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MINUTES OF THE

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Middle Florida Missionary ,-_ .. ' Baptist Association /

HELD ..,VITH

New Macedonia Baptist Church

GItEENVILLE, FLORIDA

,OCTOBER 18-19, 1927

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Next Session of the Association will convene with

First Baptist Church of Perry, Perry, Florida,

at 10:00 o'clock A. M., Tuesday after Third

Sunday in October 1928.'

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OFFICERS

JUDGE W, B. DAVIS, Moderator, Perry, Florida T. N. JONES, Vice Moderutor Perry, Florida CARL W. BURNETT, Clerk Madison, Florida

, F, B. WILLIAMS, Treasurer, Lee, Florida

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Judge .W. B. Davis, Moderator, ____________________________ Pen:y, FI~.

T. N. Jones, Vie~ Moder~tor __ -: ________ ,.. _______ ~~ __ ~' ______ Perry, Fla.

Cal'l 1V. Burnett, Clerk --------------------------..:-.:.:· __ Madison, Fla.

F. B. IVilIiams, Treasurer ------------·---------~------ ______ Lee, Fla.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

T. N. Jones, --------------------------------------- _____ Perry, Fla.

Ardis \Varri!n - -- - - - -- -- - _____________________________ :Madison, Fla.

. . Rev. A. M. Parker ---------------------------------- ____ Pinettn, Fla.

:G. }<~. Andrews - ~ - - - - - - - - - ___________________________ Greenville, Fla.

.J. F. MeCall - -' - -- - - - - _________________________________ lI'fadison, Fla.

INTRODUCTORY SERMON

Rev. W. J. Ray ------------------------------------ ___ Madison,Fla.

MISSIONARY SERMON

Rev. T. O. Reese ------------------------------------ ____ Perry, Fla.

MESSENGERS TO CONVENTIONS

(Southern Baptist Convention)

!tw. A. M. Parker ------------------------------- _______ Pinettu, Fla.

STATE CONVENTION

Rev. T. O. Reese, Re". M. J. Fowler, It. J. Carroll, Ardis Warren, Rev.

A.lrL P<lrker, Rev. A. T. Camp, Rev. 1,V. J. Ray, Rev. S. G. Ward, Rev. S. P.

Morgan. W. E. Wells, T. N. Jones, W. L. Weaver, Carl W. Burnett, Rev,

A. N. Woodward, G. F, Andrews, E. \V, Kinsey, Mrs. A. D. Stanton, Mrs.

C. L. Leggett.

MEMBER STATE BOARD

Rev, A, T. Camp ----------------------------- _______ Greenville, Fla.

Article 1. We believe inane and only one, true and living God, and that there are three persons in the God-head, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. .

Article 2. We believe that the Holy Scripture, composed of both the Old and New Testament, are the Word of God, and the only rule of faith and practice of God's people,

Article 3. We believe the doctrine .of Sovereign, particular and et~rnal election ..

Article 4. We believe in the doctrine of original sin .

Article 5. We believe in man's inipotency to recover himself from the fallen state in which he is b~' nature, by his own free will. und. abifity.

Article 6. We believe that we arc justified in the sight of God, only by the imputed righteousness of Christ, which is the consequence of faith· in Christ.

Article 7. We believc that God's elect shall be called, regenerated and sanctified by the word of God and the Holy Spirit.

Article 8. We believe that the saints are preserved by grace ana :persevere in grace and ",iii never finally fall away,

Article '9. We believe that Baptism and the Lord's Supper are the only ordinances of a New Testament church, that immersion is the only Scriptural Baptism, and believers are the only Scriptural su bj cets for Baptism, and nOlle but bapti~ed believcrs who are members of Missionary Baptist churches in g'ood standing are entitled to partake of the Lord's Supper.

Article 10. We believe ill the resurrection of both the l'i;rhteous and the wicked dead, and that both will be judged according" to the deeds done in the body.

Article 11. We believe that the punishment of the wicked will 'be €veryasting and the joy of the righteoLlsness will be eternal.

Article 12, We believe that no minister has a right to administer the ('rdinances except such· as are Divinely called, having been ordained by prayer and the imposition of the hands of a presbytery duly authorized by a Missionary Baptist churcll.

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CONSTITUTION OF MIDDLE FLORIDA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION

Article 1. The name of this organization shall be "THE MIDDLE FLORIDA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION."

Article ?', Th.e Asso~iation shall be composed of messengers duly (,lected by MlsslOnary BaptJst churches, who shall present letters certifying to their eiection, or other satisfactory evidence thereof.

Article 3. Each,church having :fifty members or less shall be entitled to two messengers. Churches having more than fifty members shall be Ep.t!tled to .one additional messenger for every twenty-five members or maJor fractIOn thereof. In no case shall anyone church be entitled to more than five messengers.

, Article .4. The objects of this Association shall be the promotion of i?llowship among the churches, and the fo~lering of Missiollary, Educu-

. tlOnal and Benevolent enterprises, in harmony with the Florida Baptist State Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention.

Article 5. The Association shall meet annually at such time and Illace as may be selected by the body. If it should become necessary, the Executive Committce of the Association may change the time, or place of meeting, or both.

Article G. Any church, in harmony with this Association as to doc­trine and practice, lllay be admitted into the union upon the presentation of a petitionary letter accompanied by ~atisfactory infoTmation.

Article 7. Any church wishing a letter of dismission shall make <lpplication therefor by letter.

Article S. The officers of this Association shnll be a :vIouerator, an Assistant 1):foderator, who shall act llS Moderator in the absence of the ]\Ioderator, a Clerk and a Treasurer, who shall b& elected annually by_ the suffrage of the members present, and shall hold office until their successers arc elected.

Article 9.The Association shall have an Executive COlllmittee compoged of six members duly elected by the body, togethel' with the o"'ffi.cers of the Assodatioll as ex-oITicio members. This Committee shall fogter all the interests of the Association, when the body is not in session. The Commit­tce shnll have authority to appoint or recommend to the State Beard Missionaries, or Colporters, and to make appropriation to weak churches or destitutions, mId to give such advice to the churches as may seem wise and necessary, and the Assistant Moderator shall be Ex-Officio Chairman of the Executive Committee.

Article 10. The Articles of Faith of this Association shall be the mme as those which are adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention when in session at Memphis, Tennessee, in May, 1925, and shall be the basis of fellowship and co-operation.

Article 11. 'rhe Association shall recognize and respcct the rights and independe nee of cvery chllrch co-operating. " .

Article 12. This Constitution may be changed or .amended at any annual meeting of the body when two-thirds of the members present deem it expedient.

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1. The Moderator shflll preserve oruer in the Association, which shull be openE-'d and closed by prayer. He -shll11 decide all questions of order and propriety. .

2; All memuers of the body shall respect the authority of the Moder­ator, bllt any member shall have the right to appeal to the body from his decision.

3. The Moderator shall have the same right of speaking as any other member of the body provided he appoints some member to fill the Chair; but he' shall not vote -except when there is a tie, then he may cast the deciding vote.

4. Not more than one member shall speak at a time. Any member' desiring to speak shall rise from his seat and address the Moderato~, and when recognized by the Chair may speak to the subject, but not more than :twice on the same subject without permission of t'he body.

5. No member shall leave the body while in session without permission of the Chair.

G. All motions in order must be disposed of by the body, unless withdrawn by the one who made the motion.

7. When a questien is taken up, after allowing time for deliberation, the Moderator shall take the vote of the body and then announce the decision. If 11 diYIsion is called for the Moderator shall take the vote by calling on the members to risc and stand until they are counted. Aftel' the count -is made on both sides the Moderator shall announce the result.

8. The Clerk shall enroiJ the names of the messengers, and kcep a regular record of all the business of the Association. He shall have the Minutes printed and distributed to each church, according to the amount ef money sent up.

9. The Treasurer shal1 receiv'e and manage the funds of the Associa­tion, taking receipts of all disbursements thereof, and present an annual l'eport of all funds received and disbursed, for insertion in the minutes of Lhe Association.

10. This decorum may be altered or amended by two-tbil'ds vote of the members present at any annual session of the Association.

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Proceedings of the Middel Flordia Baptist Association

TUESD), '( A. M. SESSIoN

The Twenty-eighth Annual Session of the I>Iiddle Florida Baptist A~sodati{ln lllet with-New Macedonia Baptist Church at 10 o'clock, Oct. 18th, 1\127.

Devotional services led by Rev. A. M. Parker. The. body wns ~Jled to order by the Moderator for the transaction of

business. • The following mp.~sengers were c!lll'ollcd:

Athena-nt J. Howell. Antioch-T. H. Hurst and E. H. lIIorgan. Aucilla-M. IV. Bishop, R. H. Devane. Bre\ver Lake-Rev. M. J. Fowler, Thomas Bell, Knox IVal'd, Howard

Eans and Eud Platt. Beulah-L. C. Purvis, S. K. Driggers. Central-Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Dutton. Dowling Park-B. J. Head, H. Singletar~'. Elizabeth-A. P. Hartsfield, 'Villie Lightse~', Mrs. J. G. Walker and

Mrs. Lizzie Standley. Forcst Grove-N 0 t repre sen te d. Friendship-'V. C. Woodall and Henry Godwin.

Camp. Greenville-G. F. Andrews, B. Bragdon, C. L. Leggett and Rev. A. T. Hopewell-AIr. and Mrs. Geo. Kelly und Mrs. Riley :Maddox. Harmony--Perry Andrews, Tom Campbell and Rev. S. W. Scott Lee-Mr. and Mrs. W, N. Webb, Mrs. Martin and B. Rowe. Lll111ont-R. J. Carroll and C. J. Reams. • l\Iidway-J. T. Jones, Vv'. ill. Terry and G. L. Thomas. ilbyo-R. R. Ware and Rcy. S. P. Morgan. !lIt. Olive-E. H. Smith and D. C .. McLeod. Maecdonia-G. L Tindall, W. B. McCullough, M. H. Williams and Rev.

A. N. '''oodard. i'lU. Gilead-W. E. and J. R. Vann. Madison-W. L. Tooke, Mrs. A. D. Stanton, IIb's. R. J. Bevan and

Hev. \Y. J. Ray. Moseley Hall-T. W. Stubbs, \Valter Shaw and Mrs. Jessie Sapp. New Macedonia-Roy IVarren, O. T. Davis and J. A. Andrews, Jl'. New Home-Rev. \V. A. BalTow and M. Bass. New Prospect-W. T. Bass and lr1attie Lou Bass. Oakland-C. J. and Jesse Wilson and W. D. Whiddon. Pi~gah-A. J. and A. C. Parker. Perry-Rev. T. O. Reese, W. L. \Veaver; J. P. Woods, T. N. Jones

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Pine Grove-Ardis Warren .and J.F, D. Hughey. Pinetta--J. t. Jordan, W. L. Ranew and Rev. A. M. Parker.

Pleasant GrOVe (Taylor County)-T. L. Goodman, R. E. McMullen and Acy McLeod.

Pleasant Grove (Lafayette County)-S. C. Buchanan, T. A, Ezell, Charlie Turlington and Berry Webb.

Riverside-A. U. Mills and A. W. Wilder. -Sirmans--B. L. and L. H. Bailey, E. C. Stokely and· Rev. A. IlL Rowe. San Pedro-Mrs. J. T. Parker and T. E. Carrino Motion made and carried that officers be elected by acclamation and

tn e foil owing were nomina ted and eJ ected: Judge W. 'fl. Davis, Moderator. Carl W. Burnett, Clel'k, F. B. Williams, Treasurer. Motion made and can·jed this session be for two days instead of three

as voted at last session. _ The following visitors were recognized: Rev. J. W. Senterfitt, representing the State Board of Missions. Mrs .. Willie Lee Harrell, field worker for the W. M. U. Rev. A. 1. Caudle, representing the Baptist Witness. Col. B. J. Hamrick, Hon. W. M. Scruggs and Rev. J. K. Hutchinson

of the Florida Association. Motion made and carried Bro. W. C. Woodall be elected song leader

for the Association. Motion made and carried to omit reading of Church Letters and

Moderator appoint a Committee on Digest of Letters as follows: W. L. W"aver, R. R. Ware and W. 1\1(. Bishop.

Motion made and carried that Rev." T. O. Reese preach Introductory Serrnon instead of Rev. A. M. Parker.

i\'lotion made that all Committees have only one member, but this JllO­

tion was lost in the voting. The Mod"rator appointed Rev. S. P. Morgan as Chairman of the Com-

mittee on Education. 'rhe Moderator appointed the following Committees: State Missions-W. L. Weav"r, M. J. Howell and L. C. Purvis. Home Missions-C. L. Leggett, W. E. Vann and J. A. Andrews, Jr. Foreign Missions-Rev. W. J. Ray, T. L. Goodman -nnd W. A. Dutton. Orphanage-G. F. Andrews, Rev. A. M. Parker, Mrs. W. A. Dutton,

Thomas Bell and B. Bragdon. Education-Rev. S. P. Morgan, C .• Bush and F. S. Jackson. Nominations-R. J. Carroll, T. N. Jones, Rev. A. T. Camp and J. R.

Vann. Periodicals--J. F. McCall, G. 1. Tindal! and Knox Ward. Temperance-F. S. Jackson, Mrs. Geo. Kelly and J. P. Woods. Sunday Schools-R. B. \Varren, \V. L. \Veaver and Howard Barrs. Ministerial Support-Rev. A. M. Rowe, Rev. W. J. Ray and S. K.

Driggers. Laymen's Movement-Rev. M. J. Fowler, R. H. Devane and Jesse

Wilder.

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Deceased Ministers-G. C. Lewis, W. B. McCullough and Rev. A. N~· Woodard.

Relief and Anuuity-Rev. S. G. Ward, Rev. A, T. Camp and M, Bass. W. M. U.-Mrs. Eula Kerby, Mrs. J, T. Parker, Mrs. A. D. Stanton and

Mrs. R. Maddox. The Moderator appointed the following to assist the Treasurer: G. C.

Lewis, Tom Campbell, B. B,agdon. Motion made and carried to adjourn until two o'clock.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION "-" -

Devotional services Jed by Rev. G. C .. Jackson. The Moderator appointed the following Committee on Time and·

Place of Holding Next AssociaHon: A. M. Parker, O. T. Davis, Thomas Bell.

Motion .. made and carried that Mission Reports be discussed tomorrow at [J :30 o'clock.

Report on Orphanage read by G. F. Andrews. Spoken to by Rev. A. !II. Rowe and Bro. Senterfltt and adopted.

IIIotion made and carried that the Moderator appoint a Committee to. investigate the possibility of getting a carload of provision:; for the Or­phanage. Committee, A. N. \Voodard, R n. Ware, J. P. Woods.

HeDort On Temperance read by F. S. Jackson. Spoken to by T. N. Jones, W. L. Weaver and Rev, A. T, Camp and adopted,

Hepol't on Laymen's Movement read by Rev. M, J. Fowler. Spoken to by him, Rev. T. O. Reese, Rev. S. P. Morgan and adopted.

Report on Deceased J\1iJlisters read by Bro. G. C. Lewis and adopted. Heport on Relicf and Annuity read by Rev, A. '1', Camp and adopted .. llcport on Nominations read by R. J. Carroll and adopte~, liT otion made and carried to adjourn until [) :30 tomorrow.

WEDNESDA Y A. M. SE.SSION

Devotional sel'vices led by Rev. M . .T. Fowler. On motion Bro. T. N. Jones was elected Assistant Moderator. Motion made and carried that the Association pay the expenses of the

delegate to the Southern Baptist.Collvention and the Executive Committee l'olleet these funds.

M otion mad[~ and carried that t.he Moderatol' appoint 17 more delegates to the State Convention.

Hcport on State Missions read by Bro. W. L. \Veaver. HeJlort on Home Missions read by Bro. C. L. Leggett. Report on Foreign Missions read by the Clerk. These reports were spoken to by the following; W. L. Weaver, C. L.

Leggett, Hev. W, J. Ray, A. I. Caudle, Rev. T. O. Reese, Rev. M. J. FowlCl~ and Bro. Senterfitt and upon motion made and carried they were "dopted.

Motion made and carried to adjourn ulltil 2 o'clock. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SeSSION

. Devotionl11 services led by Rev, S. G. Ward, The Moderator appointed 11 Budget Committee as follows: Ardis War·

ren, G. F. Andrews and \V. A, Dutton. The· report on Education was read by Rev, S. p, Morgnn. Spoken to

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Bro. A. I. Caudle and adopted. Report on Sunday Schools read by W. L. Weaver. Spoken to by

him and adopted. Report on Ministerial Support read by the Clerk, Spoken to by G. F.

Andrews, T. N. Jones, Rev. S. P. Morgan, Rev. A. I. Caudle, Rev. A. T. Camp imd adopted.

Report on Woman's Work read. by Mrs. Daisy Peacock. Spoken to by Mrs. Willie Lee Harrell, Mrs. Golden, Mrs. Culpepper and adopted.

Motion mude and carried that the Woman's Work be called W. M. D. work from now on.

Treasurer's report read ·by Clerk and adopted. , Report on pigest of Letters read by W, L. Weaver and adopted .. Report of Budget Committee reauand adopted. Motion made and carried that all churches report in their Lotters next

year the amount they propose to give in 1929 for the Co-operative Pro-gram. .

The Committee on Time and and Place l'eported that the next Asso­ciation meet with Perry Baptist Church on Tuesday after third Sunday in October.

Report of Committee on Supplies for Orphanage 1'ead and adopted., The Moderator appointed the same Committee on this.

Report of Executive Committee read and adopted. Motion made and Carried Report from Bible Institute be put in

Minutes. Motion made and carried that the body reconsider the Report of

Executive Committee. Motion made and carried that the Fifth Sunday meetings be held 011

. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Motion made and carried that Executive Committee take up with the

State Board of Missions and the different churches tr.e. matter of procuring a missionary for this Association,

Motio1J made and curried that Clerk be paid same amount as heretofore. Motion made and carried that Association ·adjourn to meet with First

Baptist Church of Perry, Fla" on Tuesday after third SU1Jday in October 1928. '

FOREIGN MISSION REPORT

For 82 years Southern Baptists have made an effort to obey the command of our Lord when He said, "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to ever}' creature, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost." In reviewing reports from the 18 nations where OUr Board functions, we find happy triumphs in spite of many discourage-ments and trials, . ' .

In some of these nations persecutions .prevail, but in these areas the largest number of converts have been made during the year. In other missionary fields there is nothing but opportunity and need.

We have on foreign fields, 1,13!) churches with a membership of 137,734, who gave to the Lord5s work $480,004.24 this convention year; 12,085 baptisms reported. There are 3,488 out stations, 1,899 Suuday Schools with 71,734 scholars .. We have 513 missionaries and 2,787 native workers employed. We own 231 missionary residences, 5(j0 schools, in~

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cludil1g 1 G seminaries where 381 natives are studying for the ministry. There h 111 UC: h 0 th er e qui pmen t. Our hospitals treated 50,007- pa tie n ts an d ~flVC 120,670 treatments.

It is said that in the face of our greatest missionary opportunity the debt of our Board. still makes retrench men t .neces~ary. Building opera­tions have been discontinued, many ,.chools have been closed and the "i!rvices of native workers discontinued. 0 UI" oWn missionaries on furlough are iran1-:ly informed the Board will not be able to return them to theil' iieltls \lnJess receipts are substantially increased before their furlough period expires. The BOlll'd reports $ 651,000.00 paid on the old debt this year and a plan is being- perfeded for wiping it out completely. Much as We' regret some feature:,; of the situation we are proud that Florida ranks third ill her gifts to rrlissions-ha,'ing given $3.81 pel' capita. We can not j'c~l so proud in 0111' Associntion, where 31 churches, with 3,009 members p:uve $4,2~3.38 or $1.G4 per {'upita.

The solution is in enliHting ALL instead of the FKW-many of whom doubtless gave liberally.

\\' e w(luld stress a pl'ogram of Information in our Association this y car, knowing that Information results in Inspiration. And when our pcople KNOW they will DO the will of God.

J. E. HARDEE, W. A. DUTTON, T. L. GOODMAN.

Committee. REPORT ON STATE MISSIONS

State Missions is basal in the Kingdom program. Our most immediate task b; ahvays, and mURt always be, the crcation of a Christian (,onstituency. In thi~ tn~k e\'angelism comes first. No ])enominlltional pl'ogram enn be made ell'ecLive which docs not root itself in evangeli~l11. Churches ellnno c he fOl'l11l'(\ until sinllers have heCll converted. Without Stute .Mi~sions to go Lei OJ'e and cultivate the soil n one of these Christian institutions such us Colleges, schools, hospitals, orphans' homes, denominational papers, ('ould hn ve been established and maintained. Hence State Missions is fUll lin mental to every Kingdom· program.

OUl' Stnte Mission worle includes enlistment-evangelists, missionary pastors, IV. III. U., Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. workers, Summer A~semblies, nnd Associa tiona! missions. In these various departments last year we spent a bout $60,000.0 O. We employed for full tim~ foul' Enlist· ment-evangelists who visited 223 - churches, spending f1'ol11 two days to a week with each one. They l'eported GiiO arlditions to churches which they Hssistcd in evangelistic sel·vices. They also assi:,;ted numel'OUs churches in putting on the every member canvass and with mission institutes and ~p(·ci:d serviees of various kinds.

The State Dourd also employed for whole or part time service las! ~'cnr 84 missionary pastors who preached to 150 churches, besides holding muny meetings not included in their l'egulnr reports.

In meetings held by these pastors, they report 2,572 additions to the church. They distributed thousands of pages of denominational literature und gave away 332 Bibles and Testaments iri their regular activities.

The missionary pastors and enlistment men together collected $12,· 037.18 for missions, and for church buildings on their fields of labor 5;56,347.70. ,

The various departments of our State .Work report splendid progress· ('vcr;-rwh ere .

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operative Program $204,366.72. While we did not reach our goal, at the s:!me tim~, counting the speci<ll or designated funds scnt through our office the Board was able to make a splendid report to the Convention.

Last year }t'lorida Baptists contributed to Foreign Missions through the Program and designations $121,882.06. To the Home Board we con-tributed $24,35D.24. .

As the Children's Home at Arcadia, our lIlinisterial Relief Board in Dallas, Texas, and all departments of our own work look to and depend on the Co-operative Program for support we urge our people to set up a worthy goal for next year and send in the money systematically and reg­ularly for distribution, ut least once each month.

What we need is more complete co-operation on the part of our Bap­tist people. When the Baptists of Florida learn how to walk and work together we will then build in this State a great Baptist empire, With one Lord, one faith, one ba·ptisl11 , one great purpose, one Spirit to Animate and empower us, v';e should not find it diflicult to catch step in Kingdom work,

W, L, WEAVER, L. C. PURVIS, M. J. HOWELL,

COlllmi tte e. REPORT ON HOME MISSIONS

At th~ Southern Baptist Convention in Louisville, Ky., last May, the Home Mission Board presented its eighty-second annual report. The work­er~ of the Board, independent and eo-op!'rative, during the year delivered 109,4 Ul sermons and addresses; cOlldl1cted 19,0 G6 prayer-meetings; made 171 ,239 J'elig-iou~ v.isits; added to churches by bnlltism 2Q,G8G members; total addition~ 3G,233; won 840 volunteers for Christian Service; '~on­stituted Hi8 chur~hes; built or improved 278 church houses; org"<.lnized 40G Sunday Schools; distributed 11,847 Bibles and Testaments; circulated 1, G 51 ,2 04 pages of religi ous tracts.

This fine record is worthy of all praise and calls for grateful thanks­giving to God for His wonderful favol,. But for the lack of means many new fields white unto harvest would have been entered.

The Convention in Louisville instructed the Board in laying out its work for the new year not to go beyond the receipts of last year in its appropriations. This called for drastic retrenchment at the annual meetinp­of the Board the tirst of June. In one ·departmcnt, that of Independent and Direct Missions, twenty-five missionaries were dropped and similar cuts ',vere made in all departments. It is enough to stir stony hearts-these open doors in ripe fields and no laborers to enter in to reap the harvest. Let us pray the Lon] of the harvest to send more laborers into His harvest through the liberality of our people.

The heavy debt on the Board must be lifted as soon as possible in order th:!t this great task of saving our beloved Southland for Christ may he carri ed on in a way worthy of our people, so numerou sand well able. to Hccomplish it and for the glory of God: .

Three recent Home Mission books should be read and studied by our people, namely:

"The New Challenge of Home Missions," by E. P. Alldredge, plice 60c. , .. "A Talc of Two Peoples-Gentiles and Jews," by W. M. Seay, price

60c and $1.00. "Just Aroud the Corner Tales," by Mrs. Una R. Lawrenee, price 50c.

The above prices are just about the cost of publication and can be had direct from the Home Mission Board or the Baptist Book Store of our State.

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The Board hus II fresh Sllpply of traets and leaflets on all phases of its work which can be had without churge on request of the Home Mission Boaru, 804 Wynne-Claughton Building, Atlanta, Georgia.

Let us pra~r constantly for the Loru's blessings upon our Home Mis­sion Board and its wOl'k. This Board has been the great unifying co­ordinating agency of Southern Baptists, and probably more than any other <).gcmcy has been the gl'eate~t force for unifying Southern Baptists.

Respectfully subniitted, C. L. LEGGETT, Chairman. W. E. VANN, J. E. ANDREWS,

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REPORT ON PERIOD!CALS

\Ve have consicrel'ed different propositions and questions that have come lJefore thLi association, but one of the most in)portant questions coming before us is that of periodicals. It is om' conclusion and opinion that the reading of im]lure books andmagaz.ines is injurious to the boys and girls who read them. We recommend that our boys and girls do not read these books nnrl steer clear of this unwholesome literatUre. \Ve suggest further t.hat our Jlel'iodicals be read more and that our Baptist books and books written by Christian men and women be kept in our homes as much as jlossibJe. We think that if it. were possible that all oilr churches should place the Baptist Witness in their budgets.

J. F. McCALL, KNOX WARD, G. 1. TINDALL.

REPORT ON CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

God made man a thinking animal. The need of education is the natnral need of every human being. This need has been recognized by, our people; and, toda), we are building schools and employing teachers as n ever before in the history of OUr country. The poor as well as til e ri c hare exerti ng eve ry efT ort possi bl e to ed uc ate their children. But,. ~utnn, ever lnte11t upon the corruption ,of the race, and ever alert to his oliPortunities to this end, has ~tealthily tablted and poisoned every magazine and book possible.

. These he has worked into many, many of the colleges and even the high schools of our country. He has succeeded in getting into many of the schools professor,] and teachers who willingly lend themselves as tool~ to disseminate the poison of these books.

Th us, these ins titu tion s, in tended to be one of the greatest bl essing~ (,0 our children, have become hot-beds of skepticism, atheism and bolshevism. These being state sehools, we ftnd outrselves often helpless to correct the uang'el's or to stop the poisoning of our youths. Not only are the funda­mentals of our faith in God, the inspiration of the scriptures and the divinity of Christ being undermined, but the very foundations of our homes, (he morals of the people and the sacredness and purity of the marriage 1'e1u­tions being corrupted.

If the above is true, we need not argue the necessity of denominational schools, where we may control the inft uences and direct the educational means to accord with the Book of books n:nd with our religious activities.

Already we are putting some money and efforts in Baptist schools and colleges and sbould put much more. In Florida we arc fortunate in, having at DeLand, Stetson University, that is mOl'C and more becoming a.

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snfe place for the complete edur.ntion and culture of our youth. Hs ideals nre Christian and the influences conducive to Christian character and development.

We recommend that our people give to Stetson their support in sympathy, prayers and their efforts; sending to it their boys and girls as' they become prepared to enter its privileges. '

We also heartily commend to our pe ople the effort of the Baptists of ·Florida to found and .conducta preparatory school at or near Sebring, Florida, as fast as we become able and willing to support the effort in this movement.

S. P. MORGAN, F. S. JACKSON, C. BUSH.

RELIEF AND ANNUITY REPORT

The Relief and Annuity Board of the Southern Baptist Convention is located at Dallas, Texas, and has for its purpose the relief of our aged and infirm preachers, their widows and dependent children. Dr. T. J. Watts is the Corresponding Secretary. .

Through gifts made by the Sunday School Board, Mr. John D. Rocke­feller and by our Southern Baptist people in general the assets of the Board are now about $2,250,000.00. This is seemingly a large sum, but compared to ou~' needs and to the assets of the relief Boards of some of the other leading denominations it is very small. .

There are now about 1,300 beneficiaries and they are receiving on an average of only about $150.00 per annum. This is of gl'eat help to our old, worn out preachers and their dependents but it is fur short of what they should receive.

THE ANNUITY FUND

lI'iembers of the annuity fund who have reached the age of sixty-eight, or who have become permanently disabled, are receiving the highest, the maximum amount promised in the membership certificate, namely $500.00 per year.

" The new Service and Annuity Plan, as recommended by the ReJief and Annuity Board and a special committee of laymen, and adopted by the Convention in its session at Houston, Texas, was a forward step and has met with general approval by bot.h preachers and laymen. If the provisions of this plan are .carried Qut,· every participating minister, widow and dependent child will get a support worthy of our great denomination-a ~upport justly deserved when they shall come to require it by reason of ag'e, disability 0\' dependence)'.

Some of the Provision. of the New Service Plan

Some of the outstanding features of the New Service Plan are as f 0.11 ows :

1. An age annuity available at. sixty-five for every active minister. This plan builds to a retirement' annuity of approximately 50 per cent of the average salary an a basis of thirty-five years of service, i. e., on II basis of an average salary of $2AOO.OO there will be eventually given an annuity of $1,200.00 and so on. There will be guaranteed to every active minister participating in this plan, a minimum of 50 per cent of his average salary up to $ GOO.O O. Three-fifths of the retirement annuity will be continued to the widow.

2. Total and permanent disability prior to tne age of sixty-five will entitle the participant to an annuity amounting to 40 per cent of his average annual salary, during the flve yellrs preceding disability.

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3. There will be a death benefit to the widow, nfter" the first year of membership, amounting to 75 per cent of the current year's salary (JI the minister, but not to exceed $1,000.00." .

. 4. "Minor children of disabled ministers will participate in this plan to receive $100.00 " year ('nch, up to age eighteen with certain educational dlowances up to <Ige of twenty-one. "

For details concerning the New Service Annuity Plan, ministers" or vthers illtcrested should write the Relief and Annuity Board of the Southern Baptist Convcntion, 122 G A thletie Club BlIilding, Dallas, Texas, and ilIumi­

, l\uting literature will be sent promptly.

IVe re C 0 mme n d·" thn tour people contribu te to this worthy cause and that our preachers take advimtage of its benefits.

Respectfully submitted, S. G. WARD, Chairman. k T. CAMP, M. BAlmS.

REPORT ON LAYMEN'S MISSIONARY MOVEMENT

The Laymen's l\Jissionary Movement was 'organized in 1£106, and has a~ its purpose the enlisting of our Baptist men in all kingdom enterprises. Tlw movement has sp1'cad Trlpidly and today covers a large part of North America, Gl'eut Britain, Australia and Germany.

In this movement effort is being made to arouse our men to see the need· of giving themselve~ to greater activity in Christian service. In order to uccomplish this, la~'mell's conferences and conventions arc held in which all kingdom matte)'s are di~cl1ssed; tructs, pamphlets and books are ]lulili~hed for I:lymen, and UleJ' are ul'g'ed to ~tudy alld infol'l11 them~elves as to the n(;'crl of the kingdom, and as to Oleir duty and privilege in help­in).; to spread the sam e in to a II th e ends of the ea rth. The stu dy of the Bible is urged upon men so they lllay know their stewardship l'esponsibility,

If our laymen could realize just what oui' God held them responsible for, your committee feels sure that there would be a gl'eat movement taking place in our Association along the line of organizing classes, for the purpose uf studying and discussing the kingdom work. '

\'i' e, your committe e, very m uc hurge every church in th is Asso cia ti on to organi:>e' the men in;u work of thi~ kind. If it is possibl~ for our Woman's Mis~ionary work to do as much for the Master's ~use as we see it is doing, how mu~h more would" our men be able to do, realizing they are the managers of the financial business of life?

It is possible for all "the churches to have a study class on Stewardship n ntl Missions; and \'ie, your committee, feel like there is not anything that will awaken our men to their duty Iilee a study cluss on this subject.

Let us ask our men to take the instructions of the Apostle Paul to Timothy (II. Timothy 2 :1;)) stud)' to show theyself approved u'nto God. We feel sure God does not approl'e of our men being so much unconcel'ned :Iuout the adVallCement of the great work of the Kingdom.

Respectfully submitted, M. J. FOWLER, Chairman. R. H. De VANE.

REPORT ON ORPHANAGE

To love and support ol'phlln chTIdren, is given as one of 'the evidences of pure and undefiled religion in the first chapter of James, thus the support of the Florida Baptist Children's Home at Arcadia, in which there are lit present one hundred and fifty-eight boys and girls is scriptural. All real

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needs necessary to make this jl real home and provide our children with the necessities of life and 6pportunitie~ 'for the best development and prepa ra tion for usefulness,is a just an d rig hteo us obiliga tion. 'rhis 0 b liga" Lion rests upon every individual Baptist and every organization of Baptists, entered into fo1' the advancement of God's work in the state of Florida.

The Home is under the wise m:lnagement of a Board o'f TruRtees of fifteen efficient and capable men who are directing the policy of the worle through the superintendent with the best interests of the children committed to their care at heart. The health Of the children continues gooil. The work for their education, improvement and development has been the best and what we have in th eway of buildings and equipmen t is bei"llg taken' care of in a perfectly satisfaetol'y way. .

We have room for only two or three more children with our present eouipment. A new buUding is under construction which will be used fo'r school purposes when completed und wilJ relieve the crowded condition in ~ome departments of the work, but will not provide more "dormitory room. Plor,ida Bantisls should not be ~Iltisfied with the number of children they )lOW have in the Home but should make provisions for a Jarger family ~o that all the a pne als for a home on the part 0 f worthy a pp !ican ts might be "met and all children really needing the protection of our Home could l'e cared for.

The receipts during the past year have not been sufficient to meet the current needs of the Home. As a result we have fallen behind in ouJ'· current supnol't fund. The Unified Program from which it was plann"ed to furnish the Home $3.000.00 a month, was behind with the Home th(; first of Septembel', $12,815.18, and while independent contrihutions were IIlloweil by our State Convention, they have been, very small this year and not suffieient to supplement the l'ccei pts from the Unified Prugram so that I' II ex~enses mi[1;ht be met. Our Honle was in debt the first of Sentcmber. ~8,000 .00 in their current sUTlPort fund ,ll1d owing to the present fmancial condition over the state and the impossiblity of borrowing sufficient money to meet all billl; the management has ueen pJaced in an embarrassing ]losition.

The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, knowing'this con­dition secured the consent of the ,Executive Committee of the Convention to put on a campaign in all of the church of the state the last Sunday in ~cntembcr to raise $8,000.00 for the relief of the Home. The result of this campaip:n is not known yet but it is to be hoped that the full a mount or more might be realized.

Your Committee would urge on the part of all churches a larger financial SUflPort of the Home that the propel' enlargemcnt of the work might be marie to n·pet all the needs of OUi' present work and all of the appeals from orpha 11 children who need a home. \Ve further recommend a prayerful interest ami the more general giving of donations, clothing :lnd food ~upplies to the Home.

R espcctfu II ':{ submitted, G.,F. ANDREWS, Chairman. B. BRAGDON, A. M. PARKER, W. A. DUTTON, THOMAS A. BELL.

REPORT ON W. M. U, WORK

As we review the year's work, we see advancement in various lines. The year has indeed brought joy and blessings to the work in our Soutbl:lIld and in Florida. '

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We now h~ve in the South, 10,739 Women's Missionary Societies, 2,740 Young Women's Auxilaries, 3,428 Girls' Auxilaries, 1,706 Royal Ambnssa­sador Chapters lind 5,295 Sunbeam Bands, muking' a tow] of 23,g08 ('l'ganizutions. The total gifts last year amoun ted to ~2,80G,545.24.

In Florida, we have 440 Missionary Societies, 125 Young Women's Auxilaries, 180 Girls' Auxilaries, 98 Royal Ambassador Chapters and 280 Sunbeam Bands. Eighty A-I organizations were reported last year and 1here has been a sub:o;tantial increase in Mission Study awards and in the number of tithers. In addition to other classes, the W. M. U. has success­flilly conducted classes in Stewardship, for men, and a number of Laymen's Certificates have been granted.

Enlistments, Mission Study and Tithing have heen stressed throughout the year. The Co-opei'ative program has received the unstinted support {Jf our women. "

As next year_will be the fortieth anniversary of the 'V. M. U., it has been thoug'ht fitting that we celebrate this Ruby Anniversary in a ~pecial an'd appropriate way. Plans have been made and the following aims adopted: Forty thousand increase in membership in existing organizations. Porty per cent increase in organizations. Four million dollars as the total of our W. III. U. gifts for 1D28.

To reach our quota in Florida, we will have to organize 240 Young People's organizations, 320 'Vomen's Missionary Societies, enlist 4,500 new members a.nd increase our gifts 40 per cent.

"While we rejoice in our achievements and are enthused over plans for future activities, our 'hearts al·e. grieved that so many of our Missionaries havc been unable, for lack of funds, to I'e turn to their fields of labor. Keep­ing this in mind, our 'women have promised to use the first forty-eight tllOusand dollars sent in on the Ruby Anniversary towards returning twenty of these Missionaries to their fields.

The task llla Y Heelll stupendous but we should ever relllem bel' that "we C,lJl do all things through Christ who strengthens us."

Respectfully submitted, MRS. A. C. KERBY, Chairman. MRS. J. T. PARKER, :MRS. A. D. STANTON, MRS. R. MADDOX.

REPORT ON DECEASED MINISTERS

IVe, your Committee on Deceased Ministers, beg leave to report as follows:

lYe find there has been no deaths since ollr last Association, for whiCh we are proud. Go d ha s seen iit to spare the lives of OUT mi nisters. We .~incerely pray that the lives of our ministers be long and much good be accomplished through their efforts.

Yours respectfully, G. C. LEWIS, IV. B. McCOLLOUGH, A. N. WOODARD.

REPORT TO ASSOCIA TlON

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B~'I'on H. DeMent, Th. D., D. D., LL. D., President. The Baptist Bible Institute, one of the three south-wide seminaries

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lmder the control -of the Southern Baptist Convention, is situated in fi "he"art of New Orleans, the South's largest city and the nation's seeond POI Founded in 1917, the Institute has grown from a small beginning wi. three .professors and a handfUl of students to a faculty of thirteen pr fessors and several instructors and tutors and a student body of nearly thr~ ·.hundred. Starting with a single course in Christian Training, the CUrl culum ·has expanded to meet the demands of a growing student body, ' that standal'd courses also in Theology, Missionary Training, Gospel Musi .and Religious Education are no\\' offered. Nevertheless the original purpo of providing religious training for various types of Christian workers h been strictly adhered to through the years.

One of the features of the Institute has been it~ practical religio' .'activities. With its numerous and varied foreign population, New Orlea: offers an excellent clinic as well as u challenging field for missionary al 'evangelistic endeavors. Every student is required to do some form ' practical religious work and to report hi~ activities each week. Throul this organized missionary work unchurched multitudes-in jails and hc pitals, on" th e stre ets an d docks, and elsew h 01' e-a l' e ev ullgelized. La ~essjon more than H thousand conversions were reported by studen "engaged in this work.

The Institute has a magnificent plant containing twenty-three buildin. "situated around a central block. Among these are an administration buil ing, women's and men's dormitories, tempol'ury library building, chap~ infirmary, professors' homes, and married students' apartments. With i wide-spreading oaks find well-grouped building'S the campus forms a typic New Orleans square and affords a comfortable home for the Institute famil Still there is need for more dormitory space and married students's apal ments, and especially for a modern, fire-proof library building to house remarkable colledion of more than fifty thousfind volumes.

As we think of this great institution, which belongs to Southern Ba tists, to us, let us pray for it, support it and send to it our young men al women for Christilln training.

Respectfully submitted, ARDIS WARREN.

REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

'Ve have held four meetings during the year. VI-'e have approved on two applications for help: New Home und Aucilla.

Four Union meetings have been held. Attendance nt each of the, has been very good.

We recommend that hereafter the Union meetings be held on Sutu day and Sunday, instead of Friday, Saturday :lnd Sunday.

Respe Ctfll By su bmi tted, A. T. CAMP, A. M. PARKER, ARDIS WARREN, T. N. JONES.

REPORT ON SUNDAY SCHOOLS

The Sunday school is the teaching service in the church. It b prefe .ably called the Bible School.

More interest is being ~ani.fested in Sunday school work in our Assl "dation than ever before. Still we find a large number of churches reportiI: 110 Sunday school, and of those that are reporting schools the nvera£ .attendance is unusually low, considering the number enrolled.

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~ Statistics show that the larger number of those coming into the church come from the Sunda~' school. The Sunduy school then should be 'positively e van gel is tic.

\Ve find that there is woeful ignorance of the messages contained in God's word and urge:! a greater interest and devotion to the teaching of the IVord.

Our Sunday School Board, located at Nashville, Tennessee, is furnish­ing Us with a high grade of literature and with helps for Sunday school workers. The profits from this business are put b:lCk in Kingdom work in the South.

The first modern Su-nday school was organized in London in 1783, by \Villiam Fox, a wea.Jthy Baptist deacon; Eighty years ago there were 480 Sunday schools in the South. There are today 21,777, Eighty years ago there were enrolled in the SundllY schools of the South 28,000. Today there are enrolled' 2,800 ,000._ Total receiph of the Sunday School Boal'd, 1926-1927, $1,780,4)1 1. 00.

There U 1'0 in Florida at this time G73 Sunday ~chools with a total en­rollment of 7!J,437.

These fatts should -inspire us and challenge us to do gl'~ater things. Res pcc tfu lJy su bmi tted,

ROY WARREN, I\'. L. WEAVER, HOWARD BARRS.

TREASURER'S REPORT

F. B. Williams in account with Middle Florida Baptist Association. Octob'er 21, 1926, Balance in treasury ______ :;; ,36 Oct;obel' 22, 1026, Received at Association _ _ _ _ 16G.86

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October 22, 1926, Paid Clerk ______________ $ October 22, 1926, Paid C .. M. Brittahl _____ _ Octob~r 23, 1926, Paid Appleyard balance due January 8, 1927, Paid Appleyard for minntes

30.0.0 36.50. 19.00 80.00

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To taL ___________________________ $1 65. 00. Octo bel' 17, 1927, Balance in Treasury _ _ _ _ $,72

F, D. WILLIAMS, Treasurer.

REPORT ON MINISTERIAL SUPPORT

IVe, you l' committee, submit the following report: IVe fi nd that th ere has be en a large i ncre ase in th e past few ye aI'S

in this work. We also find the Dible plan fl'om the following scriptures: '.rhe workman is worthy of his meat. Matt 10 :10.. If we have sown unto you spiritual things is it a g'l'eat thing if we

~hall reap your cal'llal things. 1st Corinthians 9 :11, Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which pl'ellch the Gospel

,;hall live of the Gospel. 1st Corinthians 9 :14. , Woe is me if I preach not the Gospel, 1st Cor, !J :16. 'Ve also find that God expects us to re~ceive our support from those

whom we serve, We also recommend that they be given better support that they may

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Your committee, A, M, ROWE, Chairman, W. J. RAY, S. K. DRIGGERS.

REPORT ON NOMINATIONS

Your Committee on Nominlltions begs to report as follows: Executive Committee-T, N. Jones, Ardis Warren, A, M, Parker

G. ·F. Andrews, J. F. McCul!. Introductory Sermon-W. J: Ray, Alte~nate, S, P. I1Io1'gan. Delegate to Southern Baptist Convention-A, M. Parker. State Convention-To O. Reese, 111.· J. Fowler, n. J. Curroll, Ardh

"Warren, Member State Board of Missions--A. M. Camp.

Committee, R, J. CARROLL, J, E, VANN, T. N, JONES, A. T, CAMP.

'To the Middle Florida Baptist Association, Brother \V. B. Davis, tlIoderator .

. Sir; 'Ve, your committee, appoillted pursuant to a motion on yesterdai'

.and to whom was referred the mattcr of collecting and shipping suppliel to our Baptist Children's Home nt A rcadia, beg leave to submit the follow· ing recommendations, to-wit:

1. That the Moderator of this Association appoint a centl'al committe, ,of three who shall have general oversight and supervision of this work.

2. Tha t. the pastor 0 f ea (' h ,of' the s e para te c h tHC hes co III pris! ng thE Association appoint a local committe:!e of three who shall have charge oj the work ill the local church communities.

3. That immediately upon the appointment of such loeal c[)mmittee~ the Chairman of the centrul committee be furnished with the name ane address of each member of such local committees. ,

4. That local shipments be handled by the local committees and car­load shipmen ts by the central committee.

G. That the details of the work, such as rates, shipping points, article]' to be shipped, time of shipment, whether in local or car lots, etc., be in the hands of the cc'ntral committee, to be handled through the local committees.

G. That at least one shipment fle so timed as to reach its desti~llation on the eve of the Christmas holidays with a vicw to, bringing some cheer to the hearts of the children in the Home.

7, That the central committee report to this Assoeiatioll at its nex meeting the success of this work.

Respectfully submitted, A. N, WOODARD,

J. P,-WOODS, R, R. WARE,

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REPORT ON TEMPERANCE

We, your Committee on Temperance, beg to submit the following report;:

In the preparation of our report, your Committee has contemplated that the chief purpose of a report of this kind is to get before this meeting of the Association and have published in its minutes, to be read by the membership of the various churches composing the Association, some of the dominant facts as the workings of prohibition under the Eighteenth Amend­ment and the Volstead 'Law, and to counteract as far as possible some of the false propaganda that is being disseminated by the nemie~ of promibi-tion. ,~-

If you will a~k the avernge person how he obtains his information about prohibition, he .is almost sure to say, "From the newspapers and magazilles," and it is almost invariably disclosed that such newspapers and magazines arc wet, have ulways bei!n wet, and are published in large cities that have always been opposed to prohibition. Unfol'tunatcly, therefore, the inter­fll'etation is largely in the bands of its enemies. Hcnee the friends of PFohibi tion should be 011 their guard against being deceived by the all too prevulent and subtle propaganda in news stol'ies and editorials in these wet newspaper8 and mngmdnes. . It seems to be the persistent program of the enemies of prohibition to magnify the admitted defects of prohibition and to minimize or absolutely ignore its far greater advantages-especially to keep the youth of today ignorant of the horrible conditions that existed during the old saloon days. In connection with such propaganda, the wets demand a one hundred per cent operation of prohibition which they do not demand of any other law, and when the prohibition law does not operate perfectly they declare it to be a "failure."

On the same basis the church could be said to be a "failure" because it has never functioned one hundred per cent through the centuries, and has not won everybody to Christ nor solved ali the social u!ld moral problems of humanity. Dut we all know that the church is not a "failure," although we freely admit that it has not been, nor is now, all that it could be. The same is true of prohibition. But the question is a broader one, and is this: "On the whole, is prohibition better than the old saloon system?" Those who know the old saloon days and the present days, even with their difficulties, know that in every. way prohibition at its worst is far, far better than the saloon ever was at its best, and regarding this great subject there arc some facts which the people ought to know and which which yOUl' com­mittee believes it will not be amiss fOl' this report to undertake to point out.

First of all, prohibition is a sOlmd legal principle. Many decisions of our courts, up to nnd including the Supreme Court, attest this fact. These deeisions declare that the people have a l'ight to pl'ohibit the tTaffic because it is an evil an rl has no i.nhel'ent Tight to exist. This principle was enunciated by the great Blackstone who declaTed law to be "a Tule of Civil Conduct prescribed by the supreme power in the state commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong." Some one has also truly said that "What is morally wrong cannot be made legally right," and since the liquor traffic was morally wrong this country has outlawed it. The same prinCiple has applied in the prohibition of the lottery, dUelling, slavery, etc. .

Some of the wets tell us that prohibition was "put over" by a fanatical minority. This is absolutely untrue, Prohibition is the result of a fight aganist liquor for more than 11 century-by moral suasion or total abstin­ence; by teaching the evils of alcohol in the schools; by showing its bad effects upon the industries; by local option; by state prohibition; and finally by nutional prohibition. It culminated during the World War and, by constitutional methods, after the fullest possible discussion in every

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nook and corner of this country, received the necessary two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress for submission to the states for ratification. Seven years were allowed for ratification, but in thirteen months the necessary thirty-six states ~had ratified, and in. two months more forty­five had ratified. The members of Congress who submitted the amend­ment and. the members of the State Legislatures who ratified it were all elected by the people, Does this look like a "fanatical minol'ity1"

Some of the enemies· of prohibition tell us that the prohibition law infringes on personal liberty. So does the law which prohibits one from putting up a frame building within the fire limits of his home town. The common weliilre is ahead of personal liberty, Any way, trade i.~ a public matter. You rna y eat deca yed meat if you' wish, but you are prohibited from selling it to others.

Other enemies of prohibition tell us that beer and wine are temperance drinks and should not be prohibited, that only distilled liquors should be prohibited. What made Noah drunk1 What made Nero drunk'! What made Alexander drunk1 . The process of distillation had not been dis­covered and no whiskey was made in their day. In the days of the saloon

, the majority of. men who came into police courts charged with drunkenness were made drunk by beer. And, in this connection, we muy say that the l'emoval of the ban on beer and light wines would mean the return of the saloon with all of its concommitant evils.

Still other enemies of prohibition say that the Volstead Law is not being generally obeyed and, therefore, should be repealed. No law is, but we cannot do without laws. The laws against murder, robbery, arson and other crimes are being constantly violated, but can we alford to repeal them un this account1 Permit your Committee to say in this connection that we believe there is developing in our fair state a sounder and more healthy ~:entiment in favor of Jaw enforcement, including enforcement of the pro­hibition laws, than we have had in many years, and we would cite two concrete cases that would seem to sustain this belief.

Both of these cases occurred in a county within the bounds of this Association and in both cases violation of the prohibition laws was involved. In one case, three men went at night to a man's home to chastise his wife for havillg given information concerning a whiskey still in the community, or perhaps for having threatened to give such information. The affair culminated in the shooting and killing of the husband of· the woman who was being chastised. The man charged with the killing was tried by a jury of hb county and found guilty without a recommendation t,o mercy, and the case is now in the Supreme Court on appeal.

In the other ease, two Federal prohibition officers, armed with a search wan'ant, went to a man's home to search for whiskey. The man killed both officers on the spot. He was indicted and tried separately for the killing of each. And, notwithstanding the fact that the officers were killed at the very door of his home, perhaps on his front porch, and notwith­standing the further fact that the court ruled out of the evidence the search w arran t because the initials were wrong, in the first trial the jury found the man guilty with a recommendation to mercy, such recommenda­tion eoming from only one juror, and this juror lived at the eounty" seat. In the second trial the jury found the man guilty without n recommenda­tion to mercy and an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court.

These cases would seem to show that the whiskey interests do not dominate our courts nor our politics as is sometimes asserted, and that the problems in connection with the enforcement of prohibition will eventually be worked out.

Having discussed some of the propaganda that is being disseminated .by the enemies of prohibition, let us now look at some of the benefits that

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have accrued from it. All of the prosperit~, accruing to the United States . since prohibition is not claimed for prohibition, but it is significant that

I so mueh has been coincident with pl'ohiiJitioll. Savings banks accounts were ~ 10 ,000,000 in Ell S; now there arc more than $40,000 ,OOU. There is one :lutomobile to every five people. The increase in life insurance has been enormous, and the building and loan assodations have grown by leaps and bounds, and more homes have been built than ever before.

Factories have been running full time with no drunken "hang-overs" On Mondnys; production h greater with sober workmen. Workmen are better fed, bettcr clothed, betted housed, and werc· never more prosperous and happy.

High sehool.s antf othcr s('hools, colleges and universities havc been built, and othcrs have been enlarged, while pupils and students are crowd­ing suth institutions to tlle doors. There are more ;,'oung people in colleges in l<~lol'ida at this time than ever before in the history of our state.

Many millions oJ dollars have been put into churches, and while the building Jlrogram for all kinds of construction in Hl2G was $5,000,000,000, there was $400,0 00, 00 a of this for churches. Sunday schools have grown enormously, an d it has been estimated that a million people a year have been added to the churches since prohibition.

nut we must l'ecogn i ze the fad thu t we are fa cing a critical, but not hopeless, ~itt1ation in the United Stutes. :Moreover, it must be recognized that the same pl'O~~sses which were employed to obtain prohibition must be employed to hep it. Just a generation trained especially in thc public sehoul~ Hf; to the nature and eti'ects of nleohol upon human beings and upon Hoei ely pu t prohibition into the constitution, so anotber generation or two as carefully instructed must keep it thcrl!. The ud ults of this genera tion knew thc evib of the saloon and put it out; the children and young' p~opl c of today and tomonow must be taught lhe prindJlle and Yalue' of prohibition, the evils of the saloon as it existed, the tremendous improvement of prohibition over the saloon, and that the liquor trnlIic is IlW trying to make them believe that what their parents gave them, after long cxperience with the saloon, is worse than what their pm'ents faced undcr the saloon. In hn'gest measure, therefore, the perpetuity of prohibi. tion depends upon the adult generation of today-par.ents, teachers, ]ll'eaChel's-g'iving to the youth of today and tomonow the fundamental facts about alcohol and prohibition. We must not leave them to be mis­informed by the enemies of prohibition, especially by the brewing and wine interests which, like some evil beast, lie in waiting to SJlring upon our young people and debauch themfol' the sake of the money which such in lerests hope to make out of the re-establishment of the saloon and the sale of booze.

The victo)'y for prohibition was one of the greatest moral and economic achievements of history; its perpetuation, and with it the safety of the children ?nd men and women of the future, will be a still greater achieve­ment. To this end every patriotic, God-fearing, child·loving man, woman and youth should give most heroic service and sacrifice. Prohibition for the United States and the world todar cannot rest upon the laurels of yesterday; it must rest upon the vigilance and militant efforts of today and tomorrow.

Respectfully submitted, F. S. JACKSON,

MRS. G./W. KELLEY, J. P. WOODS,

Committee.

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,ODRAtNED MtNISTERS, MEMBERS OF ASSOCIATION

Alitioch, Rev. J. L. Odorn, Lee, Brewer Lake, Rev. M. J. Fowler, Day, Fla.; Rev. S. G. \Vard, Day, Fl

Rev. E. O. Floyd, Live Oak, Fla. Greenville, Rev. S. W. Scott and Rev. A. T. Camp, Greenville, F Lee, Rev. J.L. Rutherford, Lee, Fla. Mayo, Rev. S. P. Morgan, Mayo, Fla. Macedonia, Rev. A. N. Woodard, Lee, Fla. Mt. Gilead, Rev. J. E, Vann, Shady Grove, Fla. Oilklilnd, Rev. S. K Wilson, Scanlon, Fla. Pine Grove, Rev. S. C. Warren, Madison Fla. Perry, Rev. G. C. Jackson, Perry, Fla. Pisgah, Rev. M. J. Howell, Perry, Fla. Pinetta, Rev. A. M. Pal'kCl', Pinetta, Fla.

REPORT OF BUDGET COMMITTEE Antioch _________________________________________ $ Athena ________________________________________ _ A udl!<I _________________________ . _______________ _ rrewer Lake ___________________________________ _ Beulah ________________________________________ _ Central ____ ~ ____ ~ ______________________________ _ Dowling Park ___________________________________ _ Elir.abeth _______________________________________ _ F'l'iendship _____________________________________ _ Fore~t Grove ___________________________________ _ Greenville _____________________________________ _ Hopewell _______________________________________ _ Harmony ______________________________________ _ Lanl0nt _____________________ ~ __________________ _ Lee _________ ~ _________________________________ _

~~·di~~~a~ _ = == = = == = = = = = = = == === = == = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Moseley Hall ___________________________________ _ ·l'Ilacedonia _____________________________________ _ Mt. Ol~e ______________________________________ _ Mayo _____________________________________ _ Midway ________________________________________ _ New Macedonia _________________________________ _ New Prospect ___________________________________ _ New Home _____________________________________ _ Oakland _______________________________________ _ Pisgah _________________________________________ _ Pille Grove _____________________________________ _ Pinetta ________________________________________ _ Perry _________________________________________ _

Pleasant Grove, Taylor County ____________________ _ P!easa.nt Grove, LaFayette County _ .. __________ . _____ _ RlVersHle _______________________________________ _ S~mans _______________________________________ _ San Pedro _____________________________________ _

ARDIS WARREN, G. F. ANDREWS, W. A. DUTTON.

NOTE-This report subject to approval by the churches.

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CHAIRMAN STANDING COMMITTEE

:;ta te Missions ________________________________________ B. N, Tucker

:lome Missions ________________________________________ J. P. Woods

i'ol'eign Missions _______________________________________ R. R. 1,Vare

)rphanagc _____________________________________________ ~_ C. Bush

~dllcution ___ --L _____________________________________ C. V. McLain

-,lominations _______________________________________ O. A. Henderson

'eriodicals ________________________________________ _ Eo W. Kinsey

Cemperance F. P. Parker

;unday Schools _____________________________________ _ V. H. Priest

I'Iinisterial Support _________________________________ _ W. M. Bishop

~aymen's Movement ___________________________________ W. E. "Tells

Je.ceased :Ministel's J. R. Vann

{elief and Annuity ___________________________________ A. M. Parker

;Voll1cn's IVol'k _____________ : _________________ .:. ___ Mrs. C. L. Morrow

TO NEW MACEDONIA CHURCH

W c, thc Middle Florida Association while in session desirc to exprcss

ur appreciation to·N ew Macedonia Church for their hospitality alld courtesy

vhile with them during this Twenty-eighth session of thc body.

Signed REY. M. J. FOWLER.

Motion made and carried that this be adopted and recorded in the

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OUR HONORED DEAD

AUCILLA CHURCH

Mr •• Sarah Spark.

CENTRAL CHURCH

Mrs. Same. E. Divine

ELIZABETH CHURCH

Mrs. Amanda Kin.ey

HARMONY CHURCH

Mr.. Lillie Maddox

LEE CHURCH

Mr. T. M. Hicks. Mrs. T. J. Atkins

MIDWAY CHURCH,

Mr. Frank Hoton. Mr. W. R. Hale. Mrs. Matti.\ Tampling.

MAYO CHURCH

Mrs. Maxine H. Davi.. Mrs. T. W. Shores. Mr. Berry Allen.

Mr. T. O. Frier. Mr. G. B. Dekle.

MT. OLIVE CHURCH

Mr. C. C. Barker. Mr. W. B. Bridges. Mrs. G. C. Barker.

Min L. Tuten.

NEW MACEDONIA CHURCH

Mr. D. W. McLeod

PERRY CHURCH

Mrs. Jane Woods. Mrs, Sarah Jane Faulkner. Mr. D. P. Morgan.

Mr. Gordon Kellr. Mr. Joseph Platt.

PINETTA CHURCH

Mr. W. L. HumFnrey. Mrs. M. A. Caraway.

Mrs. W. P. Crawford.

RIVERSIDE CHURCH

Mr. J. }. Frier. Mrs. SUlan Sauls.

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CAItL W. BURNETT, Clerk uf Middle Florida Baptist AssociaU(tn, Mi,dison, Florida. ,JUDGE W. n, DA VIS, Mv,l~rfltor M Middle FIDrida IlnpLi.t Association, I'Nrr, l"lorid~,

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STATE OF FLORIDA YEAR ENDING OCTOBER 20, 1927 /

SUNDAY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SPECIAL

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15,097.78 2.500.00! 17,r,97.7H 1.000,(10 1,000.001 1,000.00 . 1.000.001

1.000.00 '1 1,000.001 1.2;;0.00 1,250.00

'150.00 '150.00 2,500.0 (I I 2,500.001

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7 .42ii 170 I $108,747.781 $2 0 ,4 81\. 0 0 I .20.000,00 ·Lot l'UrChR"~d to build church on.

CARL W. DURNETT, Clork of lIli[l<lIe Floridn Bllptist Association, Ma~ison, Florida. JUDGE W. 11. DAVIS, lIlodc~ntor or Mi(ldlc FJorhln JlapLi..t As .• oelntion, I'~rry, Florl,ln.

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CHURCHES

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Gfl"TS FOR LOcAL CHURCH WOItK Or MiDDLE. FLORIDA BAPTIST ASSOCIATioN YEAR ENDING OCTOBER 20, 1927

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HOl}(!:wc-Jl .. , .... " ... ,', .......• , ... " .. , Harmuny ., .... " ... " ... , ..... " .. " .. Lamont ... , .. " ..... " .. , .... ", ... , ... J .... (~i,1 ."., •• _" ••• , .......... , •••• ,' •••• ,."._.

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CARL W. BURNETT. Clerk of Middle Florid" Baptist Associution. M~dison, Florida . . JUDGE W. n. DAVIS, Mod~r"tor of 1>11<1,110 l'lori,la nnp,i.t AH,ocintion, P~rr}', Flori,ln,

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