Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-15
THE FOURTH AND LAST OAY. The Southern BaptiSts Have Fin
 iShed Their Work. CHAT TANO0GA NEXT TIME Will Have the Honor of ? 5 'aining the Dis
 tnguishel s dy. PERSONNEL OF II SEVERAL BOARDS A colored Man " Grand Impression. Fraternal Mes ,.1srs Are Appointed.
 "Blest Be s;1o That Binds.''
 Was Adjournment Song.
CHAT TAN00GA NEXT TIME
PERSONNEL OF IT SEVERAL BOARDS.

Washington, May 14.-The first bus mess of the fourth and last days session of the Southern Baptist convention, after devotional exercises, was the reports of the committee on time and place of the next meeting. It recommended that the convention of 1896 be held in the First Baptist church of Chattanooga, begin ming Friday before the the second Sun day in May; that Rev c. A. Stakely of Washington preach the annual sermon, with Rev c. Durham of Raleigh, N. C., as alternate.
 Rev. F. s. Yeager of Chattanooga ex- plained the terms of the invitation. Duly accredited delegates will be entertained at the homes of the people.
 The report was adopted
 Recurring to the resolution upder con sideration at Atlanta in 1879, referred to in the historical sermon delivered Satur- day by President Whitsitt, Rev. l. T.Tich- enor presented memorial on the line oL his statement yesterday, which will be printed in the proceedings of the conVen- tiOn.
 The report of the committee upon so much of the report of the home mission board as related to work among the col ored population was made by Rev. A. J. S. Thomas of South Carolina. It stated that some work had been done by the board among the negroes in Kentucky, Georgia and Texas, and that in some re- spects the work had been satisfactory. The board is anxious to do more for the negroes but there are so many peculiarly embarrassing problems that the work has been necessarily slow.
 The committee emphasized these points:
 1. The board will not undertake work among the negroes in any state unless the state boards of white Baptists are in sympathy and cooperate with 1t.
 g. It will not undertake work in any state unless the members agree among themselves upon the work to be done.
 3. The colored people shoud be encour- aged to pay a part of the salary of every teacher and missionary laboring among them The best thing that can be done for them is to encourage them to self support in their church building and their mission work. An extensive work cannot be done among them as long as Cuba New Mexico, Louisiana, Florida and perhaps other states so sorely need all the help we can give.
 f. The best work that can be done among the negroes is educating their ministries, rather than evangelizing them.
 D. The southern Baptists are in sym pathy with the efforts of generous hearted people, north and south, who have given money to establish schools and colleges in the southern states for the negroes
 G. We hope that the agreement reached by the joint committees at Fortress Monroe will bring the colored Baptist schools established by our northern brethren nearer to the hearts of south ern Baptists. We are assured that these schools have been great blessing, even without our active cooperation, and that with our hearty sympathy and CO., operation they will accomplish far greater good.
 the negroes and of the pressing needs of our mission fields at home and abroad. and in view of the 1iberality of our north ern brethren and the interest they have shown in the education of the negroes, we assure our brethren of the north that we shall be glad to see them contribute thousands for the education and evang- elization of the negroes, and that in this good work they will have the co-opera- ton, sympathy and help of our best and wisest brethren For, while we are in- terested in this great work and are fully persuaded of it's importance, we are una ble for the present to do for it as it's needs demand.
 Rev w. H. McAlpin of Alabama, the colored agent of the home mission board, working among the people of his race, addressed the convention in connection with the consideration of the report He was introduced by President Haralson as a man of integrity. intelligence and influence; Christian and a Baptist who was doing good work among his breth- ren, whom he had known for many years.
 Rev George A. Walker, president of the Walker institute, Augusta Ga, also colored, was introduced as 0 man who was doing good work among his breth- ren. The report was then adopted.
 President Haralson announcel that the committee authorized by the terms of the resolution proposed five days ago by Rev. J. B. Gambrell of Georgia to act with the secretaries of church boards in devising ways and means to bring the masses of the Southern Baptist church in close cooperation with it's work would consist of J. B. Gambrell, Charles Manly of South Carolina G. w. Hyde of Maryland and B. H. Carroll of Texas.
 Rev. J. J. Vauness of, Nashville Tenn. reported on the work of the Woman's Visionary union. commenting it's spirit and work and recommending it to the support and importance of the pastors. The report was adopted without dis cussioD.
 The committee on nominations pro- posed the following for the membership of the several boards and they were elected:
 Foreign mission board, headquart ITS