The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-10
The Number Estimated to Be
About 5000.
SEMI = CENTENNIAL MEETING
he Woman's Missionary Meeting al
the Calvary Baptist Church This
Morning. The Educational So
ciety lnaugurated the Sc
res of Meetings.
BY Southern Associated Press.

the country, and the Norfolk bont
arriving thls morning brought 500 of
them. The convention docs not for.
mRlly assemble until tomorrow morn.
ing, bnt their are other allied dsorgani-
cations which are holding their sessions
coincldent with the main gathering.
and these suffice 10 bring delegates on
head, ns well us members of these
organizations who may not be them
selves accredited delegates to the con.
yentlon.
1t is the semi centennial meeting of
tho Buptists, since their separation
from the Northern Baptists. Being u
delegate body whose members are
chosen, ae rule, by ballot from the
churches or societies which they are
here TO represent, 1t may be said to
comprise III It's ranks the leading liz hts
of the denomination IN the South.
Ihe series OF meetings wus inaugu-
rated last evening with the annual sess-
Ion of the Baptist Educational Society,
which was held at the First Baptist
Church on Sixteenth street.
Tins morning there wss held con
iersnce upon the question OF orrauiZ
lug the young peoples societies of the
Southern Baptist Churches into body
10 operate with the convention in dl
rectlng the work among the young
people. 1t was called to order by Rev.
DR.. X. II. Pitt, editor of the Religious
Herald, and Prof. L. Ii. Mellow, of
Alaoana, Was made moderator, and o.
h. Gerry, OF Mury land, secretary.
number OF propositions were pre-
sented to the meeting, among them To
postpone the consideration OF the sub.
lcct for year.
Finally 1t was agreed to refer all OF
the dltlcreDt propositions 10 "A special
committee, which will report Inter.
The Moderator named the following
as members of the committee: l. &
Meadow, of the District Of Colum bia;
X III Pitt, Virginia; o f. Gregory.
Maryland; L III PrItchard, North Caro-.
lima; A j ) Thomas. South Carolina: j
u Hawthorne, Georgia; A j Dickinson,
Alabama; a Bailey, Florida: Helm
Jones, kentucky; w Penick, Louis
iana; j Nanuess, of Tennessee; J b
Craniill, OF Texas; K T. johnson, Mis-.
sonri; j McMemaway, Arkunsns.
Tomorrow morning ut 3 o'clock the
meeting of the Womnn's Missionary
Union will he hcli at the Calvary Ban.
tlst Church, when an address OF vel.
come VIII be delivered by Mrs. Stake.
~, the wife OF the pastor of the First
Baptist Church.
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
believed that 5000 would be "a copser
yahve estimate.
DIR. Stakely said a day or two ago
that from the way applications for nc.
commodatious were pouring IN lie
thought there would be IN the neigh
horhuod OF 1000 delegates present
when the convention lis called to order
to morrow. Many OF these will, doubt
less, nave other members of their FINN
Iiles along and these Will 60 to swell
the size OF the gathering. The best of
arrangements have been made bv the
local committees for the comfort aud
welfare OF the visitors.
At an afternoon session DIR. Il. III.
Pltt presented the report OF the com
mittee on the subject OF the orgauiza
ton of young peoples society ns fol.
lows: That II Is the sense of tins
Conference that an organization of
Young people auxiliary To the Southern
baptist Convention Is emiuently de.
slraOle.
That the Southern Baptist Conven
ton, ut lis approaching session, be re.
,lues'eu 10 provide ior such an organ
lZntlon.
That committee be appointed by
this meeting TO present these resolu
tions to the convention.
Rev. a. l.. owen, of Portsmouth,
Va, antagonized the report lie
conceded that lie might as we'll
hope by his single hand to stay the
Hood of Niagara aud nloue to hush its
roar rs to attempt to dissuade the CON
ference from It's determined course.
Dr.. Nj. b. Wharton, of Norfolk.
joined in the protest made by DR.,
owen. being MS lie said one OF tho
only three delegates specially ap.
pointed 10 the conference, md repre.
seniInG the unanimous vote of "a South
ern Young Peoples Union. DR.. Wharton
maze an earnest plen for The pr, seut
rejection. at least, OF the proposition
embodied Ill the committees report
There were no Northern Bautjsts
Church and no Southern Baptist
Church distlnctively, and there should
be no Southern Baptist Young Peoples
Union.
Mr. j. Taylor EIIyson, ex Mayor of
Richmond, said he favored the ORGAN.