Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-08
SOUTHERN BApTISTS.
uxrrrro OF TIE SOUTHERN Baptist
CONVENTION YESTERDAY.
rhirty.Pirst eession-first Day-Repor"
Of Home and Foreign Missions-or-
ganisation Addresses.
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of the cross from hia soVuohs VI the
territory met each other. DR.. ID. Ii.
Nell. chancellor of the University Of
Georgia, who has been SO long presi-
dent of the Convention, called the body
to order, and Rev. DIR. NJ. Hillsman, Of
Tennessee, led in fervent and appro-
pirate prayer.
Th Convention organized by the
election Of the following officers Pre-
sident, Rev. DR.. ID. II. Nell, OF Georgia
Vice-Presidents. Rev. DR.. 3. Manly OF
Kentucky, Rev. DR.. j. @. Furmsn of
South Carolina, Rev. DR.. George Il.
Taylor OF Virginia, and Rev. DR.. j. b.
Hawthorne Of Georgia; Secretaries,
Rev. DIR. j. Lansing Burrows, Of
Georgia, and Rev. o. +. Gregory of
Baltimore.
During the counting Of the ballots
there were earnest, practical, and
effective addresses by Rev. DR.. j. w.
NJ. Williams, of Baltimore, and Rev.
DR.. Ford. of st. Louis and Rev. DIR.
FIN. Ellis, Of Baltimore, led in earnest
prayer.
DR.. Nell, on taking the chair, made
few appropriate remarks, in the course
Of which he said that nothing is more
disorderly than applause in delibera-
tive body.
Rev. DIR. NJ. Il. Wharton, pastor Of
the church, spoke few words Of warm
welcome. and introduced Ex-Governor
Thomas ii. Watts (the old Confederate
Attorney General, a member OF this
church, who made very felicitous and
graceful address Of welcome to the
State, the city, the homes, and hearts
OF the people.
At the request Of the president, Rev.
DIR. +. NJ. Ellis, Of Baltimore, respond
ed in an eloquent and feeling address.
This afternoon the Convention heard
the report Of the liOme-Mission Board,
located at Atlanta, read by the corre-
spending secretary, Rev. DR.. j. I.
Tichenor. The report gives the follow
ing summary Of work during the past
wear: Number of missionaries, 1853;
churches and stations supplied, 649;
weeks Of labor, $500 sermons and adj
dresses, q, 263 ;prayer-meetings, 1888;
baptisms, 3,Sl2; received by letter,
2,344-total additions, 6,l56; Sunday
schools reported, 32G; teachers and
pupils, ~, 53l religious visits, 80, l54;
churches constituted, 20; meeting
houses built, 40; pages Of tracts dis
tributed, 22S,Gl5.
The treasurer's report shows s94,-
52l collected and expended during the
year. This does not include the amounts
collected and expended for State mis-
sions by the States which do their own
home work within their own borders.
The report gives very interesting details
Of work among the Indians, the colored
people, and the destitute among the
whites Of the South and Southwest. The
report was referred to appropriate COM
mittees. Rev. DR.. ii. A. Upper, cor
responding secretary, read the
REPORT OF THE FOREIGN MISSION
BOARD.
The report begins as follows:
"In meeting again in Montgomery,
after three decades Of years, the Con-
vention may well recall with gratitude
the progress made in its foreign mis-
sion work. In 1855 there were twelve
missionaries from the United States
laboriDg for US in two countries; now
there are over fifty located in the five
continents OF the globe. The con-
tributions Of the churches have
almost kept pace with the progress Of
the work, so that the amount reported
now is nearly three-fold the amount re-
ported that year. For all this the Board
thank God and take courage. But the
toiling-time Is not the season for spe-
cial congratulation He that goeth
forth and weepeth, bearing precious
seed, shall doubtless come again with
rejoicing, bearing his sheaves with
him.
1t next notices the resignation of
DR.. j. l.. NJ. Curry as president of the
Board and the election Of Professor ii.
ii. Harris to the position, speaks of
other changes during the year, and notes
the fact that the organ Of the Board,
the Foreign Mission Journal, has more
than met expenses during the year.
Ii speaks Of the work of the yice-presi-
dents for each State and of women's
work for women" and notes contri-
button Of 100000 for missionary pur-
poses made during the year by DR.. w.
G.. Rider, of Maryland.
Ii gives reasons why the Board has
not yet been able to open mission in
the promising field Of Cuba, aud ex-
presses the hope that this may be done
at an early day.
The report ably discusses the ques-
ton of &" sell-suppOrt" Of mission
fields, and notices the departure and
return Of missionaries during the year.
The treasurer received during the year
ss7,574.7l, but the Board had enlarged
its operations and needed in addition
sS,647. 90, which had been generously
advanced by brethren in Maryland, Ken
tucky, Tennessee, and South Carolina,
and which it is expected will be soon
returned by contributions from those
States. The report calls attention to
the fact that they pay their missionaries
quarterly in advance, and urges the
churches TO enable them to continue to
do so by liberal and prompt cOntribu-
tons.
Appropriate and feeling tributes are
paid to Mrs. N. w. Hslcomb, Mrs. W.
j. David, and Mrs. +. NJ. Myers, mis-
sioDaries OF the Board, and to Edwin
Workman, ESQ.,, long the treasurer,
who had died during the year.
The report then gives a detailed
sketch of the missions and work OF the
Board during the past year, but | give
only the following summaries
Mexican Missions--5 stations, III
missionaries, and teachers. Bsp-
TIED, 81; scholars, ZIG church men,
bers, 270.
Brazilian Missions stations, IL
missionaries. Baptized, % church
members, les.
Italian Missions-l2 stations, IA
missionaries. Baptized, "a; church
members, 2sS.
African Missions--5 stations, & mis-
Salaasxaa 2 Il