The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-09
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS MEET.
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people or the Protestant faith having
church organizations upon the island.
might with the blessings OF God sweep
over It and win It for the Master.
Tho board. awakened to the conditions
which the future may unfold. has been
anxious to be in position TO take advan-
tage OF the coming opportunity. When
IL comes not a day must be lost. We
must be ready 10 enter the opening gates
Of religious freedom. and as the first
Christians filled Jerusalem with their doc
trines, so we must fill CUBA with the
truth OF God and heal her wounds with
leaves from the tree OF life."
Work among the negroes under the CO.
operative plan known az the Fortress
Monroe agreement. has been inaugurated
IN North Carolina. Alabama. and south
Carolina. This work is very promising
OF great results.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
Rev. Or. T. NJ. Frost. corresponding
secretary. read the fifth annual report
Of the Sunday-School Board. when was
deemed eminently encouraging
The board has made out OF its net
profits IN Publications in five years SH,-
$3.50. Its gross receipts this past year
were s.. SZ5.9s, and its outlook for the
future so bright. that there was no mo-
ton made in reference 10 the proposition
Of the American Baptist Publication So
ciety TO absorb the Sunday-School BOARD,
and It seems TO be conceded .that II the
proposition is submitted TO the conven-
ton. IL will be Overwhelmingly defeated.
The brethren seem to think that they
can best do their own work in their own
way, without Interference from Philafel-
rhia.
THE NIGHT SESSION.
Notwithstanding there were two over
flow meetings tonight the First Bap-
fist church was packed to its utmost ca
pacity.
Nice-president lowering presided. The
secretary read a cablegram OF greeting
from the Baptist Pilgrimage, Of which
Drs. II. T. Eaton and Carter Helm Jones.
Of Louisville, and others are members,
II was dated Lucerne. Switzerland. and
gave greetings To the convention in the
18th and 18th verses OF the third chapter
Of !. ThesSaIOnians. Rev. DR.. &. y.
Stakeley. Of Washington. preached the
convention sermon.
From the text, Mark Xii:2S. he dcduced
as bis theme the doctrinal position OF
Jesus Of Nazareth. The sermon was
Gear, able. eolquent and effective and left
no ground for new theology. modern IL
beralism. or skepticism to stand On.
Indeed, II was body of od-fashloned
theology. clothed in classic phrase and
with popular power. Or. Stakeley was
cordially congratulated on his sermon.
THE THEOLOGICAL GYMNASIUM
The last of the auxiliary bodies that
follow IN, lead OF the big body finished
its sessions to-day. At a largely attended
meeting Of the trustees of the Baptist
Theological Seminary. located az Louis
Vile, Joshua lowering. a millionaire COT
fee dealer Of Baltimore and president oil
the board made the seminary a gift OF
$4,000 for a gymnasium, to be erected at
once.
PRESIDENT BOATWRIGHT'S PAPER.
DR.. j. b. Cranheld. oil Texas. vice-presi-
Dental candidate on the Prohibition ticket
in 1892, presided over the session OF the
Baptist Editorial Association. az which q
number Of learned and interesting papers
were presented.
The most tfenchant discussion Of any
topic was upon a paper on Baptist
Academies" by +. W. Boatrlght. the
young president OF Richmond College.
THE YOUNG PEOPLES UNION.
The element Of discord predicted at the
sessions Of the Baptist Young Peoples
Union, an auxiliary of the convention.
By reason Of violent opposition I'm the
ern union apart from the Young Peoples
Union OF America, did not materalize.
opposition to the union coming from
churches and not from members Of the
auxiliary.
DEPARTMENT OF THE GREEN.
Representatives from the Department
Of the Green. the southern wing of the
international Union. were present. but
being visitors took no part IN the pro-
ceedings. The old corps Of officers was
reelected by the union to-wit: l.. O..
Dawson, Tuscaloosa, Ala, president. W.
W. Gaines. Atlanta, secretary; u. II.
Mol Auburn. Ala. first vice-presidont.
and 9. J.. Laws. Baltimore, second vice
president
.ir. Laws resigned. however giving as
a reason that his State. Maryland did
not sympathize with the southern union
movement. but would stay under the ban
ner Of the international society.
Birmingham was selected as leadquar-
tiers for the society. and board Of seven
local managers was appointed. J. W.
Bailey. chairman OF the committee 70 Sc
lect q special board of managers 10 CO.
operate with the local board. reported in
flvor Of one member from each State in
the convention and general board OF
seven named from Alabama.
The next session Of the body will IN
all probability 80 TO Wilmington. Y. @.
Little Poek Ark. rs also working for me
convention. but the sentiment IS strongly
In favor OF meeting in the East.