The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-14
THE BAPTIST CONVENTION
Finds Large Attendance and
Great Interest
THE FIRST DAYS PROGRAM
Regular Weekly Meeting Of the Tuesday
Evening Club
A N,w Social Club Organized-Preparations
for the Tournament of Roses-News
Notes and Breyite5
THE FIRST DAYS PROGRAM
OFFICE:
So Ea st Colorado
Street

PASADENA, Nov. 13.-The fourth
cor venton of the Southern California
Bapti churches opened today with a
lar,e attendance OF both ministerial and
lay delegates. The members OF the local
church have been making preparations
for thi, gathering for some time, and the
work of the decoration committee added
ve-y materially TO the appearance of the
church when they hal completed their
lahors vest erday.
chrsyanthemums, the choir loft hidden
W tn pepper boughs. bouquets and palm
leaves are prettily grouped throughout
the house, and the American flag hangs
in graceful folds behind the pulpit. Early
today the delegates began to arrive. and
ihey were soon assigned to the different
families of the local church. which had
offered to entertain them.
The morning program opened with de-
votional exercises. conducted by Rev. j.
W. Daniels of Sacramento. Prayer was
offered by Rev. G. Button of Riverside
A portion of the secnnd chapter of Acts
was read as a Scripture selection.
At 80 a. m. the convention proper
was called to order by Rev. W. f Harper
OF Redands. DR.. Grotan led in few
words of prayer. Rev. Mr.. Douglas re-
ported as chairman OF the committee OF
arrangements, IeCbln iudt me
printed program be- adopted, with the en-
,eption that Rev. DR.. Grant follow Rev.
j. I. Morgan of New York city this even
ing. The program was adopted as recon-
mended, and the COMMITTEES empow-
cred to make the necessary CHANCES.
The president appointed the following
committees: Or enrolment, George
Ogle ( Pomona, NJ. Cooley of Cotton; on
nominations, l.. r. Evans, L. S. Lemon,
". {. Bedeau. George L. Dve, William
Fowler.
The address of welcome was then given
by Rev. c. T. Douglas. Mr.. Douglas
said tie was glad to welcome the dele
gates 20 this city of homes-the most
beautiful residence city in the union.
We welcome you to a church whlch
does not believe in sectarianisms and is
insistent unon religious liberty. The age
of sectarianism has gone by, but denomi-
nationaism remains. Mr.. Douglas then
spoke of the Baptist denomination as one
which believes firmly in the word of God
from Genesis to Revelations and believes
In the obeying of God commandments
as laid downin the Bible. He also refer
red to the Ba ptist denomination as the
oldest religious denomination in the
word for he said: Before Romanism
or protestantism was Baptists were" He
spoke of the great work done in mission
airy fields by the Baptists, who were
among the first to labor in this VINEYARD
LOT tUrlst anu referred 10 the Urm ana
unassallable principles If the Baptist
faith, which were dear because of what
thew had cost their professors.
Rev. W. f. Harper, president of the
convention, made the response.
OF course Rev. Mr.. Douglas was en-
thusiastio over Pasadena, 50 are all those
present over their Southern California
homes; however, every delegate had come
expecting cordial reception. The cream
of the whole country had heen skimn ed
ana put in Pasadena, and now the dele
gates were in the cream. When we think
of Ba ptist struggles and efforts, it seems
that Mr.. Douglas had welcomed the
cream of the country. May the convsn-
ton bless the city and many conversions
be the result. We have come together to
discuss the problems confronting us and
to be strengthened in our work.
Rev. George L. Dye of sthe East Los
Angeles church preached the annual ser-
mon. The theme of his discourse was.
The Mission of Church. his text, John
17:l5. "As thou hast sent me into the
world, even so have | also $ mt them into
the worlA.' There are various ideas of
what our conventions neeG-some think
money. others conviction conversions
action, unity; but we need the Holy
Spirit. The purpose of the church is to
evanRelize the world, for society cannot
be reeenerated before the individual is
rsgenerated. The purpose OF the church
10 also to teach.