The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-05-22
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS.
THECONYENTION AT MEMPHIS CONCLUDES
IT'S LAB0RS.

The Liquor Traffic Oenounced-The Con-
vention Comes Out Squarely and Unanl-
1nously in Favor Of. Prchibition-Fort
Worth Selected as sthe Next Place OF
Meeting.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, MayS14.-There was
only one session to-day OF the Southern
Baptist Convention, which concluded Its
laborS and adjourned this afternoon.
President Jonathan HARRISON presided,
and the opening prayer was delivered by
the Rev. J. B Searry of Arkansas. 1he
convention was then addressed 5y Dr:
Hatcher of Georgia and DR.. Warlsh OF
Mississippi on the growth Of the Bap-
tist Church in America.
The committee on time and place OF
holding the next convention reported
the following: Place-Fortworth, Texas,
First Baptist Church: time-Monday be-
fore the second Sunday in May, 1890.
J. W. Carter. D. D., of North Carolina,
was elected to preach the convention
sermon; J. Lipscomb Johnson, D. D.,
alternative. The report was supple
mented with an invitation to the Amerl-
can Baptist Educational Society to meet
with them.
J. NJ. Carroll, chairman of the com,
mittee on Vice Presidents report, READ
his report, which was at considerable
length. It made most satisfactory ex-
hibit in all its several departments,
highly pleasing to the convention. The
report was unanimously adopted.
The committee of enrolment and ere
dentials, through its chairman, reported
that there were ninety-four delegates IN
attendance.
DR.. H. Pritchard of North Carolina,
chairman Of the committee on CORE
spondence with the American Home
Mission Society. read his report, which
was adopted after considerable discus
sion.
DR.. W. E. Hatcher of Georgia intro
duced the following resolution, which,
after debate, was adopted:
s'Whereas the American Sabbath
Union is laboring to secure such ma
tional legislation as will allow to all en-
plovees of the national government one
day in seven as day of rest; therefore,
s:Resolred, That we fully sympathlze
with this important object of the Amerl-
can Sabbath Union, and request our
brethren to promote its work as far as
may be practicable"
The following resolution, offered yes
! terdav by Or. J. r. ,Scranfll of Texas,
was alsoShanimously adopted:
Whereas the liquor traffic IS most
powerful hindrance to the gospel OF
Christ and an aggressive enemy to social
order: and whereas this traffic is steadily
encroaching upon all that Christian men
revere and the human heart holds dear;
and whereas it seeks to destroy the
Christian Sabbath and annihllate puohc
morals and public conscience; and
whereas all Christian ~5edieSshould
speak out iu -ps1uncertain tones on this
question; therefore
''Resolced, by the Southern Baptist
Convention assembled, That we favor
the speedy and entire prohibition of the
liquor traffic; that we oppose license ioI
this traffic in any and all of Its forms,
through which men buy the right to de:
stroy human hope and happiness ano
blight human souls, as an ofense against
public morals and sin against God.
The convention then, after passing
vote of thanks to the citizens of Mem,
phis for their cordial and munlhcen
hospitality to the delegates, adjourned
sine de.