Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-14
THE BAPTISTS.
The Convention Finishes its Bust
ness and AdjOurns
To Meet in Birmingham. Ala, the
Friday Before the Second Sun
day in May Next Year.
GOOdly Amount Raised for House or wOr-
ship at Zacstecas, MexIco-Va-
rious Reports Adopted.
Morning Session..


Is laid for your faith in His excellent blood, "
was the opening hymn of the morning
session. There was large attendance,
though the house was not crowded. DR..
Burleson led in prayer.
The minutes were read and approved
as read.
DR.. J. B. Link of Texas moved that
speeches be limited to five minutes.
Amended by DR.. Burrows of Georgia.
DR.. Ellis of Maryland read dispatch
from DR.. Stakeley of Washington, D.
c.. saying that he could not attend as a
fraternal delegate TO the English Baptist
convention. The Manchester college had
invited him to deliver the commencement
sermon. He could not attend. He
moved that DR.. Thomas of South Caro-
lima, Rev. DR.. Burrows of Georgia and
Dr. Gregory be sent as messengers.
Adopted.
Rev. J. L. Carroll of North Carolina
moved that page be set apart in the
minutes sacred tn the memory of G. w.
Norton of Kentucky, DR.. Il. 81. Tucker
of Georgia, DR.. W. H. Mcintosh of
Georgia, and DR.. s. Henderson of Ala
bama.
DR.. J. B. Link offered resolution in
structing the home mission board to en-
ploy an assistant secretary TO devote his
whole time to- church extension. Laid
on,tfe table
u sf6ws read a telegram from
DATES inviting the convention members
to call and be entertained. The presi-
dent directed the secretary to respond.
DR.. Burrows stated that ne had re-
spouded to the greeting of the Methodist
general conference as follows: The
Southern Baptist convention sends
Christian salutation. See 1 Thessalo-
mans, l., HIP.
j.. L. Carroll of North Carolina re-
ported from the committee on ''time
and place. that the next convention
will meet at Birmingham, Ala. Satur-
day before the second Sunday in May,
Rev. Carter Helm Jones of Tennessee to
preach the convention sermon; Rev. e.
B. Miller of Mississippi, alternate.
DR.. S. 81. Ford of Missouri moved to
strike out Birmingham and insert At
Ianta.
Judge Sterritt of Birmingham SAID :,
81 only want to press one
point. We want to do the great
est good to the greatest number.
You can do more good in Birmingham
than in Atlanta. 1 love Atlanta. 1t is
a bigger city than Birmingham, but it
won t be long. daughter. 1 want to
go home and tell my people that you are
coming to do us missionary work. Ala
bama is Baptist state, and we want to
make Birmingham a Baptist city. We
have an opera house that will seat 1900,
we Will put gallery in our
church. Come and see Howard COL
lege. We have more boys out there
in the woods than they have at the uni
versity of Alabama.
"Time is up, said the president.
Rev. P. T. Hale of Birmingham:
"You are the most invited body on
earth. The ten Baptist churches of
Birmingham unite in asking you to
come. Georgia has had the convention
six times, Alabama only three times.
Atlanta has had the convention once,
Birmingham has never had 1t. Brethren,
we need you.
Rev W. L. Pickard of Birmingham:
81 love Georgia; 1 was born there.
Georgia amt worrying about
that. love Atlanta; nv
mother-in-law lives there. Laughter.
L
mother-in-la law to work In his church if
be will give us the convention. Come to
Birmingham. The convention has never
been entertained as 1t will be at Birmiug-
ham. We have hotels not second to At
lanta. We will raise $40 200
to entertain the convention,
No place In the South needs the moral
support of this convention more than
Birmingham.
Rev. j. l.. Burrows, of Virginia-stI
hope the convention will have mercy on
those who live on the Eastern slope. We
can Z go farther West than Atlanta. Let
US meet near the ceT-.er of the field -
DR.. Lansing Burrows of Georgia: HWe
are to consider several things in this con-
nection. There comes the strong invita-
ton of the Atlanta brethren, and also
the invitation from the Georgia state
convention. We have met in Alabama
since we met in Georgia. l have had
the honor and pleasure of entertaining
this convention twice. We can do good,
but not ali the good you young brethren
may imagine. We need you at Atlanta.
You know what central meeting place
Atlanta is and what hotels and homes 1t
has. Consider these and 1 hope you will
come.
DR.. W. L. Pickard of Alabama: So
far SIS Atlanta being larger than Birming-
ham that is all right. We all eoncede its
grandeur, but Birmingham is in for
native state. No place in the South
needs you like Birmingham. We want
our great city to know wha4 the Baptisss
are. -
Or Searg of Arkansas: sswhat's the
capacity of Atlanta churches2
DR.. Hawthorne, Georgia: HOur first
church seats 1900 people; the opera house
nearly seats 2000. There is no trouble
about the place TO meet. Some suggest
we fit mp warehouse to seat 5000 peo-
Pile. We often entertain conventions
and understand it to nicely -
On division vote it stood Atlanta l76,
Birmingham all the balance, and on
motion of Er. j. William Jones the
choice of Birmingham was made unani-
nous.
DR.. Burieson, of Texas moved to strike
ont May and insert June, TO allow edn-
Gators to attend After remarks by Dr.
J. NJ. Warden, OF Kentucky, DR.. :. L.
johnson. Tennessee, Or. T. T. Eaton,
Kentucky, the motion was lost :, wni