The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-09
A DISCUSSION OF
STATE MISSIONS
Delegates to the Convention
Visit BiItmore.
THE WORK OF A BUSY DAY
SUBSCRIPTION IN PLEDGES FOR
MINISTERIAL STUDENTS.
AN ADDRESS ON FOREIGN MISSION WORK
Rev. R. ]. Wi bingham Points Out the GFowth
Made in the Church in Many Fields. Home
Miss on Work of Southern Baptist
Sunday School Boards.

Asheyille, n c., Dec. S.-(Special.)--
The convention was called to order ghiz
morning with three hundred and fifty
delegates present. State missions and
education in Western North Carolina
were discussed Speeches were made by
Professors Scarboro and Carlyle, of
Wake Forest.
The convention adjourned this after
noon TO give the delegates an opportunity
Of visiting Biltmore.
THE MORNING SESSION.
.Ahseville. \. c., Dec. AT ten
o'clock President Marsh called the con-
vention to order, and the proceedings Of
yesterday were read and approved.
President Chas. +. Taylor, of Wake
Forest College, offered a resolution that
as a nineteenth century Offering we en-
deayor to raise one hundred thousand
dollars for the educational purposes of
the Bautists in this State during the
year 1900, ard that it he apportioned
us follows: High schools, 10000;
ChoYar Institute. $4,000; Baptist Fe-
male University, $4,000; Wake Forest,
S35, geo. The resolution was referred to
i committee. Rev. B. W. Spillman
moved that the above committee provide
for a Baptist Educational Commission
and report at next session of the con
venti0n.
The convention was next addressed by
Rev. r. &. Seymour, ID. D.. OF Philadel-
Ihia, Corresponding Secretary Of the
American Baptist Publication Society,
in reference to the work of his society.
He spoke Of the mammoth store of the
society in Philadelphia as a source Of
pride He said that the society had
sent forth last year many millions of
periodicals. He referred to a late pub
lication by DR.. Eager ON "Bomanism
III its Home. As TO the Bible, he said
it was the best selling book in the
world, that more copies were sold last
year than Of the five of the most popular
novels put together, that 2I0,000,000
copies of the Bible had been published
since the Inauguration Of the work, that
300.GG0000 people are reading ii, that Ii
has been translated into 400 tongues. He
also said that 100000 copies of the
Bible were issued by the society last
year, that orders come in faster than
they can be filed. He sI9ke of the
great need Of the Bible In our new
possessions, Porto Rico and the Philip
pines. There are 3,064 languages and
dialects in the world so we can SEE:
that there is much yet to DO.
a telegram was read from the North
Carolina students at the seminary send
ing as greeting scripture reference
/ Cor. 80 Pastor Hardaway, of Ok
ford, was requested to return the greet
ing Of the convention.
Next, President Il. Y. Mullens. Of the
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
addressed the convention He stated
that this State has sixteen students at
the seminary. There are now two hum
bred and forty students at the semi
nary.
A subscription was called for and
over $500 was raised in pledges for the
benefit of the North Carolina students
at the seminary DR. Mullens is the
new president of the seminary and his
impression on the North Carolina con-
vention was an excellent one. We be-
lieve that he is fhe man to fill the place
of such men rs Boyce and Broaddus.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
The report on foreign missions WAS
read by DIR. Hume, Of Chapel HILL Tie
report stated that there had been $40
conversions on the foreign field an-ing
the last year under the preaching Of
our Southern missionaries. Ten new
Missionaries have been sent out recently
by the board at Richmond
Rev. +. t. Cleveland read the report
on the Woman's Missionary Soeiefles.
There are 400 such societies in The
State. and during the last YER they
raised for missionary purposes S51@'i G2.
Rev. Il. j. Willingham, ID. n Of
Richmond Corresponding Secretary Of
the Foreign Mission Board, ~ xt adj
dressed the convention. He spoke OF
the cause we have to be grateful to
cd for his manifest blessings. THY
kingdom come, thy will be done, he
said, lis the first thing for which Je-
sus taught us to pray. Our missionary
movement is in answer to this prayer
A wonderful advance has been made
in missionary activity. Sixty or eighty
years ago one of our men was killed at
Honolulu. and his heart was cut cut
and fed to the children: now our ms
sionaries send back greetings from those
islands while on their way access he
Pacific Sixty years ago wom,,n III tfe
buried alive their children. Nw they
have schools and churches and are re-
deemed to Christ; yet some say foreign
missions are il failure.
Now China and Japan. where once
our missionaries could not enter, have
opened their doors and there we have
thousands of converts. The railroads
in Africa are part of Gods plan for
the salvation Of that continent. Where
Stanly years ago could not find Il single
Christian in Central Africa we now
have 10000 converts When the Rus
sian railroad is completed we can go
around the world in thirty-three days.
This is all that the gospel may be dis
seminated.
Then we must consider the reaction
in our homeland We get more or
heaven into our lives by helping the
lowly than in any other way, this is
Gods law. The church that gives liber-
ally 10 missions Is the church that has
great reyiyals and is blessed OF God.
In the last three months iii NORTH
China our missionaries have baptized
200 souls; in North Mexico since Jam