MOUNT ZION BAPTIST

ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL ,

·y ANDALE, ARKANSAS

1919

PROCEEDINGS

= OF THE=

MOUNT ZION BAPTIST ASSOCIATION

. SIXTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL SESSION

= HELD AT_-_:_

VANDALE, ARKANSAS

OCTOBER 7-9, 1919

Next Session wtll be held with the First Ba.pt!st Churc)l of Jones-

boro, Ar kansas, Tuesday, after ·the ft.rst Sunday

in Oc!lober, ~:J,t 10 a . m., 1920.

Preacher of Annual Sermon

B. L. BRIDGES

L. R. ASH-LEY, .Alternate

OFFICERS. Modera:tor, Dr. W . . H. Borum __________ __ :_ __________ ___ ._lilnlli V~ce Moderator, J. C. Swaim ________ :.._:.. _ ___________ .:. Vand&li Clerk, L, Rqy Ashley __ .;.._,_ ________ _: __ ..:. ___________ ..; ___ _ ~ .,,. ,

. Treasurer, Berl - Smith-----------~--.:.. ____ _:-__ _____ .J. _Jone

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MISSION BOARD.

E. P. Osborn Austin Crouch A. A. Weeks

J. R. Gregson B. H. Wilhite AN)ert Horner

L. R. Ashley Berl •Smith B. H. Parrish

Gorthan 'Matthews J. w. Seay J. M. Landrum

E. -v. Phillips J. w. Carmack B. L.- Brid-ges

G. B. Bl.ackwood J. P. Neal w. H. Borum

w. A. Pearce D. R. Ga.rner • P. s . Osborn

W. A. Roper . .. L. D. Summers

T. B. Kitchens -G. w. Puryear

NOTE.-The synopsis of work done by the. :M,:oup.t Zion M ission Board will be found on page 39 instead of page 32. The heading . money issued s hould b e m on ey collec t ed.

REPRESENTATION MESSENGERS.

1 h tlle, First-D. R. Garnilr, John D. Hall, L. D. Summers, , E. Chapman, J. T. DeArmond.

hnbara-Sidnily Bennett, I,ena Fleet, JuUa Eaves, Nancy Walker.

' Thelma Williams, Bud Blal>o·ck, J. D. Haynes.

, I•• Ve.ll!ly-Rev. J. M. Qasily.

11lWell, Mo.--Sa,lly Loony, Callie Gist. I wrordsville--S. 0. Boone. 1!0 -A. A. Woeeks, Dr . . W. H. Borum, Rev. H. E. Harris, C. D.

Turner, Albert Horner. ubbs-Jesse McCur.ry,OI!Esther Byrd, Nellie Grant.

1 clrtck-R. Barley, -Miss Gussie Walls, 'nave Fount. isburg-H. C. Jacobs, :1\f,rs. H. ((. Ja.co.'bs, G. W. Hart, Mlrs. E . M. Phillips, C. R. French, Ruth Haynes.

1lnut Street, JoiJesboro-R. A. Speed, J.' 'P· Mered<e~th, G. W. psbo·r:ri, Ruby Fowler.

esboro, First-P. D. Barton, Mrs, P. ·c. Barton, J. R. Gregson, Ed·gar Bo·oker, Mrs. Edgar Booker, Mrs. R. L. Matthews, Miss Mildred Matthews, Mrs. E. P. Osborn, Mrs. H. H. Peel, Mrs. Austin Crouch, Mrs. James Patrick, Mrs. G. W. Puryear, Gordon Matthews

1,111Jll'l'a-L. Roy Ash-ley. I achville- Mrs. Scott. I ke Ci'~y_:_J. L. Neagers, W. D. Weems, Dr. J. H. Kitchens.

tnila-C. L. Franklin, i. P. Neal, Mrs. E. F. Austin M;onette-_Mr s. J. E. Tucker, Miss· Esther Harris, 0 ; P .' Moore. 1anns Chapel- T. C. Hunter, ,Luther Robinson, Lucy H"-rdin.

Mt. Zicu-R. C. Seay, W. P . Brust, A. W. WilCQCk_§on, J. M;. Bow-lin, W. C. ~utt, L. T. Dennis, A. B. Heath.

Mu ked Tree-Mrs.-J. C. McCroy, J. W -- Carmack. New Bethel-Letter. New Hope- L. T. Ginn, A. J. McDaniel, E. K.. Calvert. New An.Uoch-D. A. Cason, Mrs. D. A. Cason, Mrs. Ola Stuart:

Mrs. Viola Johnson. Osceola-· Letter. Parkin-T. L. Whi·ttington, Mrs. Summerfield, Mrs. Oarrie Durfee. Pa ragould, First-B. L. Bridges, T. B. Kitchens, L. M. W~bb,

Mrs. T. B. Kitch·ens, Mrs. J. W. Sloan, Joe Kirby, Miss Edith Slmve, Mrs. C. H. Joyce.

StanfoJ:d-W. M. Bryant, Robert Raglin.

Sedgwick-Mrs. G. W. L. Brown. Tyronza-Letter. Truman.-W. A. Pierce, Mrs. 'E. Bryant. Vandale--J. C. Hefley, S. I. R{)binson, Dr. J. -L. Griffi.n, J. II

Fitzgerald, Mrs. T. A. Toombes, Mrs. C. C,_Kirby, Mrs. Ro) Jolly.

- Waloott'- J'Oe A: Thompson, R. E . Seay, Bertha Martin, Velma Thompoon, Alice Willcoockson.

Wynne---oW. A. Roper, Mrs. W. A. Roper, J. E . Harris, T. W crawford.

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ORDAINED PREACHERS.

derson, W. M. __ Harrisburg hley, L. R. ___ .:_ ____ Luxora

lit !dges, B. L. ______ Paragould llurress, L-:- R.----'JO'ne&boro lharnes, J. S. _____ HanriS!burg I •rter, D. M. ____ Jonesboro l ' 11 lp, .M. ______ ,_Harrisbur-g I 1"1 t . -s. B. _______ Jonesboro llhu'Pman, A. E, __ &1ythev\il1le c •lhoun, E. N. ____ uoneSboro «luey, J. IM. _______ ___ I.Jig'M

C(zoouch, Austin I ___ Jonesboro <Jorzine, M. C. ______ Luxora II l'by, W. C. __ ____ Grubbs I Alrmond, J. T. __ Blytheville J>UJboise, J. E.--~---Truman Dnke, H .M. __ Cherry Valley l)ye, James ____ cardwell, Mo. !Cllzy, T. E . ______ Harris'burg lllnn, L. T. --------Whitten lluthrie, S. I. ____ __,_Hydrick lli'lmilt<>'n, •G. W. __ Jonesboro ll'8.r·ris, J. G. ___ ._Jonesboro Harris, H. E.•---------Earle tephens, J. M. ______ Biggers-t-tlemoir, G. M. __ Blac:lk Oak

Bhepher.d, T . R. __ •Blythevi1le Sterling, F. C.-- Marked Tree Simpson __ : ______ . ___ Parkin

.waim, J. C-----.- - --Vandale Scott, J. - E , ______ Blythev;ille ~urner, F. p ______ L:~ke City

Turner, J. H, _____ Jones·b?ro, Huddl~ston , J. }.:L_Pa,ragouJd Hunter, T . C._Cherry Val'ley Jones, M. L·--:-------Wynne J·ohnso,n , .J. H . ______ Truman Kinby, C. C.--------Vandale LaUmetr, T. J. _______ Mall!i'la Louis, G. H. ________ Wilson Lott, J. E , __ . ______ Blytheville Lincoln, A. J ____ Jonesboro Maynard, S. H. ___ Fort Worth

MCcall, H. J . ------------­Merideth, W . H. __ Para:gould .McLain, J. F, _____ Nettleton Minton, E. p ______ Jonesboro Martin, J. H. __ Cherry Val'ley Neel,. J. p ___________ Ma,nila

Roper; W . A.~---.,.- -..,--Wynne Pruitt, W. H. __________ Bay

Rea.ves, A. C. ___ _ Harrif>burg RO'bertson, J . N. ____ . Les'llie Ryan, A. A.~--- _ _____ Walcott San-dersbn, W. R, ____ N€'ttleton Summers, L. D._ .. _Blytheville Seay, J. \W---...--·~---Walcott Willia ms, T . E. ______ Gosnell Wilson, C. T __ _ ____ Jonesboro Web'b, L. 'M .. ..: _____ Paragould Weeks, A. A, ________ __ Earle Winb_igler" J. ____ .. jonesbor:o Wilson, J. F. _____ ArchiUion

- White, W. H. ________ Wynne

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LICENSED PREACHERS. Barn~, W. M. _____ _ Fontai•n Hamilton, C. E , ________ Bay

Hamilton; J. ·w·----=--.:.-Bay Duboise, J. E.--..!Ha;rri·s'burg HenshaiW, Ezra __ H l!'rrisburg

P.itts; c. c _______ ~aprisfuurg Maynard, L. F ________ Parkin

Roachel'l, W . W------Wynne Watkins, J. C, ________ Egy'pt Whibtington, T . L , ___

7Pa rkin

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PROCEEDINGS Vandale,. Alrkansa.s, Oc:rto'ber 7, 1919.

The sixty-seventh annual session of the Mount Zion Baptist .AaoeiaUon was called to ord·er by the mtoder111tor, C. R. French,

Harrisburg, 'at 10 o'clock a. m., hi •the meeting :house of t·he 'l'andale Baptist cllurch.

2. The audtence joined heartily in singing "Com•e T·hou W'unnt," afit-er which ·w. A. Roper, of Wynn, led prayers.

3. J. C. Swain, pastor of the chur·ch at Va.ndale, in a few .-Jtnted remarks bade . the visitors welcome to his city. Thts w-as answered by the mod•erator.

4. At this juncture L. D. Summers was appointed to lead ae devotions. He read Eph. 2:1-13 'and oommen'led upon d-t. Then he asked that the campaign son.g, "M-1111-ons for the Master,"

- sung.

5. A motion was carried that all those wh·o knew them­e!ves to be regular messengers should constitute the association

that business m1glit be begun fortllwith .

6. The following committees were announced: Digest ·of Letters, J. ·G. Harris, J. P. Neal, W. A. Pearce; Order of Businesi,

C. ~waim, L. Geeham, W. A. Roper, L. D. Summers.

7. Prayer was offered by H. G. Eaton, of Morehouse, Mo.

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8. The following officers were elected : •Moderator, Dr. W, II Borum; vice moderator, J . C. Swaim; clerk, L. R. Ashley; tre u_rer, Berl Smith.

9. These visitors were introduced to the body: H . G. En·tnn J. I. Oxford, J . G. Hood.

10. J. P . Neal was introduced tu t he assooia tion as a nn~

pastor.

11, A motion was carried to pool the reading and discusslo of all missions, education and benevolence, which mat ter Will

referred to the oommit·tee on order of business.

12. "Revive Us Again': was sung.

13. The matter of the college at Jonesboro was presente by G. W. Puryear and discussed by Dr. J . I. Oxford, of A!Ua.ntn, who is working on- the project for the Hume Boo.rd---,W. A.- Roper , P. C. Barton, ~- -G. Ha·rx:is and Dr. Austin Crouch.

14. At 12 : 15 the body was adjourned to meet at 1 : 30 o'clock. Prayer was led by H. E. Harris.

AFTERNOON -SESSION, OCT. 7. 15. The song of upening was sung and A. A. Weeks led

prayer.

16. 'The committee on order of business made report.

17. Jus t here ensued further discussion of the Jonesboro college by L. D. Summers, W. A. Roper, J. I. Oxford, H . E. Harri~, B. L. Bridges and P. C. Barton. A · motion was carried that the addi•tional · quota of $300,000 for this · college be accepted by Northeast Arkansas.

18. Three petit ionary letters for admission into tb.e asso· ciation were here received and handed to the committe,e on cre· dcntials, from chtl•rclies. at New llithel, Tyronza and Whitton.

1"9. Here an opportunit y was given for the discussi-on of re­li'gious literattiire. P. C. Barton, A. A. Wtee'Ks and L. R . Burres, spoke.

20. The. report on Stewardsh·ip w-as read by J. H . Turner and discussed by J. H: Turner, L. R . Burres, L. Ruy Ashley, L. D Summers.

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' STEWARDSHIP. We, your commi!tee, make the foUowin:g report: The world is in the greatest crisis ·ever ·experienced. · As

IJ&ptists we are in the grea·test crisis of the world's history. The tl&rti:n:g point of .all denominations <Jutside tthe Ba,.ptist are re­ctorded in uninspired books, but the beginning of Baptists' exis.t­unce is formed in the .Word of God. As long as the · world· stands llnptist will be in existence •and will prove rto be true tJo B-ible

tnciples, ·ye't as a whole, we,need a larg>er training in activities, md to realize as never before that we are Stewards under G<Jd.

Stewardship is the p.ri_nciple which acts. and k!!CPS men right Itt all their relationship to God and to eac]?. other. The true l'leaning of ·all life is that it is a stewardship.

A Steward is not an owner; he is 'one who manages .affairs lor another. So we al'e all Stewards, for eyeryth<ing we have <Jod has given tt t·o us, for "By Him were all things created that crt> in the Heaven and in thE\ earth." d we were ·to trace the lltle-deeds of all testatte back to their original ownership we \V'ould find in the most ancient of all land records in the world I his entry: "In the beginning God created the Heaven and the · trth." God has never renOUI\Ced His righit to a'll things which llo has created. "The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereotf; lho world an·d they that dwell therein."

The great ·duty of ·a Steward is •to make the best possible IIHe of that which ha.s bee.n committ-ed to him, not for himself, bu•t for the owner. But few have had the ·faith and courage, as Willi as t'he consecration, to acknowleclge tha•t •the principles of

I wardsh.ip were bindin·g U'J?On them, and as a result we have r 11len far behind _in our God-given work of tevangeHzing the world.

There has been, and is today, througho_ut this land a most lt'Cimendous misappropriation and misus~ of truSJt funds. Millions '' the MaSJter':s money have been squandered and used for selfish

purpo-ses. · Robbing God is the crying sin of this ag·e. Will a I' ptlst's God? Yet they are doing it, ev·en in .Arkansas. If the llnptlst in Arkansas would give_ God His tenth this year, we would hnve sufficien't funds to pay all local expenses and the entire

:1,1100,000, Arkansas' p~rt in the "BAPT'lSTIS' 75 MILLION I AMPAIGN." ,

Your committe•e recommends that ·every pastor in .Mount ~Inn Associat'ion preacl;l some red hot sermons on Stewardshilp.

- Signed by your committee, . J. H~ TURNER.

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21. Prayer at adjourn'ment was offered by L. R. Burres.

NIGHT SESSION, OCT. 7. 22. Moderator called the body "to order promptly at 7 : :10

o;clock, when " Amaz-ing Grace' was sung, an·d J. P. Neal hul devO'tdons, readi_ng Matt. 27 .:19-23.

24. Miss Leo Findley and Herbert Findley sang "In tht Garden."

25. The audience sang "Where He Leads Me," after whl( h Mr. and Mrs. BOOker, Mrs. Fo:r·e and E. P. Osburn sang 11

qu·ar-tette. · ·.

2 6. Dr. Crouch preached, using for a text Rom. 8 : 28.

- . 27. A song was sung and the meeting dismissed by prayer

led py Dr. Kitchens.

MORNING SESSION, OCT~ 8. 28. Moder11-tor Borum called the meeting to order at 10:811

o'clock Wednesday morning. All joined- in singing " Amazlnl Grace."

29. Brethren J. W. Carmack, T. B. Rouse and B. L. Brid"l were 'introduced as new paSJtors in the association.

30·. Devotions were conducted by T. B. Rouse, who used -Ps. I, and two songs were sung.

31. Reports were called for an<J A. A. Weeks read the re port on Foreign Missions.

FOREIGN MISSIONS. Prepared by Foreign Missi.9n Board.

Any just appreciation of the Foreign Mission Board's work and responsi~ilities and any efrort to provide -adequate resource1 fOT' this ~ork must be· based upon a knowledge a·nd just consld· eration, of •the extensive fields which the board is cultivating, the C(mditi<;ms on these fields., the variety of worK: that is being c:on­ducted, and the necessities of the work which we have a llowed to accumulate tlirough the years.

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The Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist conven-111 11 Is charged with propag·ating the gospel in Japan, China,

11 to a, Italy, Mex~co, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, etc. Such nu­ll rous and extensive mission fields put this work· out of <lOm-

lllio·n wit'h anything else we are doing,

On these fields there are v·aster numbers of human- beings 1111 11 the human mind can grasp. The population in these lands wunts into the hundreds of milHons---'Some of them white, some • I I It, so~e yellow, but all of them the obj·ect Q·f God's love.

The condition of these millions ·as compared with the people 11om we know adds emphasis to the app_eal of the great field and

'''' rreat numbers. These multitudes, whether 'in paga·n ror pap·al I " ' ', are ·handicapped by ignorance and superstition, by physical urrer!ng, and above all, by ·aggravated sin for which they have uunu no .remedy. If there ios any pity in the Christian heart, it IIIKht to be provoked by the d·eplorable conditions under which

111l lllons •of our fellow beings ~m these mission fields are spending l1• r live~, while we enj.oy the blessings of •the gospel and a Chris­

' 1111 civilization which it has produced.

But we shall not prop·erly appraise Foreign Missions if we •· erlook the fact th~·t it 'includ:es the evangeliza•tion 10f the lost, I htt education of the ignorant, the training of the saved, •the heal-1•· 'Of the sick, the housing of feeble mission churches. Indeed,

II 'lhnt we are doing at home through state mission boards, home tlll181on boards, education boards, orphanages, sanitaria and the

we are doing through the Foreign Mission Board. No ade­fJIIItte prov;ision can be made for a .work so extensive, so varied tntl comprehensive if we put Foreign Missions on a parity with Ill)' sing'le Christian enterpl'is>e which we are conducting a·t home.

There is another fact, :and a great faC't it is, which must be I ken into consideration if we are tcr meet our oblig·ations to this

'' ·t work at this time. The war immeasurably enlarged our in-1• rna.tional Christian duty. The heroic efforts and sacri'fices

h lch we mad·e to set the world free from the extraordinary re-IJ'alnts of autocracy create for us a new and , larger duty to

lromote everywhere the internal constrainrts of the g.ospel of tlhrlst. The unrestrained freedom of unr~generated human n.a-1\ll'e inevitably menaces the world. The extraordinary world lluation which we have created with our guns lays upon us the

'"' '!It serious resp'o·nsibility •to send the gospet ,into all na·tions.

The convention at Atlanta in May recognized the new obli­'fitlons which this •extraordinary world situation laid upon South­tlrn Baptists and authori2led the board t:Jo undel"take reconstruction ,.

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work ip. Europe, to hasten with the gospel into disturbed and 111

d•an·gered Russia, and to set up the banner of Christ in Por1l11 Syria a]ld in Galilee, from whence the blessings of Ohrist'l It and .death have flowed down through cen twries to us, and I -which we a.re under peculiar obU.gations. In the new work t11111 designated for the Foreign Mission Board its task and its not tl ha;ve been well-nigh doubled. Let churches and individual glvar l.;!y to heart. these facts in making future contributions to ·thl work.

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It is fitting to say that -as poorly as we have supported thl great w.or'Id enterprise, the blessings of Heaven have been 11 u 111

it. Some of the resuHs of the wo·rk last year were 5,63 5 convert b:1ptized, 41 churc·hes oq~anized, two churc·hes aassuming selr support; 61,588 patients treated and 129,298 treatments admln is·tered.

The world fields are ripe into the ·harvest, but much ot tht bending grain will be _lost if we dq not quickly thrust in 'the sickle. The world has .never seen the universal hum:an mind expectant, so ready to make great decisions, and, theref~re. suoh

,need for quick and decisive action by those who would turn thai mind to the · ri-ght things and lead the world by the highway ul the cross back to God. Foreign Mission duty was never so ,lm po_rtant as just now.

The Foreign Mission Board furnishes for free distributlo the best tracts and can fill orders for the best books on Forelrn Missions. We would, therefore, recommend to our people th 1! they cultivate · an acquaintance with the Liter-ature Department of the board and seek to p.romo.e among our church membershlll a better knowledge of the work.

A. A. Weeks, A. B. Heath.

32. W. A. Roper, •O·f Wynn, read the Home Mission report.

HOME MISSION. Just one month after th~ meeting of our association one year

a~:o t'h•e armistice· was signed, guus were hushed, the roar ol battle was over , our boys soon began returning ·home a·nd t·akinl their places aga in in the varied walks of life.

Our thought::; were at once turned from war and. death to reconstr uct ion and life. Our problems• did not become fewer nor less imp<ortant, but even more and greate:r:. The battle fron•ta

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I 1 world torn, suffering and needy, opened doors which had ' 1 been closed and ushered i:a a new Macedonian ca:ll.

The work of our -Home Mission Board constitutes the training 1111 for the enlistment, eq_uipment and · sending forth of our

• r•t ual soldiery into a world conquest for_l(}ur King ..

Quoting from the report .at Atlanta, "The supreme task, in­ti , of Southern Baptists is the enlightenment, enlistment and ,_,erative direction of •our forces. Our prog·ress at home and t tlltll hinges .on the measure of our enlistment ana training!'

The watchword of the war was preparedness. We are in a ' It world war for . Christ and humanity a~~nst the hosts of

Preparedness is n•o less essential if we sh,all conquer.

This · new day and new call find us unprepared to cope with 1 re'ligious problems which are more complicated, more urgent tl more baffling than we_have ha~ for a centUIY.

If we do not build here for Christian civilization I()U~ own 11 try wiN be doomed a·nd the lost world will wait in vain for

evangels of ligiit and salvation.

It behooves us to lay the foundations deep ·and build thereon Uy. 01H" country is the hope of the world for protestant

tlttlanjty. Our $75,000,000 campaign, in whi'ch Home Missions is to share

largely, offers an opp•o-rtuntty unequaled heretofore:- Let us ny and work for its success tliat our expectations may be real­•1 our work done on a more adequate plan, th~ world given

111 truth, and our God -glorified. Year after year the Lord has m 1nifested his signal blessings

uuon and expressed His constant approval of the work done h our board. The past year our bavtisms approximated 40,oo·o

nil the total additions ~0 our churches, through the agency of · ur boord's workers,. reaeh well into 60,000.

During the year the board has employed 1 ,706 workers who htvc pu.t in 83,160 weeks of labor, preac;hed 220,155 sermons,

Instituted 122 churches, organized 918 Sunda.y schools, built 1T1d improved 454 church houses, distributed 118,783 Bibles and f••ltaments and 11,622,459 pages of tracts.

Un-der !ts supervision are 39 mountain . schools swith 5,065 tudents; among who are 1i103 ministerial students.

The Home Board is doing a co-o.peratiV'e work among the v rious state boards, where it is helping to sustain 1,163 workers, through the agency of these workers more ·than 33,000 were 11dded to our c·hurches durin~ the last year, and <much re.al edu­Mtic·nal, enlist;ment and constructive work is being done.

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The board has Hs work departmentized as follows: Co-opera tive mis~ions, enlistment, evangEilfsm, mountain schools, foreigi:J.•era, Indians, negroes, , church ex·tension, publicit y, Cupa, Panama, and during the war a special work among our soldiers.

During_ the last convention year $1,007,480 were contributed to the work of the board, of which Arkansas gav•e 11>29,674.59, thfl greater part of which the board has spent in our own state In co-operative work and in mai·ntainin'g our three mo~ntain schools,

The board has promised to give quite a large. sum to help establish a g•reat Baptist school within our own bounds at .Jonesboro.

In view of this great gift and because .of the board's enlarged needs and unparal'leled opportunities for the future, let us give to it our hearty -and prayerfu'l support.

W .. A. ROPER, G. W. RUNYON, W. P. BRUST.

33. The State Mission report was read by L. D. Summers.

STATE MISSION. The - following ·facts show something of Arkansas' needs and

progress ·along State Mission lines: White population, 1,3 20,3 00. '\Vhites .above 10 yea!"s of age, 920,445. Whites holding churc'h membership in, some denomina1t ions, 369,297. Whites over 10 years of age out of church relatienship, 551,747. To-tal out of c'hurch membership over 10 years· of age, including negroes , 790,-176. Our white Bapti.sts number fully 128,.()00. Churches in state, over 1,600. Fully .400 of. these have no ·houses of worship and 1,000 others, according to the value.s placed on the houses by the churches themselves, ·have houses with only an average

, value of $50Q.OO ea.c!J.. There are two· coun'tY seats without Baptist churches -and three without Baptist church buildings.

Two count'ies have only one Baptist house .of worshi1p each. Our membership, b:Y counties, ranges from 14 per thousand of the populati-on in Newton county, up 'to 283 per thousand in Gran"t. Many communities are without Baptist .Preaching or church organizations. Perhaps . 3 00 of our weaker cb,urches are without pastors, or Sunday schools, prayer meetings or other helpful organizations. Then •think of the othousanP,s of souls ' to be reached with the g!lspel as well ·as the eri'I(}rs tlJ,at need to be met il'l ne-arly every part of the state.

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A thoughtful consideration of •these things and the realization of the meani!ltg of· the Savior's commission and commands to his churches, and a reca'lling df his ch•aJlenge, "If ye love Me, ye will keep My commandmell'ts," will certainly give to us all a deep con­sciousness df · the .tremendcus responsibilities that a.re ours as His servants ·and commissioned ambassadors .

. -More than this, the growfh •a.f Baptists in Arkansas, Jn com­

parison with other denominations, during the past 25 years, shows that the people "of this state are open to the gosp·el as pfe·ached ·by us to no other "name or order." With the ears and hearts of the pe'Ople thus opened to us before this awful war; and the Baptist day of opportunity, so enlarged by the w.ar, our greatest day of opportuni>t.y is here. V\'e must seize it.

Last year sshowed the following work done by our State Board: Association ' missionaries helped, 21; - missionaries and other worke'rs employed, 194; sermons and addresses, 15,224; Sun­day schools and B. Y. P. U.'s organized, 136; churches organized, 16; conversions in state, 2,254; soldiers making professions, about 10,000; baptisms from mission work, 2,3-37; total' additiQ•ns from mission work, 3,779; ·raised for State Missions, $56,626.45. The work this ye::r .is laid out on a basis of more than $90,000 and more than 125 missionaries have been employed during the present yea.r. This includes assaciation missionaries, district mi~sion­

aries, enlistment men, Sunday school, B. Y. P. U. and W. M. u. worker.s. 'l'he labors of these work~rs have been greatly blessed this year.

In the 75 million campaign $140,000 per year is ap.portioned fotr state and· associ'ation missions, all to be raised lby Arkansas Baptists themselves. This amount and more is needed .. There is not a county 'in the state but w'b.at needs a strong, religious, hust­ling sound missionarY. for .full time •t'he year round. In cari!ltg for these needs there should be the most hearty and considerate co-operation between. the associations and the state convention, ~0 ~hat •the work may be the more thoroughly and- economicaJly done.

Your committee would recommend -that the churcheS of thiF association support hewrtily this great work and that our asS.(Jeia­tion Executive Board eo-operaJte in all needed" ways in order tha+ all Baptist money expended and men employed may eounJ for the most in the service .of our Lord. Doing our best for the 7 5 mil­lion camp:;~..ign will help solve the financial problems Q;f thi" work as of all others. Fore information about the w<;>rk writ!'

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E. P . .Alldredge, ·general Little Rock, Ark.

' secretary, 405 Donaghey

L. D. SUMiMERS, C._ D. TURNER.

buildlnl,

34. Tri-State Hospital was represent~'d -in a report by M. Culp

BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL The seven years' history of this institution have been ·N!

markable. Over 30,000 patients have been admitted, and nearly a million dollars' worth of proper•ty accumulat-ed. The inst ltu tion was founded in 1908 and opened for pa•Uents in 1912. In 1914 Mr. A. E. Jennings began to take interest in the work : under his dir~Uon in February, 1918, two Jtund'red and sevent:t five thousand dollars were raised in and about M•e'lllphis to pay debts and to build 'the new wing. This wing was completed In March, 1919, and was at -once completely filled.

During the year ending, June 30, 1,000 charity patients were taken care of at a cost of about $30,000. The 'hospit al is C<Oil

stantly full .and patients are being turned away from time to time. There is urgent deman·d for m'Ore room. A third, or east wing, is now being built, which will make a total capacity for the hospital of 300 rooms and 450 beds. There will be sev-en operatin.g rooms. Work has begun on the new nurses' home just across M•o:r;J.roe s•treet from the hospitaL This will accommodate 200 pupils in training for nurses.

Mr. Jennings has agreoed to stand for a half .million dollars for the · hospital, provided Ba~ptists wi'll stand for a like sum out of the 7 5 million campaign :!lor the same purpose. This propo sition has been accepted by the Executive Board of Tennessee.

There is a great opportuni•ty for young women who are turn• in·g •to Christian service to take trai•ning in the school above men tioned for the tr:!ining of nurses. ·we would suggest that young women of our association who are inclined to a work of this kind will investigate •the op,portuhities ofif.ered here. There s·hould be f·r9m 150 to 200 nu!"ses in training in this hospital all the Hme. Write t·o Miss Archer, superintendent of nurses, Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, Tenn., for . information.

The Baptists of Mount Zion Associa•tion should hoelp to sup· port this imtitution, by · sending th~ir people when in need of

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aoapltal service, also by sending linens to provide for the chari'ty J partment and by giv.ing of their means for its support.

M. CU'IiP, T. W. CRAWFORD .

. 36. J. P. Neal read a report on Christian Education.

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION. The first move of a new-bor·n babe in Christ should be turned

I <~ development. And we, as ..a great people, must take- care of tlllr own. Our great schools must be looked aFter.

Arkansas Bapt}sts have two coll'e'ges, one for boys a·nd girls 1nd for girls only, and will soon have another located at Jones­•um; also two: mountain schools. Baptist parents should send I hair children to our denominational schools. There is the only Jlluce for •them to be taught the things for which. the Redeemer . tllld. Our stat~ sch-ools do •not and should ·not teac'h the Bible. I I Is our prayer that every dollar needed: for Christian education IIIIIY be laid at th•e Master's feet. Your committee recommeniis hut each church bring up their part in the support of our schools.

J . P . NEAL, . T. B . KITOHENS, . H. E. HARRIS.

36. Drs. L. E . Barton, Otto Whittington and Reed were

3 7: The Orphans' Honie report was read by B. H. , Parrish. tresented to the. body.

ORPHANS' HOME. . .

The Bap-tists of Arkansas have been conducting this home tor th•e orphans -at Mon•ticello fOr othe past 23 years, a·nd .it has I" '•'JJ a blessing to hundreds 'O'f children. The policy of finding trphaned .children, caring for them and then placing many of lllem in good homes is working out well, and we' hea rtily indorse I his policy. There are a t this t ime about 60 children in the borne and this number can be handled and p.rovided J •o·r in com­~rtable manner.

P r oiJer inS't.ruction is provided in literary and vocational lines. and wholesome moral a.nd relig ious t raining aiso :provided.

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We .rel:lommend that usual attention be given to matter of raisin funds to support this home. '

AUSTIN CROUCH, B. H. PARRISH, J. H. KITCHENS,

38. On request of H. G. Eaton, prayer was offered thai God's will might be done in the question of the Missouri Baptllt alignment.

39. The 75 million dollar campaign song was sung.

40. Rep-ort on Assocjational Missions was read bY. A. Horner

ASSOCIATIONAL MISSIONS. The work done by the Mount Zion Board of Missions is the

largest in the history of the association. Du·ring the year WI

have had empioyed by the board three missionaries ·f,or all their time, and also evangelis-tic Singer Edgar Booker ·and wife, ani! , during -the summer months two missionaries and Evangel!~tfC!

Singer Herbert Findley. In addition to the workers we have a11

sis ted six missionary pastors. - The work has cost the association $9,000. With all this inoney spent, and wi1th the number •d workers at ·present, we are not keeping up with the material prog ress of this great territory.

W·e recommend: 1. That the work be enlargeg .next year by our board. 2. That the present policy '(){ the board of locatlnl

- missionary pastors at strategic points, with a view t o having the missionary labor :in a certain pr~scribed field, be commended by the assocf'ation, and that this policy be continued. 3 . . That >the board be i.nstructed to require the missionary to devote all time

. possible to pastoral visitaJtion in homes, especially in destituto places, where· no such privile_ges are .enjoyed by the people.

D. R. GARNER,. ALHERT HORNER, J. G. HARRlS.

41. As the other reports were not ready, by common con­sent discussion was begun on those read thus far. Dr. Otto Whit Ungton occupied the remainder of >t he morning ·hour. At aQ.journ­ment prayer was offered that God might impress this 'lllessage upon all His pet)ple. This prayer was led by W. A. Roper.

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AFTE-RNOON SESSION, OCT. 8. 42. P~omptly at 1:30 the moderator .called the sessf•on. "Old

1111111 Religion" was sung.

48. · B. L. Bridges read the report on Old Minister's :ftelief

OLD MINISTERS' RELIEF. We, your Commit<tee on Old Minisber's Relief, submit the

ullowing report.

We find no report in last year's minutes concerning old min-trs' relief. It 'appears that this association is at present mak­

'" no effort in this tr~emenduously importanit phase of our work. I t l alnly this is not because there are no o}?.jects of a fund of 'hiM sort ; for this committee has been informed that there are old

1 I fred ministers within the II"ange {l!f our association who are in tilt need · of financial assistance. It is pr.obaole, howeV'er, that

Ulll' churches have been co-operating with the 8t!J,te Board in I hnlr efforts to ra.ise a· fund for this cause.

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\Vhat Baptists have done all over the soU'~h for ag•ed ministers h IM been p~tifully and shamefully little:" Our old ministers h~ve lnbored long and hard and 'have ibeen a mighty 1power for good. lll")' have gone with the message of God in SJeason .and 'Out of

llBon, until tottering feet have fo•r;ced them to give up their work. lit .y h-ave been underpaid. They were permitted to lay up :in lore n·o·thing for life's -rainy day. And now with the same cruel

IJlough tlessness . we relfuse to come to their 1rescue wHh a relief 111nd.

We recommend that all the churches in our associat ion sup-1' lrt h~artjly the 7 5 million campaign, for a percentage of this lnnd will be appropr.iated to ·the relief of our old ministers. We tcommend further that this association . appoint a committee

whose duty it shall be to ·investigate the needs and woi"t'hiness of I he old minist•ers who appear to be in a !'tate of need, and l:ly "'ch cl1ims be:Do·re our state secretary.

T. B. KITCHENS, B. L. BRIDGES, A. E. CHAPMAN.

44." The clerk had a communicat ion from the business men of Greenfield urging aid for Rev. George Slusher, aged 72. An­other W !J.S handed in for aid for R!ev. W. A. Anderson.

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45. Upon a mO'tion a· freewill offering was made to •the two worthy ·b.ret'hren, the sum collected. to be equally dlvltlc t1 between them. The total collected was $6 6.20.

46 . Dr. L. E. Barton discussed the 75 million campaign,

47. A number of prayers were offered t!o·r the success of thl campaign.

48. W. A. Roper discussed the same suQject and w:as rul lowed by Ottp Whittington, L. R. Burres, Georg·e Slusher, J. 1 Oxford, L. D. Summers, B. H. Parrish, Re.ed, R. L. Bridges 111111 P. C. J?arton.

49 ::. The reports were unanimously adopted.

50. E . P. Minton dismissed •the body with prayer.

EVENING SESSION, OCT. 8· 51. ."Revive Us -Again," "Sweet By and By," "Nearer My

Gqd to Thee" wer•e sung and L. D. Summers led the prayer.

52.. Miss Leo and Herbert Findley · sang. They .. were fol lowed by the quartette composed -of Mr. and Mrs. Booker, Mrt Fore and E. P. Osbourn.

53. A moti-on was carried that L. D. Summers and Otto Whittington both preach at tllis session, as preacb.ers used to do, They complied with the wishes -of the body.

MORNING SESSION, OCT. 9. 54. The :moderator called the body to o.r-de:r and Dr. Oxfo·rd

lE-d prayer- The reading of the journal was dispensed wi•th.

55. A .reoport was read by Dr. Burress on Woman's Work, which was adopted.

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WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. This Union, as an auxiliary to the Baptist general bodies, has

wrought well and has proven a worthy "h~l·p mate" in this re· l a tionship . !<'or some cause -a closer relationship between this union and the general _bodies w:as d•esii:ed, which desire ·has a't

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R partial consummation. The bright stars •of the Woman's Ill Uonary Union have ·blended with the sunlightt of the S. B. C.

Shall the blending of1 lights bestow increased splendor, or as 11 coase their .shining in the orb of the mi~-d·ay sun. Will

women who have been "helpers in the gospel" -commit their 111 1' 1t •t.o others~

I,, 1 all say

1 length we yiela, and jointly s·till aspire Ol'b our trained forces in firmer ranks,. rather than retire."

The times concur to summons oppo·rtunis.ts to take a~van•tage

ond-itions. Wisd·oom crys to all ranks of the Lord's hos•ts, as 1110 one · s:iid too patri-ots, "Vigilance in W!atching opportunity;

1 t and ~aring in seizing upon opportunity; force and persistence 111 erowding oppo.::tunity to its utmost of possible achoievement-11 11 1e are the martial virtu-es-which must command success."

May the . number be multiplioo of whom it is said, "She hath 1111• what she could," while mighty hosts of ·Enochs shall "walk It h God." Then, "the wilderness, and the solitary place, shall

h glad for them; and the d•esert shall ·rejoice, and blossom as the 11 10." "For the earth shall be full of •the kn•o·wledge of the Lord 1 the waters cover the sea."

Amount contribwted by t'he W. M. U. ·since last association •' 11" reported by Mrs. Burress, $7,291.38, with mO'l'e to come iii-five

1 1 to report. .. L. R. BUR•RES, MRS. ALBERT HORNER, MRS. W. L. BROWN.

W. M. U. Proceedings Vandale, Ark., Oct. 7 , 1919

The meeting was called to order at 1:30 o'clock in the Meth-· Odlst " church at Vandale by Superinten·dent, Mrs. G. W. L. Bro;wn.

By vote it was decid~d to follow the . printed pmgrams, as far 11~ possible. Mrs. L. D. Summers, of Blythev'ille, led the devotions tfter singing Sweet Hour of Prayer, Mrs. E. P:-:l')1inton led in prayer. Mrs. Summers re::t~ and commen·ted on the fifth ,chapter of J ,iJ.hn nnd t he eig,hth chapter of Romans.

Welcome addresses were delivered J}y Mrs. S:wain ~nd Mrs. Va :1n. Responses were given by Mrs. Scott, of Leac·hville, and Mrs. lloan, of Par-agould, Mrs. Summers, or Bl:j>theville, a nd sister from Bethabara chU;rch.

Mr~. Alber.t Horner , Earle, eXJpress·ed aQop7eciation of the body

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for the generous hospitality of the people of Vandale, and a rl1l111 vote of th:mks and the chautauqua salute were ·given.

Roll call and the reading. of_ letters showed t hat the fo'llowlnt .amoun-ts were contributed for all purposes: ,.

Jonesboro, 1st~-----~---------------$3847. 10

Osceola ------------------------- 713.23 Paragould, 1st - - --- ---------------­Blytheville, 1st ------- ------------­Luxora -------------------------~­Marked Tree ---------------------­H a rrisburg - -------------"'--------­Truman -------------------~-----­

W·alcott -----·--------------------

Parkin - - ------- - ------------------Leachville

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257.76 647.80 70.93

502.51 167.00 134.75

35.00 225.00 138.00

Manila ------------------------- ---. 86.94 Vandale ------------- ---------,---- 55.00

· Crawfordsviile ------~-------·----~-- 10.00 Nettleton --.~--------------- ______ 71.46 Wynne -----------~------.--------..: 257.00 Bethabara ----- - --- - ------------ -- 54.80 Monette - -= ----~------=------------·-- 17.00 Ea.rle 205.20

Total --------"'--~----------.-------- $7 49 6.58 . . Collections amounting to $.4.50 were taken to ·reimburse chair

man of program committee for printing programs.

Report of the li terature committee was made by Mrs. L. J)

Summers. Report of the superintendent was as follows: We ·come again . to review the past yeaJl''s work and render

an a.ccount of stewardship; to sum up the services given; the pror ress· gained, trusting · we shall not be found wanting when weighed in the balance. Truly this has been a year of the mingli-ng of sunshine and rai:g. Reports are oa'lways inadequate to really reveal the sorrows, tears, time, labor and money expended. Dur ing the past .year with the upheava.l of the times jt seemed im· p GssiJ?le to keep eorrect account, for r e_ports have not come in so regularly as in times past, But some ·glorious letters telling of much progress especially -in personal service. Only in God's Book of remembrances will be found correct records. The past year your Superintendent 'has been unable to be on t he field muCh of the time because of fa.iling health, has missed the warm, c'lose

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110nnl touch, tov. After the flu had subsided made three special 1111 trying to secure superintendetu:s {ox: counties, and wrote sev­•1 let•ters but without success. Fina'lly lek the .vork of MissiS'Sip:pi

111111y in the hands of Mrs. Summers and of Cross Co., with Mrs. I "I'•W to secure ·helpers from that section thinking when the 111lng months came could be more on the field myself an-d secure

lllers for the outside counties. Was prevented by serious illness. lit! with a heart full of gratitude to God and rejoicing in spirit

111.111 Miss Matthews came to the field and at that time also the 1 111!zation of the 7 5 Millio·n Campaign. Interest and progress

marked in Mt. Zion from that time on. There has never • 11 anything in our history that has been such an impetus ·to our men, childreu and young people as this MilliQns for the Master's .

net so much in the millions th•at will come pouri~g in, bu•t hctrause of the incregsed information, more prayer-life, more en­lllled Em·vice, better system and better methods ·.of work used and I would urge more regularity in reporting. We cannot make prog-' '" without records, and members lose interest when officers are lllfllfferent to this one ess'ential.

Iliarks of Progress.

Mt. Zion bas seventy churches with twenty--four W. M. S., llrteen Sun'be::;m Bands, three G. A.'s, one Y. M. S. Three societi~ hnve not been heard from either by reports or letters only indirect­ly, but ar-t! doing some work. Blytheville, 1st, church W. M. S. hnR honor of being the best all roun-d society in Mt. Zion. In re­porting regula;-ly and· on time, ha-ve more system i·n their work. They contx:ibuted to everything on the list and personal service Well ·distri.buted, as wel'l as always striving •to attain po!nts on the Standard of Excellence. This chart should be used by every ·~clety. At Marked Tree .there has been marked pr.o·g.ress in en­listment through the circle plan. This .is enlistment mon•th. If you wish to enlist more members, try the circle pl:m. Earle has also made much progress. Keiser ladies have wrought well on their new -church building and deserve much credit. Also one cf our rural churches out from Lake City deserves special mention be-cause their mee.tings are ca;rried on under greater difficulties th~n in towns b~ca!:lse of bad roads, etc. Still with it all have organized n W. M .. S. in a nearby church and are fostering growth. How 7our superintendent ' has longed to see "'our town and city W. M. ~ do more of this kind of mission w<Jrk.

The time was r~pe for the big 7 5 Million' Campaign {h Mt. Zlcm because of churches better housed and a decided interest by

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~any W. M. S in Mission study, Bible study and personal servlot Truly God has led us all the way.

This year your Sut>erintendent's work will pass into othtr hamls. She is truly :grateful to the ladies of Mt. Zion for tt1

precious p<rivHege of serving in this ~apacity and for the courteou~

and forbearance extended. I only regret not being able •to serve yo\1, and my Master better for the Work's sake and the encouragement of the workers 'would leave this bit of adm_onition. There mu11t be decided cooperation. Thanks to the. gi!"eat 7 5 Million CampR.I which is ·bi!"i-n.ging :this about. Take a deep aJbiding interest in yollt work. If •God's work is worth while ·give it your best, remember ing that eac:h member bears a part of the responsibility. It is jual as much !your . du~y to contribute to the genei!"a l.. effort toward efficiency' and success as any one in the 7 5 Million Cam pall and ~n every phase of the work of your W. M. S. In every con cern there are some who supply the momentum, the power thiiJt moves the business along; and some who serve merely lll.S wheell, which the other must keep goiug. Resolv·e to be more than 11

wheel, make up your mind to be some of •the power. Do not ' ' ' content to work"merely by directions, to be pushed along. Do some of the pushing yourselves. Do not be satisfied being just one of tht rank and file in Kiugdom Service. Now a w.ord for the encourage ment of personal s~vi<:e. Nor will christian women ever find any perfection of organization, any system of commit tee work, an)' more missionary machinery which will >take the place Qf the per sonal touch, glorified and quickened by the love of Christ.

We are standfng on the threshold, -We aTe at the open door,

We are treading on the borderland, We have never trod before,

We have left the fields ·behind us, O'er which we sc.31ttered seed.

We pass into the future, Whic'h none of us can read,

But W€ have God's. promi&eS,

The wocks I do sha-ll ye do also, and greater w.orks than. these shall ye do. Through the big 75 Millions far the Master's use. There wiU b·e greater achievements in the years to come.

Respectfully Submitted.,

MRS. G. W. L. BROWN.

The report on obituaries was made as follows:

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OBITUARIES.

Strange, -indeed, would be the annals of a •year that did not t••tlve a visit from the Reaper of Death; so this year has its

it 11 a, tho not a large one. We are grateful, indeed, that our I• tVenly Father has spared so many of us for the work in His

llleyo.rd. While bereavement always seems unbearable, there is our

h • r-failing Father, if we but look to Him He will · bear us up in lh everlasting a-rms. Let us nev-er feel •bitter- a-nd after a little hlle the eyes df Faith disco-ver that our "l<>:ving Father is holding

1 h h cup of trioal, and we who now see t h rough this glass darkly hull also come to the place where we shall see as face to face.

Since orur last meeting, oas far as we were able to obtain the 1111nes, the .following sisters have gone to their reward:

Mrs. J. C. Howell, Nettleton, Mrs. Belle Manis, Lake City, Mrs. Minnie Joh nson, Net•tleton, Mrs. Julia Mott, Manila, Mrs. Monta Watkins, Lake City, Mrs. Ellen Hunt, Lake City, Mrs. Mary Harlin, Lake City, Mrs. Maudie Edwards, Walcott, Mrs. J. T. Collins, Blytheville, Mrs. Oven Timms, Lake City, Mrs. Josie Stotts, Monette, Mrs. H . S. Harlington, Marked Tree, Mrs. Nonnie .P . Hughey:, Vand-ale.

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To the beloved of all these sisters we extend our love and prayers a:nd wot:ds of sympathy. How good 1to know tho' we mourn II Is not without hope.

Respectfully Submitted, M-RS. H . A. ROPER. •

Mrs. G. W. L. Brown, retiring su-perintendent, in a few appro­Pfl•ate words thanked the !Jnion for . their friendship and coopera-tion. '

Miss Mildred Matthews in a short •talk commended the work of M·rs. B:rown as Superii!tendent. Mrs. Alex-ander, t'he newly' •lected Superintendent thanked the body for the honor conferred " nd asked for •their prayers "in her behalf. The Campaign song Was ·'Ilow sung after which Mrs. T. E. Slaughter, of Earle, read a 11nper on the "Need of Prayer Life." The 75 Million Campaign

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and the :part Mt. Zion Association has in· it, was the sl.llbject 11

talk by Mrs. H. :JI. Peel, of Jonesboro. Miss Mildred Matthc· talked on tb,e "Great Need of the Chlldren's and Young Peoplt Organizations:" A paper on "The Value of My Individual Effort in God's Kin.gdom" was read.

NIGHT SESSION

Devotional led by Mrs. T. B. Kitchens. Song, "Leanin·g on I ht Everlasting Arms." Scripture reading, First Psalm. Prayer.

The County Organizers were asked to stand that 'all might know them, and a word was spoken by eaeh one of them as · to h ow t ht 75 Million work was' progressing. Mrs. Peel, Cr·aighead, M1·~

Ho_rner, Crit.tendon,'. Mrs. Alexander, Mississipp-i, Mrs. Wilcockao Greene. Committees were appointed as follows:

Program: Mrs. B. T. Rogers, Mrs. J. E. Slaughter, Hrs. C R. Layman.

LiteratUJr.e: Mrs. C. B. Woods, Mrs. Mayfield, Mrs. Allc Wil'cockson.

Obituary: Mrs. J. C. SWain, Mrs. T. B. Kitchens, Mrs. L. I Walker.

Auxiliary Societies: Mrs. L. D. Summers, Mrs. B. F. Mc'Wor

1 ter, Mrs. A. A. Weeks, Mrs. J. Patrick, Mrs. Oscar Wilson.

In the Sweet Bye a.nd Bye was sung and prayer was offered by Mrs. RopeT.

The nominating committee was appointed as follows:

Mrs. Summers, Blytheville, Mrs. Minton, Jonesboro, Mrs. Swain Vandale, Mrs. Horner, Earl-e, Mrs. WHcockson, Walcott.

The committee on resolutions was appointed as follows:

Mrs. J. C. McC:roy, Mrs. E. E. Alexander and Mrs. H. H. Peel

A rising vote of thanks was extended our superint endent, who tendered her resignat'ion on account of ill health, :tor her faithfulneal and efficiency in the work.

A splendid paper on "The Problem of the Church" was made by MTs. J. M. Patrick, oi Jonesboro.

A poem " It Can be pofi~e" was read by Miss Mildred Matthewl.

Report of the n.omin:ating committee was made as follows :

Superintendent,_ Mrs. E. E. Alexander, Vice Pres~dent, Mrs. Albert Horner, Earle, Secreta-Ty and Treasurer, Mrs. J : ·c. Mc'Croy, Marked Tree. By unanimous vote this rtlport was accepted.

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'J.'he COmmittee on resoluti.ons made a Feport Which was adopted lollows :

Jtesolved, That we, the· ladies of Mt. Zion Associ>ation, extend I he ladies of Van dale our thank'S for the warm rece.ption and

1orous hospitality extended us during our visit.

Also that we extend our thanks to the members of the Meth-1 1! church for the use of their buildin·g.

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Be it also, Resolved, Th!lit we express to o.ur Tetiring Superin-dent, Mrs. G. W . L. •B-rown, our heartiest thanks and admilra:tion

' her untiring efforts 'during the past five years and pray God's I• lngs on her that she may again be r-esto·red •to health.

Respectfully Submitted, MRS. J. C. M'OROY, MRS. E. E. ALEXANDER, MRS. H.- H. PEEL.

"God Be With You " was sung a~d sentence prayers wei'e-said hlle the Union stood with joined hands.

MRS. G. W. L. BROWN, Supt. MRS. P~ C. BARTON, Sec . .

56. The report on B. ;y. P. U. was read by J. W. Carmack, ' ' discussed it with Dr. Borum and Dearmond. The report t1 adop ted.

B. Y. P. U. We consider the Baptist Young Peo_ples' Union one of th-e

,, ,,H I important phases of our church work.

So far as the commitotee is ahle /.to report, there are onlY. iwo ll tptist Young Peoples' Union in t.he association,. and as a result · 1 our lack of training forces we are destitute of leaders in •our, t hUrches. The Baptist Young Peoples' Union is a training servic " or the church and its supreme aim is to train in church member­ihlp and to qevelop our y•oung people.

Our churc,hes need lead•ers and in order that · our young 1 ••uple become leaders they muSlt be tra;ined.

The teaching and training service of the c·hurch are ot mpreme importa·n c•e and yet in · most of •o·ur churches we arc Jncking in this more than in any other phase of the work .

. · ' . The supreme task of the church is to preach the gospel to .lfll

I he worid, but without tr::ined leaders we will never g•o forward

The first thing any nation do•es in going out to war is t :)

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thor oughly train its soldier s, and we believe that ought to be ,, true with the c1n1rch.

We reoomm~nd and urge '1:.hat every church have a 11 Bap-tist Young Peoples' 1 Union.

Respectfully submitted, J. W . CAR;M.ACK, AUSTIN CROUCH.

57. L. R. Ashley submitted the report on Temperance. was adopted. Discussion was made upon the subject by L. Ashley, M. Culp, Dr. Borum, L. D. Summers·, J. H. Turner nnd B. A. Casen.

.TEMPERANCE. The cause of temperance ·has more advocates today than r· •

in the h isto·ry of the world. There -is a great Ptincip!e u nderlyln this state of affairs: Education_ has been resorted to, and h 1

won. People used to de.cry and denounce alC'Oholic spirits; sutnt good was d·one, but victory came with the educahon of the ri&llll generation to· the evils of drink. •8o now -there is quite a step lr tween the day of our fathers, when the decanter was on •the sldt board and the de iDJijohn in '1:he closet, .-and this day when to• talu a dram relegates a man to past age. Even children now kno11 that "wine is a mocker," that it is best to let it alone.

But. notwit hstanding. national pro'hibition soon to go lnt effect, the war on demon drink is far from e_nded. The objecth has ooen attained, but now comes the task of holding fast whul .is gained and making tile most ·of it. The bralren saloon is an cien'1: 'history, but its child, the blind tiger, stalks th'l'ough tl:ie lan!1 W'hile you rest upon the laurels of victory a .monster prowls t the eaves _of your house, tears away and rends ylQUr fair sons and daughters, then slinks away into the gloom. In the name of thf• Master and for the sake of humanity, we must be· vi.gilan'1: .

These suggestions, we hope, will conduce to s~ccess·. First t cast a ballot for clean officials who pledge eternal, relentN~ss war on this traffic. N.ext make it our business_to help •these pffic&!'jl to enforce the la-ws. Th~n continue to teach thoe young peopl• the evils of alcohol:

L. ROY ASHI.;EY, EDGAR BOO'KER.

58. The Sunday schaO'l report was read by the clerk, who also discussed it with Dr. Boru:m, M. Culp, B. H. Parrish and J. W. Carmack.

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SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK. We have just cause to rejoice at the g;rowth of -our S11ndlay

1 '' 11t1 during the past Y'ear. The report shows that Southern •ttliBts have added 70,000 to "their enDo>liment, while many of 1 •lls·ter denominations :b.ave not only failed to .make any gain,

Ill have sus•tained 'heavy losses. We are _glad to be able to re­I ·I thRt wit'hin the bounds of our association, as far_ as we have

•Ill able to ascertain, our schools have grown both in numbers II tf·ficiency during the past year, tho)lg'h they' have not reached

uumber nor efficiency that we hope they may attain in t'h•e II' future.

The Seventy....F.ive Million Drive and What It Means to Our . · Sunday Schools. ·

We have reached a new day -in all of OJlr denomination_al af­lrll, q.nd in no other department of our work' will the gaiJ!S be

• • 11 er than in the Sunday schools. The -Baptists of •the SIOUth '' ' to put on a program to raise $7 5,000,000 in the next -five ••rs, l_!.nd to enlist millions of our unenlisted folks. The Sunday huols are asked to ra.ise of this amount $2,500,000, and to

11111 one and one-half million to our enrollment. · It makes • • ' heart beat faster to contemplate the results of a great ·awak­

nlng like this. There are many blessings that will come to us hrough our schools through •this ca-mpai•gn. They will be greatly

llt!reased in numbers, and the enrollment of all of our schools hull be _greatly increased. Since this campaign is •to be inspira-

1 lolnal and educational, we shall have· a better enligh<tened consti-1 11 11 cy and consequently a more responsive people. Also, we shall h tve a grea.t •turning to the Lord durin•g these five years, such as

• have never seen before, and multitudes of •our people shall be · unverted u-nto the Lord. Every one of us who names the name •If •t h~ Lord ;duglit to thank God that we have been permitted to II " in this, the greatest day in the history of the world, and to how our a ppreciation b:y doing the greatest work of our lives

!lUring this f ive-year period. God grant that this may be our l!ttrpose.

o·ur Aim for the Co.ming Year. a. An evergreen Sunday schoo·l in each chqrch. b. Every school graded and organized: c. A normal diploma, the minimum of training for all o:l'fi ­

s and tea-chers. d.· Adequate buildings and equipments for each school. e. That a suitable person be employed as- ·Sun(lay sc'hoel sec­

ll!tary, who shall devote his entire <time to- Sunday school work.

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Southern Baptist Literature Recommended. . We noie with keenest pleasure the continual improvement

in the publications of our Sunday School Board, located at Nash ville, Tenn. Our mast efficient secretrury, Dr. Van Ness, has gath ered ·around Mm a company of e:X:pert 'help·ers, and they are put• ting into our literature the very best, both as to ·matter and method. Hence, we d·o urge all of our Sunday schoo•ls to use the series of litera:ture fostered by the Sunday School Board of th•e Southern Baptist convention.

Respectfully submitted, J. R. GREGSON.

59. The COJD.mittee reported on ·nominations. This report was spo_ken to by E: P. Os!bourn, J. H. Turner and J. G. Harris. Adopted.

NOMINATIONS. W!J, your Committee on Nominati>Ous, respectfully submit the

'following report:

1. That the next session ·of this body be held with the Fi:rS>t Bmptist church of Jonesboro, Ark., 6n Tuesday after the first SJ.!nd!!-Y in October, 1920, at lQ a. m.

2. That B. L. Bridges preach the annual sermon; L. R. Ash­ley, alternate.

3. That J. H. Turner represent this association at the S. B. C. in 1920.

4. That L. D. Summers· serve as a member of •the State Mis­sion Board from 1\:!ount Zion Association.

5. That the ' following brethren constit}lte the. Mission Board of Mount Zion Association; P. C. Barton, J. R. Gregson, L. R. As·hley, Gorthan Matthews, E. V. Phillips, G. B. Blackwood, W. A. Pearce, W. A. Roper, T. B. Kitchens, Austin Creuch, B. H. Wilhite, Berl Sinith, J. W. Seay, J. W.'-Car:mack, J. P. Neal, D. R. Garner, L D. Summers, G. •W. Puryear,_ A. A. Weeks, Alb ert Horner, B. H. Parrish,. J. M. Landrum, B. L. Bridges, W. H. Borum, P . S. Osbourn.

E. P. OSBORN. W. P. BRUST, J. M. BOWLIN.

60. The Digest of Letters Committee made report, which was -talked- upon by· J. G. Harris, B. H. Parrish, Dr. Burress and L. D. Summers. Ado~ted.

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81. It was moved and ca.rried that Committee on Creden­lnla be appointed to consider the application of three churches tply!ng for ·membership in the associ-ation. The foll'owing

IIPilhren were named: L.-D. Summers, M. Culp and E, P. Minton.

82. Resolutions were offered by B. H. Pan.,ish and unani­laously adopted to the end that "this body discontinue the annual tUrest of ietters -a_nd hereafter the church letter~- be read to thll body."

63. Upon recommendation of the Qom.mittee on Credentials I t1 following churches were admitted into the associlll~ion : New · ll ope at Whitten; ATk.; Ne'w Bethel at Profit, Ark., and Ty.ronza 1 I Tyronza, Ark.

64. Adjourned by prayer by J . G. Harris.

AFTERNOON SESSION, OCT. 9. 65. At 1:25 o'clock the moderat·or called the h<Ouse to bus­

Iness.

66. Mr. and Mrs. Booker sang "Nothing Between." Prayer was offered by L. D. Summers.

67. Th<e report of the ·Mission Board was read by J. G. l(nrris. It was adopted.

MISSION BOARD. The Mount Zi·on Mission Board submits its annual report in

lhls, the 67th annual session of t he Mount Zion A ssociation: The work for the ye!lr just closing has been by far the !JlOSt

rratifying year's work in the history of our associat:ion. 'In the beginning of the year we laid out our work on a basis

or $10,000.00 and asked the Stat<e Executive Board to appropriate U,OO O.OO on •our budget, an increase of their appropriation of the preceding year of $1,500.00., This they did and we gratefully IICknowledge this gift in our work for winning the lost.

Last year we expended on our work something like $6,400.00. This year · we will have spent $9,123.00. We have more nearly covered the wl:role territOTy of our association, with more or less Work, than ev•e:;- in our history-. However, we are in great need of more workers to win the thousands of los·t souls and devel•o'P· the churches in our territory. It is doubtful if we are keeping

I '• up with the general progress •in other lines. •

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Our College Enterprise. In keeping with the instructions of this association of one

year ago :with reference to a Baptist school within t:b.e· territol'f . \

of -our ~ciation, -we are glad to say that we have -made won derful progr(lss. The Home -Mission Board of the Southern Bap. tist convention on account of the generous offer of t'he Jones.boro Chamber of Oommerce, agreed to es.tablish a . college at Jtmesboro1

looking to the expenditure of $500,000.00 in five y>eal'IS' on t he following ter-ms : .Tro:nesboro and Cr aighead county are to give the land, consisting of 70 acres, lin the south part of the city of Jonesboro, easily worth $50 ,000.00, and $150,000.00 The Home Mission Hoard will, in co-operation with our fo:roes and the Bap

_ tists and friends in Northeast Arkansas, r>aise an<>ther $150,0 00.00 1

and •the Hom(! Mission Board has made an apppopriation of an other $150,000.00 to the establishin-g of said college, altogether representing one-half million_d<>lfars in five years. All the prop­erty is to be deeded to the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist convent ion, and the college is to lbe maint ai•ned and ope rated under the auspices of the Home Missi·on Board. With the wonderful resoui'Ices we have the rapid growth; both in increase in population and mateJ:ial wealth, ~e believe tha•t it will be only a matter •of a s'hort time until we will have a million doH!trll invested on that .beautifu'l site; all dedi'cated t o Hi'm, whose we are and wh<>m we serve for the t rain·ing of our bqys and girls fon Christian service in this, our day, and for generations Y'et unborn.

We r.ecommend that all of ·our forces giv:e what ever timP and effor·t necessary to brin~g about the successful completion <> t the campaign for this institution.

We have many houseless churches. We very much need to strength·en our Sunday sch·ools and not leave this W•o•rk t·o be done by outsiders, such as International Sunday school secretaries, etc. There are many communities and churches without the gospel message at all that are begging for preachers and Chris­tian workers.

Surely God has in truth set ·the land b e'fore us, a land flowing with milk and honey, hear Hill! saying, "Go in and possess tJ!.e land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto you. " Th-e Lor.d God of your fathers make you a thousand times· so many more as you are and bless you as He hath promised• you. "

We give below a synopsis of the wo.rk d<>ne. •

As Treasurer of yollir Mission Board. I beg to submit the fol­lowing report : •

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RECEIPTS Balance. October 30, 1918 ------------------ $1034.73 From State Mission Board ___ ;,. _____ _.-______ :__~ 3200.00

Borrowed Bank of J{}nesboro -------------­J. G. Harris, Collections ~-------------------First Church, Jonesboro (225.00 by Ha.rris) ___ _

First Church, Wynne, -------------------­First Church, Cardwell, Mo. ----------------­First Church, Ea,rle ---------------------"---Fil'st Church, Paragould·--::-_,._ __________ ______ _

E. P. OSborn -----------------------------J. H. Turner (Collections) ~--~------------­Edgar Bovker (Collections) ---------------­J. 'J'. Lattimer (Collectians) ·---------------­H. A. Zimmerman (Collection) -------------­H. A. Zimmerman (Collectio~s) -----------­P. 0. Freeman ('Collectiops) --------------­A. E. Chapman (Collections) ----'----------~ El'lery H.enoon (Col1eotions) -----~~---------­W. H. Berry (ColleCJtions.) ---------------­J. W. Carmac.k (Cotleotions) --~~--'-- --....---,---New •Antioch Church --------- -~-- _:: _______ _

Refund Song Books -----------------------

DISBURSEMEN.TS

2065.00 220.00 824.85 150.00

10.00 4.92

200.00 25.00 2lL50

298.36 7.50

92.04 92.04 42.91 91.97 24.00 82.20 25.00 40.00 12.50

$8454.08

Bank of Jonesboro --~--------------------- $ 854.61 Pa:ra~ould Trust Company ------------------ 407.97 J. G. Harris, - (Salary •and Expense) ____________ 1806.37 Edgar Booker, (Salary and Expense) __________ 1089.32

J. T. Latimer (Salary) -------------------- '104.15 A. E. Chapman, (Salary •and Expense) ________ 1251.14

J. H. Turner, (Salary) ---------------------- 75.00 M. Culp (Salary) "------ -=----- - - ------------ 290.0.0 Be'rl _Smith ('S~lary) -=- '-- -~-----==-~--------

Book Store ----------------- ------------ ---Riley Printing Companyf (Minutes) ___________ _

B. H. Parrish (Minutes} ---;.. -· -----c.-..:_.:. __ _

Jonesboro Sun - ---~------------------------H. A. Zimmerman, (Salary and Expense) ______ _

Sammons Printing Company-----------------­P. B. Freeman, Sa-lary -------.------ - - - ------J. E. Green ------------ --------------------White House G:J.rage ------- -"'"-·-·--.------~----

1)0.00 1.35

157.00 25.00 20.50

754.55 24.55

360.00 20.00 14.60

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H. F. Wright, Salary --------------------~--'Song Books -----------=---------------------

71i.OO 12.50

1-59.31 . 265.00

40.00 191.59 16.50 50.00

Herbert Findley, Salary and Erpense ------­Ellery Henson, Salary~----------------------­Miss Leo. Findley, Salary_~-"'--~-----------~-­Wm. H. Berry, Salary and Expense ---------­Jonesboro HardWlare Co---~-------.,---------J. W. Carmack, Salary

$8176.01

Balance Oct'Ober 6th, ________ .:, ________ : _.,.. ____ $ 278.07

$8454.08

BERL S. SMiiTH, Treasu.rer.

6_9. B. H. Parrisk submitted the report on Obituaries. Thll : report was talked upon by L. D. ·Sunimers, Goach, J. C. SWain, P. 0

Barton and Dr. Borum. It wa:s adopted.

OBITUARIES. Letters from 25 ·churches show that durin·g the past year 48

of our brethren and sisters have fallen 13.Sleep. Loving and tend·er memories gathered· around theLr names, and we are left to reverent• ly 'hope that ou•r loss is their eternal gain. We recommend their godly lives as worthy <>f eq~.ulation and to their immediate families who mourn their loss we tender .our deepest sympathy.

Manuel Woods, ----,------------------ Luxora, ATk. Henry Evans, --- - - - .--------,---- --- --- Luxora, Ark F. M. Castleberry, ----------- -------- Luxora, Ark. Mrs. H. S. Garland, -';;~----------- Marked Tree, Ark. Mrs. Joseph Stotts, ---·----:----------- 'Monette, Ark. Mrs. J. T. Collins, ------------------ Blytheville, Ark. J. · T. Miller, -------------------- Blytheville, Ark. Mrs. J. V. Oates, -~----·---------- Blytheville, Ark. Dr. Q. o. Tipton, __ -:._~_..,._.,...,. __ -==--.....,-- Blytl).eville, Ark. Henry Dunkin, _: _____ ________ ,__,.....,: _ Blytheville, Ark.

C. E. James, -------------------~-- Blytheville, Ark. E. E. Anderson, ------- ------ ----- Blytheville, Ark. Mrs. W. H. Hunter, ----- - - ---------· Jonesboro, Ark. Finis Futrell, ---------'--- ---- ---- -Jonef?boro, Ark. Mrs. A. E. Fortinberry, --------,.--~- Jonesboro, Ark. W. H. Reevis, Jonesboro, Ark.

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Miss Willie Longley,.--------"""'----"-- Jonesb()ro, Ark. Levi Shores, ---------------------- Jonesboro, · Ark. Mrs. Clara !Wiggs; ____ -:_ _________ ·_._.: ___ Earle, Ark.

John Q. Thomas, ------------------- Vandale, Ark. Harriett Frazier, ---------------- Harrisburg, Ark. ·Mrs. _Nannie Robinson, ---------------- Manns Chapel Nannie Dig.gs, --------------------------· Mt. ~ion Marlie Thomas, ---------------------- Cache Valley Hermon Hatfield, --------------------Oa.ehe Valley SalHe_ Foster, ------------------------ Cache Valley Mrs. Catherine Smith, .:. __________ _: ____ New .A<ntioch

Mrs. Pearl Willey, ---------------- ~--- New Antioch Nathan Hartson, ------·---"""' ----,------ Truman, Ark. N. Watson, ------------------------ Truman, Ark. D. W. Mite'hell, __________ .: _______ ____ Truman, Ark.

C. T. Hamilton, ---------------------------- Bay Victor Osburn, ._ _____ . ______________ :_ _________ Bay

J. E. Stevens, --------------------------- Sanford Nellie Fears, ______________ _:: _____________ .Sanford

Sallie McKinnie, ------.--.------------------ Sanford Mrs. Anne Weatherly, _.:_ ___ _________ _ Paragould, Ark. Miss Olive Kitchens, ______ :_ _________ Paragould, Ark.

- ~ed Cobb, -------------------------- Wynne, Ark. H. E. Lawrenee, -------------------- Wynne, Ark. R. G. Stewart, ----------------------- Wynne, Ark Julia Hewlett, ---------------------- Wynne, Ark. Balle Brooks, ----------"--.,.--------- Wynne, Ark.

70. Resolutions were offered by P. C. Ba'rton and B. H. Par­tlth. T·hey were adopted by the body.

RESOLUTIONS. We, the Mount Zion ' Association, desire to ex·press our appre­

•ll&tlon for the magnificent gi:llt of Mr. W. T. Lane, ·Jr., of ' fifty ..;,l •ores of land, Vlalued at $20,000, for our college to· be located at onesboro, Arkansas.

P. C. BARTON: Resolved, That Mt. Zion Association in eonvention assembled

~ereby extend our sincere thanks •to Vandale chu·rch and pastor md to the Pleasant Hill church for their entertainment of this ~xty-seventh session of this body.

Resolved, Tbat we extend our heartfelt thank's to the people

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of the various churches of the town for the important · and Vt'l

helpful part contr·ibuted to ·our entertainment; and to the womt•n for spreading dihner on the grounds, thus greatly aiding and t

pedit'ing the work of the >bcdy. B. H. PARRISH,

· Resol~ed, That that this association commend ·an·d approve 111 the ·work done by our mission3iry, J. G. Ha:rr·is, in behalf ot 1

"Baptist college at Jonesboro, and rec,ommend that 01,1r misslol boa,rd encourage and assist in this work during the coming year.

Be it further Resolved, That we gratefully " acknowledge th gift of $140,000 kom our Home Board at Atlanta, Ga., maki:qg I hi college possible; also its assistance in raiting another $150.0 00 In Mt. Zion Association and Northeast Ark·aonsas by sending to us llt J. I. Oxford, and we commend him to our churches and ·P€ople anti ri'i'ques•t them to_ cooperate with them to the extent o·f thei•r abilll'

P. C. BART:ON . .

71. It was moved that the clerk be allowed $50.00 this yeat for his ~ork and that he have 1,000 copies of the minutes printe4 This was carried.

·· 72. Upon motion thanks were ·extended to <those who had rend§l·red speci.al songs.

73. A motion carried to remove •the name of P. C. Barton from the list of board members at his r·equest and insert thl n:;tm·e of E. P. Osbourn.

7 4. The report on 1iteratUJre having :peen overlooked it wa1 request·ed that the clerk read same. It was adopted;.

LITERATURE. Your committee on literature would submit the following report.

If we have a healthy body w•e must eat Wholesome f.ood. A failue· to do, this has c~aused in many instances · a disarrangement of ·the stomach, and therefore suffering . by parties <thus indulginC So thet:e are dyspeptics who ca,nnot eat just anything or everythl•n -and there are intelle-ctual dYSIPeiptie- peaple who cannot reatl everythin& or any kind of literature, hence t'he need of readinl good Uterature.

The Bible, first ·Of all and the best of all books__::should be r.ead, as literature is a knowledge of books--so first of all we' should studY the Bible, for it is the lamp of our feet, .and the light of oul' P3!thway.'

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If our people would know the Bible as th-ey should, they would bo sw-ept off their feet by those new doctrines, as those new

' epring up over the country such as th-e Russell-ism, Holy Itt Ism and Adventist-ism, etc.

Ivery member of every church should be a Bible -student, and 11 every member of every church should tak(l their state paper,

mlna-tional paper, they should take, read 13.nd pay fur same.

IJence, Baptist ·in our state shoul-d take the Baptist Advance I, then any oth-er good Baptist paper, for we have some papers·

lllng themselves goo-d who a,re de-trimental to the advancement . I he King-dom.

The world must have somethrng to read-there are demands 1 Jlterat~re now -as never before in th-e ·history of the world, and norance of the Bible leaves avenues open through . which t_hey

to serve the world, ofte-n the card •taible, the dance hall. The f, says "slmn every appearance of evil." He that -is. a friend to

' world _is an enemy to God.

Love not the w~rld, neither the things of the world, so the •Ill playing, dancing members are fri-ends qf the world, and there­' • enemies of G'Od.

And those who play cards for prizes, .gamble in the sight of •Ill, no more . harm to play cards for the money the prize cost, h 111 to play cards for the prize, -and the sooner our churcb,es get l1l of their card playing, dancing members •. the better it will bE).

I say these things exsist because of the reading of ·bad litera-111'11 -A Bible rea-ding people are God serving people.

E. P. MINTON.

75. The work vf the sixty-seven•th session of Mount Zion IOciation being over the !>ody adjourned to meet at Jonesboro,

t~ansas, on ll'uesday after the fi,rst Sunday ·in October, 1920. While I hn audience sang "God be With You Until We Meet Again" there Mtted a general handshaking after which E. P. Minton prayed.

W. H. BARUN, Modera,tor. L. ROY ASHLEY, Clerk.

FINANCE. 'REPOR'r OF \COMMITTEE ON )FINANCE

We have·received the follow,ing funds:

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, , For Minutes. Ifarrisburg Churc.h ___ :.. ______________ ,..-£_ .:::$ · 3.00 Vandale ____ ;_____________________________ 2. 70

Whitton ------------------.:;:-------------- 5.00 Marked Tree --------- ------------ - ·- ---- - -­

Lake Cit y ~-----------------~--~----------Mt. Zion -----------~--------------------PaTkin ---------~--------------~=--------­ParagQuld 1st -------------- --------....------Jonesb-01'0 1st ----------------------------

Earle ---------------------------------~~-Walcoti ,--------------'------~---------·---M·anila _, _____ :_ ___ ~-----------------------Truman _________ .:_. ___________________ ___ _ _

St~nod - ------- --------- --------- --- ---- --Cr awfo-rdsville ----------------------------Wynne -----~----~-----------~----------­Bay ------------------------ -------------Leachville ------- --- -------------"' _______ -::. Lux·OII'a ---------------------~----------.. -Walnut Street, Jone sboro ------ --- ---- -----­Bethabara '=--------.,-------~~-:.---~--~---­Blytheville ----~--~------------------~--,--

---~---------------------------

Mann's C}?.apel ---~------------------------Hydrick _ ....._ _ __ _________ ------------.-----""-- -

Monette ---------------:-~---------~..:~-----­' Cherry Valley ,-------- ----------------'----- ·

Cacbe Valley ------- - - - - ------------ - - - - -­New Antioch - - - - ---------'-,--------- -------

2.00 2.00 2.00 2.25 7.50

25.00 2.50 1.71 2~410 1.60 1.65 3 .0\J 5.00 2.50 2.00 2.50

1.00 1.15

10.00 2.30

1.00 .50

1.50 2.50 1.00 2.00 2.00

Total -,.--$100.26

ASSOCIATIONAL MISSIONS Mt. Zion Ch'ltrch ___________ .__$212. 7 5

Mt. Zion Church, By S. S.____ 15.75 ------$ 228.50 Lake City ---------------"-----------~--- 5.00 Earle -------------- --- ·----------------- 50.00 Walcott --------------------------- --·-- 148.2 5 Truman Stanford

21.00 4.00

Luxora ------------------- - - ---- -------- 125.00 Har-risburg -------- ---------------------- 61.00

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luut Street --------------------------- 64.50 t lmbara ------------~------------------ 20·.00 thevllle 1st ---,----- .... ~--------------- 1421.00

1 1111 18 Chapel ----------------~---------

". 1 te ___ .:_ _____ ~---~----------~---~-~-11110 W. M. S. ____ .:. .:_::._~-----·----'-----

ttt!l a. -----~---------------------------' 11111n Sunday Scho~l ------------- - -----· w Antioch

7.02 . 20.00

5.00 142.50 13.50 28.00

, h1· Valley 5.00 $2369.12

. State Missions loott ------------~-----,---.:-- ""-------$ 30.00

I 1110 City -'--.-------------'-------------- 5.00 35.00 1 1 h . n's Home by Walco-tt-~ .:.-_____________ $ 15.00

IIDme Missions Lake City Church ---------- 5.00 111 .. tgn Missions Lake City Church --,....------

1 hfl!!tian Education, T. C. Hunter, ----------' (Man 's Chapel) ---------------~--- ---

5.00

3.00

Total -----r----- -~---·------------~----'-------$2532.38 Respectfully Submitted,

·P. C. BARTON, Chairman.

leceived the above amount from P. C. Barton. BERT S. SMITH, Treas. Mt. Zion Mission Boa.rd

umber of work·ers employed · ---~----------- -;...--- ---- 12

l ltys of labor -------------------------------------- 2585 Miles Traveled ----------=--- - '----·-:::------ --------- ---. 11\1441 ltrmons and addresses _______________________ :_ _____ __. 745

I nversions ---------------------------------~------ 324 1\dditions by Baptism ------------------------------- 284 Additions by letter and restoration -------------------- 164

Total additio~s --------------------------------- 448 Money Issued : Missionary and Benovelent . purposes-------~---------$2, 763.-a9 t)hurch building and repairs ------------------------ 4,528.31

Total --------------------------------------- $7,281.70 We own two tents, value ____________ · __ :: _______ ._______ 800.00

C)ne automobile -----------,...----------------.:------$ 500.00 ~otal _ _:_,--..:-----------------------------.---$'1,300:.0·0

G. W. PURYEAR, P~·es. BE'RL SMITH, Secy.

CHURCH PASTOR CLERK POST OFFICE

Adams Grove __________ -----~-----------· ---------- - - ----- -----------------· Bay ----- - ----- ------- J. H. Jo)J.n1)on ___ J. D. Haynes ____ Bay ---- _:_ __ ---1

lfi&~;:==~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~; ~~~~~{~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bethabara ------ - - - - --A. J. Lincoln _____ J ·. F. Crocker_ ___ Lake City ____ ·--- 1

Bardsto~n ------------ ------------------ -------- --- ------- ---------------~-­Bon!) --- --------------- ------------- ----- ------ ----------- - ----------.--- ----­Black Oak --- - --------- ----------------- -----------------· -------'-- ---------Blytheville, 1st_ _______ L. D. Summers_. E. V. Phillips ____ Blythe viii& -----Blytheville, 2nd ________ -----------------· ----- - ------------ -----------------Blytheville, Lilly- ------ ---------------- ------------------ ·-----~---------· Brookland - - ------ ---- ----- -------- ---- ---------- -------· · ----------- ------Card~ell, Mo. __________ J. :r. DeArmond __ J. M. Gist_ ____ ., ·- Cardwell, Mo. ___ _ Cherry Valley __________ -----------------· ----------- ------- ------------------Clear Lake------------·------------------ ----------------------------~-~----Cra~fordsville --------Dr. Utley ________ S. 0 . Boone __ ·--- Cra~fordsv1lle --Cache Valley -------- - J . W. Seay ______ J . A . Parker .. _ . .. Light- --,--------Earle - --------- ---- -- ··-:A-. A. Weeks ______ Albert Horner---- Earle -----------Evening Shade -------- - ----------- ------ ---- - - - - - - ---- - --- ----------------­Fisher --- - ------------ ------------"',..-~-· -----------------· -~---~--------

~~~~~; ~~-::.-::.-::.-::.-::.-::.-::.-::.-::.-::.-::.-::.-::.-::. ·--=-=======-=-======== Mrs:-.r.-B.-:ry:y-::.:-::.: a.x:u.'b-h"s--.=-.=-::.=:..-.=-::_ Huffrnan ---------- ---- -- - - -------------- ·----------------- -----------------

!E~~rl£~r:~l==~=~====-= -~~~~::~:~::_::~-=-~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~0~~~~====== .Jonesboro, 1st:'::::-::_-::_-::_::::: Austin Crouch __ ·_:-_ J. M. Patrick ____ Jonesboro ___ ___ _ Jonesboro, 2nd- ----- :;---· E. P . Minton _____ J. C. Merideth ____ Jonesboro ______ _ Keiser ---------------- ---·-- --- ---------· ------------------ --- --------------

t~::'c~~ft~~11: __ _:-.::.::.::.::.::.=-.:::.:::.::: :r:--.p:--:Neer:::::.::::~ .:::.:::.:::.:::.:::.:::.:::.::.:::::.::.:::.::.:::·"Ma.nil.a-:-_-:_-_-:_-_-:_-::_ Lake Vie~ ------------ ------- --·--------· ----------------- ------------ ------· Lepanto -------------- ----------------- -· ---------------· -----~-------­Lunsford --- --- -------- --------------- --- ·------ -----------· ·--------- - ------­Lake City --------- - - - ----------------- ----- ------ ------ y----~-----------Luxora ---------------- L. Roy Ashley ____ J. M. Majors---- •. .uuxora --------- -Mann's ChapeL ________ T. C. Hunter _____ Lucy .Hardin __ .:_ Vandale --------

Marion - ------------- - ·---------------- ·------- ---------- ----------- ------Marked Tree__________ J. W. Carrnack ___ Mr~ . . J. C. McCroy Marked Tree ___ _ McFerrl.n - ----------- ------------------ - - --- ------ ------- ----:-------------Manila --------- ----- - J. P. NeeL _______ Mrs. J. L. David __ Ma.mla ----------Mt. Pisgah ____________ ·---- ------------- ---- --- ----------- ----------------Mt. Zion _______________ J. W. Seay ______ A. B. Heath ___ _ _ Walcott - - - - -----"Monette --- ------- - - -- T. J. Latimer __ I. M. Hammock __ Monette --- -----Mt. Pleasant ____________ ----------------~- ---------~------- ·-----------------

:fj;; ~~1~~===:::::::::::: :E11.;ri-iii-;;.;x1::: ·:E:--:K~-~ca:!ve~t":..:-_-~ wilit"t".;x1--~.::::::::::::::::: Nettleton --------- - - - -----.------------- ----------------- -------- ------- - - - -

~~; Hl'~{io~~~~~~-~~~~ R':C.-'Roge~s====- :w~-w:.-F"<>~1et:==== 13-r-o-;kia~d.--:::.=-:::::::::_ ~~: if~fh~c:::::::::::: ::::::::: T-s:-:BI.it-n:_s ___ :_-_-_-_ =================- 0:Ha~~itas'b-ilri-:::::::::::: Osceola __________ _: ___ -=-----~----------- J. B. McCants, Jr: s_.::eo ------- -Praire (}rove __________ --------------- --- ------------------ - - --------- ------Paragould, 1st_________ B . L. Bridges ____ A. L. Welbourn __ Paragould --- -- -

~~~~~e~--~_a:_~~~::::::::::::::::::- .::=::::-::.-::.::::::::::::=::: E-· E.--su.~;ne-,:i);'ii .PaX:kin.--.=-.=-:::::~~­~eo.f;~1;;it-:::::::::======~= -~-;._~--:Ry.a.·;..:-..:-:..:-..:-~ :r.--~c£;~-eise~:-:.:-: s;d'g~ic'k---::.-=.-=.-::.-::.-=. stanford ------------- J. w. Seay - - - - --- W. M . Bryant- - ·-- Beech Grove ___ ... -Shiloh - - -------- - ---- ----- ------------- -----~----------- ------------------

Shady Grove ___ ------ -- ----------------- - - - -------------.,-· T---.. -------------i~~~~~ =============- -~==::::::::::-::.:::::::::::::: :..--~~--:~~~~~~~..:: ~~~~;~--:::::::::::::-::.::: Unity --- ------ ----- ___ - ---.... ~-----.::..----- --------------- - -- ------~-.=..---------lJnion Grove ___________ ------------------ ------------7----- -~---------------Valley Ilonae __________ - - ------------ ---· --------~--------· ;;~d-l _________ _ Vandale -----'-- - - ---- J. C. S~ain ______ J. C. Hefley___ __ l \~ ------- -Walcott ------------- - --- - - ------------ W. C. Wilcocksol\ ~a eo --------Wynne _____ ::. _________ W. A. Roper--'-- __ R. L. Th<>mpsor.__ ynne --------- ·

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