Close Of The Baptist Anniversaries

Washington City, May 33.- The Baptist enniversaries closed yesterday ; also the meeting of the missionary unión. I11 the business meeting of the unión various reporte were presented and officers elected. Rev. L. A. Gould made a brief address, in which he pointed out the disproportion existing befcween the nieans provided for the missionary work at Ningpo, China, and the population, there beiug but one Baptist missionary to 13,000,000 of population. A resolution was offered providing that the next annual session be opened with a three-hour prayer service. One member said that he boped those whoj voted for the resolution ■would be present at the prayer meetings. There had been time enough in Washington to pray, but the brethren had been spending their time going to Mojint Vernon or listenIng to speeches in congress. Dr. Colby, f rom the committee on place and preacher, mada a report which was adoptad recommending that Boston be selected as the place of the next annual meeting. The sessiou then closed wjth prayef.