Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-16
BAPTIST HOME MISSIONS.
Schools and Mission Work Among the
Coiored Peopic-Territorial Limits.


| FORTRESS MONROE. VA, September
1.-THE committees appointed by the
Southern Baptist Convention and Aneri-
can Baptist Home Mission Society met
here this week. There were present from
the Southern Baptist Convention Commit
tee DTS. T. 7. Eaton. II. II. Harris. I. T.
Tichenor. j. Il. Gambrel r. =. Bel.
and O. +. Gregory. The committee uuani-
moUsly invited Professor Noah *. Davis,
OF Virginia TO sit with them and partlci-
pate in the deliberations. The committee
| from the American Baptist HOmeMisslOn
Society present were Hon. J. l.. Howard,
Connecticut; Drs. II. L. Morehouse, j. l..
New York; Drs. jesse -. Thomas and
Nathan T. Wood Massachusetts,. ana Or.
l.. II. Johnson. Pennsylvania.
The joint committee organized by the
election Of lIoa J. l.. Howard rs chair
man, and O. f. Gregory and y. L.
Wood as secretaries. The whole meeting
was marked by courtesy. unanmity Of
feeling, and an evident desire on the part
Of the brethren from both sections to
yet closer together in their work. The
overture OF tie Southern Baptist Con-
vention Committee contained the follow
ing para graphs:
Resolved. That. desiring 10 avoid dis
cussi0l OF past issues, or Of matters on
which it Is known that the views Of
brethren North and South are widely
divergent, sc will. in all sincerity. address
ourselves to the task If securing for the
future such cooperation as may be found
practicable without attempting at once
to adjust all differences. The committee
desire to state that In making this over
ture the Southern Baptist Convention IS
prompted not by any necessity OF its
own work. or that OF It's Home Mission
Board, but, believing that the time has
come when it should enlarge its work
among the colored people of the South,
II entertains the hope that a proper CO.
operation with the Home Mission Society
in It's work already established would
contribute to the efficiency Of both.
Following Is a copy Of the resolution
under which this committee was ap-
pointed. defining our duties:
whereas in times past this convention
has made oyertNres 10 the American Blp-
fist Home Mission Society similar TO this
without securing the desired result, and
whereas now there Is reason to hope that
an overture viii prove more satisfactory;
therefore.
Resolved. That a committee Of seven
b. appointed 10 confer with similar COM
mittee to be appointed by the American
Baptist Home Mission Society with refer
ence, first, to cooperation between our
home board and the society in work
among the colored people of the South
and. second. with reference to a more
definite understanding In regard to the
territorial limits of the work of the board
end the society among the native white
people. the Indians, and lhe foreign pOpu-
lati0n Of the country"
UNANIMOUS ACTION OF THE JOINT
COMMITTEE
/. As to the Schools Among the Colorad
People: /. That the house board of the
Southern Baptist Convention appoint an
advisory local committee at each point
where school controlled by the Ameri-
can Baptist Home Mission Society IS or
shall be located. and that this committee
shall exercise such authority as shall be
conferred upon it from time 70 time by
the American Bapti.t Home Nilsson So
ciety. >. That the control OF the schools
shall remain in the hands Of the American
Baptist Home Mission Society, but these
local advisory committees shall recommend
To- the American Baptist Home Mission So
ciety any changes In the conduct or In
the teaching forces of these schools. in
Guiding the filling OF vacancies, with the
reasons for their recommendations. 3.
That the Southern Baptist Convention. !
through Its Home MISSION BOaTl, Snall /
appeal to the Baptists OF the South for
moral and financial support of these !
schools and that these local committees !
shall encourage promising young colored |
people 10 attend these institutions 4. !
That the Joint committee recommend to ]
the respective bodies appointing them The !
adoptOn-o OF the foregoing section as unani- |
mously expressing their views as TO the |
work in the schools among the colored |
people.
H. AS to Mission-Work Among the I
Colored People.--It is unanimously voted \
by the joint committee 10 recommend 10
our respective bodies that the American |
Baptist Home Mission Society and the l
Home Mission Board. OF the Southern
Baptist Convention. cooperate In the mis-
sion-work among the colored people OF
the South, ia connection with the Baptist
State bodies, white and colored. In the
Joint appointment OF general missionaries.
in holding ministers and deacons' insti-
tutes, and in the better organization or
the missionary work Of colored Baptists.
The details OF the plan are TO be left
to be agreed upon by the bodies above
named.
III. As to Territorial Limits.-The COM
mlttee OF the American Baptist Home
Mission Society. not being instructed 70