Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-13

sent out from Atlanta. Has not the so
ciety right TO come here and do mission
work-heve we preempted all the land
| Shall we receive their books and gifts
then rule them out?'
Confusion arose and DR.. Broadul
! got the floor and said:
Brethren, we are divided. We al
| ways will be divided. There is no use of
| all this hurrah. One Baptist will do one
thing, another second thing, and
others third or fourth. 1t don It make
any difference what the convention does i.
What is the good of all this hulIabaloo?
The schools and churches Will
do as they please. Let
us stop speaking and take the vote.
We are to talk this afternoon of foreign
missions, our old original subject. Let
us give it full time. Let US vote. -
Amid cries of question, the vote was
put Division was called for; the
minority was rejected and the majority
report adopted by 4l9 to l76.
"Jesus, Lover of My SOUL" was
sung and the convention adjourned to 8
O'Clock p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The session was opened at p. m. with
prayer by Rev. DR.. W. H. Williams of
Missouri.
G. B. Moore of South Carolina sub
mitted the report on woman g work. cit
would be difficult to over-estimate the
Importance of this feature of our work.
Their contributions last year were SS1 >
1871 The increase of our general con-
tributions has not kept pace with the in
crease of gifts from women. We recon-
mend the most intimate relations be
cultivated between our boards and the
Women's missionary union"
On the motion to adopt the report DR..
Thomas H. Pritchard of North Carolina
said:
l have been a member of the conven-
ton for thirteen years and never made
but one speech before It. I count it
great favor that 1 am to speak for this
good cause. Victor Hugo said that this
century was the woman's century; yet
there are laws still upon our statute
books discriminating against our women.
There are but few states in this nation
that give male and female teachers the
same salaries. I protest, for women are
better teachers than men. I believe in
preaching except at home. l would like
to see this country dotted with female
physicians, and in all other suitable posi-
tions. There were women 3 missionary So
oieties as early as 1915 in North Carolina.
A relapse came, but in 1860 a great re-
vival came under the lead of Miss Dore-
mus of New York. All the great reli-
gious denominations have principal and
auxiliary societies. Methodists and Con-
gregationalists raised over $500 900 each.
The Baptists $500, 900; the Episcopals
$40 900. In the South we are a
long way behind the aethod-
lists. The report says S32 900.
There Is $1,000 from North Carolina;
the Methodist women have given six
times as much. All the women
of England, Scotland and Ireland
gave $500, 600; the women of Amer
lea gave three millions of the four
millions given for foreign missions.
Women of the South gave one-fifth of
that. They control one hundredth of
the property, and are giving twenty
times as much as the men. If men gave
as women do they would give $50 ,000,-
600, thus sending 1000 foreign mis-
sionaries. If European Christians gave
as much, then there would be fur
nished one foreign missionary for
every five thousand population.
Our women meetings are models. 1 went !
to their meeting, but couldn't get in. 1
peeped through the door and saw the |
prettiest sight in Texas. The church was
beautifully decorated, but the sweet |
women talking for the Masters cause |
were prettier than the flowers. lay it |
upon the hearts of the pastors present to |
IL IakN -,
1 am going home to organize children g |
society for missions.
DR.. F. NJ. Ellis of Maryland spoke |
next: 81 am not here to inflict |
speech, nor to eulogise women. That has |
been well done. But 1 am here to talk |
to you as a pastor. am not troubled |
about women preaching, am willing |
for any to preach the Gospel. am more |
concerned to-dav for the quality than |
for the quantity of Baptists. Covetous- |
ness has no part in Christianity. 1t Is
easy to blow about being Baptist, but |
we are giving less than $500, 900 and |
there are l 200 200 of US. And we give |
$500 900 200 for tobacco. How shall we |
improve? 1t is easy to tell people how.
The mother is the best trainer of the |
she is or not she has the |
job on her hands. Laughter. Women |
is best fitted for the teaching of children |
and developing character. The great |
school eff the Baptist churches is the in
FAINT class of the Sunday school.
How can we do it? First, we want to |
be more concerned about principle than
in sentiment. The great incentive to |
Christian activity is Christian intellI-
gence. Intelligence Without prayer |
is harmful. hold in my
in my hand small prayer card and
tract written by Brother Eager in Rome
they go together. Our women send
these to every pastor for thirty cents a
year, giving the topic and details for the
subject. This prayer card is to
be put in you Bible 80 it will face you
every day and bring you to your knees to
pray for missions. If all are
thus influenced how long before
our beggarly S1O0, 200 would mount up
into millions. Every step these women
take is baptized in prayer. 1 know that
3 half dozen Of the most devoted women
in the land are burning out their lives
IN the altar of Gods service. God has
given them the solution of the mission
airy problem. Pastors, don't rest till
you feel the thrill of their work in your
family altar. God bless the great
work.
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