Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-05-10
THE BAPTISTS.

in Norfolk on Saturday petition was
received from Tennessee asking that
the body request the Home Mission
Board to appoint missionaries to follow
me army to Cuba, in order that the
soldiers may have ample religious
privileges, and that the President be
.quested to allow such missionaries to
accompany the army.
Rev. DR.. Broughton offered resolu.
ton authorizing the Home Mission
Board to expend. during the next year,
Sc, 900 for Christian education in the
mountain sections of Virginia, estab
fishing schools and holding Bible insti-
tutes; also, authorizing the board to
employ some good man to take charge
Of this work, his salary to come out OF
the above amount. The resolution
vas referred.
Rev. DR.. Cranfelt, of Texas, offered
resolution which reaffirms the posi-
ion of the convention on the liquor
raffic, and advises a forward move
ment until it is entirely aDnihilated.
Rev. DR.. Fulton, of Massachusetts
made an address on Cuba. He said it
j. the province Of the Baptists to take
Cuba from Rome; that the pope once
uessed Spain and cursed Cuba; but,
said the speaker, if you notice, what
Eyer the pope blesses is cursed, and
whatever he curses is blessed.
DR.. J. L NJ. Curry dwelt particularly
On the fact that America, especially from
religious standpoint, deserves to be
considered a, "liberty enlightening the
world" as suggested by the statue in
New York harbor.
Rev. DR.. Carroll. Of Texas, read 3
resolution, to be offered at the next
years session OF the convention, looking
TO the separation of the seminary from
the convention aud putting the former
solely under the management of its
board of trustees.
Ga motion of Rev. DR.. Hawthorne,
he president was directed to appoint a
committee of one from each State to
cous.de and report st the next conveD-
ion on the advisability of cha uging the
relations OF the convention and semina-
ry. Carried.
A mass-meetiug was held at the Acad-
emy of Music. The subj ct was Home
Missions.
The committee appointed to consider
the matter of the plan OF 81 ing the va
cancies on the board of trustees OF the
seminary at Louisville reported, recon
mending that the paptrs III the case ba
referred TO the committee that has been
appointed by the convention 10 report
on practically the same suhJ -ct at tie
next convention, and thai no vacancies
of the board OF trustees be filled before
the next convention.
R@v. DIR. Hatcher, of Richmond, ask.
ed the convention to pause and think
of the country as whole and ask God
| to guide the government, bless its
army, and attend its navy and crown
this country speedily with victory and
peace. At this suggestion the president
called upon Rev. DIR. Carter, of North
Carolina, to lead in prayer and ne
made an earnest invocation, asking
blessing upon the army and the navy
and the country.
The report OF the committee on IRON
tier missionaries was then adopted
Tne president was authorized to ap'
point committee on making the year
1900 a season OF thanksgiving Tor
mercies pssl aud and plaouing fJr The
work of the next century. The com
mittee on vice-presidents made thti'
report and it was adopted. The com
mittee on the nomination OF the various
boards of the convent on then made lis
report which was adopted. The com
mittee on the statistical secretarS's re-
D ,rt commended his work and recon
mended that Rev. DIR. Lansing Bur
rows be re-Appointed to the position
adopted.
Quite contrary to expectations, the
convention competed its routine busl-
ness yesterday evening and at half past
ten o'clock adjourned TO meet in Louis
Vile, KY, next May.
At yesterdays session the conVen-
ton continued its committee known as
the peace committee, who are to act as
peace-makers among the Blptists oi
the Northwest.
Rev. DR.. Forester made the report
of the treasurer of the Home Mission
Board, which showed small balance
for the year.
R-v. DR. Jones, of Kentucky, made
the report on the time end place for
the next convention. 1t recommended
Friday before the second Sunday ID
NAV, 1899, as the time, and Broadway
Church, Louisville, as the place. The
recommendation of the committee was
adopted.
Rrv. DR.. Truett, of Texas, was ap-
pointed to preach the annusl sermon al
The convention, with Rev. r L. Vann'
of North Carolina, as alternate.
Rev. DR.. Millard read the report o.
the committee of frontier missions. LII
recommended an appropriation fol
Christian education in the mountains o.
Virginia. The report was discussed oy
Rev. DR.. Broughton, of Roanoke, in
splendid address, especially bearing
upon the need of educational work in
the mountains Of Virginia, which sub
! iect had heen presented b. bun last
We elk for The consideration of the con-