The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-10-25
BAPTIST CONVENTION.
SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS
OF THIS BODY YESTERDAY.

OF THIS hODH HESIENhAH'
Rev, j. T.. Carter to he Remem-
bered-RepOrt Oh Home Mis-
SiOns-TweIVe Hundred Dollars
For Foreign Missions.
The second days proceedings of tie
Western North Carolina Baptist Cor
vcntion convened at $50 a. IN. yester-
day, first president Rev. John AM
mons in the chair.
@@The proceedings ofyesterday were read,
corrected and approved.
w. o. Allen, of Wake Forest, was rec
ognized as a repres ntative OF the Ca
tawba River Association.
On motion, a committee of one from
each Association was appointed to
consider the advisability OF electing
corresponding Secretary for the conven-
tion.
On motion, it was ordered by the con-
vention that page of the minutes be set
apart for an obituary of Rev. ]. E. Car
ter, deceased, and that DR.. J, L. Carroll
be requested to prepare it.
The report on Home Missions was read
by DR.. ]. NJ. Hilliard.
Rev. DR.. W. A. Nelson moved that the
convention pledge the raising of twelve
hundred dollars for foreign missions
during the coming conventional year.
Most eloquent remarks on this motion
were made by Rev. {. B. Justice; also
by DR.. ". A. Nelson. The motion was
carried
Hymn: Praise God From Whom All
Blessings Flow
On motion, the special hour, 7.30 Fri
day night, was set for the consideration
of home missions.
A resolution commencing the publica-
tions of the American Baptist Publica-
ton Society, offered by Rev. DR.. J. L.
Carroll, was adopted, after being dis
cussed by Rev. DR.. B. Griffith.
Resolutions were offered by Rev. J. c.
Rockwell looking to means to be used
to apportion the amount of money
pledged for foreign missions among the
associations. Adopted.
Visiting ministers of other denomina-
| tions were welcomed.
resolution that this convention re-
quest the Baptist churches to raise funds
to send to the Southern Baptist Theolog-
ical Seminary was offered by Rev. T. G.
Osborne. Carried
report of the committee on time and
place reported as follows:
Time-11 a. m. on Wednesday before
the fourth Sunday in October.
Place-Bryson City
Preacher of Introductory sermOn-Rev.
| J. {. Rockwell.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention was called to order by
President Nelson.
The report on periodicals was read by
DR.. r. II. Lewis, and discussed by Rev.
Dr. J. Vim. Jones, Rev c. E. Justice, Rev.
!. NJ. Smiley, Rev. S. NJ. Coils, Rev. P.
X. Young, Rev. a. T. Stowell, J. A. Por-
ter, Rev. +. NJ. Jordan and J. P. Nor
gan.
Col. Jones, of Jonesboro, Tenn, vice
President of the Tennessee convention,
was invited to a seat in the body; also
Rev. !. S. Kennedy, of the Green River
association.
Subscriptions to the Asheville Baptist
were then taken from the audience.
Rev. W. p. Jervis read the report on
the nomination boards.
On motion, the convention adjourned
till 7.3O p. m.
NIGHT SESSION.
The report on home missions was read
by Rev. a. T. Stowell, representing the
home mission board of the Southern
Baptist Convention. The eloquent gen.
tleman portrayed in glowing colors the
need of preaching i'll our South land. He
contrasted, i'll strong lights, the difference
between the treatment OF young foreign
missionaries and those who go among
the destitute i'll our own land.
Rev. DR.. ]. VIM. Jones, assistant Secre
tary of the home mission board of the
Southern Baptist Convention, followed
: giving some details OF the work done by
his board among the negroes of th
= South and among the Germans and othe
:, foreigners. He called attention. witt
thrilling words, to the grand work o
Diaz in Cuba.
Hymn 81 Love to Tell the Story"
y A collection from the audience wa
!. taken, which amounted to forty-thre
. dollars.
Mr. J. H. Mills, Superintendent of tn
e Baptist Orphanage, Thomasville, N. c
: was welcomed to seat.
4 The motion to adopt the report o
\. home missions was then carried.
I. A motion was carried that a commit
tee was to revise the list of ministers i
> the Western North Carolina Baptist Coz
vention.
On motion, the special order for 7.3
p. III. was Baptist Orphanage.
% On motion, the convention adjourne,
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