CHAPTEB IV
ORIGIN AND HISTOBY OF THE GENERAL
MISSIONARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
FROM 1872 TO 1890 WHEN IT UNITED WITH THE
MISSIONARY BAPTIST CONVENTION OP MIS¬
SISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA TO FORM THE
GENERAL BAPTIST MISSIONARY
CONVENTION OF THE STATE
OF MISSISSIPPI.
During the 4th annual session of the Mt. Olivet
Association, July 24-29, 1872, at Okolona, Miss., the
following report was made by a committee designated
as the committee on organization of the General As¬
sociation.
Brother Moderator:—Your committee on the forma¬
tion and organization of a Generol Association, have had
the subject under consideration and we find it to be very
difficult to understand just what is necessary to be done;
and as difficult as we find the subject to be, just so impor¬
tant is it to the success of our denomination, to enable us
as Baptists to have a concert of action throughout the
State and if possible throughout the country. As a com¬
mittee we feel it to be our duty to state the object of and
specify some of the necessities preparatory to its organi¬
zation.
1. The object of the General Association is to bind
our various associations together, as our churches are
bound together, by our district associations, and thereby
bring us in a fraternal family feeling with each other that
we may be better prepared to attend to the wants of our
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