The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-10
BIG RALLY OF THE BAPTISTS'
THE CROWD AT WASHINGTON APu
To REACH 5000.


The Convention Opens To-day and
Delegates and Visitors Pouring In
Every Train-The Mntter OF
Forming Central Union of the
Young Peoples society of Chrfs-
tian Endeavor Referred 90 N Come
mittee.
Washington. May 9.-Southern Baptists
are swarming into Washington on all OF
the railroads from that section OF ths
country and the Norfolk boat arriving
this morning brought 500 OF them. The
convention does not formally assembls
until tomorrow morning. but there ara
other allied organizations which are hold>
ing their sessions coincident with tho
main gathering. and these suffice 70 bring
delegates on ahead. as well as members
Of these organizations who may not be-
themselves accredited delegates TO thg
convention.
II is the semi-centennial meeting of the
convention and this fact alone would make
II one Of the most interesting In the lifa
OF the organization since 1t separated
from the northern branch OF the church..
I'm isi5. Being a delegate body. whoss
members are chosen. as a rule. by ball
lot from the churches or societies whicn
they are here to represent. II may bs
said 70 comprise In it's ranks the leading
lights Of the denomination in the south.
The series of meetings was inaugurated
last evening with the annual session of
the Baptist Educational Society. whicn
was held at the First Baptist church ON
Sixteenth street
This morning there was held a confer4
ence upon the question Of organizing the
Young Peoples Societies Of the Southern
Baptist churches into a body to co-operata
with the convention I'm directing the worlc
among the young people. II was called
the Religious Herald. and Prof p. H
Nell OF Alabama was made moderator and
o. f.. Gregory Of Maryland secretary
number of propositions were presented
10 the meeting, among them one TO posts
pone the consideration of the subject foI
a year. Finally II was agreed to refer all
the different propositions 10 q special corn-
mittee which VIII report later on. This
moderator named the following as the
members of the committee: c. G. Meadow
of the District of Columbia, X. II. Pitt OF
virginia o. f. Gregory Of Maryland, T.
IL Pritchard Of North Carolina, a. J. s.
Thomas Of South Carolina. J. b. Haw-
thorne OF Georgia, A. j. Dickinson OF AL
abamal n. A; Bailey OF Florida, Carter
Helm Jones Of kentucky. W. S. Penick OF
Louisiana, ]. ]. Van Ness OF Tennessee,
J, h. Craphll Of Texas, r. p Johnson OF
Missouri and A. J. McMemaway OF Ark
Tomorrow morning at o'clock the
meeting Of the Woman's Foreign Mission
ary Union will be held at the Calvary
Baptist church. when an address of wel-
! come will be delivered by Mrs. Stakely.
the wife Of the pastor Of the First Bap-
As the delegates are not expected to
have all registered before tomorrow II Is
not possible to estimate the size Of the
crowd which will be here but II Is be-
lleved 5000 would be a conservative es-
| Innate. Or. Stakely said a day or two
ago that from the way applications for
accommodations were pouring In he
thought there would be In the neighbour
hood Of loo delegates present when the
convention is called 10 order tomorrow.
Many Of these will doubtless have other
members of their families with them and
these will go 10 swell the size Of the gath
ering. The very best OF arrangements
have been made by the local COMMITTEES
for the comfort and welfare Of the visit
ing host. Postofhce facilities have been
prepared and everything has been done
to assure the delegates that nowhere can
they feel as much at home as in the beau-
At the afternoon session Rr r. II. Pitt.
presented the report of the committee on
Young Peoples Society, as follows: THAT
it Is the sense OF this conference that an
organization OF young people auxiliary To
nently desirable.
THAT the Southern Baptist convention
at IT'S approaching session be requested td
provide for such an organization.
THAT a committee be appointed by this
meeting TO present their resolutions to tha
convention.
1T is also recommended that the cons
ference make the most explicit and em-
phatic declaration that such organization
as may be effected ought to fully reco-
nize inviolable independence and
autonomy of the churches, leav-
ing It to each church t0
settle for itself whether II shall have a
young peoples union or not, and II ia
shall have union, whether there shall be-
outside affiliation or not, and the characs
ter of such afiiliation.
The the conference extends fraternal
greetings 10 the Baptist Young Peoples
Union of America, soon to hold its annual
meeting In Baltimore. and bids them God
speed in their important and beneticent
work"
DR. Pitts stated that the members Of the
convention were by no means unanimous
in their Views and that the unanimous re-
port made TO the conference was the re-
suit Of concession by the individual mem-
bers.
After a long and rather warm debata
the motion to adopt the report was defeat-
ed--yeas l6i noes, 2l5.
The announcement was received with
applause, despite the efforts of the mod
orator, and the victorious noes" began
singing the well known hymn whose first
line is "Blest be the tie that binds" to
a vigorous accompaniment Of Kisses from
the defeated ranks.
The conference then adjourned.