The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-05-17
DIR. TAYLOR ON DIR. GREEN.

Yesterdays Biblical Recorder says:
.Dr. Chas. T.. Taylor attended the
meeting of the Trustees of the Southern
Baptisi Theological Seminary at Louis
vile and has this to say: The meeting
Of the Seminary Board on Saturday was
one of the most delightful that / ever
attended. It seemed as if the Spirit of
the Lord came down upon the body,
guiding into perfect harmony and nnani-
nifty. 1t was good to be there. Dr.
Greene. whom we elected as Brother
Whitsitt's successor. is a man Of deep
spirituality, of large common sense, of
ample scholarship, and of large and sue
cessful experience in administration.
He is man of the people. absolutely
without affectation or hobbies. | believe
that we are out of the woods at last
and that the Baptists of the South are
going to get closer together than they
have ever been. To God be the glory
1t seems to me that no human power
could have melted into harmony and
unity such strongly diverging convictions
as were found in the Board when we
first met.
North Carolina is entitled to one new
trustee of the Southern Baptist Theolo-
gical Seminary. and three names have
been proposed from which the member
will be chosen. They are w. n. Jones'
Rev. j. Il. White and Rev. Livingston
Johnson.
1t has been decided to be fitting to
commemorate the close of the nine
teenth century. and that a day should
he set apart. known as Memorial day
on which services shall be held i'm every
fict in hn ..;,
thanks for the blessings OF the closing
century. and invoke continuance dur
ing the century coming. a committee
will be appointed before the convention
closes. to decide on this day and to make
the arrangements for its proper oh.
servance.
DIR. Hawthorne made fine speech in
favor Of selecting Asheville as the next
place of meeting, but after an interesting
contest Hot Springs, Ark, was chosen
DISCUSSION OF MISSIONARIES
The meeting at Warren Memorial
church was presided over by the Rev
c. H. Winston, chairman of the Board
of Foreign Missions. After the singing
of the opening hymn. Come, Thou
F0unt of Every Blessing" the Rev
NrtoTSe 1ooIltf, oI IlcIlHlOHu, u.. Icuu
a part of the sixtieth chapter of Isaiah
and offered prayer.
The object of the meeting was then
stated by President Winston to be a
discussion of missions. The first speak
er was DR.. A. J. Barton. Assistant
Secretary of the Foreign Board of
Missions. He began by stating that the
mission problem involved real issues, and
that the Baptists scarcely realized that
they were burning issues. My expert
ence In an official capacity" said he,
has taught me the fact We place mis-
sionary work too much on a commercial
basis. We make it Il matter of dollars
and cents, when it should be made a
matter of men or saving of souls When
preacher begins to talk on missions
the members say. There he goes beg
Ging again. They shun a missionary
secretary as If he We're monster. The
very thought of missions to some means
dollars floating around. This is the
wrong idea"
The speaker then alluded to the fact
that there was morbid sentimentalism
among some people that the heather
would be saved anyhow He took the
position that if any; man who has not
heard of Christ is not hopelessly lost
then all. from Adam down. are saved
that il was the shedding of the blood OF
Christ that made il possible for the