The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-05
VIII Meet in Convention To-
Morrow in Wilma ton.
TO Be IN SESSION A WEEK
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
CONVENTIONS EVER HELD.
RALE,Gh,s WELL REPRESENTED
The Convention Once Held Memora-
bic Messing in th, City, The Sea
no.rat to +un baptist Specials"
From All Points.

The Baptist hosts of the South are ABOUT
TO invade North Carolina.
They will be in Wilmington tonight
and tomorrow and next and the next
for ,re whole week.
But they are welcome. North Carolina
reioices in their presence. They are a mo-
Bile band OF God-fearing men and women
and their coming among us can but emo
bic and make better those with whom
they come in contact.
Only once before has the Southern Bap-
fist convention met in North Carolina,
and that was in 1872, at Raleigh, with
DIR. James p. Boyce as presiding officer.
1t was during the session of this Con-
yention that the well-known and much
beloved DR.. A. NJ. Poindexter died, and
at the Sunday morning service DIR. Rich
ard Fuller preached his great sermon ON
Sending the Gospel" which so stirred
the immense audience that heard him.
Those present at the convention will re-
member the effect of DIR. Fullers words
upon the congregation, when in referring
TO the departed spirit of DIR. Poindexter
he quoted from a passage in the Book OF
Revelations where the angel is described
as flying through the air with the ever
lasting gospel, and he exclaimed: IF the
angel cannot go fast enough, o Lord, give
it to the spirit of A. Nj. PolndeXter, ana
l am sure he will carry it."
This year the convention will meet at
Wilmington, the largest city in North
Carolina A city, rich in material wealth,
but richer far in her noble men and wO-
men. Right royalty will they entertain
the convention and keep bright the Old
North States reputation for open-handed
generosity and warm hearted hospitality.
All North Carolina is glad to have this
grand army again within our borders; if
Wilmington can make their coming to-
gether pleasant she will do so.
RAIIEIGH WILL BE THERE.
The Raleigh delegation will leave here
to-day ON the Seaboard's ma gnifcent Bap-
fist Special which will arrive here to-
day at 1890 O clock and leave at O'Clock,
reaching Wilmington at 6. On this train
will be delegates from Baltimore, Rich
mond and other northern points. The
train viii stop here for dinner at the
Park HOTEL Many prominent Baptists
of this city, besides the delegates. will
join the party here, among them Rev. DIR.
J. w. Carter and wife, Rev. DR.. Simms,
Mr.. N B. Broughton. Secretary j. b.
White, Editor J. W.Bailey, Miss Fan
ME Heck, Mr.. J. III. Weathers, Rev. 3
w. Spilman, and others.
The Seaboard will to-day run three
OF these Baptist Specials" into Whining
ton, filling the city to overlooking with a
host of noble men and women gathered
in the Masters service and in His name
One of these trains will come from Nor
folk and Portsmouth, Va, to Wilmington
via Weldon, Raleigh and Hamlet: one
from Atlanta via Athens and Hamlet to
Wilmington; one from Rutherfordton via
Charlotte and Hamlet to Wilmington
These trains will be composed Of the most
modern and elegant Pullman buffet draw
ing-room sleeping cars and the latest and
most approved day coaches.
Southern and Western delegations will
Join the Southeastern delegates at Allan
ia and travel ON the special from Atlanta
leaving Atlanta 500 p. m, taking vi
other Georgia and the S. G. delegates.
Western Carolina delegates will take
the special, running solid to Wilmington
from Charlotte, n. c., leaving Charlotte
n. c., 500 a. m.
TRIAL FOR HERESY PROBABLE
A sensational feature of the convention
or rather one that promises to develop
into a sensation, is the possibility OF
charges being preferred against Rev. Will
liam Heth Whitsitt d. d., LII. D., pres
ident of the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Louisville, KY, and professor
of Church History, charging him with
heresy.
The alleged heresy, it seems, consists
in a dispute about debate. In some ar