The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-26
BAPTISTS IN CONVENTION
THE AFRICAN STATE SUNDAY
SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.

It's Seventh Annual Session Opens
All the Principal Cities of the State
ted--Committees Appointed
and Officers Electe Yesterday-An
Educational Sermon and Reading of
Papers the Programme for To-day
The African Baptist Sunday Schools
ofSavannah to be Visited Tomorrow.
Delegates to the seventh annual State
Sunday school convention of the cOlored
Baptists of Georgia, at the First African
Baptist Church in this city, which convened
Yesterday, and which will be in session
until the 2Sth, arrived Thursday night and
yesterday morning. They come principally
from Atlanta, Augusta, Rome, Macon, La
Grange, Grantsville, Valdosta. Miiledge-
ville Eatonton, Athens, Brunswick,
Thomasville Quitman, Columbus, Carriers
ville, Marietta, Washington, Social Circle,
Stone Mountain, Sandersville, Americas,
Albany, Cuthbort and Waynesboro.
THE MORNINGS WORK.
The convention was called to order by
the Superintendent, J. H. Brown, and after
an hour of praise service prayers were Of
fered that God would impress the i'm
by Rev. r. w. Colson, of Quitman; "for
the success Of the work and for the guild
ance of the Holy Spirit in the world" by
Rev. E.. J. Fisher, of LAGRANGE; "for
unity in the work. byJ. $ Brandon, of
Atlanta; flor Gods as ,istahce in the faith
ful prosecution of the work. by Rev. w.
G. Clark. and Rev. e. Il. Carter, of At
lanta, offered a prayer of thanks to God for
sparing the lives of the workers for the past
year.
At II a. m. Rev. A. B. Murden, of Wash
ington, preached the conventional sermon.
HIS subject was "The Spread of the Cos
peln
Mrs. A. NJ. Monroe delivered the welcome
address, to which Prof. NJ. P. McCrary, of
Valdosta, responded.
Committees were appointed to read letters
on temporary finance and enrolment.
These letters consisted of reports of Sunday
schools, the number of teachers in the work
of education and the missionary work.
These letters were very interesting. They
were read by delegates from different por-
tions of the State.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The evening session was principally taken
up in the election of officers and appoint
nent of committees. The following officers
were elected: President, J. H. Brown, of
Savannah; Vice President, Rev. E. r. Car
ter, of Atlanta; Secretary, Rev. c. T..
Walker, of Augusta; Treasurer, Rev. f. K.
Love, Ct Savannah; Corresponding Secre-
tary, Rev. S. A. McNeal, Of Augusta.
The following persons were appointed on
| the Finance Committees: h. w. Colson, A.
M. Williams and S. Rutherford.
Enrolment Committee-M. p. McCrary
Richard Hunter and William S. Scott.
Seven members were appointed on each
of the following committees: Temperance,
Missionary, Sunday School, Application.
and committee to appoint time and place
for holding the next annual conN ention.
To-DAY's PROGRAMME.
To-day, at II o'clock, the educational SER
mon will be delivered by Rev. E. r. Carter,
of Atlanta. A paper on Sabbath school
work will be read by q. G.
Roby, Of Eatonton. Reports from
| the committees on education, temperance,
Sunday school aud missionary WORK will
| also be read. The afternoon session will be
| devoted to a continuation of the committee
reports, and an address by Rev. T. II.
Gadson, of Appling, on "How Shall the
| Sabbath Be Made a DelightF Committees
will also DO appointed to visit the various
colored Baptist Sunday schools tomorrow
| i'll the city and to make report of the
same.
| The services for tomorrow forenoon will
| be the missionary sermon by Rev. j. NJ.
| Jones' of Guyton In the afternoon there
the church, grand Sunday school union
meeting. Each superintendent will have a
selected exercise by his class, which will be
very interesting. Memorial services of the
deceased Sunday school workers will also
be held tomorrow afternoon. The exer-
cises of the evening will conclude with a
sermon by Rev. G. I. Walker, of Augusta.