The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-14

slonary Union of the Southern Baptist
convention to-day the following officers
were elected FOR the ensuing year. Prcsi-
deht' Miss Fannie Heck. OF North Caro-
Ina Miss Annie ". Armstrong. OF Bat
timore, corresponding secretary: Miss
MARITIME Of Baltimore. recording secre-
taryi Mrs. LOwndes. Of Baltimore. trea.
surer
Al these elections were unanimous
Nlce-Fresidents were elected as follows.
Mrs. George eager, Alabama: Mrs. T.
Longley. Arkansas; Mrs b. B. Chipiey
FLORIDA; Miss NJ. II. Wright. Georgia.
MISS T.. = Broadus, Kentucky; Mrs. "
J. Brown. Maryland. Mrs. Aven Aissts-
sippii Mrs. w. +. Elliott Missouri. Mrs
James \. Briggs. North Carolina. Mrs
4. &. ;. Jackson. Tennessee, Miss ". l..
Coker North Carolina: Mrs. \ NJ Gwath-
mey' Virginia. Mrs. f. B. Davis. Texas.
MISS Nomprere. Indian Territory: Mrs
Tucker. North Carolina.
The recommendation OF the Sunday
school Board. that the Nfssionary-Day I'm
the sunday schools. which proved SO sue
cessiul last year and which brought
INTO the treasures of the Home and For
eign Boards so large a sum Of money. be
made the subject OF special attention
on the part OF the Woman's Missionary
societies this year, was adopted
HOME MISSION WORK
More than three thousand people were
present at the evening session. which be.
gan at 1870 o'clock
The first business was the reading OF
the report Of the Board OF Home Missions
by Secretary Burrows. which dealt with
the work OF religious education among the
native white population Of thf. country
1t stated that while the work among tho
pagans of foreign lands. the Indians. and
the negroes Of this country was nescssdry
the work among our own brave white peo-
pie was absolutely necessary. The board
called the attention Of tho convention
10 the news Of the whole western from.
tier, and 10 the Indian Territory where
there are more whites than Indians. and
with less religious opportunities as a rule
and 10 Florida whore there was now
great suffering resultant from the severe
weather of the past winter
u WAS the opinion of the board that
unless something was done 90 remedy
these evils many souls. rs we'll rs many
lives, would bo lost
40 DEAD ISSUES
At The conclusion of the reading of tho
report Dr. j. H. Hawthorne. of Atlanta.
Ga. addressed the convention on me
subject. He referred 10 the separation De-
tween tho northern and southern sections
Of tho Church. and said that there were
siiu some people both I'm the southern
and northern parts of the Baptist 'hur'h
who insisted upon trying 10 Iecoshl"'
dead issues. and intended them TO 'Nl9,
as a part of monument to ihe d'l'dNu
marty. This convention. however, he SAID,
had nothing TO DO with southern ponlCs'
ua smoke of the history OF the board
I'D. missionary work tic
southern States had done was TO ala tne
struggling city churches IN the North
and that The first church in Washington
had us start in life with funds from the
Missionary Board of the southern Con-
Vcntion.
The southern Baptist ministers were
most of the mrich planters. and dii not
need or receive salaries. fift} years ago
DEE said. they looked upon city chuf'hes as
the worst field tO which Baptist rfea'h-
,rs could he sent. southern chuichts ndl
chen relieved the struggling northern
churches u their poverty, and they now
reiolcel in their magnificent success.
Hc touched on the development of the
south. which. Doe c0ntonded. was not the
outgrowth Of outside influence, as some
psoplo pretended 10 believe, bat was the
work of southern effort AMI southern
heart. all AN they needed was capital
and technical skill. and these they were
getting as well as they could from the
best brains and blood Of the Ne" Eng
land States. and the boundless North
west
rHE NEGRO QUESTION.
As to the negro question Dee claimed that
there was but one certainty ana that
was chat If the white Christians of ne
southern States did not save the negro
they would destroy thc whites. lie SAID
IL the negroes were allowed 10 relapse
into harhari7m, as many Of them shower
"a tendency 20 do. the white people would
be driven to barbaric methods in protect
ing themselves.
lie chen referred 10 The new woman
and of the woman divines and said that
the Billiards of last winter would he but
"a summer zephyr in comparison with the
Baptist minister who FAR fdltered from
the accepted teachings OF the church.
and the teachings of Paul in order to win
a smile from a woman whoh ad arrayei
herself n the cast-om habildmcnts OF her
subjugatei husband.
This w shOuld remcmhcr said Dr.
dfuwthnrnc ~ the negroes are dee
seconded from the first pair have im-
mortal souls. can Doe saved hy the Gospel
and lifted into noble manhood and woman
i'm our southland the gospel of the Lord
Jesus Christ.
bear witness 10 The noble llborality
OF northern Bapusts in missionary and
educational work for the negroes of tnc
South. We have united with our northern
brethren 200 this work on terms of per-
feet equality.
I'm closing Dr. Haw ihorno in most
Impressive way. referred to the great
interest which the tate Dr. John A. Broad.
us felt in all the work of the Home
board.
MR. CARROLL. or TExts.
B. $. Carroll of Waco. Texas. spoke
of the glorious religious history of to-
day. Ie said that ont OF 300 churches.
D. 5nD had no places for holding services.
and Of these 300 there were scarcely iw
which could support a minister the
whole year around.
There were seventy-tWO counties In the
state (whicn together would form a State
as large as Pennsylvania In which there
were not SINCE Baptist minister or
the 5oDD negroes in the State. be WAS
proud rO say that one-fourth We're Bap-
lists. Re then exhorted the convention
10 give aid 20 the ministers OF his state
to continue missionary work in Texas.
IHs WORK II CUBA
Mr.. A. J. Dlaz. Of cuba. followed with
short address, In which he also asked
for missionary aid in his country. but
stated that before anything fruitful could
stated that before anything fruitful could
be done. a close acquaintance with the
natives OF cuba would have 20 be formed.
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