St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-24
BAPTlSTs In SESSION.
The secretary's Iicport on the
Business of the Past Year.


SARATOGA, N. Y. May %. - The
American Baptist Educational society
continued its sixth annual meeting in
the big convention hall today. Following
an hours session of the Baptist Young
Peoples union, discussion followed
in regard to the topic treated last even
ing by S. s. Halt, of Albany; ID. E.
Thompson, of Toronto, and DR.. Way
land hoyt. of Minneapolis. All the
speakers strongly protested against the
appropriation of public moneys for the
support of sectarian schools. President
Andrews. of Brown university. read a
paper on duty of Baptlsts to Highest
Education"
DR.. Harper, president of the Univer-
sity of Chicago, in brief address held
Education should be controlled in
spirit by our conception Of Jesus
Christ"
He strongly favored UNCONVENTIONAL
teaching. Fraternai greetings were re-
ceived from the Presbyterian general
assembly. The following officers were
elected:
President, w. j. Northern, of Georgia;
vice presidents, Samuel RnthWell and
A. G. McLeish, of Illinuls; recording
secretary, Edward NJ. Pieat. of Con-
necticu,; corresponding secretary. III.
l.. MOrehouse, New York; auditor. w.
NJ. lsaacs. Members of the board to
serve during the ensuing year were
also elected.
The sixty-second annual meeting of
the Home Mission society convened this
afternoon. The secretary's report shows
that during the past year ILL mission
aries have been under appointment, the
largest number ever reported in the
soclety's history. OF these. 81 were
in the New England states: 40 in
the Middle and Central Western states;
2l5 IN the Southern states; TT in the
West; & III Canada: 26 in Mexico, and
two i'll Alaska: The,e have 252 laborers
among tue foreign population; 2l5
among the colored people; 50 among the
Indians. The missionaries have repre-
sented fourteen natl0nalities.
During the year the society has aided
i'll the building vi eighty-four church
edifces, and has maintained thirty-siX
schools for the colored people, Indians
and Mexicans, besides number of
schools tor the Chinese. The school
enrolment for the colored people gives
total of 50,503; for the Indians, 4OS.
Total number of baptisms reported by
missionaries, 1898.
The society's receipts for all pur-
poses were S405, 2l3.45; expenditures,
1924, 1888. The year closed with a
debt of SOL, 1896. This was owing in
part to unexpected delay in receiving
some legacieS that should have come
in during the year. Among the
S.0O0,0GO negroes. says the report,
there are nearly one and half
million Baptists. most of whom are in
need Of better religious teaching. 1t
appears that the March number Of the
Home Missionary Monthly. containing
elaborate articles on the negroes, par
ticularly on their plantatian life,
greatly stirred up many Southern
Baptists, leading to vigorous
discussion of the subject. The
report stated that one white teacher in
Texas was numerically whipped and
beaten by white rut1IanS solely for the
crime OF teaching and preaching to ne
groes, and that the attempt to convict
the criminals failed, even though they
were identified as the perpetrators of
the outrage. Two school buildings have
been destroy ed by incendiaries during
the year. The society says:
1--WE know, OF course, that not only
the Christian sentiment of the South.
Cue oioS h1etI Va a. SC DOuf VI luLSll-
gent, upright citizeus, who are deeply
interested simply in the material vel
fare OF the South, condemns strongly
such actions as we here chronicle; we
trust that the day is not far distant
when this better public sentiment will
express itself SO strongly as to render
such acts impossible"
During the sixty years of the society's
history 1t has expended more than
SS.C00,000 for missionary. church edi-
fees and educational purposes. The
school property for colored people is
worth nearly million dollars.
The society appeals for at
least million dollars endow-
ment for these institutions. The
society reports show that from the be-
ginning its missionaries have organized
400 churches and baptized more than
155.u0O persons.
This afternoon the Rev. DR.. r. S. Nc
Arthur, ofNew York. addressed the
society on The Regeneration of a
Race"
DR.. H.W. Tilden, of Iowa, spoke upon
Our Western Work Just Begun"
DIR. Mabie, Gen. Howard and Col.
Balm were appointed committee to
wait upon the Presbyterian general
assembly and arrange for joint meet
ing of the two bodies. Ii. A. Strong, of
New York, and G. II. Northrup," of
Chicago. Edward Judson aud Il.
!. Morehouse. of New York, and
Hon. c. Ii. Kingsley, of Massachusetts,
were appointed a committee TO
visit the Presbyterian general assembly
tomorrow morning and convey the
! fraternal greetings of the Baptist de
nomination. This evening brief ad-
dresses were made by Rev. AIeyandar