The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-05-19
B,PTlST BRETHREN.
Southern Bsptists Meet in Wilmington
The Whits.tt Mntter.

Che 42aG session Of taa Southern
T., Dspfist convention vas call.d to order
og President Jonathan 9araIson OF
AltHaa.a. a 10 o'clock Friday morn
inr. IN the meeting aouse of the First
| Baptist church, OF WiImingtoo, n. @
Fhe sScretary read the roll o: Geleg tes
Delegates are elected upon ioaucial
basis, one for every S25 contributed to
missions, and one from each district
@ss2ciatiop. Upon this basis there
are entitled to seats 1.156 delegates, TT
On financial basis, 429 assoc;&iCual.
. South Carolina IS entitled 10 66 on f
rsGcial basis. 63 present; from associ-
aicDs entitled 70 81, present. 19.
Ia peat speech. ex Governor Nor
]hern Of Georgia nominated Jonathao
a., HaraIson OF Alabama for presi-
] dept, who vas unanimously eiec:ed.
Judge HARRISON has been presl.
dery Of the convention since 1889.
The present secretaries, Lansing Bar
rows Of Augusta, Ga, and Oliver +.
G!eyory OF Mary land, were uaani-
mousiy elected. These gentlemen
hsye. together, doue this work for the
last Is years.
4 report was read by Joshua Lever.
ing OF Maryland from the board of trus-
ICES OF the Southern Baptist Tneologi-
cal seminary, asking the convention
70 take steps Tor the election Of rev
! mem oers of the board to fill vacaGcieS
recently made. Some comnunica-
lions we're received: Oas from Amer
can Baptist Education Society. and
one from tbs Soutnern Baptist Col
lege conference. Tne s. B. @. con-
ference heartily invites the American
! Bap,is: Education society to meet with
them rext year.
Dr.. J. William Jones offered res
olution to toe effect that communities
IL which this convention may meet
hereafter shall not be expec.ed to
furnish full entertainment. This was
Immediately tabled. The custom has
I 50 long obtained of free entertain
nsnt that it seems hard for tie peo.
pie to change. Southern hospitality
is proverbial, and communities do nos
| wish to loose the opportunity Of
showing it.
Aa address CT welcome, cordial in
spirit and chaste in speech, was made
to the convention by J. Mills, E O.,
OF the Wilmington bar. The pastor
OF the church, Rev. W. B. Oliver,
also spoke word Of welcome from
his church and the other Baptists of
Wilmington. The speech ofresponse
WAS made be Rev. j. L. White of Ma.
con, Ga.
At the afternoon session the trustees
of the Southern Baptist Theological
seminary submitted d statement in
which they declined to sit Ia judg-
mcnt on the expression OF Dr. Whit
sett IN The Independent. DR.. Wni:-
sett also resd letter to the Southern
8aotists, which he prepared today,
aUG il which he made his position
quite clear. he closed as follows:
II cannot more stroasly assure the
brethren that am Baptist than by
what ! have recently declared with
regard to the abstract OF principles
set forth il the fundamental laws OF
the seminary. I am heartily in &C.
cord with my Baptist ore.hran in
every distinctive principle that they
hold. Ny heart and life are bound
u2 with tne BAp;ists, and I have no
higher thought on earth than to spend
ny days in their felLo 9ship and SER
vices in the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ" At his conclusion there was
a remarkable demonstration oy the
convention. Songs 0ese sang and
rusa was made TO shake the doctors
hands
The vice presidents elected were W.
J. Northern OF Georgia, J P Eagle OF
Arkansas, R a. Marsh ofNorth Caro-
liza ard J. lowering of Mary land.
The convention sermon at night
vas preached by Rev. R \. Venable
Of Meridian, Miss.
TIE norning session on the second
day was consumed ii the hearing OF
the reports from each of the States OF
the convention on home missions.
Dr.. G. I. Walkar, q colored preachar
RON Augusta, Ga, made one OF the
acsliDt taresting addresses Of the morn
,ng. Vice President J. P. Eagle OF
Arkansas presided Dr. Henry Nc
Donald Of Atlanta, president OF tee
nome mission board, addressed the
convention On the needs OF the ooara.
TIE first business before the after
noon session WAS the hearing of the
reports OF the committee ou the report
of the Sunday scaool board. 1t was
read by DR.. 4. P. Montague, of Co
lumbar University, and commended
warmly tie work done bE the Sunday
school board.
\ special mass meeting vas held al
night in the interest OF home missions.
Rev. J. B. Cova, an exiled Cuban,
doing missionary work among his
people in Tampa, Fla described the
serious caeck which the cause Of home
missions had suffered ia his native
land on account of the war with Spain.
He was followed by Rs7 DE-. J. B.
Gambrell CT Texas aud Rev Dr.. 4, R.
Eeea5le of Mississippi.
SoDe Of tbs mCs: pt2uaioeDt men IL
tae convention are layman The prss-
ioent is one of he supreme judges Of
Alabama, and two OF the vice presi-
dents are ex goVe,n srs.-Treeuville
Mountaineer.