Minutes of the Sixty-First Annual Meeting of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina

Download or read book Minutes of the Sixty-First Annual Meeting of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Minutes of the Sixty-First Annual Meeting of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina: Held in the Town of Goldsborg, N. C., November 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th, 1891 The annual sermon was preached last night by Thomas Hume, of the State University, from 1st, Timothy, 3rd chapter, 15th verse. The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina convened at 10 o'clock in the Baptist church of Goldsboro. The President being absent, the Convention was called to order by T. H. Pritchard, 2d Vice-President, who read the 52d chapter of Isaiah. R. H. Marsh led in prayer, and the Convention sang "Am I a Soldier of the Cross." F. P. Hobgood, H. A. Reams and C. J. Nelson were appointed as Committee on Credentials, and they reported one hundred delegates enrolled. On motion, the Convention proceeded to the election of President by ballot. The tellers were J. F. Love, J. D. Newton and R. C. Sandling. T. H. Pritchard, R. H. Marsh and J. C. Scarborough were nominated for President. Upon a ballot being taken R. H. Marsh was chosen and was conducted to the chair by J. L. White and J. S. Hardaway. R. P. Thomas, N. B. Cobb and T. J. Taylor were appointed to nominate the remaining officers, who reported as follows - T. J. Taylor explaining that two of the committee had outvoted N. B. Cobb in presenting his name for Secretary: First Vice-President, T. H. Pritchard, of Wilmington; 2d Vice-President, J. C. Scarborough, of Raleigh; 3d Vice-President, John Mitchell, of Wake Forest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.