Moderator gave the right hand of fellowship to the messengers present and cordially invited them to seats. On motion, received an interesting letter from the Carrollton Baptist Sabbath School, remitting$13.85, to be equally divided between home and foreign missions. On motion, appointed the following committees: On Preaching - J. R. Goodman, J. P. Gates, C, Richey, J. P. Barnett, and Pastor and Deacons of Big Creek Church. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.