Excerpt from Minutes of the Sixteenth Annual Session of the Montgomery Baptist Association: Held With Adams Street Baptist Church, Montgomery, Ala., July 28th, 29th and 30th, 1897 The total cash received from all sources for the work of the Home Mission Board was value of merchandise, mak ing a total of The work of the Board in Alabama is con fined almost exclusively to the colored people. In connection with other Boards, they have had three missionaries working in the State during the past year. And the work seems to be gratifying to all con cerned. The work in the Indian Territory, in the main, looks toward the development of the churches and Christian education of these people. These churches are becoming. In consequence of this work, self-sus taining, and are sending the gospel to the wild tribes farther west. The present condition-of our work in Cuba is not very encouraging and inspiring. The pastors are all in this country. When it. Was no longer safe for them to remain at their posts, by advice of the Board they came to Florida, where most of them have been laboring among the large Cuban population in that State. The schools and churches in Cuba are still in operation. The brethren and sisters await in prayer and hope for the dawning of a better day. The work among the foreign population is a hard and difficult work and needs to be greatly extended. In its last report the Board ex presses its grateful acknowledgment to the Woman's Mission Socie ties, denominational papers, Sunday-schools and other agencies for material help. There is cause for gratitude to God for the success that has attended our work in the past. But we have not done our full duty yet. There are in our Association members, and they contributed last year $267 for Home Missions, which is a fraction over 10 cents per capita. \ve earnestly recommend that in the future we be more liberal in giving of our means for the great cause of Home Missions. Respectfully submitted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.