The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-15
THE BAPTIST MISSION WORK.
SUBJECT DISCUSSED BY DELEGATES
TO THE CONVENTION.
DR.. Carroll of Texas Delivers Two
Eloquent Sermons to Large Audi
ences-A Womnn's Meeting.

ences-A Womnn's Meeting.
Louisville. KY, May 14.-Baptist preach
ers who are here to attend the Baptist con-
vention were heard in ffty-two churches
throughout Louisville today. Pulpits at
La Grange, Clayvillage, Jacksonville and
New Albany were held in the morning and
again at night, different preachers con-
Quoting them
The convention will resume its labors
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the
Warren Memorial church. place and
time for holding the next convention will
probably ba decided on during the after
noon session The convention will ad-
journ at night unless their labors are I'M
completed.
Louisville, Ky, May Emissions and
missionary work without special reference
to any particular board or locality, formed
the basis of three interesting and instruct
I've addresses at the Warren memorial
church this afternoon to the delegates at
tending the Southern Baptist convene
! ton.
Professor Charles II. Winston, of Rich
mond, Va. the president of the forciga
missions board, presided over the mass
meeting
| AT the close OF short religious service
the president introduced the Rev. a. j.
Bsrtcn, of Richmt nd, who is the assistant
| secretary of the foreign mission board.
! Mr. Barton discussed the status of mis-
] m a. ono fha nh !, md
sun med up the work OF the past year IN
an entertaining and gratifying manner
| Professor w. l.. Poteat of Wake Forest
college North Carolina, was the next
! speaker. He devoted his address to the
necessity OF continued missionary. aglta-
ton, and emphasized the -eminence
of the mission work in the life OF the
churches.
DR.. j. B. Gambrell of Texas, the presi-
dent of the National Educational society
and of the education commission of Texas,
spoke OF the needed missionary expansion
to keep pace with the extended govern
mental projects OF the country. The kin
ding OF missionary fires In all these new
provinces and the education of the people
up to the proper appreciation of Christian
duty TO our countrys new subjects invited
his attention. He was an expansionist DO
litically and he was unspeakahly more an
eXpanslonist with reference to the king
dom OF God than to the jurisdiction OF
the United States. DR.. Gambrells address
closed the exercises of the afternoon.
Rev. B. P. Carroll, D. D., of Texas, who.
besides being one of the most eloquent
preachers in the Southern Baptist church
has been one OF the most prominent min
listers In the convention here, preached to-
day at the East Baptist church in the
morning and at Walnut Street church at
night. Both houses we're filled to over
flowing with those who have long been
familiar with his name
In response to a letter of inquiry from
an unknown lady DR.. Carrolls sermon was
an explanation OF Psalm xxiii--"Thy rod
and thy staff, they comfort me-" 1t was
entirely extemporaneous and delivered
without notes of any kind.
missionary service was held this after
noon at the Twenty aNi Walnut
Baptist church. The Rev Mr.. Whiting
ham Of Richmond, Va corresponding sec
rotary OF the foreign, missionary board.
conducted the meeting Many OF the visit
ing Baptist ministers We're present.
The Rev. George W. Trultt OF Texas
was the speaker. His talk was short and
to the point
Rev DR.. Peyton Hoge of wilmington.
n. Co. preached to two audiences morning
ana evening at the church at Fourth and
Broadway
Inc gymnasium of the Y. NJ. c. A. was
nlled with men this afternoon when two
distinguished people, Ex-Governor Northen
OF georgia and Hon. Joshua lowering
OF Baltimore delivered half hour adj. |
nresses' The former spoke first, relating
many interesting "reminiscences. and max
ing an eloquent plea for the Chrlstianiz-
ing Of the world.
Mr. lowering discussed association worl,
re pelieved in Individuality in the work
oeing done. He was of the opinion If the
few aim to make the work popular thav
should not hide the individual.
The women had things their own NAV
at the Broadway Baptist church in The
AFTERNOON ana not man was allowed Ia |
enter the doors. This was a part of the |
lsou,hern Baptist convention conducted en-.
tireiy by women, The big church was
The time was mainly devoted TO -,eacbe.
from the missionaries. 3"e'Hes
Devotional exercises were conduc.aa -.
Mrs; H. l.: Melton OF Alabama. A tail, on |
WORK in the Indian Territory was mo1a |
py Mrs W. H. Kuykendall. -'AD'
ne OF the remarkable characters
p,ougnt to Louisville BY the sonthern
c piSp,1st convention is VIII D. Upshaw |
tb rpnpnet poy from Georgia, known all |
me me rolling chair speaker of Georgia, !,
my young man is a student AT Msrcar
college, Macon. Ca. at ieioei
va me young people OF Twenty-second and
walnut street Baptist church had .reat
Today In visit and an address from The
lung lung man, He attended the sunday
J inr,td ma, mass meeting at the church by
ipS't tsnn. rom the pastor, the Rev. n.
vours w. ana the earnest and eloquent |
Souns cripple so captivated the large an
slenoe BY his pathos and his humor that
u, ne was invited to address the Young Peos
p,e union in the evening. Asain The
young Georgian delighted fine ausi,ncs
originality '''sntness ana
toy s.s we lecture platform Mr. Upshaw has |
craving large crowds in man so vssesr
- Ssases He is captivating SPEAKER rsniai |
IN manner and manv sr,.s f-aNs', eeHth