Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-17
The Convention Resolves 10 Hold a
missionary Conference In nren-
ham Next october--vnrious
ReportsSpf Committees.

OF ulble knowledge with our people. We
can not know the Bible too wen. IL "a The
power OF uod unto saivauon unto every
one that bciieNcth. but Nory lew OF OUT
people know It well enough 10 use II
HKnifuny Ia defense OF thu truth o. In !
saving souls. Our sunday school t0Acn-
sis greatly need help In this direction.
The eolored people are Woeruily wanting
Ia this knowledge and eagerly receive all
help given them.
We recommend that committee be ap.
pointed from this conference to confer
with the executive board OF the Sunday
School convention with a View Ia having
some one or more persons regularly en-
gagged In this work Of Aoiding sunday
atitutes for both white ana colorcd pco-
pie Wherever they Will receive them.
w. II. Eddieman,
w. L, rynoa,
J. M. kailin.
Gonmlttee.
something practical ought 10 be done Tor
the relicf OF the colored people. There
nrc six colored churches ia Galveston,
and some OF the pastors are sadly IN
need OF religious Instruction. Something
ought to be done for these people and he
recommended that the white churches
send books and other religious literature
for the enlightenment OF their eolorcd
brethren. lie thought rome action ought
10 be taken independent Of the board.
The discussion was participated In by
Dr. Burlcson OF WAGE and others, recon-
mending the establishment OF bible In
stitntcs and the chair appointed the fol-
lowing committee to take the aifAtr In
hand; Reya, Tynes. Morrill,, Lamar, Lam
AZ 10 o'clock REV, J. NJ. Carroll, In ac-
cordGnoe with nm Invitation as RECON-
mended by tho report Of the committee
on destitution In South Texas began to
read an elaborate statiaticai report on
the restitution or South Texas.
The report Ok the committee which had
been previously submitted TO the conVcn-
We your committee on the restitution
OF South Texas and the mtanH Of sup
ply, beg leave to submit the following
report The deaututlon according TO the
most reliable Statistics nj our command
II very great There II about one white
Baptist To every thirty OF the popnla-
tiof. or IN other words about one-thir-
ticth Of the entire population residing
south OF the tnifty-fifRt degree OF north
latitude are BaptiHta IA 10 the supply,
except the voluntary contributions OF
our people. We are satisfied that our
churches and members arc no; deyol-
opod In Meir hherallty In proportion
10 their ability and we recommend that
all or our paators preach 10 their peo-
pie on the subject OF missions, distribute
amount OF our contributions as far as
possible
We believe that the paators could do
1acent and destitute fields by combining
with each other In. holding meeungu
gnd orEanlalng churches IN new places,
lnerea,eed cnthusiasIn Hnu Rersonai COM i,
members and preachers. IL, in our opln-
Ion, not only desirable. but eminenty
practical.
We recommend that the Rev. j. NJ.
Carroll be invited 70 present 70 TINS
hestins snen h,aV ~, ~ mur p ~,
the probable means OF aupply by the
hoAtl q uHesl9rh ot tue I'sptiht genera
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