Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-17


W.. your Committee on religious liter
stnre, bcg leave to submit the following
as our report We believe that the cir
culasion Of religious literature 10 one OF
masses with the truths Of the gospel
and rrcparink them Tor hearing the
nreaohing OF the goapei People VIII
church. aud may theycby become inict-
ertod and ready 10 hear the Eoapcl on
the hrst opportunity,
discovered THIS faot. send their hook
agents In advance OF their preachers
and SOW the country down With their
comes nlong he finds much OF the seed
thus eewn have rpenod ana are ready
As aaptists We have not utilized this
God.glNcn means as we should have
done. ENery Baptist church should I've
a book and tract repository. from which
win such napiist ,lse 'lsH as they
Suuh circulate 10 advantage AMONG
s shsr nnsigh n99,S rns p;ss9Fs ~ eHs
mis-, matter and see that the literature
read by their people y OF a heelthipl
s shslr , a. shssp ne Is HeI SnH
but their duty. /, see that they. do not
teyd Upon food that would not be good
Reilsiela boops and papers are too
numerous for vs. 10 undertake to recon.
mend them all. hut It Il the opinion o.
many OF our lfttnNNn AnAt We ohkNk
70 have Baptiat weekly paper pub
lished IN ana Tor South Texas. not a
thcological mAraklne IN which everybody
may unload their ataie, taeoloEy- hut
OF the term. when win DO a incAMm
~ communication between our churches,
thus kindllng cnthuaiasm IN our South
Texas churohcs and developing them in
every line u work
q & P pIsssi,.
Ia T. tNnkuut
Committee,
the report og the committed on vol
cred population. which had been ~
iefred' was taken M and adopted the
report u az follows;
Your committee On rolorcd population
IN South Texas beg leave "a report very
great restitution, They are numerous,
N several counties largely In excess Of
the white population. They need the
tr1lning Ia matters OF diseipllns. meth
DDS OF church work aud general Chris,
tan development They are ready and
S Sna n.t fSe9 s@f trS a SSSSs a Ss
are open TO va now as never before.
rhey look upon us a. friends and
tagea which they have not, Tight which
they need and for which they are hun
gerlnR and thirsty. We owe u TO them
In the name OF our blessed Master to
nelp them AZ our weaker brethren we
recommend that this conference appoint
committee whose duty u shall he 10
MtNlNu Ways anu NlNNAlN TOT NNAliNt ANfNN
logical and Blhie Institutes for the col.
ored people wherever they viii receive
them and We further rouQmmenu that
ali missionaries appointed by whatever
word or body. be Instructed 10 give their
special attention to the wants OF the
coiored people. Respectfully.
" Il. 1SSSoSSriin.
". u Covinrton,
The report Of the committed ON for
elHn population, which had been de
fefrcd was taken w and adopted the
following ~ the reporti
We, your committed, beg leavo 10 rc.
port that In our South Texas IN a lafte
and growing population, m many plaoeg
crowdlnK out the natural American and
In the coast country are arriving ~
organised bodies, even bringing with
them their preAchefa, called dominica,
,sItSs. ' Know nS,hins 'pcir,soneily q them,
Amnng others, there are swcdea. who
| are not very numerous. some work W
| German. OF whom 100000 are In South
| TcNasT some work Il being done among
| them, about half as much IA ought TO
| be done. fne hoheniinna amount to sew
efnl thousand, and there are na many
Chinese Tor whom nothing " being done,
| MeNicana are coming over from Oh
l Mexico, bringing 10 our very doorA ~
\ subjects for Christian work from almost
every nation, who spread their innuenNe
among our young and gr9wlng popnla-
| tlun, something must be done FOR theao
| peoplo, and the church must do H.
The report OF the committee ON re-
lisious literature hropgh, out a WY
patcd " BY, Rev, J. e. Mdystt. HSys'
| Mr. Knilln, Rev, Mt, Merrill Rev. MIR.
Dobbs Mr. woodhsnd and others.
on motion Of Mir. White. Rev. Mr.
I.amaf'a resolution was taken up and
"IRS 9soived, Thai this conference. AFTER
a fun. palnHtakink, candid aud IRA
ternal Interview with brother J. II,
| Carroll, general HucretAfy OF our
| Carroll. late president OF the board,
Ne deaire 10 say that we urc fully Hatla-
| Ned that the board aud its repfohenla-
idnoe and love and we urge our brethren
TO do all thoy can 10 enlarge the work Of
The hour, 400 o'clock having arrived,
/ which had been fixed for taking an ex-
enraiOn 10 Houston Heights. the matter
| was brought up by Mr., Wondhohd nnd
the convention decided to abandon the
trip owing to the threatening condition
III" report OF tho committee on oontin.
uod Organization. hp followa, was then
Your committee on continued organige-
tion. after due consideration OF all the
| facts showing the great doHiituton IN
the bounds of the association here repre-
scented, would recommend that when this
| body ADJOURN u do 40 70 meet az hor1e
central point In November. 10 consider
| ways and maRnA 80 give the Eoapel 70
those without II In the bounds and also
| 10 urge the fostering OF one or more
schools Of high order for the convenience
jas. II, Duncan.
Geo. n. dtuyall,
n. G. glolaH,
q, ~. Daniel.
Committee.
The report ELECTED very general dia.
cunaion. The report was amended no IA
70 make it read ITO meet Ia missionary
Education conference" In November
Rev. sir. Wood moved 70 amend 20
that the conference meet In september
Instead or November. but II did not re-.
ooivo SECOND and the report as amended
was adopted.
Rev. J. W. Midyett, In the name Of ihe
nrenhafn church, extended an invitation
10 the conference 10 meet uiore.
ON motion the order OF business was