Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-14
COOPERATION, NOT UNION, Is the Animus of the Southern
 Baptists AS TO THE NORTHERN BODY.
Rev Mr. Tichenor Conects an Error in Professor
 Whitsitt's Historical Sermon.
THERE WILL BE NO BUILDING BOARD.
sage of Caleb and Joshua Secretary Smith Treats the Delegates to an
 Excuraion to Mt. Vernon.

Washington, May 13.-The Southern
 Baptist convention reassembled today,
 President Haralson in the chair.
 Rev. l. T. Tiehenor, rising to a ques-
 tion of personal privilege, stated that
 Professor Whitsitt, in his historical ser
 mon on Saturday, had, in common with
 the popular intelligence on the subject,
 totally msapprehended the purport of
 a certain resolution proposed at the
 meeting held in Atlanta some years ago. The general understanding was that
 these resolutions looked to the disband-
 ing of the Southern Baptist convention,
 and it's consolidation with the Northern
 society.
 As author of the resolutions he stated
 what he knew when he said that the
 resolutions looked only to the appoint
 ment of committee to confer with representatives of northern bodies. with
 a view to cooperation in the work. They
 were intended to preserve and not de-
 stroy the Southern Baptist convention. Rev. G. A. Nunnally of Memphis, from
 the committee to whom had been re- ferred the resolutions providing for the appointment of a church building board, reported recommending the adoption of the resolutions, explaining the neces- sity for the existence of the board Dr. Nuhnally stated that there were 5000 organized churches without houses of worship and that owing to the lack of system in providing places of worship for new organizations this number or homeless churches is constantly increas- ing. Until a church was provided with permanent shelter of it's own it was not funds of the convention, but pcnsioner upon the bounty of more fortunate organizations. Rev. I. T. Tichenor, secretary of the board of home missions, said the adop- ton of the report made by Dr. Nun naly meant the dismemberment of the home mission board to which the con- vention years ago committed the work of aiding the churches in securing houses of worship.
 The report which carried with 1t the
 creation of new board to take charge of the work of providing houses for the homeless churches was rejected-yeas so, nays 155.
 Rev A. J. Rowland, secretary of the American Baptist Publication society, and Rev A. c. Wilkins, secretary of the Baptist Young Peoples Union of Amer ica, made short speeches. The former recalled the fact that that the publica- ton society had its origin in Washington seventy-one years ago, at the residence
  it's headquarters here, it's affairs being conducted by Noah K. Davis, father of the distinguished professor of the same name in the University of Virginia. He stated that the society had just agreed to enter upon the work of publishing a Baptist edition of the Chinese Bible. Gen. John Eaton, president of the American Society of Religious Education and ex-commissioner of education, was also introduced to the convention, and bripfiV addressed if JnOn inc work of his society.
 J. J. Taylor of Mobile submitted the report of the committee on the financial policy of the foreign missions board, recommending that the sum of $50 GOO be raised for the work next year. appor- toned as follows: Alabama, $10,S00; Ar kansas, $2400; western Arkansas and h. dian territory, $500; District of Columbia, s120O; Florida, $1S00; Georgia. $1S,0OO; Kentucky, $1S.ooo; Louisiana, $24OO; Missouri, $900O; North Carolina $9oOo; South Carolina, s13,S0O; Tennessee, s7200; Texas, $15,000; Virginia, $21 ,0OO; other states $500.
 The needs of the work were presented by R. J. Willingham, corresponding sec retary of the board, after which the re- port was adopted Discussion of the re- port Of the committee on pagan fields, which was the subject of Saturday nights session, was resumed. Rev. R. Il. Graves, forty years the missionary of the convention in Canton, China, came with the message of Joshua and Caleb upon their return from an inspection of the promised land, that the church should go up at once and occupy the land, for we are able to pos sess it'' This was the time to extend the work of missions in that country. A fatal mistake would be made by the church if it Jet the present opportunity
 go by.
 He had taken possession, he said. of the province of Umchow for Christ, baptizing two converts, the first in it's history.
 Secretary Willingham announced that
 in the fifty years of the existence of the Southern Baptist convention its con stituency had contributed $1.S00,000 to the cause of foreign missions, and the
 board had sent BIO missionaries into the
 field.
 T. c. Britton, missionary at Foo
 Chow, China, gave few words of greet
 ing to the convention. The report of
 the committee was agreed upon.
 The committee on theological seminary reported that reply by direction of the convention had been prepared to the communication of the general conven- ton of disciples and sent to that body during it's session at Richmond No re-
 ply had been received and the committee
 had been unof1icially informed that &C.,