Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-11
THE BAPTISTS.
TIE SOUTHERN CONVENTION IN sEs-
SION AT MEkPHIs
Election OF officers for tho Ensuing Year
Reports OF the Home aud Foreign
Mission Boards.
rpr telegraph to the pIspaleh.l

Dix hundred ana sefenty-tWO uelceetes "tie
/ enrolled from the states OF Alabama. Arkan-
sas, Florida, Georges, Kentucky, Louisiana
/ Maryland. Mississippi, Missouri, North
/ Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
/ Virginia, the District OF Columbia, and In
I dian Territory.
The morning session WAS devoted 10
+ c1ecting an organ zatl0u, and before pro-
ceeding TO ballot Tor officers the convention
/ At I L. NJ. took recess until 3 i. d., and
/ when the convention reassembled the fol'
+ loving officers were elected: Jonathan u.
/ HARRISON. OF Alabama, president; Governor
/ Joseph +. Eagle, OF Arkansas, Rev. +. il.
/ kerfoot, -. D.. OF Kentucky. l.. Il. BY, OF
| Missouri. If. X. Ellyson. Of Virgins. vice
/ president.: Rev. Lansing Burrows, y. De-
/ ~ Georgia, and Rev. o. +. Gregory, ID. d.,
I OF Missouri. secretaries.
| Saturday morning AZ u o'clock was made
/ the special time to hear D2. Parker and the
/ delegation OF close-communlon Englisn
/ Baptiss.
The committee to whom the report OF the
/ Home Mission Board was referred consists OF
/ one from each State, 10 whom 30 much OF the
/ report as relates 10 the " Kind. Words series
Of the Sunday.school publication" was re-
/ lerred, with all communications, reports,
/ and resolutions pertaining to Sunday.sch0ol
/ literature without debate.
Certain CORES ondeHce between the Board
Of The American Baptist Mission Society OF
New York and the Home Mission Board on
the convention was read and referred to The
Committee on Correspondence.
Or. Eaton, OF Kentucky. from the COM
mittee appointed at the last convention on
the relations OF the convention to other
bodies presented their report.
The following cbarmeu were appointed:
Pagan Fields, J. Il Gambrell. Of Missis-
sippl; Pspal Fields, J. j. TAYLOR OF Ala
hama; Women's Work. H. M. Wharton,
of Maryland; Treasuref's Report for Mission
Board, j. II. Fitzpatrick. Of Georgia; Exten-
sion Of Work Of Foreign Missions, j. j.
Tay Tor, OF Virginia.
MONS MISSIONS.
The report OF the Home Mission Board
was read az follows
The number Of missionaries employed this
year is 32S an increase OF - over last wear
The number OF baptisms have been 4,S3l;
number added 10 the mission churches by
letter, 1855. The total increase has been
S.402. Number OF churches organized Is
32S. and OF houses OF worship butt o..
Number OF sunday schools organized ~
3i2. IN which there are 110 teachers and
pupils. PAGES 81 tracts distributed, $4,000,
aud 5000 Bibles and Test3ments.
Alabama. Arkansas, Cuba, Florida, Georgia,
Indian Territory, Kentucky. Louisiana,
Mississippi, MARYLAND, Missouri, Texas,
Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia.
ALtB MA.
Three missionaries; ole as theological in
struciOr 10 The colored people. The board
has agreed 10 assist the Alabama Conyen-
ton in work among the coored people and
I Il~- 81 mt 0l
the state TO the amount Of g., 600 next year.
Contributions 10 the board from Alabama
have increased this year SSl7i3.
ARKANSAS.
The board co.operates with both the Ar
kansas Convention and the General ASsocia-
lion 81 Western Arkansas and the Indian
Territory. The work needs 10 be enlarged
and pushed more vigorously in both these
bodies. Arkansas, especially the western
portion, ~ rapidly Increasing in population
in consequence Of the development OF iis
prest mineral resources. The board has
thlrty>niue missionaries IN these bodies.
Double that number would not supply the
| desttutIon.
CUBA.
The work continues with undated inie-
rest on this island. The statistics given by
Brother Diaz are: Missionaries, 20; churches
and stations, u; bapusms, 300; sunday
schools 2G: teachers and pupils, 2.22S.
Total membership Of the seven churches,
4q3. Money collected by these churches,
S2,255.70.
The board has bought for the church In
Havana 4 house OF worship CAPABLE OF hold
ug 5000 Ieople. The house ls located IN
the heArt of the cltv, and cost $50, 0OO-S2O.-
coo Of which has been paid. There are seven
native preachers connected with the mis-
.ion-al q whom have been baptized by
Brother Diaz The civil government is
maintaining our legal rights against the
! Bishop Of Havana, who is seeking to destroy
our WORK. His appeal TO the authorities IN
spain has been rejected, and he had declared
i'm his oAiciA paper that Alberto :. Disz is
the favorite Of the Cuban Government,
which grants him privileges not conferred
by the law.
The work Is moving forward glOriously.
The hand OF the Lord is in il.
FLORIDA.
The board. in cooperation with the Flori-
da Convention, has tNenty-eight missiOna-
ries. among whom is Brother Guud, the
I theological instructor Of the cOlOred people.
His WORK has been greatly blessed. The
steady increase Of the work in this state UNI
der Tie direction Of Brother W. y. Chaudoin
il yerv gratifying. The state raised for the
work s., 763.0S aud received from the board
/ $500.
GEORGIA.
our board co.operates with the state
Board in-frst, the support Of Or. W. II.
Mcintosh, theological instructor tor the col
ored people; second. with the Board Of the
Convention Of Colored Bsptists in the sup
port Of ten missionaries among them; third,
IN the work Of Rev. i. G. Mcconnell in the
establishment Of denominational schools and
pGeacbers' institutes in North Georgia. The
relations are cordial, and the work done i'm
all these departments il most gratifying.
The boards each contribute 10 the JOINT work
about $1,000.
Georgia contributed 10 the board %, APO Sc
LOUISIANA.
our work IN louisiana has been increased
during the present year. Besides the sup
port Of five missionaries In New orleans we
qpprOpriate &, 600 10 work 10 the state. In
no state is the mission work more promising
tban in Louisiana. What we have done thus
far does rot reach bali the restitution OF the
oeOple We have 10 cooperation with the
State Board twenty-siX missionaries in this
state. The State Board contributed to their
support S7,SjL35.
MARYLAND.
We have three missionaries In this state.
two among the colored people aud one 10 bee
CHOSEN in Baltimore. Maryland contributed
SO GOO to the funds OF the board, an increase
OF STA over last wear.
The Womau's Home Mission Society Of
MARYLAND is most helpful 10 u, having
contributed over g 800 to our treasury.
The Central Committee oi WOman's Work,
located m Baltimore has been very active
Spd efficient in its efforts 10 promote the IN
terests OF the board. The contributions OF
me woman's societies in the south 10 our
hoard have been during the year s9,S61.42.
an Increase OF $500 over the past year.
MISSOURI.
The board has six missionaries IN tins
state. three among The German population.
'rhe contributions 10 the board amount to
,bou, sc. O0O besides $4,000 received from a
lsg,cy Rev. G. W. Hyde, -. d., j. our
edicleut agent ia this STATE. The increase in
ma contribution this year has been Little
over 81 900.
INDIAN TERRITORY.
The work here IS progressing well. While