Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-03
THE BAPTISTS' WORK.
SUBJECTS THAT WILL COME BEFORE
The CONVENTIONAL BIRMIN CHAM.
A Forecast OF tho Great Gatheripg-Per.
.onneI of the Body-A Richmond
BOY TO Preach.

The Southern Baptist Convention is 10
hold It's annual session in Birmingham
Ala. commencing on Friday next, the 9Th
instant.
This body, IL is needless to say, has no
ecclesiastical functions, no legislative OF
other authority. II is simply of the No
ture of en- organized missionary mass
meeting for the management OF the larger
missionary operations Of southern Bap-
lists.
There are two great boards OF the conyen;;
ton, whose reports will De suomltteu anu N
whose work will be reviewed at .ne up
preaching session. One is the Foreign
Mission Board. located in this city. ITO
fessor II. II. Harris is the president, Dr. ii.
A. Tupper is the corresponding secretary,
and Rev. Il. p. Bell the assistant secretary
of this board, which IS charged with tne
missions of the convention IN foreign
lands. The ether Is the Home MISSION
Board, located at Atlanta. Ga. with Drs' j.
II. Tichenor and John William Jones as
secretaries This board is charged with
missionary work in the territory OF the
convention and in the island OF Cuba.
THOSE WHO WILL oFFIoTATE.
Hon. Jonathan HARRISON, Judge OF the
City Court of Selma. Ala. and a Baptlsyt
layman Of great prominence and gseiul,,
ness. is the able and popular president OF
the body.
Drs. Lansing Burrows, of Augusta. Ga,
and o. +. Gregory. OF Baltimore. Nd are
the secretaries. ,,
The convention sermon, which will be
given probably Friday night. will be
preached by Rev. Carter Helm Jones; son
of our former townsman, DR.. John william
Jones, and pastor OF the First church OF
Knoxville, Tenn. Mr.. Jones is native OF
Virginia. an alumnus of Richmond Col.
lege, and is said to be young minister OF
great promise. As be is only thirty years
old his selection as convention, preacher
nav Justly be regarded rs high compli-
| ment.
MATTERS OF EDUCATION.
In addition to the work of boards here
tofore mentioned the interest OF the semi:
nary located at Louisville and the work OF
the Sunday-School Committee will come
under review. There Is talk IN some OF
the denominational papers of movement
to establish permanent Sunday-Schooi
and Publication Board. This Is likely 10
be topic of interest. -,
The National Education Society WILL
meet this year with the Southern Conven-
ton. This IS the organization through
which Mr.. Rockefeller has made such mag
nifcent gifts to the cause of education
particularly to the great university at Onl-
cago. 1t has also given generous assistance
to struggling southern colleges.
RICHMOND PEOPLE GOING.
From Richmond anumber of well-known
Baptist ministers and laymen will go.
Among these are Drs. George Cooper. W.
y. Hatcher, r. H. Pitt, S. A. Goodwin, j..
NJ. Frost. and Messrs. r. II. Elicit. L. NJ.
Foster, j. b. Wood, and William Ellyson,
ESQ. The names of the entire Virginia
delegation have been Published In this pa-
per. The delegates will scatter, some gong
| by the Chesapeake and OHIO, some by the
Norfolk and Western, and some by the
Richmond and Danville.
The convention will hold its sessions IN
the opera house, which is said to be cen
trally located and very commodiOus. The
railroads have made very low rates. Biz
mingham is central. and from oil that can
be gathered this far ahead the attendance
will be greater than for many years.
WHAT IT REPRESENTS.
There are ,194, $50 white Baptists within
the bounds of the convention, which In
cludes fifteen States aad the Indian Terri
tory, The representation at the last ses-
sion Cat Fort Worth, Texas,) numbered
7s4. Well-informed judges think that this
wear it will not fall far short of athousand.
The DISPATCH will have its special re-
porter ar Birmingham and will give full
telegraphic reports of the transactions OF
this important representative body.