The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-12
THE BAPTIST CONVENTION.
All the PuIpits of Chattanooga Filled
Sunday by Baptists.

terday and scattered to the four quar-
ters of the city and suburbs. Baptist
divines filled the thirty-eight puIpits
of all denominations.
In the list of assignments made vvara
the Rev. George Leonard Cbanev. Of
Georgia, at the Unitarian church. and
pr. Lansing Burroughs, secretary of
the convention, who held services last
night in the Jewish Synagogue. The
filling of pulpits in unortbodo,
church, hitherto not recognized bv
Baptists as Christian denominations.
is without precedent in the history Of
the Southern Baptist Convention.
The leading pulpits Of the city were
1lled as follows: First Baptist, ID. H.
Carroll, OF Texas, and w. w. Landrum,
Of Virginia; Centenary Methodist, w.
L. Plckard, of Kentucky, and Il. G. Nc
ConneH, of Virginia. First Methodist
B. j. Whitman, of Washington, d. c.,
and W. Il. Hatcher, Of Virginia; First
Presbyterian, J. W. Carter, Of North
Carolina, and j. J. Taylor, Of Alabama,
Second Presbyterian, +. III, Kerfoot,
Of Kentucky, and J. w. Nillard. Of
North Carolina; Cumberland Presby-
terian, DR.. George Cooper, Of Ken
LAA@AA9s AtAA1A IL fGAs lLs 1lChAUEOus OF
Virginia; Walnut Street Christian, r.
II. Johnson, of Missouri and G. w.
Truett, of Texas. The citizens were
out In force and all the churches were
crowded. DIR. ID. H. Carroll, at the
First Baptist, and DR. r, +. Whitman,
at the First Methodist, drew the larg-
est crowds.
A Sunday School meeting was held
in the First Baptist JIM the afternoon,
and an immense throng of people was
present as it had been rumored that
the Rev. A. j. Diaz, of Cuba, would tell
of his experience with the Spaniards.
Ex-Governor Northen, of Georgia, pre-
sided over the meeting.
The following programme was car
ried out: christian Youth" by Cur
tbs Lee Laws, of Baltimore; Teach
ers and Sabbath Schools by the Rev.
III. p. Judson, dean of the University
of Chicago; song by the delegation of
converted Greek Indians from the In
dian Territory in the Indian language;
address by the Dev. Thomas MacCloy,
missionary, late returned from Can
ton, China. An address followed by the
Rev. A. @. Washburn, a half breed
Cherokee Indian engaged in mission
work in the Indian Territory. He
spoke of the work among his people
and captured the audience by his earn
est and forcible words. The appear
ance of DR.. A. J. Diaz was the signal
for an outburst of applause with which
his recital was frequently punctured.
He told in glowing though simple and
broken language of the obstacles
thrown in the way Of Protestant mis-
sionaries on the island and his final
imprisonment with out charge.
At the same hour the Woman's
Missionary Union held a missionary
reunion in the First Presbyterian
church, which was addressed by sew
eral returned missionaries, among
them Miss Sallie Hale, located at
Guadalaiara, Mexico, and Mrs. John
H. Eager, of Florence, Italy.
The principal matter of interest at
tO-day's (Monday's) session of the con-
yention was in reference to the South
ern Baptist Theological Seminary at
Louisville. Addresses were made by
President Whitsitt, and Prof. Dargan.
The Woman's Missionary Union fin
ished its session to-day and reelected
Miss Fannie Heck, of North Carolina,
as President and Miss Alice Arm
strong, of Baltimore as secretary.
Tomorrow, the convention will adj
journ. The officers and delegates say
it is the most enthusiastic convention
held in years and are lavish in their
praise Of the hospitality extended them
by the city
Wilmington, n. c., will be selected
for the next convention.
The report of the committee ON For
eign population was presented by Rev.
w. III. Felix.
The delegates from the Indian and
Cuban mission were heard, Rev, A. J.
Diaz, i'm an animated speech, referred
TO the revolt in Cuba, where he had just
been released from prison. In
Cuba he had organized forty divis-
ions of the White Cross to care for the
sick and wounded. In Cuba, the priests
called him the Baptist Bishop, and the
church had given $4,000 to aid the
Spanish government, He then told the
story Of his Imprisonment, which has
already been given to the press.
Rev. DR.. Coleman then presented the
report on the relations between the
Southern Baptist convention and the
Southern Theological Seminary.
At the afternoon session, j. b. Gran
fell, of Texas, presented the report on
woman's work, and said women should
be sent as delegates to the convention.
The Woman's Board has been 10 exist
ence for eight years, and had collected
S357,s76 The first year they collected
S30,00O and last year nearly twice that
Rev. Mr.. Smith, of Baltimore,
one of the Baptist Boys Brigade" dc.
livered stirring address, in the inter-
est of the Baltimore Mission Rooms.
Rev. N. G. Gonforth, of Tenn, and
DR.. Loftin, spoke Of the excellent work
lone by the Woman's Board.
Rev. DIR. Frank T. Williams, of Chi
cago, spoke on the advisability Of a
Baptist Young Peoples Union, which
should be international.
Rev. S. M. Provence presented the
report on the Treasurer Of the Home
Board, which showed that the Board
vas $7,950 i'm debt, but of that amount
$3.50 had been expended in the pur-
,hase of property at New Orleans, and