The Washington times., 1895-04-29

Five thousand Baptists from all parts
OF the South and some from the North viii
gather here tie first week in May. 1t viii
be the fIftieth session of the Southern
Baptist convention, one of the largest
religious organizations in the world Ii
very rarely meets with less than a thousand
delegates, and this year for the ITst time
meets at the national Capitol
For several weeks a committee consisting
of Rev Dr. C. C. Meador, pastor ofthe Fifth
Baptist Church. DR. ID s. Foster, OF No I9
Iowa circle, Mr. NJ NJ Shand, of No. sos
s street northwest, and Rev c. A Stakely,
of First Church, have been holding meetings
daily at Columbian University to prepare
for the coming OF the delegates.
Dr.. Meador is chairman OF the committee
on boarding houses.
LODGINGS FOR ATEs.
They have been very busy collecting
names of places to which delegates may be
sent. These addresses have been turned
over to DR.. Foster as chairman of the
assignment committee, and heuceforward
they VIII be hurried with sending notices
to delegates. The members beside the
chairman are Rev. R. R West. OF the Brook
land Church; Mr.. Shand, K. A. Ford. and A.
G. Whitney.
They VIII send to every person who ap-
plies a card giving the place where the
visitor is expected to stop, introducing
MIN TO the proprietor, and informing him of
the price he viii be expected to pay. It
VIII also request him to communicate with
the proprietor stating what time he expects
The Ebbitt House will be headquarters
for the meeting. 1t has been the custom to
furnish free entertainment to the dele
gates, but this year this can be extended
only to the general officers of the aSsOcia-
tion and to returned missionaries. The
reason is that notification that the con-
vention would meet here was received too
late.
At the last meeting, in Dallas, Texas, it
was decided TO hold the golden jubilee
in the church where the first meeting " as
held, at Augusta, Ga, on May 10, IS45,
but upon consideration il was found that
the society had outgrOwn the old Georgia
church, and it would be impossible to ac-
commOdate it there. Then, at a late hour, it
was determined to have the meeting in
Washington, in response to an invitation
given at Dallas.
FEATURES OF THE PROGRAMME.
The entire programme for the meeting
has not yet been made out, but the Baptist
Educational Society viii meet on May
and Rev. s H Green, of Calvar y. viii de
liver the address of welcome; the con-
ference on work among young people, on
May 8, will be addressed by Rev J. j. Muir
of East Church, aud the convention proper
viii begin its sessions on May 10, Just
fifty years to a cay from its first meeting,
when the address Will be made by DR.. c.
c. MeadOr.
When il was suggested that the attendance
would be 5000, DR.. Foster said. That
seems to me an over estimate, but missed
1t is far on the meeting OF the northern so
ciety four or five years ago, may he wrong
now l said then there would be $500;
there we're 4,5O0 registered delegates when
we met.
washington is not tie center of the field
and ole or two other causes will tend to
cut down the attendance. On the other
hand the railroads have made low rates
and advertised them freely, the hotels have
been generous in their terms and the capital
is in itself an attraction"
The ecenventionFepresents 1 Z ,346 churches
with 9,610 ordained ministers, aud q
654, ,397 members. The total receipts OF
the foreign board last year Sete S437 ,037.
Only Twenty-Five days remain in which
to get Times gift book w itf a monthly
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