Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-17
THE BAPTIST CONVENTION.
Great Crowds Coming to Attend the Con-
ventiOn and Prospect for Invest
ments-Its Scope and Size.

When the Southern Baptist convention
gets together on May 9 there will be one
of the largest crowds of the year in the
city, and one of the best chances for
Fort Worth TO show her hospitality and
resources that she has ever had.
THIS will be the thirty fOurth annual
meeting of the Southern Baptists, which
embraces all the Southern states and
Maryland, besides taking in the island of
Cuba and part of the Indian Nation.
This is the home mission field that will be
represented in the convention. The for
eign missions that are represented by
the Southern BaptistS embraces Mexico,
China and Africa, while the Northern
Baptists send missionaries to India,
China, Burnah and Africa. This is only
a territorial division for convenience.
At the coming convention there will be
900 actual delegates representing = ,000,-
600 church members, of whom over 200, -
600 are IN Texas. Besides the actual del
egates in attendance, there will be their
families and ministers from all over the
South, as well as corresponding dele
gate from the North. The regular dele
gates are apportioned to the different
states, each state getting q delegate for
fund, besides one for every district into
which it Is divided. 1t is expected that
there will be at least COCO people in at
tendance on the convention.
The principal business of the conven-
ton during its four DAYS sessions will
be the consideration Of the reports of
foreign missions, which will be pre-
sented by the secretary, d.. H. A. Tup-
per of Richmond, Va. These reports
will be statements of the work done and
a discussion of the chances for new mis-
sions. Then the home missions will be
canvessed and the reports of DR.. Tiche-
ner and J. William Jones of Atlanta dis
cussed. These reports cover the home
mission fields in which vast sums Of
money are expended annually, Texas
alone getting between SO 600 and $40 900
supply destitute fields The Sunday
school department VIII also come in for
its share OF consideration, as well as the
educational interests of the body, which
amount TO between SI3, 900 900 and SI4,
900 600, in schooiSin the United States.
The Indian missionA- win he thoroughly
discussed, and everything that enters
into or is concerned with home or foreign
mission work.
At the same time the Ladies auxiliary
foreign society viii hold meetings in the
Cumberland Presbyterian church, TO
which fifty delegates are appointed, and
which pays annually between $50 900
and $50 600 into the mission fund.
This convection will be the largest re
ligious convention ever held in the coun-
try. There will be people here from all
over the United States and if the riti-
Zens prove equal 10 the emergency it
will be the best advertisement for the
city that can well be. Livery Baptist
paper in the country is to have full re-
ports of the action of the convention,
and these Will. be thoroughly satu-
rated with. the hospitality, the
resources and promises of the city
OF Fort Worth if. the visitors are re-
ceived as they should be and will be.
The committee on entertainment have
got TO make arrangements for the Tecep-
ton of at least 1000. people. The hotels
VIII probably be called upon to provide
for the remainder. All the churches eX-
pect - take part in the entertainment
and anyCNe-wiIling to aid will be well
coined by the pastors. A great many peo-
pie are coming from the North to take in
the convention and see Texas at the same
time From the city of Baltimore alone
six Pullman cars loaded with visitors will
make the through trip without change.
A great many are coming to look the
CITY and country over with view to in
yestments, and it behooves the citizens
70 extend to this great body of people
from all parts of the country that hospi-
Tality that will be sure to leave good i'm
pressions which the natural advantages
of the city will as surely deepen.