Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-14

, did was 20 otQ tne buukBuhB VIZ
churches in the North. and that the nrss
church In Washington had its start ~ hfe
with funds from the Missionary Board
of the southern convention7 The southern
Baptist ministers we're most OF them rich
planters, and did not need or receive
salaries. Fifty years ago, he said. tney
locked upon city churches as the wors!
fields to which Baptist preachers couid
be sent. Southern churches had tneh
relieved the struggling northern churches
In their poverty. and they now reJoiced
In their magnificent success Inc
speaker touched on the development OF
the South. which. he contended' was not
the Outgrowth OF outside influence as
some people pretended to believe. but was
the work OF southern effort and sontnern
heart, and all they needed was capitai
and technical skill and these they were
getting as well as they could from the
best brains and blood OF the New Eng
land States and boundless Northwest:
As to the negro question. he claimed
there was but one certainty, ana tnat
was. that II the white Christians OF the
Southern States did not save the negroes
they would destroy the whites. lie saio
~ the negroes were allowed to relapse
into barbarism. as many OF them showed
a tendency 10 do the white people wouln
be driven to barbaric methods In project
ing themselves. DR.. Hawthorne reIerred
to the new woman" spoke OF ,ne wo-
man divines, and said that the piiAharos
of last winter would be but summer
zephyr I'm comparison with the Baptist
ministry who far faltered from the
accented teachings OF the Church, ana
the teachings Of Paul in order 10 WIN
smile from a woman who had arIayeu
herself in the cast-off habiliments Oh her
subjugated husband.
HEAR DIR. CARROLL
Rev DIR. u. II. Carroll. OF Waco. Tex,
snoke ~ the glorious religious history
Of to-day. He said that out OF Z,oo
churches 1900 had no place for holding
services. and Of these 900 thefe WERE
scarcely 100 which could support MINIS
ter the whole year around. Ihete VIZ
~ churches In the State (Which together
would form State as large as fehh-
svlyanla) in which there was not =
single Baptist minister. Or the ovVV
negroes in the State he was PROUD 10 say
that one fourth were Baptists. ne ,heh
exhorted the convention to give aiu 10
the ministers of his state 10 eo"'''"S
missionary work In Texas. ,.s
Dr A I Diaz of Cuba, followed WIN
a short address. in which he also asked
for missionary aid in his country, put
stated that before anything fruitfui couiu
no done a close acquaintance WIN 'ne
natives of Cuba would have TO be loriheu.
The convention then adjourned uhtii
Tomorrow morning. 1t is UNDERSTOOD .ha'
the next convention will be held al Cha'
tanooga. Tenn, but the question did not
come before the convention To-Day.
TAKEN DOWN TO Mt. VERNON.
NJ, vernon the home OF Washington,
is a Mace that all Of the visitors espe-
cialIy those from the far South, nav
wanted To see. The Georgia delegates ana
the friends accompanying them, togeihei
with many invited guests from o'her
states. enioyed an excursion to this beau
tiful and historic spot this afternoon WIN
Secretary Hoke Smith as their most
there were about three hundred In the
marty. Rev. ]. Il. Hawthorne. long
popular pastor In Richmond, was lore,
most In arranging for the outing ana
among those invited by him were Hon.
! TAYLOR Ellyson and Mr.. I. ii. Elicit
and their wives.
Returning from Mt Vernon the com
pany assembled to express their THANKS
10 the Secretary of the Interior !or MS
courtesy. which all enjoyed so
much. Brief but very bright addresses
Donald. both formerly of your city. and
The response of Mr.. Smith was happy and
wbole-souled The Secretary said he al
gays saw the GeorGians who called at
MS office. and il would ever be pleasure
20 him do so.
Secretary Smith was to have presented
he delegates to the President today. but
wing TO official business The President
vas unable to meet them. but will do so
morning.
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
The Woman's Missionary Union. an i'm
,ortant auxiliary of the convention, held
Is final meeting to-day in the model
building of Calvary church
rhe sessions of this organization have
made especially interesting by the pres
nee of a number Of returned missiora-
les, who gave thrilling accounts of their
work. The meetings were largely attend
d, but altogether by ladies, not even
BOYS being admitted.
These are the officers elected to-day:
President, Miss Fannie Heck, or North
Carolina: Miss Annie w. Armstrong, Bal
imore. corresponding secretary; Miss
MARITIME of Baltimore. recording eecre-
AIRY: Mrs. Lowndes. Baltimore, treasu-
.er. All these elections were unanimous
Vice-presidents were elected as follows
WITS. trtOTBe LdStAs VIE
2. Longley. Arkansas: Mrs. j. Il. Chip
ey, Florida; Miss NJ. II. Wright. Georgia:
Miss T.. 5. Broadus, Kentucky: Mrs. w.
!. Brown. Maryland; Mrs. Aven, Missis-
;ippi: Mrs. w. +. Elliott, Missouri; Mrs.
lanes A. Briggs. North Carolina; Mrs.
A. e. S. Jackson, Tennessee. Miss NJ. j.
-oker. North Carolina: Mrs. a. NJ.
Iwathmey, Virginia; Mrs. +. II. Davis.
Texas: Miss Comprere. Indian Territory;
Mrs Tucker North Carolina.
The recommendation Of the Sunday
school Board that the Missionary Day
m the Sunday schools, which proved so
last year. and brought into
the treasures of the Home and Foreign
made a subject of special attention on the
this year. was adopted
HEAR FINE SERMONS
Seldom do the Washington churches
hold such congregations as assembled in
them on Sunday. The pulpits OF nearly
all the churches were filled by ministers In
attendance upon the convention, and most
Of the houses of worship were crowd
ed. Drs Hawthorne and Carroll drew i'm
mense audiences. and so did Drs
Hatcher, Landrum, and Cooper, OF Rich
mond. number of other Virginia min
iSters We're heard with pleasure.
The ranks of the convention have be-
gun to thin out. and the southern trains
tonight are filled with people homeward
bound. Many Richmond people left on
the evening trains. The convention will
probably adjourn about noon tomorrow.
Personal Paragraphs.
The Post. Of this city, prints the fol-
lowing personal Items of special interest
to Virginans:
Rev. DR.. NJ. b. Wharton. one of the
orators of the convention. is pastor of
a church at Norfolk. Va.
Rev. DIR. f. s. Dunnaway Is the Oldest
trustee of the Southern Baptist Theologi-
cal Seminary present. He Is first
Of the Board Of Trustees
Rev. DIR. George Cooper. the speaker
With the sonorous voice. was born Deem
Der 10. 1910, In Scotland. He is now pas
tor OF the First church. Richmond.
Rev, DR.. H. NJ. Wharton president of
the National Evangelization Society. was
born September II, 1913. He has held more
large revival-meetings than any minister
IN the South
Rev. DIR. George Boardman Eager, who
the convention sermon, was
born February %, 1si7 in Jefferson coun-
~, Miss; was educated at Oakland Col
ege and Mississippi College; received a
full course at the Theological Seminary,
and has held important pastorates in
Arkansas. Alabama, Tennessee. Louisiana,
md Virginia nresaut ne q M efor