Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-13
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A Topic Discussed by the Southern
Baptists.
lew FIELDS FOR CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
Proceedings Of Today's Session Of
the Convention.
THE WOMAN'S AUXILIARY

The third morning session of the South
| ern Baptist convention was called to order
| this morning at 8 o'clock, on account of the
| great amount of business to be done and
| the desire of the delegates to avoid the ne
| cessity Of holding afternoon sessions, so
| they may get their full share of sightseeing.
| Rev. Dr. Corla of Virginia conducted the
| preliminary devotional exercises, after
| which Rev. DR.. G. A. Nunnelly Of Mem
| phis presented report from the special
| committee appointed Saturday, recommend
| ing the establishment of permanent build
| ing board, to have general charge of the
| erection of church edifices within the terri
| tory of the southern conference. This re-
pert adopted the resolution presented
| Saturday by DR.. Nunnelly, who took the
| platform Immediately to speak in favor Of
| his resolutions and the report. He showed
| how there are upward of 1900 churches
| needed throughout the country, and argued
strongly In favor of some plan, such as
| that outlined in the resolution, that would
| tend to concentrate the efforts of the va
| rious church organizations to build homes.
He was asked great many questions,
| which he answered promptly.
| DR.. l. T. Tichenor briefly responded, and
| declared that the creation of such new
board would mean the destruction of the
home mission board, which, he said, is one
| of the most beneficial and most desirable
organizations of the conference.
| The previous question being quickly or
dered, a vote was taken, and the report
| was rejected by a large majority. There
| were so in the affirmative to 155 in the neg
| alive.
The Bible In Chinese.
| DR.. Rowland, secretary of the Publication
| Society, introduced to the conven-
| ton, and called attention to the fact that
| that society was organized in this city
| seventeen years ago. The society is now
| located in Philadelphia, but Is in hearty
sympathy with the southern conference.
1t is engaged in publishing great many
| books and booklets that are intended to
| be distributed among not only English
| speaking people but among those of other
| countries He said that the society is in
| the heartiest relations with the Sunday
| school board, and there is quarrel with
| 1t, but the work of the society is the larger
| publishing work. In response to question
| DR.. Rowland said that the Bible is being
| published now by the society in all the
| European languages. and it is now prepar-
| ing to issue a Chinese edition.
+ Secretary Wilkins of the Baptist Young
| Peoples Association was presented, and
| said that that organization is ''in solu-
tion.' Great questions pressing today,
| he went on, in the young peoples work, and
| there is strong need of some work that
| will train the young Baptists in the true
doctrines of that church.
| Gen. John Eaton, president of the Society
| of Religious Education. and ex-United
| StdteS commissioner OIL euGCatlOu, was H.
troduced, and spoke briefly of the work of
| the society.
! Missionary Fund.
D. j. ]. Taylor chairman Of the financial
committee of the foreign mission board.
presented the report upon the financial
| policy of the board, which embodied several
| recommends tons, as follows: That the
| board may be empowered to fill any va
| cancies in the list of vice presidents; that
| there be appointed in each district assoca-
| ton a suitable representative; and that the
different states in the conference be re-
queSted to furnish the following sums:
| Alabama, s1O,S00; Arkansas, 200; West
| ern Arkansas and Indian Territory $500;
| District of Columbia, 81 200; Florida. s1.soO;
ana, s., 400; Maryland $1,000; Mississippi,
| $4,000; Missouri, $1,000; North Carolina,
5000; South Carolina, s13,soo; Tennessee,
1920; Texas, $4,000; Virginia, S21 600; other
| states, $500; total s150O0O
Rev. DR.. Willingham made strong ap-
| peal in behalf of the foreign work of the
church, and appealed to the delegates to
| stimulate their churches to vigorous and
competitive efforts to supply the funds that
! are needed. No plan he said, will work
| itself. The best plan in the world, he de-
| clared, needs manhood back of it to in
| sure its success, and he pleaded with the
| convention to adopt the plan that will give
| the board reliable man as representa-
| tive in each association, who can be de-
pended upon to answer inquiries. He had
recently sent out 9,100 circular letters ask
| ing important questions each inclosing an
addressed postal card for reply. and he re-
ceiVed such paltry number of answers
| that he was ashamed to mention their
| aggregate. He believed better results could
| be obtained if 400 circular letters could be
made to do the work that 5000 failed TO do
in his enthusiasm DR. Willingham brought
| his hand down on a nearby table SO violent
| ly that the articles on it ratified. There
was litter of amusement, which the speak
I>1yS vino
| only too anxious to break something if he
| could only break down the old system that
stands in the way Of good work Some
might argue that the new plan meant too
much machinery. He loved machinery and
system, and closed his remarks with an
earnest appeal to men to enter the field Of
| foreign missionary work.
At the conclusion of his address the re-
port was unanimously adopted.
Extending the Mission Field.
| DR.. r. H. Graves who for about twenty
years was in charge of the mission work
| in China, was introduced and gave talk
about his labors in the land Of Confucius.
| This, he said, is the right time for be-
| ginning the work there, and the chance
should be seized. One of the results of the
recent war with Japan will be the opening
I'D of a great deal of territory that has
| hitherto been closed, and the church will
now have magnificent opportunity to till
the field that has hitherto been barren.
He related some OF his interesting eXpe-
| riences in the region where the greatest
prejudice prevails against foreign mission
aries A great deal of good, he said, is
being accomplished in some Of the other
| churches by means of small weekly contri-
buttons from the members of the Young
| Peoples Societies, and he urged that this
| power in the Baptist Church be utilized.
| These societies in the Presbyterian
| Church last year. he noted, gave $4,000 to
| the foreign fund on basis of 2 cents
| week from each member. The Baptist
Church ought to do better than to raise
| s15O,OOO for this foreign work, proposed
| by the report that had just been adopted
| He suggested that each member of each
| church be requested to give a nickel each
| time the Lords supper is celebrated. This
| is done on an average of six times year,
| and as there are about 500 members in
| 5000 Of the 1900 Baptist churches this
system would give annual sum Of at