The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-14
FOREIGNERS IN CITIES.
Radical Changes in the Mu-
niCipal Laws Are
Favored.
WORK AMONG THE NEGROES
Their Situation Declared to Be Grave
and a Menace to the
Country.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 13.-In the
Southern Baptist Convention to-day, dur
ing consideration of the report on pagan
fields, DR.. II. II. Graves, for thirty years
a missionary at Canton, China, elo-
quently urged aggressive work in China,
declaring that the result of the war in
Asia would be to open China to modern
thought and enlightenment. Now is the
time for Christianity to strike, he asserted.
]. D. Christian of Kentucky reported
upon the work among the foreigners in the
United States, who he declared represent
15 per cent of the population.
He said: Five cities contain one-sixth
of the population of this country. Those
cities are dominated by foreigners and the
foreigners are dominated by rum and
Romanism. We must evangeize them or
they will overwhelm US. The foreigners of
our cities must be overthrow and the laws
administered. Every Baptist church is
worth 100 policemen"
The feature of the evening session was
an eloquent and earnest address by Rev. j.
B. Hawthorne of Georgia on the history,
work and future prospect of the Southern
Baptist Convention. The address was a
practical announcement that the time for a
reunion of the Northern and Southern
churches had not come, and so far as the
Southern Baptist Convention was con-
cerned was thing of indefinite future. An
understanding of the history and work OF
the convention, Rev. Mr.. Hawthorne said,
would do much toward harmonizing the
Northern and Southern churches-not in
one body, because, he said, that was not de-
sirable; but it would bring the Baptists,
North and South, together as Christian
brothers.
The Southern Baptists, he said, regarded
as settled the questions that were thirty
years ago submitted to the arbitrament of
the world. But the question whether the
Southern Baptist Convention should exist
had never been submitted to the arbitra-
ment of war. No political significance
should be ascribed to the perpetuation of
this body. Its existence was continued
because if the two wings of the Baptist
church was consolidated the organization
would be unwieldy. Two or even three
organizations could accomplish more than
one.
During his address Rev. Mr.. Hawthorne
spoke of the work of conversion begun by
Albert A. Diaz IN Cuba nine years ago I'M
der the authority Of the Southern conven-
ton. Almost 5000 Baptists in Cuba testi-
fed to the grand results of that work.
II hesitate to touch on political subjects,
but ii the revolution now in progress in
Cuba shall eliminate in civil and ecclesi-
astical liberty, in less than twenty-five
years there will be $1,000 Baptists in
Cuba"
In closing he referred feelingly to the
negro question in the South.
al indulge in no extravaganza of speech
when 1 say to you if you do not save the
negroes they will destroy you. If they are
allowed to lapse into barbarism we shall be
forced to use barbaric methods to protect
ourselves, and better this country from
ocean to ocean and lake to gulf should sink
q thousand fathoms than such reign OF
GiabolIsm."