Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-11
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
The Baptist Convention.

second days proceedings of the
Southern Baptist Convention was be-
gun this morning with prayer by Rev.
DR.. Lotion. Committees were appoint
ed on the following topics with cnall /
men as named:
Time and place of next meeting
W. L. Pickard, Kentucky.
Nominations.-W. W. Landrum, Vlr-
ginia.
Foreign population. J. 7. Christian,
Kentucky.
Reports of vice-presidents.-J. K.
Pace, Mississippi.
Reports of home mission board.-a.
J. S. Thomas, South Carolina.
Treasurer's reports. NJ. Ieatman,
District of Columbia.
White population.-R. b. Pitt, Vir-
Papal felds.-H. F. sproules, Mis-
sissippi.
ginia.
Financial policy of Sunday school
board. J. Taylor, Alabama.
Women's work.. J. Vaunes, Ten
nessee.
Young peoples work.. L. White,
Georgia.
Church building board.-Georgia
Nuunelly, Tennessee.
Rev. G. A. Munnelly, Of Memphis,
offered resolution providing for the
appointment of church building
board, to aid congregations without
houses of worship to secure the same.
1t was referred.
The report of the committee on tith-
ing was read by Rev. F. NJ. Ellis, of
Brooklyn, who was at the time of the
meeting last year located in Baltimore
and made chairman, and he made the
report at the request of the committee.
The discussion of the report was open
ed by Rev. E. Y. MilIens, of Baltimore.
He said that hard times didn't cause
depleted missionary treasures; depict
Ell missionary treasures caused hard
times. There was more sense, he said,
in the blunt question asked by old
Malachi "Will man rob God ?" than
was shown by oil the late Congress on
the financial question.
Rev. George A. Lotion. of Nashville,
said that the adoption Of the tithing
system was the one great need Of the
Southern Baptist Convention at the
present juncture. Without the aid of
it, or some other plan for raising
money, there was but little prospect
of accomplishing more than had al
ready been done.
Rev. J. William Jones, of Charlottes-
vile, Va, put in word for the preach
ers, asserting that they led the church
in the matter of giving; B. F. Roy, of
Missouri, editor Of the american Baptist
Flag, did not believe in the tith-
ing law-it was not enough. Cbrists
law required that men should give all
they had Rev. S. h. Ford, of Missouri,
doubted the advisability of adopt
ing the tithipg principle in the churches.
He didn't keep books with the Lord
any more than he did with his wife.
The report was adopted. The report
upon the report of the Sunday school
board commended the policy and work
of the Sunday school board, and recon-
mended the continuance of the publics-
ton of the Young Peoples Leader and
that the management of the publica-
ton department be left to the board
with the understanding that the con.
vention is not to be involved in debt
The report was adopted. Rev. ]. J.
White, of Georgia, reported from the
committee on young peoples work,
recommending that churches organize
young peoples societies, to be under
the control of the churches; that pas
tors hold the societies in closest sympa.
thy with the work of the Southern
Baptist Convention, and that the Sun
day school board be requested to furn-
ish such literature as will be helpful in
carrying out these purposes.
Rev. E. E. Folk, of Nashville, was
recognized to report from the commit
tee basis of representation, now two
years old. He stated that the committee
had found itself unable to come to an
agreement upon any point of change,
and it, therefore, recommended that
the present basis remain and that the
committee be discharged. The report
was agreed 10 and President HARRISON
returned the thanks of the conven-
ton for the very satisfactory report.
daughter
Rev. d. w. Gwin, of Atlanta. Ga,
presented a resolution recommending
the establishment of representative
Baptist mission in Palestine, headquar-
tiers at Jerusalem. Dir. kerfoot suggest
ed that this was largely matter of
sentiment; that in the observation of
those who had been in the Boly Land
mission work there was rather over.
done as compared with other fields,
and on his motion tie resolution was
referred to tie committee on foreign
missions.
Four o'clock tomorrow was fixed as
The hour for the Broadus memorial
services.
Rev. T. S. Dunaway, of Fredericks.
burg, Va, vice president of the board
of trustees OF the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, announced to
the convention the results of the recent
meetings of the board. Prof. w. H.
Whitsilt was elected president of the
seminary, vice Rev. John A. Broadus,
deceased; Hon. Joshua lowering, of
Maryland, president of the board
of trustees, vice ex-Gov. Brown,
of Georgia, deceased; Prof. Edwin c.
Bargon, made Professor of Homiletics
and Ecclesitology; Prof. Archibald T.
Robinson, professor of Interpretation OF
New Testamenti and W. II. Harris, of
Richmond, Va, professor of Biblical
Introduction and Polemic Theology.
The hour for the special order having
arrived the services in connection with
the historic sermon by Prof. w. H.
Whitsilt, president of the Southern