Evening star., 1895-01-07
GREAT BAPTIST CONVENTION
Meeting Here in May of the Southern Bap-
tist Convention.
Local Arrangements for Giving the
Executive Committee Organized.

will begin in Washington on May 10, con-
tinuing four days, will not only be of
especial interest on account of the occa-
sion being the fiftieth anniversary of the
organization of the association, but in
many other respects. Among the import
ant questions that will be considered will
be the cementing of the bond of union for
practical work in the south between the
southern and northern conventions the
latter body assembling in Albany, N. Y, a
week later), and which has been pursued
on independent lines since the separation
of the Baptist Church throughout the
United States in 1S45 but for which a plan
of union was recently adopted.
The executive officers of the home mis-
sion board. foreign mission board and Sun
day school board at Nashville, Tenn, to
whom was left by the convention of last
year which met at Dallas, Tex, the choice
of the place of meeting of the convention
of 1875, having accepted the invitation of
the Baptist ministers conference of Wash
ington, extended unanimously some time
since, TO hold the approaching convention
here, meeting of delegates from the fif-
teen Baptist churches OF the District was
held Friday night in Calvary Baptist
Church, corner of II and Sth street north
west, Rev. S. H. Greene, pastor, to take
steps to make the necessary arrangements.
Among those present were Revs. &. A.
Stakely, S. Fl. Greene, Joseph p. Muir, c.
c. Meador, Hugh T. Stevenson. George E.
T. Stevenson, N. C. Naylor, w. S. Q.
Thomas, C. w. Needham, A. F. Anderson,
E. Hez Sven, George Bowman, Messrs
Miles NJ. Shann, Robert Fl. Martin, Samuel
NJ. Yeatman, DR.. d. S. Foster. A. NJ. Clapp,
+. NJ. Roderick, D. c. Grayson, r. A. Ford,
j. 3. Bailey, Prof o. T. Mason, w. H.
Eacock, r. Fl. Bogley, U. s. Hanks, e.
Warren, A. P. Stewart, A. II. Bristow, N.
S. Fossett. J. r. Mothersead w. S. kerper,
ifT,Ey
Luther r. Smith, D. C. Fountain and many
others.
The meeting was called to order by Rev.
DR.. Meador, and, after devotional exer-
cises, the delegates organized as an ex-
ecutive committee and elected Rev. DR..
Stakely permanent chairman and Mr.. Miles
NJ Shann permanent secretary.
A committee of five, consisting of the
chairman of the executive committee;
Messrs. Robert H. Martin, Samuel NJ.
Ieatman, Miles NJ. Shann and Rev. H. T.
stevenson, was appointed to prepare a
plan for the arrangements for the meet
ing of the convention, to decide what COM
mitteeS shall be appointed, and to suggest
to the executive committee who shall COM
pose them, and, in fact, to map out the
whole plan of operations.
ReyS. DIR. Meador and w. s. o. Thomas,
with DIR. d. S. Foster, were appointed a
committee to take into consideration the
plan of meeting. and both committees will
report at the next meeting of the execu-
vary Church on next Monday night.
Some Prominent Dclegates.
There are usually about one thousand
delegates to the Southern Baptist conven-
ton. but this year the number is likely to
exceed those figures. A new departure is
to be made in the manner cf entertaining
this great throng. Heretofore the delegates
have been the guests of the members of
the Baptist churches in the city where the
convention met, but in the future each del
egate is expected to pay his own expenses
of board and lodging.
Among the many prominent men who
have been selected as delegates and are eX-
pected to attend the convention are JON
athan Ha:alsoH, Selma, Ala; ex-Gov Will
Charles l.. Cooke. Hollins, Va; Col. James
Alfred Hoyt. Greenville, S. c.; Thomas 7.
Eaton, d. D., LII. D.. Louisville, Ky;
Lansing Burrows, d. d., Augusta, Ga:
Oliver F. Gregory. d. D., Baltimore, Md;
George W. Norton and Junius Caldwell,
Louisville, Ky; Fl. H. Harris. Richmond,
Va; Joshua l.. Levering, Baltimore. Md;
3. II. Carroll. d. D., Waco, Tex; w. l..
Fitzpatrick, d. D.. Heptizitah, Ga; Rev. ].
E. searcy. Hope, Ark. w. F. Atkinson.
Pafkersblrg, w. Va; Rev. c. w. Tomkies,
Keatchie, La; A. E. Owen, D. D., Ports
mouth Va; w. c. Bledsoe, d. D., Lafay
cite. Ala; r. ]. Willingham. D. D., Mem
phis. Tenn; Rev. A. j. S. Thomas. Green
Vile. S. c.; 3. d. Gray, d. D.. Hazelhurst,
Miss; w. w. Gardner, d. d., Elk Creek,
Ky; Rev. j. Mckinney, De Land, Fla;
NJ. ]. Breaker. d. D.. Moberly, Mo-; Rev.
r. Van Deventer, Henderson. N. &C.: H. A.
Tupper. d. D.. Baltimore, Md: T. P. Bell,
d. D., Nashville. Tern; Rev. w. N. Chan
doin, La Grange, Fla; G. w Hyde. Lex
ington. Mo; F. NJ. Law. D. D., Bryan.
Rev. r. w. Sanders, Chester c. H., S. c.;
]. G.. Gibson. ID. D., Crawford, Ga; Rev.
G. 5. Anderson, Fort Payne, Ala; J. S.
Felix, d. D., Lynchburg, Va; Rev. o. L.
HALEY, Knoxsville. Tenn; A. G. McMana-
way, d. D., Charlotte N. c.: NJ. NJ. Riley,
d. D., Georgetown, Ky; A. B. Miller, D.
D., Little Rock, Ark; w. A. Mason. d. D.,
Crystal Springs, Miss; Revs. E. Y. Null
Inns and G. B. Taylor, Baltimore, Md; J.
NJ Pitcher, d. d.. Petersburg, Va; Rev.
NJ. l.. Kessler, Raleigh. N. c.; Rev. e. j.
Forester, Hartsville, S. c.; Rev. F. c.
Mcconnell, Gainesville. Ga; Rev. c. s.
Farris. Orlando, Fla; d. 1. Purser, D. D.,
Birmingham, Ala; Rev. A. A. Lomax.
Hazlehurst, Miss; Rev. E. X. Branch, Le-
compte La; Rev. T. S. Potts, Dallas Tex;
Rev. A. NJ. Vardeman. Montgomery, Mo-;
Rev. III. w. Tri5ble, Trenton, Tenn; Rev.
J. n. Prestridge, Winchester, KY, and
hundreds of others.
Something About the Association.
The Southern Baptist convention was or
ganized during May, 1916, as the result Of
differences in regard to church government
and polity with their northern brethren.
1t then had a constituency of 450, 900 which
has been increased to nearly 100000 at the
present time. The home mission, foreign
mission and Sunday school boards have
headquarters at Nashville, Tenn. The
home mission board has in its employ
nearly 400 missionaries, who labor princi-
paIly among the Germans in Maryland,
Kentucky, Missouri and Texas, and among
the French in Missouri and Louisiana.
Mission work in Baltimore is regarded by
the board as being of peculiar interest, as
the port receives a larger foreign imlnigra-
ton than any other except New York. The
beard also has missions among the Indians
III the Indian territory, where it now has
sixteen associations, over 800 churches and
about 1860 members. The work among the
Indians was begun by the board in the ter
ritory and in the then new state of Texas
rearly fifty years ago. The success at
tanned has, it is stated, been among the
most remarkable in the history of modern
missions.
The departments under the first jurisdic-
tion of the Southern Baptist convention and
the Northern Baptist convention are: Amer
lean BAPTIST Education Society, organized
May I6, 1883, Rev. DR.. Samuel w. Duncan,
IIay Crhill. Mass. president. The Baptist
Young Peoples Union of America, organ
ized July :, 1891, John II. Chapman, Chica-
go. Ill, president; Wonlan's Baptist For
Society Orpnni-nI ADriI