The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-14

An Interesting communication was received
from Rev. Mr.. Mellard, of England, In reply
to the resolutions passed at the last annual
convention expressive Of sympathy with the
movement in Great Britain to separate Church
from Slate The letter was accompanied by
q series OF resolutions adopted at recent con-
yentiOn in England, and the communication
and resolutions were, on motion, ordered TO
be spread pom The minutes.
Another letter was received from the Gene
raj Baptist Convention of Texas, requesting
this body to take into consideration. the sub
Iect OF changing its sessions from annual to
biennial. This was referred to a special com
mittpe, with Instructions to report at 10 A. III.
to-day, when, alter full discussion, 1t was
decined not to make the proposed change.
Communications were received from the
Baptist churches at Mobile and Montgomery,
inyiLing the convention 10 meet next year at
those piaces, and these were referred to The
committee on time and place. In the alter
noon, q long debate was had upon report
presented 6y Rev. J. A. Broadus from commit
lee on the Home and Foreign Journal, which
contained the following recoinmendatIons:
l. That the journal be printed on book-paper.
g That the board be advised 10 pursue
more liberal policy in the distribution OF tue
5, That the three boards pnite to procure
competent editor with suitable salary.
substitute was offered to this report-to
abolish the publication Of the Home and
Foreign Journal, and require The secretary OF
the board 10 send the items oil news That
would oe published In it o each OF the various
weekly denominational papers In the Sou!h.
This caused quite splrlted d-bire, which
was participated in by Rev. Messr5. Easop,
Upper. Broadus, Worrell, MONTGOMERY, Lam
drum and others, and which lasted until the
hour of adjournment. oa
with prayer by Mr. A. Fuller Crane, Oh baill-
more. ,ho oo,s,d,
roiinn of The report on the Home aud FCielgn
Journal. Alter discussion by Dr. sumner,
Rev. A. 8. Worrell, and Hou. Il. X. Ell yson,
the substitute was Withdrawn. and lhe original
report adopted by large majority.
DR.. Curry presented The report OF The COM
miIIee on the work Of the domestic missions
board among the negroes. The report rrcum'
meuus that The board devote as much aIten-
lion as possible 10 the colOred people, aud That
The board address q circular To the churches
urging them to their duty IN this work, that ef.
forts oe made TO promote :he Sunday -schuul
work among the coored people, ami to liner:
pst them In the mission work 10 Africa, and
that the board be directed TO establish, as
soon as pracllcablr, q theological seminary Tor
colored students Tor The ministry.
Rev. T. w. Sydnor and DR.. Jeter discussed
this report, and IL was then postponed Tor
future acIiun.
General j G. Field, from the committee to
whom was referred The communication from
the Texas Baptist Convention, reported against
changing the session OF the convention 10
once In Two years.
Or. Jrte- moved as substitute that the pro-
posed change be made.
a lengthy d. cussion here ensued. pending
which the convention took mp the order OF the
day. which was the Interests OF the Sunday
School Board located at Memphis.
DIR. Brantly moved to abolish the Sunday
school board aud TO turn over its work to the
State organizations. This ellcitrd lengthy dis
cussion. All The speakers agreed In Inc lmpor.
lance of pushing vigorously the Sunday.scnool
work. the ouly difference being as to whether
the work should be doue through a general
board or through Stale boards.
The pulpils of this city, except the Eplsco.
pai, will be occupied tomorrow by delegates
to the convention.
Among those appointed to preach speak
Mt the Sunday school meetings, we note Rev:
DR.. Aurur, OF Baltimore; Rev. DR.. Dixon, OF
Aupusla. Ga: Rev. Or. Randolph, OF PennsyI
yauia: Rev. Or. T. G. Jones, OF Nashville; Rev.
DR.. EFT. Wiukler, OF Charleston, Sc; Rev. DR..
DR.. w. T. Brantly, of Baltimore; Rev. DR.. De-
yotIe, OF Georgia; Rev. DR.. I. +. Tichnor, OF
Alabama; Rev. Dr. Landrum, OF Memphisi
Rev. Ur. Jonn a. Broadus, OF South Carolina;
Rev. Dir. Curry, Of Virginia; Rev. DR.. Manly,
of kentucky, and Rev. DR.. Royce, OF South
Co. oiina.
AT the afternoon session the following tele-
gram was received by cable from Rev. T. N.
Yares, veteran missionary of The convention
to China:
"PARIs, May IL, 1872.
"well. Voice convslescing.. Psalms lO!;
(Signed) YATES"
The convention again took up the question
of the frequency of Its meetings, and, after
further discussion, refused to make any
change, but decided to continue It's annual
sessions.
The report on the instruction Of the colored
people was taken up and adopted. The con-
ventlon then resumed the consideration OF The
report on the Suuday-school board. DR.. Brant-
ly Withdrawing his substitutes; and, alter
lengthy discussion, the convention adopted
the report, and thus refused TO abolish the
board. -,
A mass meeting for domestic missions will
be held tonight. DR.. Fuller. of Baltimore,
aud DR.. T. G. Jones, of Nashville, is expected
to deliver addresses.