Excerpt from Proceedings of the Sixtieth Annual Session of the Baptist State Convention of Alabama, 1883: Held With the Marion Baptist Church, July 11-15, 1883 There has been days of actual service, equal to the labor of one man for 98 years; sermons and addresses delivered; baptistns; 776 received by letter; [48 restored: 76 churches constituted; Sunday Schools organized 27 Ladies' Missionary Societies organized religious visits made subscribers to Till. Alabama baptist secured pages of tracts distributed; miles traveled x3, l27 books sold, valued at 47. The work done has cost the denomination 32. For what has been accomplished we would thank (iod and take courage. At the same time let us remember that we have only made a beginning in this great work. There are may centres of influence in our State where the churches are weak, and they must be helped. There are'towns springing up along our railroads in which churches must be planted. There are thirteen Associations that are contributing nothing for missions, and they must be labored with. The masses of our people in the rural districts must not be overlooked. As one has well said, These country fields grow the preaching timber. The State Mission work is the basis of all our work Let it be properly fostered, in its natural relations to all our other enterprises, and another eight years' history will make our cause to rejoice and blossom as the rose. A llaptist church in every town and in every neighborhood of our State, expending its energies in bringing the world to Christ, is that for which your lloard labors. Brethren, let Christ's love in our hearts cause us to arise and possess this land, for we are able. 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.