The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-12

estine with headquarters at Jerusalem.
Dr. Kerfoot suggested that this was
teIsely a matter Of sentiment: that IN
the observation of those who had been
IN the Holy Land, mission work there
was rather overdOne as compared with
Dlner nelds; and on his motion the reso-
foreign missions
Rev. II. Wayland Hoyt, D. D., of Phil
auelphiay editor Of the Examiner was in
troduced to the convention.
me report of G. W. Norton, treasurer
o. the convention was presented and
ADOPTED. II shows that Berry League Of
Auanta, deceased, had by provisions of
ms VIII contributed to the general fund
OF the convention S632
@ ON the motion Of Secretary Burrows.
secretary Norton and Auditor w. +. Har-
Ney were unanimously reelected
keV; DR.. c. Manly of South Carolina
moved to appropriate the funds contrib
uleQ Dy Mr. League for the use of foreign
missions. The motion was agreed to.
\ resolution was offered by Rev. w. II.
Gambreli OF Georgia providing for the APP
polntment of a committee of seven TO
meet with the secretaries of the state
boards, and devise means for bringing the
Baptlsts of the south into greater coop
Grafton in the work of the Southern Bap-
Jlst convention The necessity and reason
for the resolution, DR.. Gambrell said, was
shown by the statement that tWO-thirds of
the million and a half members of the
Southern Baptist church, gave nothing TO
the cause of missions. If the convention
is to meet the facts that face it, the church
boards must be put on war footing.
Rev. ]. b. Hawthorne, d. D.. also of
Georgia, conceded the benefits TO be de-
rived from the appointment of such
committee as DR.. Gambren proposed but
he objected to the statement of facts upon
which he based his request for il. The
speaker said that as large proportion Of
the members of the Baptist church in the
south contributed to missions as of any
other church in the same section.
Rev. S. NJ. Brown of Missouri, said that
the published figures misrepresented the
facts so far as the 3aptists of his state
were concerned.
Rev. j. N. Fridge, of Kentucky,
moved that the committee thus provided
for be directed to arrange for the consol-
idation of the foreign missionary Journal
ana the Home Field. This gave rise TO a
desultory discussion, resulting in the
adoption of the resolution.
At the suggestion of Prof. Whitsitt 4
o'clock tomorrow was fixed as the hour
for the Broadus memorial services.
Rev. T. 5. Dunaway of Fredericksburg,
Va, vice president of the board of trustees
of the Southern Baptist Theological Sem
mary announced to the convention the re-
suits of the recent meetings of the board.
Prof. W. II. Whitsitt, was elected presi-
dent of the seminary, vice Rev. John a.
Broadus, deceased; Hon. Joshua LeVering
of Maryland. president OF the board Of
trustees vice eX-Gov. Brown of Georgia,
deceased; Prof. Edwin @. Dargon, profes-
sor of homiletics and ecclesitology; Prof.
Archibald 7. Robinson, professor OF inter
probation of the New Testament; and II. f.
Harris, OF Richmond, Va, professor Of
Biblical introduction and polemttic theol-
The hour for the special order having
arrived the services in connection with
the historic sermon by Prof. w. II. Whit
slit, president of the Southern Baptst
Theological Seminary, We're begun with
the singing of the hymn, Glorious Things
of Thee Are Spoken, Zion City OF Our
Cod"
prof. Whitsitt's discourse was historical
in it's nature, based upon the words in
Exodus, IA. 10: Speak unto the children
of Irael, that they so forward.
ton adjourned until 1880 O'clock This
afternoon at 4 o'clock the delegates We're
entertained at a reception given by the
faculty of the Columbian University,
Secretary Hoke Smith has invited the
delegates to the convention to go TO
Mount Vernon on Monday next. He has
chartered the steamer River Queen to con-
vey the party there.
The feature of the evening meeting was
an attack made on the Catholic church
by one of the Texas members in connec-
tion with the report on foreign missions.
The report of the committee on papal
fields was submitted by II. F.. Sproles, OF
Mississippi. The report stated that al
though the work initially had met with
great opposition from church and state,
considerable progress had been made, Ihe
workers in Brazil had been particularly
hindered by political disturbances, and the
opposition of the clergy. The progress IN
Mexico has been less difficult, and all OF
these fields were able to report tnem-
selves very nearly self supporting, while
some of them had already begun mis-
sionary work on their own account
This report was followed by very tenn
perate address by DR.. ]. c. Hiden, of Nir-
ginia, who said that a great trouble with
the sweeping statements made against
the Catholic church was that they dld
not sweep clean. They were too often
made ignorantly by men who were more
Jealous than well informed, and he coun-
seled rational, mild and conciliatory meth
DDS rather than denunciation and cpl
thets Even on the public school ques-
ton" said he, Il am sorry to see so
many of US take the position that the
Catholics are all wrong and that we are
all right"
This moderate speech was replied to by
a most vindictive attack on the Catho-
lie church by Mr.. Cranfll of Texas, who
said that Romanism was "a monstrous
Institution, a car of juggernaut that had
crushed out life and liberty in all ages
and all lands" He concluded his address
by a personal attack on Mgr. Satoli, who
| he said, was an italian who, when he
came to this country could not speak
enough English to sell a banana" An
American pope with his headquarters at
the heart of the nation was not wanted
in this country, he said. If there is
paganism in any country to-day, roman
Catholicism is paganism, and l Tor one
shall rejoice when it is dead, ana VIII DC
glad to officiate at its funeral.
report of the work in Japan ana
| China was submitted in which 1t was re-
| commended that money be appropriated
| for the translation of the Bible into the
/ languages of those countries.