Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-04-14
ALfE TENNES.SEE BAPTISTS.
h&A of The COnveEstOn-secORd
H iOnRI aembers Enrolled
.Ome Mission Board.
ms to the COmmfttees-InpOrt
~ tChaoRes I'm the Constellation
jackson the Hext Place OF
Meeting.


baRHcr OF Sunday, with a resolution
adopted upon the day previous, the Ten
hessee Baptist convention met at min,
O'Clock yesterday morning, and engage
IoL hall an hour in religious exercises.
special prayers were offered for thu
revival now ia progress in the First Bap
ust church, and J. +. B. MAYS, who lee
the services, pleaded earnestly for chris.
Lian harmony, and asked that all prsy
Ior earnest seekers at hIs little church al
Knoxville.
The convention then resumed the
hgsiness OF yesterday.
Il. y. FJsh, missionary of the Sunday
school Publication society, and Mr.. Capp,
oI JonesbOrO, Georgia, were invited to
seats "a the convention.
Tie following persons then enrolled
themselves as members of the couvep-
ton:
Turner Vaughan, w. c. Wagster, l..
.. Butler, w. d. Powell, d. B Thomas,
w. ID. Pfader, l.. A. Truett, E. Wines.
The name Of Mr.. Gill was added to
the correspondents to the Alabama con-
venuon, and ). p. and J. J. Kinkade
ana L. 1. Eaton were added to the Ken
lucky list OF correspondents.
). B. i. Mays announced that the col
lection the day previous, in aid of the
nome rIissiOn board, amounted to nine
ty-siS dollars, and said that if the
amo' ant was increased to one hundred
uo lars, the convention would be enti-
y ed 70 delegate to the general assOcia-
ton. The amount was then increased
TO one hundred and four dollars.
The name of Rev. }. NJ. Phillips was
added to the committee on preaching.
A communication was received from
Bishop E. n. M'Tyeire, president OF the
board OF trustees of Vanderbilt universi.
tyI cordially inviting the delegates to
visi' the grounds of the university, and,
OD motion, the invitation was accepted.
An invitation to visit the Southern
Methodist publishing house, from the
general agent, A. ii. Rsdford, was also
accepted.
The president read the following ad-
disi0us to the various committees:
NOminations-M. B. Pitcher and NJ.
B. Howell,
Destitution-H. r. Buchanan and E.
J. Estes.
Education-D. B. Thomas and H. Y.
Riddle.
Ministerial Education-W. o. Bailey
and G. K. Winston.
-
p. Kinkade.
Publications.. ]. Martin and G. D.
CTOssthwait.
Missions, Southern Baptist COnven-
tion-E. A. Collins and l.. II. Bethel.
The election OF the executive commit
tee was the next rule Of order, but as the
report recommended continued changes
in regard 20 the number and duties Of
said committee, il was thought advis-
able 10 postpone action.
The chair stated that the treasurer, L.
L. Jord2D, was absent on account Of i'll
health.
J. W. Thomas, of Nashville, was
nominated for treasurer, and no other
nominations being made, he was elected
by acclsmatiOn for the ensuing year.
The convention unanimously resolved
TO meet at Jackson next year, on the
Friday before the second Sabbath in
April.
The president, T. T. Eaton, was Sc
lected IS delegate TO the general assOcia-
ton, and J. b. +. Mays, w. ID. Mayfield,
William Shelton, S. Landrum, o. c.
Pore, w. A. Nelson, A. ID. Phillips, j.
NJ. Phillips, NJ. b. Howell and J. w.
Thomas were appointed delegates to the
Southern Baptist convention at Charles
tor, South Carolina.
Rev. ". A. Nelson stated that the
general association OF Middle Tennessee
and North Alabama had, at the called
meeting OF the day before, been merged
into the State convention, and the min
utes OF that meeting were, upon being
read. ordered 10 be transcribed upon the
journal Of the State convention, and the
chair decided that such delegates were
entitled to seats i'm the convention. AS
the various committees wished TO meet
preparatory 70 making reports, the con-
ventior adjourned, all the committees
being requested to remain.
w. A. Nelson invited the delegates TO
be present at the Edgefield Baptist
church Sunday evening at three O'Clock,
u witness the dedication Of the audito-
rum.
y. q. Merry, pastor OF the First Col
orei Bartist church, asked the cOnven-
ton 20 visit his church this evening at
five O'Clock, ~ its dedication.
Nearly all the delegates here began
paying their conventional fee to the
finsnce committee, and the committees
retired for consultation.
A large number, however, remained
at the prayer-meeting Immediately upon
the adjournment Of the convention, in
cluding 3 number OF ladies.
Afternoon Session.
The convention met in adjourned ses-
sion at halEpast two O'clock, and was
openef with a fervent prayer by Rev. l..
b. Fish.
The president read communications
frot,. Prof. ). Y. Caldwell and Rev. w.
E. Ward. inviting the convention to
visit the city schools and Ward semi
nary, sud on motion both invitatlons
were accepted.
The committee on education reported,