Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-10

Friday morning-Report of committee on
schools; report Of commit 20 on the basis
Of representation, with the historical ser
mon as special order for 1915.
Friday aven.nS-Report Of the committee
ed on Monday.
Memorial Exercises.
DR.. Harris said that he had been request
ed by his colleagues on the committee to
ask that a committee be appointed to pre-
pare suitable resolutions relating to the
deaths that have occurred during the year.
service, to be held on Sunday next, in
memory of the late DIR. Broadus. The Or
der OF business and the recommends :fons
OF the committee having been adopted
the memorial committee as follows: Henry
Mcdonald of Georgia. c. 8. Gardner of
South Carolina, +. II. Kerfoot of Kentucky.
Franklin Wilson of North Carolina and
George Cooper of Virginia.
Work Among the Colorsd People.
Rev. Dr.tH. L. Morehouse, corresponding
secretary Of the American Baptist Home
Missionary Society, was invited to the plat
form. and made an extended address on the
subject Of work to be done among the COL
ored people in the south. There is little
be done among than now, he said, as that
has been practically all done. The colored
people in the south are most enthusiastic
and most intensely Baptist. They have or
ganized, and are in good standing, but
their conventions have fallen into such
conditiC ms that they need a great deal of
aid in rehabilitating their conferences
They are addicted to debate and they &C
complish little or nothing when they as
semb!e. The board of home missions,
therefore, wants to take hold of the col
ored conventions and help them out. The
speaker went on to speak of the work to be
forts of the Catholic Church among the
colored people, and gave eloquent
sketch of the history of the religious move
me1t in the south.
When he had concluded a delegate start
ed the song, stand Up, Stand Up for
Jesus and as the song swelled every one
arose.
Warm Discussion.
DIR. T. T. Eaton caused another sensa-
ticn in the conference by making a mo-
ton which, as he briskly expressed it.
could be voted up or voted down in a min
ute. But it was not SO, for the matter
gave rise to debate of rather warm ma
ture, and at last the president went in
and taking the motion within his preroga-
tives, laid it gently on the table.
ID. EatolS proposition was that a new
pcintment Of a committee on resolutions at
the opening of each convention, to which
should be referred all resolutions offered
delegate moved an amendment to make
the author of each resolution a member of
the committee for the time being
There We're several objections to this
plan raised. but the most pronounced OBJ
lection came from DR.. w. l.. Packard of
Louisville who took the platform to tell
how he regarded the motion as danger
Gus one. 1t tended, he said to too much
concentration of power in a few hands.
All the Richelisus, he protested, are not
dead, and If such a committee should be
formed 1t might WELD tremendous power
behind the throne, and so control the en-
tire business of the conference. A few
men might shape matters to their own
ends. and he pleaded with the convention
to reject the motion. Just then the chair
sEelved the proposition and the regular
business of the morning was reached.
The tellers reported that canvass of
the votes cast for the vice presidents show
ell that Messrs. Fitzpatrick, Carroll and
Ellyson had been elected. These delegates,
with DR.. Parks, previously elected by &C
clama ton, now constitute the board of
vice presidents.
The Sunday School Board.
The president called for the annual re-
ports from the boards. and Rev. T. P. Bell
of Tennessee, corresponding secretary of
the Sunday school beard, presented the re-
port of that board. In this report 1t is
stated:
Our business shows an increase over
last year. The cash receipts have been
s53, 034.52, as against $4S,539.16 last year.
an increase of S,495.36 This does not in
clude A,975.07 received by us from the
Missionary day collections in the Sunday
schools. OF these we have kept a separate
account, and have forwarded the money 10
the home and foreign boards
Foreign Missions.
DR.. r. ]. Wilingham. corresponding sec
rotary of the foreign mission board. pre-
scented the fiftieth annual report of that
body, setting forth an encouraging condi-
ton of affairs. The report said 1--WE note
with special pleasure the movement on the
part of several of our missions and the new
churches toward sef-support. While these
new churches in heather lands cannot be
expected to attain in few years to what
many churches here at home have not
reached in decades, yet we believe that the
idea should constantly be kept before them
that they ought to sustain themselves just
as soon as possible We are glad to see
our missionaries pressing these truths upon
their minds and hearts.
THE contributions for the year have
been over $130, 900. This is by far the larg-
est amount ever given for the regular
work. While still hampered with nearly
than last year, 5000 of it being on the
chapel fund. We have no interest to pay
on this last amount.
"Of all the funds received at this office
ninety-two cents on the dollar went to the
missionaries. Only eight cents on the dol
lar was used for all expenses here; and this
includes interest and also the cost of the
Womans Missionary Union in Baltimore"
Home Missions.
The last report of the day was that Of
the home mission beard, presented by DR..
I. T. Tichenor, ceres bonding secretary, Of
Atlanta. 1t contained the following gen.
eral statement: Number of missionaries
this year, 425, ar increase of fortyfour
over last year, and mere than in any year
of the boards history; baptized, 1921, an
increase of 1,451 over last year, and 572
more than have been baptized in any year
since the organization of the convention
cash receipts. SIS, 640.20. being s15.319. 30
larger than last year. and greater than any
previous year, except the centennial. The
board began the year with debt of
Sc. 1884; has paid on house of worship in
New Orleans, s9476.5O, and for church
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