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Minutes
of the
Annual Meeting
of the
Danville Association
of Regular Baptists
Indiana
57th-77th
1885-1905
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MINUTES
OF THE
FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
Danville Association
REGULAR BAPTISTS,
HELD WITH THE
MOUNT PLEASANT CHURCH, HENDRICKS COUNTY, INDIANA
ON
SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2D, AND 3D, 1885
INDIANAPOLIS A.FR. BAKER, PRINTER, 28, 80, AND 32 WEST MARYLAND ST. 1885
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FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING
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HELD WITH THE
MOUNT PLEASANT CHURCH HENDRICKS COUNTY, INDIANA
ON
SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2D, AND 3D, 1885
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OF THE FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE DANVILLE ASSO CIATION OF REGULAR BAPTISTS, HELD WITH THE MOUNT PLEASANT CHURCH, HENDRICKS COUNTY, IND., SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2D, AND 3D, 1885.
1. Introductory prayer and sermon, delivered by Elder John Kinder. Subject: Eighth chapter of John and 36th verse.
2. The letters from the different churches called for and read, and the messengers' names enrolled as per statistical table subjoined.
3. The messengers repaired to the house for business, and after prayer by Elder Peter Keeney, became organized by electing Elder E. D. Thomas Moderator, and R. M. Bartley Clerk.
4. Ministering brethren of our faith who are in good standing at home were invited to seats in the council.
5. Door opened for admission of churches to our body, and a newly-con- stituted church, called Mount Calvary, presented a letter, and was received into our Union; and also a newly-constituted church, called Eel River, pre- sented a letter and was received into our Union, and the right hand of fellowship extended to messengers from the aforementioned churches.
6 By motion and second the reading of the Articles of Faith and Rules of Decorum was suspended.
7. Corresponding letters called for as follows: First, White Water Asso- ciation, letter presented and read, and her messengers, Elders William Sparks and W. O. Parker, received. Second, White River, no letter, but her messengers, Elder L. T. Buchanan and Brother William King, received. Third, Mt. Pleasant (Iowa) Association, letter presented and read, no mes- sengers. Fourth, Blue River, no letter nor messengers. Fifth, Paint Creek, letter received and read, and her messengers, Elders W. R. Knowls and H. P. Hays and Brother Buren Wyatt, received. Sixth, Salem Association,
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letter presented and read and her messengers, Elder J. T. Oliphant and Brother John Smith, received. All of the aforesaid messengers invited to seats in council.
8. Circular letter called for and read, and referred to committee on arrangements to be reported Thursday.
9. Appointed Moderator, Clerk and writer of the circular letter to be a committee to arrange business for Thursday.
10. Requested Elders W. R Knowls, J. T. Oliphant, Lewis Thomas and J. W. Richardson to preach to-morrow.
11. Appointed Elder J. W. Shirley to write a general corresponding letter.
12. Adjourned to Thursday morning nine o'clock with prayer offered by Elder L T. Buchanan.
Thursday morning, nine o'clock, met persuant to adjournment. A prayer , offered by Elder H. P. Hayes, and then proceeded as follows :
1. Bill of arrangements reported and made the order of the day.
2. List of messengers' .names called and corrected.
3. Money for printing minutes and correspendence received. F. Under- wood, A. Byrd, J. S. Thorp appointed a committee on Finance; also, Clerk authorized to superintend the printing and distribution of the minutes.
4. Corresponding Letter reported and adopted, and brethren agree to bear it as follows: To White Water Association, Elders W. M. Benson, J. R. Elmore, E. D. Thomas, J. R. Daily, Brethren W. C. Frazee, R. M. Bartley ; to White River, Elders J. R. Elmore, W. S. Fisher, Brethren Wm. M. Craven, Jr., R. M. Bartley; to Mount Pleasant (Iowa) Association, correspond by minutes; to Blue River Association, correspond by minutes; to Paint Creek Association, Elders J. R. Daily, E. D. Thomas, Brethren R. Foster, R. M. Bartley ; to Salem Association, Elders J. W. Shirley, E. D Thomas.
5. Circular Letter reported by the committee without amendment, and adopted to be printed in the minutes.
6. Agreed to hold our next Association with Bethel Church, Tipton county, Indiana, six miles northeast from Kempton station on the L. E. & W. R. R.
7. Made choice of Homer A. Benson to write the next Circular Letter.
8. Committee on Finance reported. Report received and committee discharged.
9. Resolved, That ministers of this Association bearing correspondence to corresponding associations, report the same to the clerk of the associa- tion, that they may receive pro rata of the corresponding money.
10. After singing and prayer, adjourned in peace and love to meet with Bethel Church on the first Tuesday in September, 1886, at 10 o'clock A. M.
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WEDNESDAY, 10 A. M.
Services opened on the stand by W. R. Knowls using for a text the eighth chapter and thirty-fifth verse of Acts, followed by J. T. Oliphant using for a text the eighth chapter of St. John and twenty-fourth verse. Then an intermission of an hour was given for refreshments and social con- versation, and the congregation was again called together by singing, and addressed by L E. Thomas using for a text the fifth chapter of 2d Corinth- ians and seventeenth verse, followed by J. W. Richardson, text twenty-sixth chapter and twenty-eighth verse of Acts, then closed in the best of feeling, all seeming to be filled with love for each other and praise to God.
GENERAL CORRESPONDING LETTER.
The Danville Association of Regular Baptists now in session with the Mount Pleasant Church, Hendricks county, Indiana: To the Associations with which we correspond, greeting.
VERY DEAR BRETHREN-
Your ministers and messengers were cordially received and invited to seats with us, and by whom we received intelligence of the grace of God to youward.
It is the sense of this Association that a strict adhearance to gospel truth should be had amongst us, avoiding the extremes.
That there is a necessity for harmony in preaching. And that the great object of our blessed Savior in giving the commission was, that the desciples go forth everywhere and testify of the unsearchable riches of Christ, calling upon all men everywhere to repent and believe the gospel; that the same is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth.
E. D. THOMAS, Moderator.
R. M. BARTLEY, Clerk,
Avon, Hendricks Co., Ind.
CIRCULAR LETTER.
The Danville Association of Regular Baptists now in Session with Mt. Pleasant Church, Hendricks county, Indiana, sendeth Christian Love and Greeting.
VERY DEAR BRETHREN IN THE LORD: Under a true sense of our own weakness and imperfection, we will endeavor, God being our helper, to gather a few thoughts for our encouragement and edification as we sojourn through these low grounds of sin and sorrow, until we shall be received up into those glorious mansions on high, prepared by our blessed Savior for the people of
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God. And for what few thoughts we shall try to offer, we will direct your minds to what our Savior was pleased to call his church, or the church of God. The apostle tells us, before the Savior left his disciples here below, he organized them into a body, under a certain covenant, and gave them the promise that as long as they kept that body unspotted from the world, that he would bless them with the Holy comforter, for he told Peter that the gates of hell should not prevail against His church. Not only did the Lord. design to leave them in a body so they would be better prepared to meet the wiles of men and the devil, but He came to establish His kingdom upon the earth that He might have a people to His own name's declarative glory.
After He had established them as a Church, He gave them certain ordi- nances that they should observe in remembrance of Him, and how plain is the wisdom of God made manifest to His people, for He well knew that as soon as He left them their faith would be tried as it had been while. He was here with them-" for, if they do these things in the green tree, what will they do in the dry ?"
The ordinances were given them that they might have something to set anew in their minds the many glorious truths and promises He had given them while He was here on the earth with them. And may God be thanked to this day for those things that bring afresh to our minds the many suffer- ings of a most merciful and righteous Lord, that a poor sinner, as the un- worthy writer feels himself to be, might have hope to rejoice in God as his Savior.
In looking around us we find a great many bodies and organizations that claim to be the Church of the Living God, the pillar and ground of the truth, and the thought naturally arises, can all these be the true Church that the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ set up while here upon the earth ? In the fourth chapter of Paul's letter to the Church at Ephesus, he tells them "there is one body and one spirit. even as ye are called in one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith and one baptism." The Apostle here was surely convey- ing the idea that there was but one body of Christ. Then, if there is but one true Church, all of the so-called bodies can not be the Church of Christ, and in order to find the true Church we shall try to find some of the marks that identify the Church from the world.
In Paul's letter to Titus he tells us that "he gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify unto himself a peculiar people zelous of good works;" then we see they are a peculiar people, zelous of good works, not because they believe that their good works will put God under obligation to save them, but because they have felt the Lord was gracious to them, and when there was no eye to pity nor arm to save, the Lord took them up, spoke peace to their troubled souls, turning their mourning into rejoicing and put a new song in their mouths, even praise unto our God.
John tells us that another characteristic is, that as it is written in the prophets, they shall all be taught of the Lord and great shall be the peace of thy children. Then we would enquire, what is it to be taught of the Lord ?
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Moses tells us in the thirty-second chapter of Deuteronomy, that the Lord found Jacob in a waste-howling wilderness; he lead him about and in- structed him, and kept him as the apple of His eye. What a thought to be under the immediate and direct care of Him who never sleeps nor ever slumbers; who led the children of Israel through the Red sea dry shod ; caused the water to come forth from the flinty rock; the lame to leap as an hart; the blind to receive their sight, and the poor to have the gospel preached to them. They are made to rejoice and praise God for his merci- ful goodness and sing with the poets :
How can I sink with such a prop As my eternal God.
Then, we see, to be taught of the Lord is to have the eyes of our under- standing opened, for by nature we are blinded by the god of this world and led captive by the devil at his will, our deaf ears unstopped, and this stony heart taken away and given a heart of flesh, and made to rejoice in God as our Savior, and put no confidence in the flesh, esteeming others better than ourselves; for when we are brought to a knowledge of our own sinful condi- tion we are made to abhor ourselves and repent in dust and ashes, and cry with Paul, " Who shall deliver us from the body of this death?" And how quick are our hearts drawn out in love for one of God's dear little ones when we hear them begin to tell of the Lord's dealings with them, how far from God they seemed to be, and how low He had brought them, that if they were ever permitted to enter that celestial city it would be alone through the righteousness of Jesus Christ. Then let us examine ourselves and see whether these things are true with us; we know and feel that of ourselves we are nothing, but if we have that spirit dwelling in us it will rise and shine brigher than the noon-day sun ; although it is encompassed about by this sinful body, it is a principle that can never be eradicated. Paul says in the eighth chap- ter of Romans, "I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor hight, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." And may our petitions ever be ascending up to God that we may have His guiding spirit, that we may walk in the footsteps of our blessed Master, for in them I know I shall be blessed with the presence of the Holy Comforter that the Lord promised should be with his people, living as it becomes children of that meek and lowly Jesus, for this is one of the marks of the children of God: to be humble as He was humble, ever ready to get down at the feet of our brethren, administering to the wants of the needy, sharing the many burdens that God's people find here on this earth. And as a church how shall we live ?
If we are a separate people, shall we mingle and intermingle with the world ? Shall we invite all Christians, of whatsoever denomination they may be, to come into the Lord's house and unite with us in commemo- rating the death and sufferings of our dear Savior, or shall we receive mem-
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bers into our body from other denominations without requiring them to be baptised, taking the baptism of other denominations as legal and valid, and by our acts say to that body from which they came, go on with the good work, you have a legal right to ordain ministers of the gospel, receive and baptize men and women in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and then with our mouth turn round and say you are not the church of the living God ? You do not bear the marks that identify the people of God from the world; your church was organized and set up by the cunning craftiness of men's hands desiring to heap riches and honor upon them- selves, having the praise of men but not of God. From such the Apostle tells us to turn away. Keep yourselves unspotted from the world, for ye are chosen out of the world; therefore, walk as children of the light, letting your light so shine that others using your good works may be constrained to glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Then let us live consistent and obedient lives. Can we expect the bless- ings which are promised unless we go where those blessings are? Did our Lord and Master administer the sacramental supper to the world? Surely not. Mark tells us that on the night before He was betrayed He congre- gated His little band of disciples in that upper room in the city of Jerusa- lem, and there gave unto them those emblems that should represent His broken body and shed blood, and told them, " As oft as ye do this do it in remembrance of me." Then, can we set the Lord's table in the world, invite every one to participate without requiring them to fulfill the requirements of the New Testament that gives them a legal right to those ordinances ?
But let us rather separate ourselves from the world for a little season, that we may enjoy the sweet presence of our blessed Savior, walk worthy of the high vocation wherewith ye are called with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bonds of peace, for we are sojourning here in this low ground of sorrow where the temptations of the evil one are continually being thrown in our pathway; endeavoring to get us to conform a little more to the world here, and a little more there, until the world has us in complete union with all the modern inventions of the day. Turning the grace of God into lasciviousness But we are commanded to watch and pray, and may we have more love and zeal for the cause of our dear Savior, giving ourselves more to his service; counting all things but loss and dross for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, our Lord; for the time of our sojourning will soon be at an end and then we shall be gathered into that Holy city that John saw coming down out of heaven from God; the New Jerusalem whose walls are of precious stones and the streets of which are paved with pure gold; whose inhabitants are never sick, nor' ever hun- ger ; sorrow and sighing flee away, and there is no night there, for the Lord is the light of that city, who sits upon the throne of Almighty God, and will gather his elect from the four corners of the earth into those bright mansions at God's right hand, and when gathered into those regions of eternal happi-
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ness they shall fear no more death, and all tears shall be wiped from their eyes, for the former things shall have passed away and become new, and they sing the song of Moses and of the Lamb; crying, great and marvelous are Thy works, O Lord God Almighty, just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of Saints.
Brethren, be of good cheer, for the suffering of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in heaven when we shall unite with the saints of all ages around the throne of God, singing praises unto the Lamb that was slain but is now risen and reigns supremely in heaven, receiving honor and glory form the blood-bought throng out of every nation, kindred, tongue, and people.
May the rich and sustaining grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ be with you and with the dear saints of God elsewhere, is the prayer of the unworthy writer. AMEN.
E. W. THOMAS.
NAMES AND POST-OFFICE ADDRESS OF MINISTERS.
W. M. Benson, North Salem, Hendricks Co., Ind.
George Dodson. Blount, Illinois.
E. D. Thomas, Danville, Hendricks Co., Ind.
T. J. C. Sparks, Brownsburg, Hendricks Co., Ind.
Peter Keene, White Lick, Boone Co., Ind.
D. Leap, White Lick, Boone Co., Ind.
William F. White, White Lick, Boone Co , Ind.
W. S. Fisher, Bell Union, Putnam Co., Ind. Allen McDaniel, White Lick, Boone Co., Ind.
Wm. T. Hambrick, Whitestown, Boone Co., Ind.
L. W. Brandon, Whitestown, Boone Co., Ind. J. W. Shirley, Lebanon, Boone Co., Ind. William Hardin, Lebanon, Boone Co., Ind. M. Masten, Mt. Meridian, Putnam Co., Ind. John Tilley, Mt. Meridian, Putnam Co., Ind.
J. Kinder, Frankfort, Clinton Co., Ind.
A. G. Fields, Wheaton P. O., Ind.
J. R. Daily, Groomsville, Tipton Co , Ind.
J. R. Elmore, Clayton, Hendricks Co., Ind.
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STATISTICAL TABLE.
CHURCHES.
Days of Meeting.
Received by Ex-
perience and
Received by Let-
Received by Re-
Restored.
Letter.
Excluded.
Deceased.
Total Member-
Money for Min-
Money for Cor-
respondence.
Union ..
Elder W. M. Benson, F. Booker, A Cheshire ..
10
1
2
85
$1 00
...
Providence
A. Smalley, A. S Byrd ..
1
2
2
84
2 00
35
Palestine ..
4
S. Colliver, F Underwood, J. H. Shinn ...
...
...
1
Elder E. D. Thomas, Brethren J. Dodson, E. W. Thomas .. Elder J. Kinder, S. Long ...
8
2
1
1
44
75
1 :5
Thorntown ....
3
Elder T J. C. Sparkes, C W. Keeney
7
2
17
L
2
2
2 00
...
1
J. M. Parks, L 'B. Ragan, W. S. Jones ..
2
1
71
1 50
...
2
Marine Stewart, Wm. Conn, Sr., R. M. Bartley J. W. Abbett, L. P. Shoemaker ....
5
1
1
1
101
75
75
1
Elder Wm. T. Hambrick, S. Dooley ..
7
1
2
78
1 00
1 00
Clear Creek
Wm. Hinkle, Harvey Monday ....
3
16
37
75
...
3
Elder J. W. Shirley, J. Spicklemire, J A Dickerson
4
1
1
43
75
1 00
Bethany
3
D. MeMullen, J. Barnes, C. M. Barnes.
2
2
57
80
Eagle Creek
R. Dodson, B. W. Shelbern ..
16
2
1
1
1
1
96
1 25
Bethel .
4
J. B. Harlow, G. A. Harlow ..
23
50
2
Letter. No Messengers ...
33
1
2
65
1 00
2 2
G. J. Menifee, W. C. Frazee ..
4
1
48
75
Mt. Moriah .
1
Elders M. Maston, J Tilly, W. Collins ..
6
2
17
1
12
75
75
4
R. Sauders ..
1
16
1 00
Total
143
10
6
7
51
14
18
1751
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NAMES OF DECEASED MEMBERS.
Union-Mary V. Clements, Delila Tolby. Big White Lick-M. A. Sparks, E. Veach, Sarah Cassady. Mt. Tabor-Elias Shirley. J. S. Walker. Danville- Eliza Yowel. Mount's Run-Ida Northcut. Liberty-Lucy Daniel. First Friendship-Mary McCloud. Vermillion-J J. Huffman. Otter Creek-Perry New- man, Sr. Second Friendship-Hucha Mason. Salem-Mary Smith. Mt. Moriah-Mary E. Neet. Mt. Meridian-Samuel Dickers.
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2
H. Woodard, H Hall ..
73
1 50
Mt Union
4
26
55
Liberty ..
3
90
1 30
First Friendship ..
1
Eller A. G. Fields, Wmn Eggers
14
1
2
1 40
Vermillion
4
Otter Creek
J. N. Richardson, Wm M. Craven, Jr ..
1
58
1 00
Second Friendship .. .. Salenı
1 00
1 00
Elder W. S. Fisher, J. R Brewer, J F. Mason
3
1
43
Mt. Meridian.
2
Mt. Calvary
3
L. A. Hurst, J. Burnett, D. Hunter, B. Beaman.
15
60
Eel River ..
1
43
60
Little Flock ..
Elder J. R Daily, H C. Finney, F. Calhoon.
1
3
31
75
2 85
Mount's Run ..
4
Elder P. Keeney, J. K Edwards, P. Smith
170
Mt. Tabor ....
3
Abner's Creek
1
95
2 00
120
1 40
Big White Lick.
4
2
2
1
63
1 50
$2 12
Mt Pleasant .
NAMES OF MESSENGERS.
baptism.
ter.
lation.
'
Dismissed by
33
1 00
Danville ..
Cynthiana.
2
Antioch ..
R J. Foster, I. Mann, J. S. Thorpe.
2
Mt. Zion ...
D. Webster, Wm. Nevins.
...
1
1
2
J. Dodson ..
1
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3
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MINUTES
OF THE
FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
Danville Association
OF
REGULAR BAPTISTS,
HELD WITH THE
Bethel Church, Gipton County, Indiana,
ON
SEPTEMBER 7th, 8th AND 9th, 1886
INDIANAPOLIS : A. R. BAKER, PRINTER, 28, 30, AND 32 WEST MARYLAND ST. 1886.
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MINUTES
OF THE
FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
Danville Association
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REGULAR BAPTISTS,
HELD WITH THE
Bethel Church, Gipton County, Indiana,
ON
SEPTEMBER 7th, 8th AND 9th, 1886
INDIANAPOLIS : A. R. BAKER, PRINTER, 28, 30, AND 32 WEST MARYLAND ST. 1886.
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MINUTES
OF THE >
FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
Danville Association
OF
REGULAR BAPTISTS,
HELD WITH THE
Bethel Church, Gipton County, Indiana,
ON
SEPTEMBER 7th, 8th AND 9th, 1886
INDIANAPOLIS : A. R. BAKER, PRINTER, 28, 30, AND 32 WEST MARYLAND ST. 1886.
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OF THE FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE DANVILLE ASSO- CIATION OF REGULAR BAPTISTS, HELD WITH THE BETHEL CHURCH, TIPTON COUNTY, IND., SEPTEMBER 7TH, 8TH, AND 9TH, 1886.
1. Itroductory prayer, delivered by Elder J. Kinder. Introductory ser- mon, delivered by Elder Allen McDaniel. Subject: Twenty-fourth chapter of Luke, and 46th and 47th verses.
2. The letters from the different churches called for and read, and the messengers' names enrolled as per statistical table subjoined.
3. The messengers repaired to the house for business, and after prayer by Elder H. P. Hayes, became organized by electing Elder E. D. Thomas, Mod- erator, and R M. Bartley, Clerk.
4. Ministering brethern of our faith, who are in good standing at home, were invited to seats in the council.
5. Door opened for admission of churches to our body, and a letter was presented from Liberty Church, Hamilton county, Indiana, and read, and the church re-admitted to our body, and the right hand of fellowship extended to messenger from the aforementioned church.
6. By motion the Articles of Faith and Rules of Decorum were read.
7. Corresponding letters called for as follows : First, White Water Asso- ciation, letter presented and read, and her messengers, Elders C. M. Reed, S. D. Harlen, and Brethren J. M. Smelser, F. M. Bracken and Perry Low re- ceived. Second, White River Association, no letter nor messengers. Third, Mt. Pleasant (Iowa) Association, no letter, but her messengers Elders A. Goforth and S. T. Keeney, and Brother J. R. Lamb were received. Fourth, Blue River, no letter nor messengers. Fifth, Paint Creek, letter received and read, and her messengers, Elders H. P. Hayes, and W. R. Knowls, and brethren.
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Sixth, Salem Association, letter presented and read, and her messenger, Elder J. T. Oliphant received. All of the aforesaid messengers invited to a seat in the council.
8. Circular letter called for and read, and referred to a committee on arrange- ments, to be reported Thursday.
9. Appointed Moderator, Clerk and Elder W. M. Benson to be a commit- tee to arrange business for Thursday.
11. Requested Elders A. Goforth, W. R. Knowls, J. T. Oliphant, and C. M. Reed, to preach to-morrow.
12. Appointed Elder J. R. Daily to write a general corresponding letter.
13. Adjourned to Thursday morning, 9 o'clock, with prayer offered by Elder S. T. Keeney.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
The brethren chosen to preach to-day, met a respectable and well-ordered congregation. Services opened by Elder Andrew Goforth. Text: First Corinthians, 15th chapter, 20th and 21st verses ; followed by Elder Charles M. Reed. Text : 15th chapter, First Corinthians, and from 1st to 11th verses. After an intermission of one hour for refreshments, the congregation assembled around the stand; addressed first by Elder W. R. Knowls. Text : 2d chapter and 6th verse of Colossians; followed by Elder J. T. Oliphant. Text : First four verses of 3d chapter of Colossians. And we feel that the preaching was done in the spirit of love and meekness; that they were en. abled by Divine Grace to bring forth from the store house of eternal love, things both old and new to the comforting of God's dear people present, and that we were all permitted to enjoy a feast of good things in hearing a repeti- tion of the message once declared by angels of " peace on earth, and good will to men," and trust that all present will long remember, with gratitude to the Giver of every good and perfect gift the pleasant interview.
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