The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-05-22
THE BAPTISTS ADJOURN.
CLOSE OF MOST INTERESTING AND
INDUSTRIOUS SESSION.

INDUSTRIOUS SESSION.
The Convention Declares It's Position rs 20
Missionary Work Among the Negroes.
Various Committees Electcd-Sout!l Car
olina Well Represented.
WASHINGTON. May IL The first
business of the fourth and last days
session OF the Southern Baptist conven-
ton, after devotional exercises was the
report of the committee on time and
place of next meeting. recommend
ed that the convention of 1896 be
held in the First Church. Chattanooga,
beginning on Friday before the second
Sunday in May; that Rev. c. A.
Stakelv, of Washington preach the
annual sermon, with Rev G. Durham,
of Raleigh, n. c., alternate. Rev.
+. S. Yeager, of Chattanooga, eXpla-
med the terms of the invitation-duly
accredited delegates will be entertained
at the homes Of the people. The re-
port was adopted.
Recurring to the resolutions under
consideration in Atlanta in 1879, re-
ferred to in the historical sermon. de-
liyered Saturday by President w hit
slit, Rev. I. r. Tichenor presented a
memorandum on the line of the state
ment Yesterday which will be printed
in the proceedings of the Home Mis-
sionary board as related to work
among the colored population. made
by Rev. James Thomas, Of South Caro-.
lima. It stated that some work had
been done by the board among the ne
groes in Kentucky, Georgia and IN
Texas, and in some respects, the work
had been satisfactory.
The board is anxious to do more Tor
the negroes, but there are so many pc
culiar embarrassing problems that the
work has been necessarily slow.
The committee emphasized these
points:
/. The board will not undertake
work among the negroes in any State
unless the State boards Of white Baptist
are in sympathy and co operate with
it.
2. It will not undertake work in any
State unless the members are agreed
among themselves upon the work to
be done
3. The colored people should be en-.
couraged to pay a part Of the salary OF
every teacher and missionary, labor
ing among them. The best thing that
can be done for them is to encourage
them to self support in their church
building and mission work. An ex-
tensive work cannot be done among
them as long as Cuba, New Mexico,
Louisiana, Florida, and perhaps other
States so serely need all the help we
can give.
/. The best work that can be done
among the negroes is educating their
ministraties rather that evangelizing.
5. The Southern Baptists are IN
sympathy 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.
6. We hope that the agreement
reached by the joint committee at For.
tress Monroe, will bring the colored
Baptist schools, establish by our North
ern nearer brethern to the
hearts Of Southern Baptist.
We are assured that these
schools have been great blessing
even without our active cooperation
and that with our hearty sympathy
and cooperation they will accomplish
far greater good.
T. In view of the continued needs
of the negroes and the pressing needs
of our mission fields at home and
abroad, and in view of the iberality
of our Northern 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 edu-
cation and evangelization Of the negro
es and that in this good work they
will have the cooperation, sympathy
and help of our best and wisest breth-
rem. For. while we are interested IN
this great work, and are fully persuad-
ed of its importance, we are unable at
present to do for it as its needs de-
mand.
The Rev. w. II. McAlpine, of Ala
bama, colored, an agent Of the home
mission board, working among the
people of his race, addressed the con-
yention in connection with the con-
sideration of the report. He
was introduced by President Horalson
as man of integrity, intelligence and
influence, Christian and a Baptist
who was doing good among his breth-
ern, whom he had known for many
years.
Rev. George \. Walker, president
of Walker Institute, Augusta, Ga,
also colored, was introduced as man
who was doing good work among his
brethen, and the report was then
adopted.
President Horalson announced that
the committee authorized by the terms
of the resolution proposed a few days
AGO by Rev. J. B. Gambrell, of Geor-
gia, to act with the secretaries of the
church boards devising ways andmeans
to bring the masses of the Southern
Baptist Church into close cooperation
with its work. would consist Of J. B.
Cambrell, Charles Manly of South
Carolina, G.. W. Hyde Of Missouri,
and B. H. Carroll of Texas.
Rev. j. Vauness, Of Nashville,
Tenn, reported on the work OF the
Woman's Missionary Union, COM
mending its spirit and work and re-
commencing tito the support and SYM
pathy of the pastors, and thereport was
adopted without discussion.
The committee on nominations re.
ported the following for membership
of the several boards, and they were
elected:
Foreign Mission Board. Headquart-
ers Richmond, Ea.-President, II. Il.
Harris, Virginia vice presidents, Josh
ua Levering, Maryland; J. VI. Carroll,