Close Of The Baptist Anniversaries

Close of the Baptist Anniversaries.

Washington City, May 23. - The Baptist anniversaries closed yesterday ; also the meeting of the missionary union. In the business meeting of the union various reports were presented and officers elected. Rev. L. A. Gould made a brief address, in which he pointed out the disproportion existing between the means provided for the missionary work at Ningpo, China, and the population, there being 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 hoped those who 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 Mount Vernon or listening to speeches in congress. Dr. Colby, from the committee on place and preacher, made a report which was adopted recommending that Boston be selected as the place of the next annual meeting. The session then closed with prayer.