The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-12-15
ENTHUSED over MISSIONS.
The Baptists Of North Carolina Are in
Earnest.
$4,000 MORE THAN EVER BEFORE,
Have Been Contributed or Pledged in
Raleigh During the Session of the
State Convention Therein the
Collection Today Watches and
Jewelry Were Placed in the Boxes.

Raleigh During the Session of the
State Convention Therein the
Collection Today Watches and
| Jewelry Were Placed in the Boxes.
RALEIGH, Dec. 12.-The greatest
| enthusiasm over missions has; been
| aroused here since the convention con-
yened. The addresses Saturday of
| Rev. Drs. Taylor, Durham, Ellis and
=! Powell set the ball rolling and the in
terest in the subject has been increas-
| ing.
yesterday many of the ministers
preached on the subject or allued to it
in their sermons, and the result is
is that the collection taken up this
| morning largely swelled the total
amount contributed or pledged dar-
ing the convention, and shows 81 900
more than ever before contributed to
this important cause. Watches and
jewely were placed in the contribut
ton boxes this morning, and stirring
ldresses made which moved many to
tears and aroused the creates enthu-
siasm ever before known among the
Baptists in this State.
SATURDAYS SESSION.
RALEIGH, Dec. 12.-Saturday's ses-
sion was opened by service conducted
by DR.. f. NJ. Ellis.
The report of State missions was
read by DR.. G. Durham. showing SER
mons preached, IL 1856; mission church.
es supplied, 427; baptisms, i, 143; added
by letter, / 1894; churches organized.
81; Sunday schools organized, So;
houses of worship finished and occu-
pied, %; cost of these twenty-eight
houses of worship, $50, 600; houses of
worship being built. 81.
The results of the work done through
this board for the year ending May
1st, 1892, can only be indicated by the
following:
Missionaries, $50; weeks of labor,
10,640; churches and stations, 1924:
sermons and addresses, &c, $3.50: prayer
meetings, IA. 042: baptisms, 5,274: re-
ceived by letter, 1913; total additions,
HISS; Sunday schools organized, 342:
teachers and pupils, 17,7S5: religious
visits, 54,336; churches constituted,
I19: houses of worship built, so: Bibles
and Testaments, 1904; pages and
tracts distributed, 919,412.
Rev. DR.. G. E. Taylor, President of
Wake Forest College, Rev. DR.. c. Dur
ham, Rev. DR.. f. NJ. Ellis. of Balti-
more, and Rev. DR.. W. d. Powell,
spoke on the report. At the close of
the latter's speech 1000 were pledged
to missions.
At night the report of the Thomas
Vile Orphanage was read and dis
cussed by w. A. Montgomery, Esq, J.
III. Mills, superintendent, and Dr. w.
e. Dickinson. Atsthe close of these
addresses, a cash collection was taken
amounting to 1925.
THE BAPTIsTs ADJOURN.
RALEIGH, Dec. ID. = Dr. Marsh
called the session to order yesterday
morning. The report of j. d. Bou-
shall, treasurer of the convention,
was read as follows:
''During the past year the Baptists
of the North Carolina Convention
have contributed to State missions
home missions S1,21SS2, orphapage,
S12, 666.30; ministerial educat ion,
50, 1856; Baptist Female College,
$15, POI. 40: Robson Institute, So, 10000:
ministerial aid fund, 81 ,075.05; Sab
bath schools, S7,019.10; other objects,
1,271. Total, $40, 420.81." Report
adopted. DR.. g. Durham presented
the reports of the Woman's Central
Committee OF the Missionary Society
Rev. j. S. Diel, of California, ad-
dressed the Convention on the subject
of missions.
The report of the Trustees of Wake
Forest College showed the present en-
dowment to be $50, 900. The attend
ance during the session of '91-2 was
2S3, and the present enrolment of
student is 15S and by the opening of
the spring term will become 200.
President Taylor, of the college,
spoke saying: ''Of the colleges and
| universities today, 81 are endowed
and supported by the State or private
| individuals; 256 institutions are sup
! ported by the various denominations:
| the former class has senrolled 10000
students, and the latter over 10000.
| The danger of a State institution be-
coming irreligious and permeated by
| infideliC principles is shown by the
early history of the Universities of
| Virginia and North Carolina. 1t is
| not part of a State institution to
| teach religion: indeed it is well nigh
| impossible for State college or uni
yersity to give instruction in a code OF
| Christian ethics satisfactory to a pat
| r0nage composed of Jew and Catholic
| and Protestant. The position of the
State University in this State should
| be above the UNCONVENTIONAL colleges
and the speaker longed for that day
| when the graduates of these institu,
tions will go to the University fol
| higher instruction than is given in the
| colleges. Wake Forest deserves, at
the hands of the Baptists of this
| State, generous equipment, theil
hearty patronage and the cordial sup
port of Wake Forest graduates"
/ The business was finished at the
night session, and the Convention ad
journed to hold its next meeting al
Elizabeth City.