The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-13
THE SIxTY-SECOND ANNUAL
MEETING OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA BAPTIST
STATE CONVEN-
TON.

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The opening sermon was preached by
Rev. J. s. Hardaway, of Oxford, after
which the Convention was regularly
organized by the election of the follow
ing officers: Rev. R. H. Marsh, Oxford.
President; Rev. H. A. Brown, Win
ston, T. M. Pittm n, Esq Henderson,
Rev. r. T. Vann, Scotland Neck, Vice
Presidents; N. B. Broughton, Raleigh,
Rev. N. B. Cobb, Raleigh, Secretaries;
j. D. Boushall, Esq, Raleigh, Treas
urer; w. N. jones, Esq Raleigh, Au-
ditor, and Rev. @. Durham, Raleigh,
Corresponding Secretary. N. L. Shaw,
of Warrenton, was appointed Assis
tant Secretary.
FRIDAY MORNING.
There were more than three hundred
delegates reported present at the open
ing Of the morning session. Rev. J. J..
Hall, D. D.. pastor of the Tabernacle
Church, welcomed the Convention to
the church and to the hospitality of the
city in an appropriate address, which
was responded to in an address equally
as appropriate in word, spirit and de-
livery, on behalf Of the convention, by
E. K. Proctor, of Lumberton.
The chair announced the usual COM
mittees, and welcomed a host of visit
ing brethren coming with fraternal
greetings from other States.
Rev. @. Durham read the annual re-
port of the Board Of Missions, which
will make % pages in the minutes,
hence is too long for this report, but
we give some extracts for many Of our
readers who will read them with in
terest,
STATE MISSIONS.
During the year just closing eight of
the ministers who have done mission
airy work under the board have died.
One new association was formed, and
two have been blotted from the map
by consolidation with others. In 1872
there were 1,489, 900 Baptists in the
United States; now there are about
3, 500, 900, or the number has more than
doubled in twenty years, making now
about one in twenty of the entire popu-
lation. In 1872 the Baptist colleges and
seminaries in the United States owned
So, 467,l 100 in property, etc. now they
own $29, 900, 600. About one in six of
the population Of North Carolina is a
Baptist. Work of missionaries in the
State this year: Sermons, II, 486; mis-
sion churches supplied, 228; out Sta
tions supplied, 427; Baptisms, HIP;
added by letter, 1894; churches organ
lied, 81; Sunday-schools organized, 60;
houses of worship finished, IS; cost of
these house Of worship, $33, 600; houses
of worship now building, 81. Many
fields have become self sustaining.
HOME MISSIONS.
This part of the report gives informa-
ton about the mission work, of the
Southern Baptist Convention, among
the Indians, the foreign population in
the Southwestern States and Territories
and wherever there is need anywhere
in the Southern States, and also in
Cuba. The results Of the work of this
board for the year ending May 1, 1892,
may be summarized as follows: Mis-
sionaries, 365; weeks of labor, 10, $40;
churches, and stations, 1924; sermons
and addresses, 46, 1866; prayer meetings,
IA, O42; baptisms, 1924; received by let
ter, 1913; total additions, II, 785; Sun
d~ay-gchools organized, 342; teachers
and pupils, IL, 785; religious visits, 3d.
336; churches constituted, 179; houses
of worship built, 80; Bibles and Testa-
ments distributed, 4, 3O4; pages of tracts
distributed, 919, 472
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
This also is a part of the general
work of the Southern Baptist Conven-
ton, but a department of the work of
the N. @. Board, through and in har-
mony with which it works. The fields
occupied by the missionaries under the
direction of this Board are: Southern
China, Central China, Northern China
Africa, Italy, Brazil, Mexico, and
Japan. In these fields there are thirty
main stations and 1856 other stations,
where there are SO male ard So female
missionaries, assisted by 81 ordained
and go unordained natives, they have
"a organized churches with 2, 1923 mem
bers. Baptisms this year, 434; con-
tributions, So, 1856 9. They have IS
schools with 74S scholars.
The contributions to the objects of
this Board have doubled with every
decade since 1916, the report last year
showed receipts $44, 657. 40, and this
year $53, 319. SIS. an increase in