Minutes Of The Thirty Fifth Annual Session Of The Boiling Spring Baptist Association PDF Download

Excerpt from Minutes of the Thirty-Fifth Annual Session of the Boiling Spring Baptist Association: Held With Bethsaida Church, Cleburne, Co;, Ala;, October 23, 24, 25, 1894 Mt. Olive - F C Fulton, A T Sparks. New Home - J M Smith, W D Gann, N M Daniel. Pleasant Grove - J O Peek, H H Reeves. Providence - W R Patterson, J E Langley. Pine Grove - J O Smith. Ramah - S B Smith, J D Ingram, J II Fullerton. Salt Creek - J L Hughs, Jas A Wright. Union - J A Dover, T C Strickland, W J Davis, W M McKay, G B Shadix. Rev. T H Howie announced a permanent organization in order and requested Revs. W T Davis and W O Jenkins from the Cary to act as tellers in the election of officers. A motion by Rev. J A Shadix to elect by acclamation was lost. The election resulted in the choice of Rev. Jas A Shadix Moderator, and J H Fullerton, Clerk. Brother Howie then introduced the Moderator elect, who in brief and appropriate remarks accepted and announced the body organized and ready for business. 1. Read the rules of decorum. 2. Called for petitionary letters. 3. Called for correspondents, and received Revs. W. T. Davis, W O Jenkins and Dr. Geo. Bartlett from the Cary Association. Appointed a committee on devotional service consisting of H H Reeves, J M Smith and A T Sparks to confer with this church. Appointed committee on finance, F J Ingram, Isaac Haynes. B O Bridges. Vacancies on standing committees were filled by adding as follows: Destitutions, IIII Stephens, Stephen Nixon, L L Dameron; Home Missions, W D Gann, J A Preston; State Missions, F J Ingram, J C Wade, W L Medlock; Sabbath Schools, J W Bates, G R Shadix; Publications, D A Long; Obituaries, A M Smith, J C Crowder. Devotional committee reported Brethren W H Preston and S J Ingram to preach at 7:30 o'clock. After singing "Did Christ o'er Sinners weep" the benediction was offered by W H Preston, and the body adjourned to meet/it 9 o'clock a. m. Second Day - Morning Session. The Association was called to order by the Moderator at 9 o'clock, and after reading 15th ch. of St. John, "I am the true vine," singing "Over Jordan we shall meet," and prayer by Bro. W II Preston, proceeded to business., 1. Renewed the call for correspondents. 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.