Historical Sketches of the Baptists of Southeast Missouri
Historical Sketches of the Baptists of Southeast Missouri
H F Tong
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Searer ; in 1868, 'James Reid ; and in 1869, J. S. Jordan came into the bounds of this Association. In 1867, Jonas Hoffman was ordained ; B. L. Bow- man in 1869 ; and Bro. John T. Ford in 1870. With this increased strength the Association was now prepared for grand work. At its session in 1870, an amended Constitu- tion was adopted, which provides that the Asso- ciation shall be composed of life members and messengers sent by the churches. Ten dollars given at one time made one a life member. T...his plan, not being a constitutional usage of this, or any other district association in Southeast Missouri, proved a failure. We have always thought it better for small ships to keep near to the shore. This unwise step, however, was soon supple- mented by a return to the old or original usage. 70 THE BAPTISTS OF after which prosperity and progress rolled on as before. Six years afterwards, in 1876, the Asso- ciation numbered twenty-nine churches. In this year eight or nine churches were lettered off to form the Charleston Association.
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