The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-07
BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE.
EFFECT UNIOy WITH the AMER
lC.iN ORGANIZATION.
The Board of Trustees VIII support Dr.
Whitehurst and so VIII the Con
ventiOn-Rev. O'kelieys

WILMINGTON. Y. C., May Especial
| The convention bids fair 10 open to-mor-
row with an unusually large delegation
The Baptist Young Peoples Union OF the
South. had three sessions to-day. Ne"
officers were elected and union Oh GU
operation with the American orgahiza-
ton was effected.
Tho addresses OF Rev. Charles uaiu-
ner. Of South Carolina. and J. q. hus',
| OF tennessee, were superb. ana caP1uu
| the crowd. Addresses were also mano
| by w. J.. Pichard. OF Kentucky ana Johh
ID. Jordan. OF Georgia.
The Board Of Trustees OF the sou,heln
Baptist Theological seminary nave
been In executive session all day cohn,u-
ering the demand made by some LOT ,l,e
removal OF the president, Dr. NIiilain IL
1 Whitsitt. 10 was stated on good authoi-
| fly late tonight that test vote hau re-
veaied the sentiment OF the poatu 10
favor Dr. Whitsitt by majority oil q 10
I. Hardly anything else Is peihs as
cussed by the delegates, ana II - more
than likely that the whole matter VIII
come up before the convention
From all that can be gathered the vote
OF the trustees is a mirror OF the senl-
ment of The convention.
REV. Il. W. O'KEIIEN.
Rev. r. w. O'Kelley. OF Georgia. who
IS said to be about to become pastor OF
| the Second Baptist church OF Richmond.
Is not I'm attendance upon the cOnvcn-
ton. being detained at home by serious
| illness 4 large number OF Georgia min
listers have been asked about Mr. KEEL
ley's fitness for the important field. They
all unite in the praise Of the eloquent
Il 70 %
graduated.
Wilmington is responding nohly to the
heavy strain upon her powers OF hos
| pitality. There is hardly a home In the
| city that is not entertaining delegates.
CHURCH STATISTICS.
The latest and most reliable statistics
give the Baptists Of the United States
1867 district associations. 2,25I ordained
ministers. 4O65S churches, and total
membership Of s2iC3s.
They report theological seminaries
sc male colleges and universities. and
total Of 90 professors. and 9,ffl students.
They report also % colleges FOR women
with SsG instructors and 2.769 students. and
63 academies. and 80 schools for negroes
and Indians.
The total value Of the property OF these
! institutions Is the very handsome sum Of
| S96. $40 $50. or the total membership Of the
Baptists Of the United States about
3.000000 Of them are IN the territory OF
the Southern Baptist Convention. but OF
these 1.35l,790 are negroes. and have their
own organizations. and only 1.i6S90l are
whites. and IN cooperation with the con-
yention.
CHURCH HISTORY.
Up 10 1915 the Baptists of the United
t.fa !. -
ton for the prosecution OF missions at
| home and I'm foreign lands. hut in that
year Southern Baptists were forced TO
secede from their brethren OF the North
and from the Southern Baptist Conven-
ton by the action Of the Board or the
| Home Mission Society i'm refusing 10 APP
| point a Shareholder as a missionary.
| There were leading men al the North who
/ greatly deprecated this action. and who
! favored the policy OF making no deliver
| ance whatever on the question OF slavery.
/ and this would have been satisfactory 10
| the South, but the views OF the extremists
| prevailed. and Southern Baptists felt
Obliged to leave an organization where
they were denied equal privileges. espe-
cially as they were only holding slaves
which the ships Of ola England and New
/ England had brought from Africa. or
their Northern brethren had sold them
when they found that slavery was not
profitable I'm their climate. and among
a manufacturing people.
IN THEIR OWN WAY.
Thus Southern Baptists begun to do
their own work In their own way. and
since 1915 have been conducting foreign
mission. home mission. and Sunday school
AMI Bible work through their own agen-
cias
They have now the Foreign Mission
Bon.d. locs ted at Richmond. OF which
Rev lr. i. j. Willingham is secretary;
the Home Mission Board, located at A.
lanta. Of which Rev. DR.. I. T. Tlchenor
Is secretary. and the Sunday School
Board. located At Nashville. with Rev.
! Dr. j. NJ Frost as secretary
The convention has no control over the
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary,
located at Louisville Of which Rev. DR..
w. II. Whitsitt IS president. succeeding
Rev. DR.. J. A. Broadus. but the interests
Of the seminary arc always considered in
| meetings.
The convention has no ecclesiastical
control over. and does no ecclesiastical
legislation for the churches. but it man.
ages the matters committed to its charge,
and exerts powerful influence in shap-
] AAH anu llDti4pNANI THESE great interests
FORMER MEETINGS.
The following historical sketch Of the
places OF meeting Of the convention since
its Organization. its officers, and prech-
ers Of the convention sermon" will BE
Of especial interest at this time:
1Si5--Augusta Ca: VIM. i. Johnson. OF
| South Carolina, president: Jesse Hart
well, Of Alabama. and Jas. c. Crane. OF
| Virginia. secretaries No special sermon.
1Si6-Richmond Va; VIM. b. johnson,
| president; Jesse Hartwell and Jas. Z.
Crane. secretaries; Richard Fuller OF Ma
ryland. preacher.
1Si9-Charleston, S. c.: VIM. p. Johnson.
Of South Carolina. president; Jas. G. Crane
and Basil Manly. Jr.. Of Alabama, secre-
taries; ". B. Johnson, preacher.
is5l-Nashville Tenn; r. Il. c. Howef.
Of Virginia, president; Jas. c. Crane and
VIM. Carey Crane. OF Mississippi. secre-
taries; J. b. Jeter, Of Virginia. and j. l..
Reynolds OF South Carolina. preachers.
1S5S-Baltimore Md: r. B. c. Howell,
president; III. X. Ellerson, OF Virginia,
and VIM. Carey Crane. secretaries; X
i. c. Howell, Of Virginia, and l.. Baker
OF Kentucky. preachers.
155-Montgomery. Ala; r. p. c. How
ell president; VIM. c. Crane and Jas. M
Watt. Of Alabama. secretaries; y. -,
Sears OF Kentucky preacher.
BoI-Louisvile, KY; r. b. {. Howell
president; VIM. c. Crane and Geo. b.
Taylor, OF Maryland. secretaries; VIM
Carey Crane OF Mississippi preacher
l53-RichmOnd. Va Richard Fuller, OF