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· l\ii n utes of the i lth annual session of the Ark an sus State As-. .
soci:t'lion of F'roe Will Baptists, held with Liberty church, Logan
·county, Arkansas, October 24-2G. . . .
Iutroduetury serrnon preached hy Elder W. C. Au,;tin '
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F. Grafton; t• xt Cor: XIII, 1::1, on Octo her 24 at 11 o'clock. ' 'fhe mod•·rtaor being absent, Elder E. N.
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On· pre\·mling motion
Sanders was elected ~ ' ' ' adjoumed :··i\ntil 2
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moderator protem.
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Saturday evenirig session met at 2 o'clock p. m .. Prayer by . '
·Bro. J .. R. Hartlev .. Elder I. S.C. i::lntterwhite came in and took ' ' ' ' "' ' - ' . - ' '
his plac·e as modem\ or, nnd culled for ietters :wd delegates· ·frotn tho subordinatc.n.>suciations and received the foilowing ld·
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teh nnd delegntc~s:_ Ark:nwrsAssocintiot-by J.F.Potts, J. ::3.Lo\'C~It,E. N. San-
-~ _-. . . - · .. ~ tiers, ·R .. L. H uut.,r, ~I. J~· Lnyett., l\f. E· Hunter and \V. Ueynol1s.
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···a . Antioch Assuciation-'-13); letters and Delegal<·s · IL C. "'est. ·
\V. Burris, :\I. l\1· Bt~rl'is, W. l' .. Le\Htilen "'nd !LD .. Tltonw~·. . . .
.... . !\It. Zion A~socintion -By letters and Delegatl'S .J .. H. Garri.-
son, Bt>n)'Looper, .J. ::3. \Villi~·~,lid Sarah Stark. . . . · 1\lunntni:• Home As~o(,iation-By.delegntes .1. '1'. :\l:ntin, Si- ·
l;•s Slwrlcy', 'c. Kl;ck, II', l'lf Hal~te:td and Arabe.Je ~ltt·rley. · ();J prPI'~tilin~ mn1ioi1IS:mdl ::3tarkwus seated :1~ delegate from
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" I -Old l\It. Zion Associa(ion-,-By letter, .• New 1\It. ZlonA:ssociation---By letter and Delrgates w: .R .. · '
. . ' Burnett and J. C. Pollard; · ' - '-. .
· Hamburg Association----Not represented.· /
·Polk Bayou Associ~tio'n---By:letter and Delegate J. F. Craf-'
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Salirne Association---By letter and DeiE'gate J. R. Hartley. · . .
. ' Tyronza Associu.tion---N ot represented. . · "
. Association \vent into .perm~nent •· orgari1~ation by electing . . ' . . ' ' . ,
Elder E. N. Sanders1 Moderator;. J. H; Garrison, Clerk and Tnia~-.
urer. 'l'he moderator extended theright'hand of fellowiihip and · · ' . ' .
delegates and ministers \vere seated in order. . '
1 The rules and order of busine8s was· read· by the l\Ioderator
and the following committees were appointed:· · · ~ .
' On supply ofthc stand;.,C.'Keck, •.R. L .. Hunter and R. C •. · •\Vest.· •
' ' ' '• ' ' I • ' ' , . On Finance--. J . .R. Hartley, Silas Sherlr-y and J. F.
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• On Resolutions---\V. C. Austin, G. \V. Burris, I. R. C. Satter-,
white, with the Moderator and Clerk· · · \ ' '
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· On Tenq)ernnce---J. F. Crafton, J. S. Lovett and \V . .R. Dnr-• 1 I .
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Motion .carried. to.~djourn uutill\J0nuay morning at 8 o'eL•ck
1\Ionuav.·mommgses~ion at 8 o'clock.· Hou'\e 'called to m:der · . ' ' - ' . . ' . - ' . and Scripture lc~80Il read by the Moderator.: 8inging,1·and prayer,
· h1· Brother I. S. C. $attimvhi(c. · · , • • . -'~
Comlllittee on .\liu1~ters' Holl -~.r· ~\..,Stark, - ·. . . '
W. R .. Good;1 I I '
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l\lotinn p1:eva.iled to refund $3.G5 minute Juud to ·Mountain '
· Home A:'><>Ci<~I ion. · .. I
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,. El,'cti<lll of J. '1'. :'llartin by majority vote fo'r Lre;twrer ' p!Hltl Home F1~1·1d. ,.
il.dj"ll.l'ltPd'nitlil'~ u·G!o,·k
opent·d h) s111ging a11d l'~'~~.l't"··
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No.1. REsolved; that it 1s the sense of this A5so.Ciat.ion'that the ' ' '- ·' ' ' - ·, ' ·. ' ·,, ' ' ., ' ·. ' ' '
churches in the state of Arkansas appoint froh1 ('ach r,liur'ch one " ' , ' . '.. - --active ~1'ember to collect :u1d solicit contribrltions to "build an
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Orphai1s' Home.· . · • No.2. 'Resolved, th;1t we commend the' mmist.ry •:tnd laity
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~inee our last annt1al meEting. · 'l'he churche~~ ·have iii creased • iri. ' ' ., " ' ' ~~ '
mem~ership aad. spiritual work and the 'support .of the ·ministry. ' ' ' ' ' i - \ ' - ' • ' . ' . '
··.and distressed circumstances are manifested, and the ministry·has . . ' ' . ' . ' ' ' .,..... '
· taken a deeper. in teres in pastoral work· · . · .•· , • '• · . \ • 1 - ! . , . , · ·
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No 3. :\Verecommend the appointment :-'fEiderW. C, Aus-- . .; ... '•
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tin as our agent of this Association to co-opehtt.e .with . the. Okla-~ . ' ' . . . . I . , • • •
; honlit State Aosociation ii1 the iHterest of the Orphan Home :work .. . ' . ~ ' ' ' -' ' • · 1 -· ' .1 I '·
No.4, Resolved, thnt onr clerk be empowered to prepare the ' ' . - . '
· man mcri pt and have tl• e minutes of th~ Associn tion pr inte<l.' and -- ~ ' ' . ··~- ' .. '
·distributed tp the difft~rent subonlinate ".tssociatious.'· ·· · · . . ' .
. ' ' . . No, 5._. Itesulved tlutt.eticb suburdinnte; association make 11
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·full stati:;tical report tu the next State' A~soci~1.fion: . _ •
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No. 6. Resolved that we end .. rse the ·FrcA, Will Bnptitst Ban-' ' ' . . ' . . . ' - :
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· ner as our o!licial urgar\ and recomrnen<Lthat bur Brethern so'licit · , , I ' ' ' - ,
Fonbscriptiotl for. the sa.me and. that tlwy. report their. rninisteml . . . ... ··.work· to the Banner for publication. · • . . . .
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Resolved that, 1ve have printed crtd~;nt'als ·for our - . mini~ters, nndthat Bro. Austin dotheprinting·offlre bHIIJC.
' .... - . ,'•,' · ... )\lotion prevailed that J. T. Martin after being t·l~·;ted Tr,easnr.
er of Orphans HomeFund m:,tke n bond of FiveJit1lHln•d Dollar~~·
The bon<i to be npproved by the Moderator. , Bon<l t:;.IJe rr.ncle. in - '' ' ' .· '· .~--- ...... -",-· ',
. 30 davs fr"m this n"sucia.tiun,and is to ·ber:Jised in a·ruotn.rt ;t~ ;s · .-.. . . , I
· s~·!n necce~;ary liy the l\Iorl~r:\tor and depo~ed in clerk~ office, , , ' I , , I . ,
. No.);. We yourr•ommittee on temperance I"'" lenYe'tn . sub-· . ' ' ' - ' '' ' . ' ' ' \ '
mit th~ Following rBport, Tlrat we will as il dPilo)ninntion, ·~on-- . \ ,: \_ '···-. ' ,,
dt>mn tho Uf\e of all intoxicating drinks in every f.,rnl nnd t'I!llt we
\viii urge our'denomination to be?ome aGtivo W.JI'!.::t·r-; against in-. '
. ICIIIJH'f:llll'',· nnd,1\•e ft\ther ple~lge mi·rselves thnt \\'l' · )lcill 1.,' t IUe ' ' - ' ' ' .
tilt' "die ,,J' lntoxil';ttin:~ liqu .. r~ in nnr l"lateO: '
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\Ve, your eom mi ttQe on finance, find $2U .G4 'on· hand, ·amount . ·- (·,_. ·_;·· . . . ' '; - . '
paid over to the Clllrk'·of "the Association and receipted for same . . - ' ' - . - t I , , ' , . . , • • -
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. . Obituaries ... We·. your Committee on Obituaries, bt>g leave to rep'ort the following 'deatl;s since our last annual me~ting:
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·From !lit. Zion '.As15ociation---Brother J. A. Russell, Sister
Ella Teal and Sister Gertie Bradley. ' . 1 1 . - ' . '
From Saline Association-N, D. Blake and On a Blassengame;
Union· B:tndAssociation-Sister Sarah Parker.
Polk Bayou Asso9iati~n-Sister l\leliRsa' Crafton.· ' . . . - ·- , ' .
'-Antioch Associ'ation-Histers Ro~e Hend~erson and Mattie Goff-. - / • . . . . . . man. · . . . '
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that.as we mot!rn tlwir absence from among·. u_,;, their trials. ~re . . . -~ . ' ' - . -·
· ·o\·er .. Therefore iet us pi·es~ forward to ll!eet them where tronbles · . ' I .
·ainl trials nrc no more~ .·i • -.. . -:-.-·- \
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·Supply of·thb stand, . \Ye, your committee on· Supply of the 1· .-_ · ·_·-,, __ . _ _ 't '., .
Stnnd, beg h·a\·e tp report as follows: .
Hnturdny Iiight, J·.F.- Cr:1Jton ~nd. J. s: ·Lo,·ett; · Rut\day 11 ' - - - ' ' . ' ' ' . E. N. Sander"; Sunday night. W. C. Austin, communion itml feet wa..:hing;'l\Ionday 11, W . . R. Burnett, A. l\l.Tally, tdt l\Iark
·11-22; ·l\Ionday night, L S. C. Satter:vhite, text Uen .. B~l5.' ' ' - . ,' ' ' . . ' ~ ' , . ', .
. 'l'ht> u'ext ntinu'al session of the Stttti: Assriciation wi:i be held . - . '
. at Branch,' Fr,(uklih coupty, Arkansa~, on the S:1turdny l,efore the·
·fourth Sund'}Y iti ·oct~?iie~ ,l~OU, nt 11 o'clock a.m.· -Jntro,Jnctory ~ermon 'fo hl; preached by Eldoi· .J. H. Hartley.· 1
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Re.-<olttti.m ur Thnnks. · \Vo, the· Arknnsas Stnte Association . . . of Free \\'ill lJaptists, oxte1~d our· lvartfelt .~hanks to the guod
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. L. G; \Vil8on, Uage, Ark. E. H. Stonecypher, Anderson, Okla. ' -. . . '
T. H. Collinsworth', Bluffton, ·Ark. E. N. Sanders, :\Iag~zine, Ark.
·.G. S·R~dgers, Ha-mua, Ark J. T. Ross, Havana, Ark. G, W. Ew-' ' '! --
..• i~g. l\Iidland, Ark: J. L Redwine, Dariville, ArK. W. W. Mangum, - . ·. . . . . -
Danville, A~b~sas; W. R. Good~ll, Bluffton, 1 Arkansas"; Thomas, .. . I . ' . .
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· W:--Holder, Ca•·terville, OklahOma; J, R. Collins, . Waldron, Ar· ' .
·kansas; \V. F. Pergnsun, Ot!en,. Arkansns; Grant ·Webb, Boles. Arkansas; J. N. l)eaniuw, Chismdlle, Arkansas; A. l\I: Griffin,
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Selfo, TPxas; A. H. Hetl'le_v, Lomlon, Arkansas· 1<'.1\I. Hllll>tnd.
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Barber, Arkari~ts; Thomns Jackson, Oden, Arkan.;as, W. '1\I. Man·· . ' ' . . -- ' - . ' ' . ' . . kins, Boles; Ark,\n~as,· '1', J, Mantooth. Ratcliff, Arkan8as;\V. T.
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.l\feVay, Telephone, Texas, H. E. Murgan, \Yaldr.Jll, Ark<tllS<tS, A .. . ' .
Norris, Cawth·mt, .\.rkansas, \V. H. O'Bar; Dona!J, Arkansas, A. . .. ' . ' ' '
.· J. Phillips, lbckett, Arkans::s, R. E. 3essions, Stringer, Arkans:ts, . '
J<Jhn M. Prince· Tag, Arkat]sas, .Tames Redding, 1\Ieua, 'Arkansas. ·· ' . ' . . .
· W. H. Snow, Wubh City, Arkansa:;, W, 111. Swift·, Webb City Ar-. - ~ ' . ' . '
kansas,·J{ichanl Tut·ner, Branch,.Arkansas, 0. S. Httnt, cltringer, •' - .. . . (' ~ .
Arkansas, 'J. S. Lovfltt, Driggs, Arkar~sas, J. A. Stark, Silex, Ar--· ' . . ' . ' . '
lmnsa~, · I. ~,'C.' .Satterwhite, Dover; Arkansas,' J. G. ·Carter,
· Clarksvill~, i\_rkansas, ll. J. '\Vit.Iker, Geren,· Arkansas, R. A.
Johnson, Utley, Arkansas,'\V. C. At1stin, Pan·11ua, OklajJOm:t, A ..
~1. Tally,Lamar, Oklahoinn; .7. F. Craft~n, 8ydur•y, Arlm!l:;a~, J, ·· . lL Fimoey, Judsonia, A!'kansas; J. IL Hartley, T<>let.lo, Arkansas,·
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0. A. Ashoroft, McKinney; Arkansas, F. l\I, ·lludsotJ, l\1oreland,
"\rk:msas; Je~se.Tetlloeys, ~foreland, Arknntoas,-.T. T. Burri8, More-. ' ' - - "'· - -: . ..-
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ledo, Arkaus,ts, J A {:fritlin, Droughton, Arkansas,. D H·. Heffley,· ' ~ . '
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I<rayer by thE l\focerator or whomsoever he may request ..
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Fmm long experience, we t:io members of the.Fr~e 'Will Bap< ' ' - . - - '
tist Church of O.•rist, beiu:,: regularly bapioed, upon the confes-.. . . . . '
io1 ofour faith in Jesu,; Oh:i~t; being <~'Jlldllced of the necoesit.y . '\ . ' ' .· .. /
of a combination o · a~sociation to perpetuate a uniou ami a com_
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:' 1. The Association ,;IHtll'be composed of ordained ministers and . I - - • . . ,
· · member's eho,;on'by different nssocu.ttion in otn uuion', not exceed-. - ,· : - ' \ .· ·. ' ·_. . \ ' ' ... '
ing fiv~ fro:n e.teh as3Jcbtio'u and ou producing lette1~s shall be
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2. Letters trom different as 1dation~ are to exp':es,. thJir·n·tmher Of . ' ' : ~
·fellowship, the numberreeei\·erl by experiPnco, letters of.recom-.lllendation, then.· ri1ber disrnisse<l, excluded,·, re;t:J;'ed, and \.11 ,,;e
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.. who h:n'e died ~ince the a"wciation. • . ·. · ·. · ··.· ·'· '. . . . · 3. The members thu~ ch.,se~ to , be denomirwt<~<f the Arkan.•a
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the·., association. Sh(lJI. have' flOWe!, for.·· good cau:;e to re\•oke tb e · ' , : ._ I
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'' itssess'on:; when they or the church are di:;,Jl'([, dy or fail to keep • • '-- .
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Section 12. It is the duty of ~his Assb.:iation to see :ifter the •
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in:.uikind are sinners, not by constraint but by ehoiceb"illg par-' ·- I .
takers of the sinful nature attained lJO\yer. But we SPC Jesu8 ·tho· wns made a littlelowt>r than the" ,angels ·for. the suffering
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P·11rchased our pardon and -:iff~re it: treely to. all. mankind upon the principle. of repent~nce toward God and faith in. the Lord J esu~ Christ· He .now commands a!~- men every \vbere to repent;
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forT am God· and thHe ·,is none el~e.'Matt; 4; 17 .. Isa. 45; 22
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and borned of th11 Spirit of G0d ifthey. inherit eterna 1 life. John.
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6. We believe that rPgenerat~on is an instantaneous r~new:iJ' (,f the l;earts by the Holy Spirit, whereby the pt>mtent sinner re- •
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bin.· H(~nce ns babes require constant . food for.bodily develop _. . . . . ·- - , - . I . . ' .
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arp thor th.nt do· hi~ cnt~>mnndrnents th:lt they mav have a righ ' 6< • ' ' ' ' • ,· ..
·to the trcb ·of life. nnd ont.eJ: through the gatt·s inti> the City: ~ ' - '• - . . '
0or. 10; 12 18. Ht•v, 22; '14. John, 15; 2--. G. Huh: 10' 2G. 9. · we-..be!ieve :1. '•i~ible church of Ghris,t is a c,mgregation of J • . • ' ., -
faithful men and \l'oruan who have obtained fellowship ''ith each· . ' .
other, and 1wve ·gil·•l themseh-es to tlw Lord a·nd to one another:
.. disCiplin according to the rule of having agret>d :o keep 11p good . ~ .
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grace in a groat degn•e in calling. and. q nalifying his servants b;r ·· '. the te~rching of the· Holy Ghost, and· by the instnictirn. of his
ble~sed word to go fc>rth n~d pro,.Jai!TI life and salvation· 1vithou 'pr.i.cr. He bids us freely corn'" nut! nothii1g pnJ\'t•nts th~> ~:ilbtio~ of iln)~b11t their own stubborn rebtd lion aud ~infulrPfns:li t<) •
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when all men Rhallbe judged according to the de··ds done in the . body whither good· or .. bad ;ID.d that immediat'dy · thereafter the
wicked shall enter into everlasting punishment. Act .. 17,21 1.Cor. 15,24. ·Rev. 2,10. Rev·2,11. 6 Peter 3,22,12.' Ecl.9,10, 2 Cor
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