The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1894-05-25

twenty southern states and h the In
dian Territory, and employed last year
SSl missionaries. During that period
these missionaries built sixty-seven
church houses, organized 1873 churches
and baptized 4, 470 converts. Amount
of money expended on these fields was
S1S7 ,627.
The foreign board is doing work in
Africa, Brazil, China. Italy, Japan
and Mexico; and employed last year
III missionaries, who baptised 629 con-
verts. The sum of $116,7lS was ex-
pended on these fields, few thous-
ands of which were raised ON the
fields.
The convention is also doing an edu-
cational work. In nearly every state
there is a Baptist college or university
where young menstudying for the min
istry, receive financial aid when such
aid is needed) the funds for this pur-
pose being supplied by voluntary of
ferings from churches or individuals.
The great educational enterprise of
the convention, however, is its Theo-
logical Seminary, located in Louis
vile, KY, and of which the distin-
guished DIR. John A. Broadus, is presi-
dent. This seminary has sent out
hundreds of young ministers who are
the peers of any men of any profess
sion in American. At present it has
226 students.
Connected with the convention is
also "Woman's Missionary Union"
differed and operated entirely by wo-
men, whose objects are to circulate
missionary literature and solicit funds
from the women and children of our
churches for the work of the conven-
ton. Last year the Union raised
SIS, 1850.
More minute details of the work of
the convention would not, perhaps, be
enjoyed by your readers.
Let me say few wosds ab0It
DALLAe.
This is a hustling and substantial
city of more than $4,000 inhabitants.
Railroads enter it from almost every
point of the compass, and it is sur
rounded by q beautiful, rolling prairie
country, the soil of which (the Texans
say reaches through to China.
A TEXAS STORY.
The story is told that a certain Tex
an, being a great admirer of Cleve-
land, and wishing to give to the big
president an appropriate expression of
his admiration, and at the same
time show him what the soil CT Texas
is capable of, sent him a couple of
sweet potatoes, the two filling flour
barrel. The President could not inn
agine what they were, and finally sent
them to the Smithsonian Institution
be examined and named.
oyERFLo WING HOSPITALITY.
The hospitality of Dallas, lille the
prairies of the "Lone Star State" APP
peared boundless Each delegate
seemed overcome by the illusion that
he was special favorite of the enter
tainment committee, and that they
had shown their favoriteism by giving
him the best home in the city.
SOUTHERN RAILROADS. COMMUNICATED
The route of most of Florida's dele
CATION to Dallas was via Jacksonville,
Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans and
Shreveport, over the F. G. d p, l..
& n. and T. & p. railroads. was
pleased to find that our southern roads
do no not suffer by comparison with
the roads in the west, or at least the
one over which our party travelled.
The first two roads run magnificent
coaches, while the latter runs very in
'e.ior ones, with a PARTITION through
the middle, one end of which is "for
whites" and the other "for negroes
Much credit is due the .Old Relia-
ble,u IF. G. & P.) and the dashing
"Ellen NJ (L. & NJ for their atten-
ton to the comfort of their patrons.
Good cars, courteous employees, fast
schedules and close connections well
nigh annihiliate distance and rob
travel of much of its wearisomeness.
l.. ID. GEIGER,