Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-12
BAPTISTS CONVENE
A Great ThronS at the Southern Con.
Yention In Dallas.
HOME.MISSl0N REPORT PRESENTED.
virciui, Stands Third In the Financial
ust-sunday-Scbooi aud Foreign
Mission Reports.

DALLAS, TEN, May u.-(Special.)--
Dallas is full to overhowing with visitors
attending the Southern Baptist Conven-
ton. Hotels, clearinghouse. private
homes, are all thronged. Distinguished
men from all over the South are mere.
including Governor Hogg. of Texas, and
Governor Northen. OF Georgia. The meet
ing OF the convention is held in the SAM
Jones tabernacle. an immense structure
OF brick and iron, with seating capacity
OF anywhere from $500 10 i0,oo. From
the beginning the audlence-room was
filed. Promptly at 10 \. NJ. the presI-
dent. Jonathan HARRISON, called the meet
ing to order. and after preliminary devo-
tionai exercises the work Of organizing
the convention proceeded. DR.. j. NJ. Gam
brell nominated Judge HARRISON. of Ala
bama, for president. and he was unani-
mously reelected Drs. l.. NJ. Ellis j..
William Jones. and :. H. Ford. and Gov
ernor w. j. Northen. Drs. Burrows ami
Gregory were reelected secretaries.
REFERRED.
4 resolution was offered for the ap-
pointment of a committee to consider the
advisablity OF cooperation between the
| Home Mission Board at the South and
| the Home Missionary Society OF the
| North. Under the rule the resolution was
referredsto the Committee on Resolutions.
| Rev. C. L. Seasholes. pastor of the First
| Baptist church in Dallas. made a very
| bright and breezy speech. and Rev y. Y.
| Mullens. Of Baltimore. made the speech
| Of response, which was beautiful and
captivating address After this followed
IA general recognition of visitors. among
whom were Messrs. II. Il. BRYAN and
X. n. Graves, missionaries to China: NJ.
Gassoway. missionary 10 Mexico. and Mr..
Lumbley. missionary 10 Africa.
| HOME MISSIONS.
Rev. J. r. Tchonor secretary OF the
Home-Mission Board. presented the re-.
port Of the board, an abstract of which
follows:
The receipts OF tho board were les.
than was ANTICIPATED al the beginning ol
the year and this dininution. taken IN
connection Win the increase of its work
mas resulted I'm an Indebtedness of 81. 76} -
The summary OF work is as follows
| missionaries, 3sl. weeks Of labor lC %
churches and stations. lG9. sermons an,
audfssses, 3tV2l; praycr-meetlngs, 3.gi7
| g.
| total additions. 500. Sunday schools. 40
pupils and teachers. IS. lSl religious visits
| o2lsi; churches constituted. i3}: houses %
worship built, 81; Bibles and TESTAMENT
distributed ll10; tracts distributed, $50.
The report Of the treasurer Of the boar.
shows that the total receipts from nl
| sources for the year were SlS!.629lN De
ducting credits on account Of coop rativ,
| work, &c. the actual receipts OF m,
Doari are shown 70 be $13.3-0.9l. The a
sets OF the board. consisting Of churc,
property I'm New orleans, Havana. sc.
are reported at 5000
Virginia stands third I'm tho hom
boards financial report. being surpassc
only by Georgia and Kentucky. The con
tributions OF the three were as follows
Georgia, Sl, 1928; Kentucky 81 SCI. g. Vir
gina, S.223A In contributions 10 ~
Foreign Board Virginia led her gift
amounting to slg.l07G. In contribution
through the Woman's Missionary Unio,
virginia again led. with SJ.0i7.A
| Inc various parts Of the report were r.
terred to appropriate committees.
sUNDAY-SCHOOL REPORT.
Rev. Or. T. p. Bel. corresponding So,
retary. presented the report - the sur
day-Schooi Board. Following Is an al
stract Of the most important features ,
the report; THE business affairs of III
board are In very satisfactory cond
tion. The cash receipts for the Yea
were siS.539.f6, an increase OF s., $50 lj Owe
those OF the preceding year This II
crease Is all the more gratifying an
encouraging. i'm that it has come i'm a yea
or great financial depression, when eve
SUNDAY schools have felt compelled To de
crease their expenditures for lit.ratur,
our outstanding obligations are onl
2OL2o. while there Is due us on accour
N9ll.52. The cash balance in the hand
or the treasurer S.ilSl7. The calls fo
Bibles having Increased In number. m
board has authorized the correspondent
secretary to expend 500 during the pre-,
ent year in this work. The board recon
mehds 10 the convention the organzatio
OF young peoples societies under the loc.
churches. The usual committee was AZ
pointed to consider the various featur'
OF the report.