San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-05
The Blp|iS|S Here
General Conference Opened This
Morning.
San Pedro Springs Pavilion Crowded
With Delegates This Morn
ing'S Proceedings,

| lHC SCIlCl al NphNS - NA'N
State Baptists is now in session in this
city, having. opened at 10 o'clock in the
pavilion at San Pedro springs this
morning. There are at least 1900 del
egates present and more are arriving
on every train.
| At $40 o'clock about two hundred
delegates, having filed into the hall
| the congregation began a hymn and
by the time it was finished fully four
hundred persons were in the hall,
Rev. r. r. White, of Morgan, then led
in prayer and a hymn was rendered
by the congregation.
Rev. j. c. f. Kyger, of Waco, then
called all the members of the executive
committe, of the B. Y. p. U. to take
seats on the stage. When they had
secured their seats other hymns and
and prayers We're rendered and
at 1907 Rev. r. C. Buckner ex-chair-
man of the association, called the con-
vention to order.
He announced that DR.. J. H. Luther
would lead in prayer. DR.. Luther
read a portion from the 23d Psalm
and prayed, as requested.
Blessed be Thy Name" was then
sung. At the. close of the hymn Rev.
Pittman, arose and announced that as
the wife of DIR. Harvey Carroll and
mother of Rev. H. Carroll, Jr., was
seriously ill and reported dying, he
proposed that a prayer be offered. This
was seconded and carried and Rev.
Pittman was called on for the prayer.
DIR. Buckner, the acting moderator,
then stated that it would be in order
for the annual sermon which was to
be preached by Rev. Q. L. Skinner, of
Comanche, but as that reverend gen.
tleman desired to have the time post
poned until tonight it was declared in
order as that has been the prevailing
custom. It
DIR. Dudley Wooten, of Waco, pro-
posed that committee on credentials
be appointed consisting of several men,
bers of the conference as follows: j.
N. Robertson, G. w. Baines, j. c. Jen-
trey, r. A. Lee, Bennett Hatcher, j.
c. Burkett and j. c. Kimbrow. After
considerable wrangling and proposals
to table the motion and vest the power
of appointing the committee in the
chairman, it was carried by a stand
ing vote of 632 to 1903.
During the progress of the discus
sion of the appointment of the com
mittee the CHAIRMAN was compelled to
call loud aHdTrepeatedly for order and
the assemblage bore the appearance Of
a free silver, political mass meeting.
This, however, was the only disorder
noted. A motion was made to sus-
pend until the committee on creden-
tials could complete the work of TAX
ing the names of the delegates. The
motion was carried and the committee
began its work, completing it in about
fifteen minutes.
Rev, Gambrell announced that Rev.
Harvey Carroll, Jr., had just received
a telegram that his mother was dying
and recommended that a prayer be Of
fered for them which was done.
Rev. Harris then introduced Hon. c.
A. Kellar who delivered the address of
welcome. .s ,
Rev. A. ]. Harris, pastor of the First
Baptist church, was next introduced
to the congregation to welcome them
on behalf of the churches of the city.
Judge Dudley Wooten, of Dallas, re-
spOnded to the addresses in a very
neat speech.
He was fpIlowed by DR.. Ford, of st.
Louis.
1T the close of the addresses Judge ].
3. Scarborough moved that the speech
es be printed and that the daily press
be ordered to secure copies of them
and print them, but there was no Sec
ond to the motion and 1t was lost.
Rev. Gambrell proposed that tele-
gram of coincidence be sent to Rev.
Carroll and family on the death of
their wife and mother and was unan-
imously voted.
Before adjournment it was announc-
ed that this afternoons session would
be devoted to hearing reports of the
| board and transacting the conference
| business.
A rally led by DOC" Pegees will
be held in Victoria Baptist Mission to-
night in the interests Of Buckner's or
| phan home.