Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
THE COLORED BAPTlSTS
National Convention of Denominations,
Workers to Be Held at Boston.
WayIaud Seminary Removal to BE
Debated-NatiOnalC Church Ex-
tension Board.

The advance guard of colored Baptists
from points south and from this city will
leave Washington next week to attend the
colered national Baptist convention, which
is to commence its sessions The 18th of this
month at Boston and continue in session
through to the I'D. a special train is to be
TN TO Boston next Tuesday week. and
most Of the Washingtonians will patronize
this, but several are to leave earlier.
From present indications the convention
will he The largest and most successful of
the denomination ever he'll. Judging from
the inquiries made at headquarters, and
from other sources of information, there
WEI be between sixteen and eighteen hun
d"td delegates in attendance. The District
Of Columbia will probably send the largest
ueiegatlOn from any city, and every colored
Baptist living in Washington who can
1;'!Se the cash has notified the committee
ia charge that he will be present. About
twenty of the local pastors are to go, be-
SIDES many of the laymen.
ASIDE from the fact that the proceedings
OF che convention are always of interest il
l. expected that its legislation will be look
90 after very carefully by the local colored
faDtlsts. as several projects are on foot of
deep interest to this city.
Large Constituency.
1he convention has constituency of
over one million, five hundred thousand
Cllored communicates, represented by thir-
teen thousand churches, twelve thousand
ministers and one hundred thousand Sum
day schools. 1t was formed number of
years ago by the co operation of three diff
feTent branches of Baptist work and II
now consists of three branches-foreian
Tis<lonS, home missions and educational
work Each district branch has its own
Officers and board of management, but all
ar grouped under one president In the con-
N.utiOu.
The foreign missionary board has its
i'ddquarters at Louisville, Ky, with the
Rev L. O. Jordan. DID. as secretary in
cL"rSe. that of home missions at Little
R"cal. Ark, with the Rev r. III. BOYD a
secretary. and that of the educational de-
l.irtment in Washington, D. c.. with the
re-; W bishop johnson. DID, as secretary
IL charge Rev. DR. johnson is pastor of
one CT the finest colored BAPTIST churches
IL tn south. the Second Church of mis-
t-tN out finds time 10 give good deal of
@tt'Iitlon TO the work of the denomination
generally.
The foreign mission board supports eleven
lSSionaries in Africa and has a consider
ii"le mount oil church property and a num-
Deg OF mission schools in that country II
las low in course of erection a 81 psI
chapel at Cape Town The home mission
beard Is responsible for the publication of
inddy school literature, and i'm January NJ
ilslS year located its first plant at Nash
VILE. Tenn Since then ii has turned out
over 2oc'Do sheets OF Suncay school lit
'Istthlt. distributed among 70
- e edu al onal board in add ton to collect.
IL Z '@ucational Data, publishes the National
IapiSe Magazine. which was established in
- -, and OF which the Rev. W. Bishop
Johnson. DID, of this city is managing
r'Itor. IL is the official organ of All coIoraS
bapusts IN the United States
CT Interest to Washington.
oIe of the questions OF imnortanc. 70
this city to be settled by the convention
VIII he whether the plant AT Nashville
sh'ul be removed to this city and be con-
so-'iI'tf with the magazine plant Nv
some IL is contended that the whole busi-
Is should De at the capital. while on the
oti-F htnd many of the delegates from Tho
idF south want the plant nearer 10 fbern
N any case. II Is expected that an ar
I'h&' fHent VIII be made hy which the CITY
WI! not he the loser. IL Is realized ~
'GHrNe. That the bringing Of the publication
one" 10 this city will afford worl, To-, -
good many cOlored persons, since it docs "
i'fEe business and in its eight months of
"leF'tion has earned more than seen
,.ouSa I dollars of surplus. Heretofore
the ttioIed Baptists have been purcha sing
th'ir literature from the American Rantisi
itbicttloh Society twhiteD, and accord
ln4iy The establishment OF a plant of their
own Altrhs a new era for them
""yI"nd Seminary Issue.
Inc Wayland Seminary matter is 10 come
~ for discussion, and as every delegate
representing the city of Washington is in
posse Nsion of the facts OF the case. IL is
expected that the debate on this question
VIII ne interesting. if not exciting. Though
most OF the colored Baptist ministers. and
tnc white ones. as well. have opposed the
removal OF Wayland from Washin1ton
sun II Is realized that the removal NAV b,.
Tor the best interests of the denominafion
amer all Kew w j. Howard, DID. a
member of the local association commi,,aa
ON the matter, visited Richmond this week
and states that the Baptists there have
Pledged S25.UO to further the work and
,nat they are working earnestly to raise
III, money. so that the trustees of Wav-
land may be in possession of il as soon as
possible
Since the fact Is recognized that hardly
ANYTHING can be done to stop the removal
IL Is expected that the discussion will take