Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-11
Some of the Delegates.

| Rev. DIR. F. NJ. Ellis, the eloquant pastor OF
| Eutaw Place Baptist church, Baltimore, IS rae
| simile of Henry Ward Beeeher, for whom he mas
! often been taken.
Rev. DR.. Joseph NJ. Weaver of Louisville,
KY, is the notable minister who for twenty SIX
years has had pastoral charge of Chestnut street
Baptist church in that city. He has high rank
as revivalfst.
Rev. DR.. B. F. Riley of the Alabama delega-
ton is president of Howard college, which IN
stitntion he is having endowed.
Col. A. D. Miles, of the great pillow factory,
Brinley, Miles & Hardy, is with the Louisville
delegation, and hopes TO take the trip to
Mexico.
Missionary D. F. Wilson is making up an ex-
curslon to Mexico. fF
Rev. DR.. I. T. Tichenor, the home mission sec
rotary, was president OF the Alabama Agrioul-
tural and Mechanical college at It's origin nd
made it a great institution.
Rev. DR.. W. b Williams, the thoughtful
editor of the Central Baptist is present with
Rev. N R. Pitman. his assistant
Col. James A. Hoyt Of the South Carolina
Baptist Courier is absent, but his assistant,
Rev. W. W. Keys, is holding up his standard
admirably.
Rev. Dr. Franklin Howard Rerfoot. the treas
urer of the Southern Baptist Theological semi
nary, has been highly successful in his financial
efforts.
Rev. DIR. J.. A. Smith, editor of the Standard,
Chicago, is one OF the veteran newspaper men Of
the nation.
Senator Joe Browns special car, in which he
generally ATTENDS the convention, Is missing at
this session. The aged senator is at home sick.
The theological seminary students show up
well from every state.
DIR. T. t. Eaton, Talking Tom - as the ed
itor Of the Western Recorder, has been very
quiet this session.
DR.. Benjamin Griffith, secretary of the Amer
lean Baptist publication society, has held that
responsible position since 1858, and it is largely
due to his devoted efforts that the society has
grown to such mammoth proportions.
Many of the older ministers nearly all the
leaders in the convention, wei e members Of the
Confederate army.
Rev. B. D.. Gray Of Mississippi made the
speech of the day on the negro question.
President Jonathan Haralon is model pre-
siding officer. At home he is the model circuit
judge.
Gov. Eagle of Arkansas at the last moment
had to give up his visit to the convention, OF
which he was vice president last year. He
ton.
Or. Lansing Burrows, the senior secretary,
edits the Baptist Year Book with signal ability.
He is thought to be the most successful secre-
tary IN the nation; within one week after the
mailed to all the members.
Rev. F. d. Hale, the pastor Evangelist who
has secured more members into the Baptist
church than any other member Of the conven-
ton, Is reporting for the Western Recorder.
Probably Hon. Joshua lowering of Baltimore
is the favorite layman in the convention. He Is
level-headed and lovely minded, so they all
say.
Rev. DR.. w. P. Harvey, president OF the
Baptist book concern, Louisville, is a hustler
He secured about Sl0,OO0 stock IN his $780,
900 corporation yesterday.
Rev. George H. Simmons, the Y. NJ, c. A.
evangelist, is quiet member.
Rev. DIR. A. ]. Rouland of Baltimore is one of
the learned literary family. He has editorial
charge of Our Young People, and also edits the
Senior Quarterly, issued by the American Bap-
fist publication society.
Rev. DR.. j. L. Burrows is one Of the few now
living who were present at the organization of
the convention At Augusta, Ca, in 1916
Rev. DR.. o. F. Gregory, the secretary. is a
popular pastor in Baltimore, and is a magazine
OF information. a.