The San Francisco call., 1895-11-14
Rev. c. T. Douglass Welcomed
Delegates in the Name Of
Church and City.
WORK FOR THE HOME MISSIONS.
Special Recommendations Of Commit.
tee in the Matter of Chris.
tian Work.

PASADENA, CAL, Nov. 13. - The
Southern California Baptist convention
opened this morning in the First Baptist
delegates are already present and more are
expected tomorrow. Among the most
noteworthy of these are:
Rev. Hubert c. Woods, Colorado Springs,
Colo, general superintendent of the
American Baptist Home Missionary So
ciety; DR.. j. Sunderlin, secretary of the
Baptist Union Society of the Pacific Coast {;
Rev. DR.. Dunn (and wife) of Hillsdale,
Mich. president of Hlllsdale Baptist Col
lege; David P. Ward, San Jose; Rev. J.W.
Daniels, Sacramento; Rev. Rowland D.
Grant, Portland; Rev. j. Sunderland,
Oakland; Rev. C. A. Woody. Portland !;
Rev. D. D. Proper, Seattle; General T. j..
Morgan, Philadelphia.
Committees were appointed IS follows:
Enrollment-G. w. Ogle, Pomona; w.
Cooley, Cotton. Nominations-T. R.
Evans, N. S. Lemon, w. G. Radeau,
George E. Dye, William Fowler.
Rev. G. T. Douglass of Pasadena made
the address of welcome. He extended
the convention hearty greeting of well
pitality of Pasadena's people; in the name
of the church and the city. Mr. Douglass
spoke of the Baptist denomination as one
which believes firmly in the word of God,
from Genesis to Revelation, and believes
in obeying Gods commandments as laid
down in the Bible. He also referred to the
Baptist denomination as the oldest re-
igious denomination in the world
A response was made on behalf of the
convention by Rev. w. F. Harper of Red
lands.
Rev. G. E. Dye of East Los Angeles de-
livered the annual sermon upon the mis-
sion OF the church.
At the afternoon session the report OF
the board of directors was read. The re-
port cites that the Southern California
Baptist Convention is now legal corpora
ton. Under the bylaws board of eleven
directors will be elected, and annually
| these in turn to elect their own officers
The appointment of special committee
on home missions was recommended
The committee, however, must not be re-
garded as antagonistic to foreign missions
| The report recommended that eacf
member contribute 81 annually to tn,
| AIneTlCdu Dapt]SG missionary Union
! that more positive and systematic effor
be made to build up the Sunday.schools
that the work of the young people and ot
| the women of the church be encouraged
and that Baptist literature be freely dis
| tributed.
An introduction of pastors followed, and
| a very interesting and somewhat volumin-
Gus report of the general missionary work
| by Rev. W. W. Tinker of Los Angeles was
| read, showing a total amount of receipts
for the past eighteen months to be $SSS6 10
expenditures $7656 "a.
Addresses were delivered on 1.-THE Re.
ligious Past of Southern California" by
Rev. 1. Buttin, DID,, of Riverside; 'The
Religious Future of Southern California, u
by Rev. A. E. Knapp, San Diego; Chow
Best to Secure a Revival Interest During
the Coming Year." by Rev. A. Grant,
Santa Barbara.
The evening session opened with praise
service, after which Rev. T. J. Morgan
LID. general secretary of the American
Baptist Home Missionary Society of New
York, and Rev. Rowland D. Grant, DID,,
of Portland, delivered addresses.