The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-05-14
Tl,e Baptists of the South. !.

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+ AUGUSTA, May 6.--The Southern Bap.
tiss Convention met In the First Baptist
Church 10 this city this morning. The
Convention was organized In the safne
church forty years ngo, in May 1s45.
there was large audience in attendance.
with flowers, and a white dove with
The Convention was called to order by
DR.. Nell, the Moderator. who was elected
In 1868, and has held the Office ever
since. The frat Moderator was the. Rev.
w. b. johnson, of South Carolina.
After the Convention came to order the
audience sang Crock o. .Ages.n The
Moderator then read the. l38d Psalm:
"Behold how good aud pleasant for
brethren to 6wssl together in unity. -
DR.. Basil Mauley, of Kentucky, made the
opening prayer, and the roll was, then
called by States by tho secretaries, Dr.!
Lansing Burrows, of Augusta, aud the
Rov. O. +. Gregory, of Louisiana, Over
seven hundred delegates answered to. roll
call. Among the delegates from Arkan-
sas three ladies were reported. A motion
was mside and carried to refer. the ques
ton Of their admission to committee oi
five, composed Of Messrs. Jones of Vif-
ginia, Man!ey Of Kentucky, Kilpatrick of
Georgia. Wharton Of Alabama, and Car
roll. :
After deliberation the committee pre-!
sented two reports The majority report
sigued by the Rev, Basil Manley, Rev.
NJ. 3. Wharton and Rev. j. l.. Carroll
being in favor OF the admission of the
lady delegates, and the minority report
eigned by the Rev. J. w. Jones and
Rev. j. ii. Fitzpatrick being against
their admission, en- animated discussion
ensued.
DR.. Manley desired the Convention to
| construe It's constitution strictly, and ii
this was done the ladies would be admit.
ted. He would admit that If he had
been in Arkansas when the question of
| selecting the delegates came up, he
would have opposed the selection Of the
ladies; but as they had been selected
this Convention had nothing to do but
admit them. ..'.'-'f
Dr.. Jones vehemeutly opposed the ad.
mission of lady delegates. "If," said he,
"we admit these now the Convention will
be flooded with women next year." He
was in favor Of standing by old customs
l-by the Word of God-and therefore
the rejection Of the female delegates"
| DR.. Wharton said .c "Tha question ia
not whether the women wanted their
privileges, but one of loyalty to the con-
stitution. Shall we exclude legally
elected delegates by an eT post Jdcto law ?''
Judge Stewart and Mr. Kilpstrick both
objected to female delegates. =.
| The Hon. j.; P. Eagle, Of Arkansas,
thought the ladies should be" admitted.
They not only contributed moro to the
Church, but did more mission work than
themen. .Mr. Eagle Is Speaker of the
Arkansas House Of Representatives, and
his wife was accredited as one of the
delegates from Arkansas. $a
DR.. Hawthorne, of Atlanta, opposed
the! admission of female delegates. II
would be an error and wrong In pripcl'
| stood why Mr.. Eagle favored admission.
"If my wife," said DR.. Hawthorne. "was
knocking at the door i would be the last
to raise my voice in opposition"
! The Rev. Mr.. Howard and the Rev.
Mr.. Early, of Arkansas, spoke in favor
of the majority report. It was moved to
substitute the minority for the majority
adopted, and pending discussion on a
from Arkansas Withdrew the names OF
the lady delegates, ,tand this settled the
ve1ed question. = l : :
DR.. P. II. Nell was reelected Modera-
tor and the Rev. lansing Burrows, OF
Georgia, and Rev. o. +. Gregory, oi
Louisiana, Secretaries, and pending the
count of the votes for vice. Presidents the
Convention adjourned until $50 p. M
Ne,cs and Courier. :.